Stacking the Shelves: The Yearly Edition

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A Discovery of Witches, A Thousand Pieces of You, Aimee Carter, Alexandra Bracken, Amy Ewing, Amy Zhang, Anna Dressed in Blood, Are You Seeing Me?, Beautiful Darkness, Blood Of Olympus, Blood Promise, Bloodlines, Blue Lily Lily Blue, Boundless, Bram Stoker, Brigid Kemmerer, Captive, Cara Lynn Shultz, Claudia Gray, Corruption, Crown of Midnight, Cynthia Hand, Dangerous Creatures, Darren Groth, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Days of Blood and Starlight, Deborah Harkness, Debra Driza, Demonglass, Disruption, Dracula, E. Lockhart, Endless Knight, Endlessly, Evernight, Falling into Place, Four: A Divergent Collection, Frostbite, Gayle Forman, Half Bad, Hallowed, Heir of Fire, I Was Here, Into the Still Blue, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Jessica Shirvington, Josephine Angelini, Julie Kagawa, Kami Garcia, Kasie West, Kendare Blake, Kiera Cass, Kiersten White, Kresley Cole, Kylie Fornasier, Laini Taylor, Last Sacrifice, Legend, Leigh Bardugo, Let the Sky Fall, Let the Storm Break, Maggie Stiefvater, Margaret Stohl, Marie Lu, Masquerade, Michelle Hodkin, Mind Games, Never Fade, Obsidian, Onyx, Opal, Opposition, Origin, Paranormalcy, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Pittacus Lore, Pivot Point, Poison Princess, Rachael Craw, Rachel Hawkins, Raising Demons, Rebel Belle, Renegade, Revenge of Seven, Richelle Mead, Rick Riordan, Rick Yancey, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sacrifice, Sally Green, Sarah J. Maas, School Spirits, Secret, Shadow and Bone, Shadow Kiss, Shannon Messenger, Silver Shadows, Sinner, Sister Assassin, Spark, Spell Bound, Spirit Bound, Split Second, Stacking the Shelves, Supernaturally, Talon, The 5th Wave, The Assassin's Blade, The Dark World, The Darkest Minds, The Eternity Cure, The Fiery Heart, The Forever Song, The Goddess Test, The Golden Lily, The Immortal Rules, The Indigo Spell, The Infinite Sea, The Jewel, The Lost Files: Hidden Enemy, The One, The Retribution of Mara Dyer, The Selection Stories, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Young Elites, Throne of Glass, Through the Ever Night, Trial by Fire, Under the Never Sky, Uneartly, Vampire Academy, Veronica Rossi, Veronica Roth, We Were Liars

Stacking the Shelves is a thing where we talk about the books we’ve collected in the past week. These can be bought, delivered, ARCs, ebooks, etc.. Pretty self-explanatory.
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tygna’s Reviews

This week, in honour of the new year, I’m doing things a little differently.

I’m doing a post on ALL the books I bought this year!

It’s going to be epic.

Also, please note, I have actually been working on this post since October. This thing has taken me 3 MONTHS to create.

Enjoy.

Books Bought:

And here’s what you’re seeing in the picture

Whole series bought:
Unearthly Trilogy, by Cynthia Hand
Obsidian Series, by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Blood of Eden Trilogy, by Julie Kagawa
Pivot Point Duology, by Kasie West
Under the Never Sky Trilogy, by Veronica Rossi
Vampire Academy Series, by Richelle Mead (incl. Movie companion & Ultimate Guide)
Paranormalcy Trilogy*, by Kiersten White
Sister Assassin Duology, by Kiersten White
Disruption Duology, by Jessica Shirvington

Whole series currently available bought:
Bloodlines, by Richelle Mead
The Arcana Chronicles, by Kresley Cole
Let the Sky Fall, by Shannon Messenger
The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey
Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas

Other:
Secret/Sacrifice, by Brigid Kemmerer
The Selection Stories/The One, by Kiera Cass
The Goddess Test/Captive, by Aimee Carter
Raising Demons/Spell Bound/School Spirits, by Rachel Hawkins
The Dark World, by Cara Lynn Shultz
Four: A Divergent Collection, by Veronica Roth
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Sinner, by Maggie Stiefvater
Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods/Blood of Olympus, by Rick Riordan
Renegade, by Debra Driza
Legend, by Marie Lu
Dangerous Creatures*/Beautiful Darkness, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Talon, by Julie Kagawa
Revenge of Seven/Hidden Enemy, by Pittacus Lore

*Not pictures because I forgot that I bought them this year and I didn’t remember until after I put all the books back

Special Mentions (ordered, not received):
Rebel Belle, by Rachel Hawkins
The Retribution of Mara Dyer, by Michelle Hodkin

Books Won:

Now, I didn’t have to pay for all my books last year…rafflecopter was kind enough to allow me to win several books, plus bookish events enabled book winning.

