STS #136 – Bought Borrowed & Bagged #86
Stacking The Shelves, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews is all about the latest additions to your library – virtual or actual, with books that are bought, borrowed, won or ARCs you will be reading soon. Bought Borrowed and Bagged is a homage to to Barron’s Books and Baubles from KMM’ Fever series, and is hosted by Braine over at Talk Supe. Without further ado, here’s what I bought, borrowed or bagged this past week:
Creative Successful Dyslexic by Margaret Rooke and Mollie King – thank you Jessica Kinglsey Publishers and Netgalley!
23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood, how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell CBE, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard Branson, Meg Mathews, Zoe Wanamaker CBE, Richard Rogers, Benjamin Zephaniah, Steven Naismith, Lynda La Plante CBE, Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, Sophie Conran and others share their stories, and their advice.
All reveal the enormous difficulties they faced, the strength required to overcome them, the crucial importance of adult support, and how `the different way the brain is wired’ in dyslexia has enabled them to see something different in the world and to use their creativity in an exceptional way. They talk about `thinking sideways’, and the ability to look at a bigger picture, the often strong visual strength, and the ability to listen, and to grasp simplicity where other people see only complexity. They also talk about how dyslexia continues to challenge them, and the ways they have found to work around this.
An introduction, and final section that includes practical information about dyslexia, are written with the support of Dyslexia Action, and a percentage of profit from the book is donated to Dyslexia Action. The book will be essential reading for teachers and other professionals, and for families affected by dyslexia, and inspirational for people with dyslexia.
Yeah, so I broke my promise to Brandee this week and requested the above book… I think I have a great excuse (or actually TWO excuses) though. First of all, my two youngest children are dyslexic, and I am always trying to find books where well-known people who are successful talk about dyslexia. The other is that I am preparing to write my MA thesis, which will be about teaching foreign languages to dyslexic students.
Style by Chelsea M. Cameron
Kyle Blake likes plans. So far, they’re pretty simple: Finish her senior year of high school, head off to a good college, find a cute boyfriend, graduate, get a good job, get married, the whole heterosexual shebang. Nothing is going to stand in the way of that plan. Not even Stella Lewis.
Stella Lewis also has a plan: Finish her senior year as cheer captain, go to college, finally let herself flirt with (and maybe even date) a girl for the first time and go from there.
Fate has other plans for Kyle and Stella when they’re paired up in their AP English class and something between them ignites. It’s confusing and overwhelming and neither of them know what to do about it. One thing they do know is that their connection can’t be ignored. The timing just isn’t right.
But is there ever a good time for falling in love?
This one was released yesterday, and I saw someone post about it on Facebook. I’m a huge fan of Chelsea M. Cameron, and I love that she’s written a love story between two girls! I can’t wait to read this.
Social (Social Media #1-3) by J.A. Huss
Grace Kinsella is social.
But she likes the anonymity of being a blue bird on Twitter where she can shoot arrows of pithy filth at her favorite movie star. Virtual love is right up her alley.
Vaughn Asher is dominant.
But only in private. A former child-actor turned mega-movie action hero, Vaughn knows how to navigate a world filled with paparazzi, avoid the tabloids, and have his fun too.
Worlds collide on Saint Thomas when Grace comes face to face with the muse who has propelled her into dirty-tweeting stardom online. And he’s got an offer she can’t refuse. After all, how many people get a chance to live out their sexual fantasies with the man of their dreams?
Too bad the man of her dreams turns out to be a #dick.
I’m also a huge JA Huss fan. And I love re-visiting her books via audio. What can I say, it’s the only way I let myself re-read stuff – even when written by my favorite authors.
Did you get some exciting-looking books this week? Remember to leave me your link so I can check out your Stacking the Shelves and or Bought, Borrowed and Bagged post, too 🙂 Thanks for stopping by! Have a spectacular Saturday.
Good find on Creative Successful Dyslexic! I think it’s well worth bending the rules for. 🙂
I got five review books between three sources so I was way worse than you. Haha!
I know, right? It sounds very interesting, and I actually need it 😉 Uh oh… five new books! I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to deal with those shortly anyway, though, Sophia Rose!
Oh the Creative Succesful Dyslexic sounds interesting. And with those reasons I don’t think anyone will mind that you broke your promise. 😉
I don’t think Brandee will mind at all… but it’s funny to tease her with my weekly posts anyway 😀
I’m curious about Style. I’ve read 1 or 2 books by the author and quite liked it. This one particularly interests me because it’s a f/f romance and we don’t see a lot of that in NA.
Have a great weekend and happy reading! 🙂
Those are the same reasons why I picked up Style, Nick! I have enjoyed her other books that I’ve read, and it’s true that there isn’t all that much f/f romances out there.
Have a great weekend yourself 🙂
Nice haul! These are all new to me, but I really hope you enjoy them.
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Thanks, Jacque 🙂 I hope I’ll love these, too 😀
I like to revert to audio for re-reads too. Hearing pronunciations and such adds to the story. Happy reading.