Won from blogs:
Are You Seeing Me?, by Darren Groth (Thank you Notebook Sisters!)
Falling into Place, by Amy Zhang (Thank you Book Nerd Reviews!)
Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater (Thank you Miss Page Turner’s City of Books)
The Jewel*, by Amy Ewing (Thank you Genie in a book!)
Spark*, by Rachel Craw (Thank you again, Notebook Sisters!!)

*Not received yet

Won at events:
A Thousand Pieces of You, by Claudia Gray (BTCYA)
The Mortal Instruments series, by Cassandra Clare (CoHF Book Launch) (I gave these to my sister…she loves me)

Miscellaneous:

Presents (Birthdays, Christmas, etc.):
We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart
The Young Elites, by Marie Lu
Shadow and Bone, by Leigh Bardugo
The Darkest Minds/Never Fade, by Alexandra Bracken
Trial By Fire, by Josephine Angelini
Days of Blood and Starlight, by Laini Taylor
Dracula and Other Horror Stories, by Bram Stoker

Books I got for free (through various means):
Evernight, by Claudia Gray
A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake
Daughter of Smoke and Bone, by Laini Taylor
Half Bad, by Sally Green
I Was Here, by Gayle Forman (ARC)

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So…that was all the books I got my hands on 2014.

How was every one else’s year?

Top Ten Tuesday

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Amy Zhang, Bloodlines, Blue Lily Lily Blue, Books I Read In 2014, Bram Stoker, Cara Lynn Shultz, Disruption, Dracula, Falling into Place, Four: A Divergent Collection, Gayle Forman, Half Bad, If I Stay, Jessica Shirvington, Julie Kagawa, Kasie West, Kiera Cass, Kiersten White, Maggie Stiefvater, Mind Games, Pivot Point, Richelle Mead, Sally Green, Sarah J. Maas, Sinner, The Dark World, The Immortal Rules, The One, Throne of Glass, Top Ten Tuesday, Vampire Academy, Veronica Roth

Top Ten Tuesday is a thing where we get given a topic, and we have to list our ‘top ten’ things for the topic. Pretty self-explanatory.
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

This Week’s Topic: Top Ten Books I Read In 2014

I’m going to start by saying this is a cruel topic…HOW am I supposed to pick 10?

1. Vampire Academy and Bloodlines, by Richelle Mead
The whole of both series. Seriously, WHY did I wait so long to read these? They are so amazing!!!

2. Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas
Again, whole series. Just so awesome!

3. Sinner, by Maggie Stiefvater
An unexpected extra story featuring Cole and Isabelle from Shiver…IT WAS AWESOME!!

4. If I Stay, by Gayle Forman
Oh, this made me cry! It was a 4 hour long audio book that I started at midnight and finished at 4am. So worth it.

5. Dracula, by Bram Stoker
I’ve wanted to read this for YEARS! And it did NOT disappoint.

6. Four: A Divergent Collection, by Veronica Roth
After the less-than-fantastic book that was Allegiant, I am SO GLAD Veronica Roth wrote this. It made me remember why I loved Divergent and Insurgent so much.
Even if I did spend most of it going “this person’s dead, this person’s dead, that one is still alive, but crippled, oh look, another dead person…”

7. Pivot Point, by Kasie West
Both books. Seriously loved these.

8. The One, by Kiera Cass
Great ending for the series. Seriously, fantastic.

9. Mind Games, by Kiersten White
Loved it. Seriously. I’ve loved all of Kiersten White’s books.

10. The Dark World, by Cara Lynn Shultz
I loved Spellbound and Spellcaster, so naturally I bought this as soon as I could..
I loved it!!

And because there is NO WAY I am sticking with 10, here are some more…

11. Half Bad, by Sally Green
ASDFGHJHGF! Amazing.

12. The Immortal Rules, by Julie Kagawa
Another book I’d been meaning to read this for years. And again, I was not disappointed.

13. Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater
Yes, two Maggie Stiefvater books, but they were both JUST SO GOOD!!

14. Disruption, by Jessica Shirvington
I can’t believe it took me so long to getting around to reading this author. This book was amazing, as was its sequel.

15. Falling into Place, by Amy Zhang
There is one reason this is so far down the list is because I only finished it on Sunday.
Oh my goodness, I TOTALLY get why people love this book.

Review: Sinner

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Book Review, Maggie Stiefvater, Sinner

Author: Maggie Stiefvater

Synopsis: Sinner follows Cole St. Clair, a pivotal character from the #1 New York Times bestselling Shiver Trilogy. Everybody thinks they know Cole’s story. Stardom. Addiction. Downfall. Disappearance. But only a few people know Cole’s darkest secret — his ability to shift into a wolf. One of these people is Isabel. At one point, they may have even loved each other. But that feels like a lifetime ago. Now Cole is back. Back in the spotlight. Back in the danger zone. Back in Isabel’s life. Can this sinner be saved?

How I got this book: Bought

My Thoughts:

I’ve tried many times to write this review…but I’ve decided I’m just going to do this:

Discovering this book was going to exist:

Getting this book:

Reading this book:

Finishing this book:

Final Opinion:

So, yeah, I loved it.

This Week in Books

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All Our Yesterdays, Cristin Terrill, Gayle Forman, Kylie Fornasier, Maggie Stiefvater, Masquerade, Rachel Hawkins, Richelle Mead, School Spirits, Silver Shadows, Sinner, This Week's Adventures, Where She Went

Masquerade:

So, on Wednesday Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier came out:

I reviewed it here.

All Our Yesterdays: The Sequel

So, once upon a time, there was a planned sequel to All Our Yesterdays…which both confused and excited me.

On the one hand, the book worked perfectly fine as a stand-alone.

On the other, MORE EM AND FINN!!

However, Cristin Terrill announced on Monday that would not be a proper sequel, just short-stories, and e-Novella, and outtakes.

Here is one such short story.

Silver Shadows Update:

FIRST 5 CHAPTERS OF SILVER SHADOWS

No book trailer this week…

…I’m getting kind of desperate.

Books Read:

School Spirits, by Rachel Hawkins
The only problem with this book is that there is no sequel planned (I asked).

Where She Went, by Gayle Forman
I had high hopes for this book, considering how much I loved If I Stay…but something about it just wasn’t great. I was very happy with the ending, though.

Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier
Basically, this book was awesome. I reviewed it here.

Sinner, by Maggie Stiefvater
Starting a book you aren’t planning on putting it down until you finished it is not a smart thing to do at 11pm…So, I ended up finishing this at 6am. So worth it.

Stacking the Shelves

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Amie Kaufman, Fallen Angel, Gayle Forman, Heather Terrell, Jennifer Kloester, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Kady Cross, Kylie Fornasier, Maggie Stiefvater, Markus Zusak, Masquerade, Meagan Spooner, Morgan Rice, Nova Weetman, Origin, Pittacus Lore, Rachel Hawkins, Sarah J. Maas, School Spirits, Sinner, Stacking the Shelves, The Book Thief, The Girl in the Steel Corset, The Haunting of Lily Frost, The Lost Files: Hidden Enemy, The Rapunzel Dilemma, These Broken Stars, Thone of Glass, Turned, Where She Went

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So…I went a little nuts with the book-buying, and the book-borrowing, and I got my first Netgalley approvals, so I was very excited about that…

Books Bought:

Haha…So, the book buying ban (which is more of a ‘buying restriction’, as opposed to an actual ban) is still happening…but wasn’t entirely adhered to this week…

Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier*
Origin, by Jennifer L. Armentrout**
School Spirits, by Rachel Hawkins
Sinner, by Maggie Stiefvater

*I got this book from Netgalley (as an eBook) before the release date…but I loved it so much, I bought it anyway.
**I’ve already read this book, but bought it for the sake of adding it to my shelf.

Books Borrowed:

Where She Went, by Gayle Forman
These Broken Stars, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

Fallen Angel, by Heather Terrell
Turned, by Morgan Rice
The Girl in the Steel Corset, by Kady Cross
Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas
The Haunting of Lily Frost, by Nova Weetman

Netgalley:

The Rapunzel Dilemma, by Jennifer Kloester
The Lost Files: Hidden Enemy, by Pittacus Lore
Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier

 

This Week in Books

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Half Bad, Maggie Stiefvater, Richelle Mead, Sally Green, Silver Shadows, Sinner, This Week's Adventures, Vampire Academy

Sinner:

On Tuesday, Sinner, by Maggie Stiefvater came out! (In America at least, in Australia it doesn’t come out until July 27). Sinner is the fourth book in the Shiver trilogy (it’s goodreads classification is Wolves of Mercy Falls #3.5), and focuses entirely on Cole and Isabel.

You people have no idea how excited I am to read this thing.

Vampire Academy:

The Vampire Academy movie came out in Australia! *Happiness*

Silver Shadows Book Trailer:

So…the Silver Shadows trailer came online on Thursday…

SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW!

Books Read:

Half Bad, by Sally Green
I finished this last night, and it was awesome!

Dracula, by Bram Stoker
I’m about half-way through the audio, loving it so far.