It’s great to have another experience of a beloved story, I totally agree 😀
Creative Successful Dyslexic sounds like a great find! The other books are unknown to me but they sound great!
Happy Reading! ♥
I was really happy when it showed up on Netgalley, Stephanie 🙂 Happy reading to you, too!
I really like the simple cover of Style and I’ve yet to read a love story between two females so I’m pretty interested in that 🙂 Hope you enjoy all your books and have a great week.
I agree, Lauren. I’m very curious about Style, both because it’s a love story between two women, and because I usually really enjoy Cameron’s writing.
Hmm, Style and Social both caught my eye. I hope you enjoy them…I’ll be watching for your reviews!
Enjoy your weekend.
Thanks, Laurel-Rain 🙂 I hope I’ll enjoy them, too 😉
Social looks interesting. Enjoy 🙂
Thanks, Vi 🙂
I love doing re-reads via audio. It is such a nice way to revisit a story. The book on dyslexia looks really interesting and I hope you are able to get some good info from it. Enjoy your books!
I agree, re-visiting a story by having someone actually tell it to me is nice 🙂
Ahhh, I’ve not heard of any of your new books, Lexxie! I’m curious about the new Cameron one – I’ve had success with her books before. I hope you enjoy all of your new additions!
Have a fabulous weekend, Lexxie. 🙂
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I’ve had success with her books before, too, and I hope I’ll enjoy Style. Thanks for stopping by, Alyssa Susanna 😀
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I hope you enjoy your books. I think you did a good thing by bending the rules on this one.
I agree… some rule-bending is necessary every now and then 😀
I like the sound of Social! I’ll have to look that one up. Although I own waaaayy too many of her books already that I HAVEN’T read. Must. Look. Away. 🙂
*whispers* look it up, Kristin… You’ll like it – promise!
Don’t look away, go for it 😉
Lexxie, do you know what´s going on with Tynga? I wanted to link my STS with her post, but she still hasn´ t posted one.
best wishes
Vi @Gone With The Books
No, sorry, I have no idea what’s up with Tynga, Vi. This happens every now and then, which is why I also link up with Braine @ Talk Supe 😀
your new books look nice! I’m curious to see what you think of them. happy reading!
Thanks, Melliane 🙂 Happy reading!!
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These all sound great 🙂
Thanks, Megan – I look forward to all of them!
Congrats on all of your books, I hope you enjoy them!
Thanks 🙂
I hadn’t heard of any of these novels until now so they were all new to me! But so many beautiful covers and a lot of them sound like they have quite a bit of promise. Enjoy them 😀
My recent review: http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2016/06/the-way-to-game-walk-of-shame-review.html
I agree, I look forward to reading these – especially Style. I’ve already read Social, the audiobook is a re-read 😀
I’m going to go grab Style right after I finish typing this. Almost all the LGBT romance is M?M so it’s nice to see more f/f. This book was all over my twitter feed yesterday so thanks for the reminder.
Karen @For What It’s Worth
I really enjoy Cameron’s writing, Karen, and reading f/f is not something I do all that often – mostly because I haven’t found that many books that appeal to me. I hope we’ll both enjoy Style!
This will only be my second. The first was a fantasy series. Most of what I have found is erotica – not my thing so I’m excited to read this.
I don’t mind erotica, but even with that, I really want to have a REAL story and characters who make sense to me 🙂 I’m glad there are non-erotica LGBT stories out there, too, though – there’s more to life than sex 😉
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It’s excused! We have to do everything and anything for our kids so I’m sure sassy Brandee will approve. And I’m not surprised to see Huss up there, I’m sure it’s going to be another great romance
LOL, I’m sure Brandee will approve, too, Braine 🙂 But it’s funny being able to tease her like this. I’ve already read Social, and my way of re-reading is audio 🙂 I can’t wait!!
I’ll excuse your request, Lexxie…I mean, it’s for your kids and your MA thesis so how could I not?!? LOL Plus, it sounds very interesting. You’ll have to let me know what you think about it if you don’t post about it here. 🙂 I am also very intrigued with Style and I can’t wait to see what you think of it. And yay for Social…I’m thinking of picking up 321 in audio this week. 😉
I hope you had a lovely weekend! **BIG HUGS**
I know, right? I was pretty sure you’d be lenient with me, my dear. And it does sound interesting. I will definitely post a review here, too.
I had 321 on pre-order, got it this morning… Guess what I’m listening to? *BIG HUGS*
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I hope you enjoy all of these! Style looks like my kind of read.
Style sounds really awesome, Lekeisha!
I think the fact that the book is for your kids AND your thesis excuses you from breaking your promise 🙂 Hope the book is helpful for you and that you’ll enjoy the rest of your pretties here too^^ xx
Ha 🙂 I’m very happy not only Brandee agrees with that, but most of the other bloggers who have stopped by as well 🙂
I hope you’re having a fantastic week, Micheline!
Ooh… I didn’t realise the Social books were in Audio! Might have to try them myself!
Social is out, Media will be out soon. Social is the three first books in the serial, I think, Naomi 🙂