Stacking the Shelves: The Lost, Then Found Edition

 "Stacking the Shelves" is a weekly haul meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality. It allows book buyers to share their accumulation of books with the online book-loving community.

I had another good book week. My Book Outlet order finally arrived. I had to pick it up at the post office. Normally, that wouldn’t be such a big deal, but in NYC it takes at least an hour to walk to the post office and wait in line and walk back. Plus, I have to go on Saturday, since the post office is only open from 9-5. Not to mention I had no idea where my package was for almost an entire week. Ugh.

Alright, I’ll stop complaining about the US postal service. But, other than that minor hiccup, it’s been pretty quiet. My roommates and I celebrated Galentine’s Day by eating fried chicken at Blue Ribbion Fried Chicken, and I, once again, have gotten a cold. But yeah, just a typical week in the life of Rachelle.

The Valiant by Lesley Livingston

The Incquisition by Taran Matharu

Rise of Fire by Sophie Jordan

Freedom’s Slave by Heather Demetrios

The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Gray

Starfall by Melissa Landers

The Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski

So this entire order was made because of The Valiant. There were only 16 or so copies left on Book Outlet (I think it’s back in stock now, though. Grr.), so I made an order. I had just finished Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk, and I LOVED IT! Thus, I immediately wanted more gladiators in my life. Hence the need for The Valiant.

Freedom’s Slave is one I’ve been really wanting to read, once I reread book one and read book two. Rise of Fire, The Inquisition, Starfall, and The Winner’s Kiss just complete my collections. The Girl at Midnight isn’t one I’d normally buy, but the author is going to be at a signing I plan on attending later this month, so I thought I’d just throw it in my cart.

Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

As I’ve mentioned, I work at Tor. Luna is a book Tor publishes. It sounded good, so I got a library copy of it. As for Illuminae, the authors are coming to NYC in March for a signing, and I wanted to see if I liked the series enough to attend the event. We’ll see.

The Oddling Prince by Nancy Springer

The Eye of the Worlds by Robert Jordan

I got two ebooks this week. I’m very impress that I remembered to add them to this book haul. Normally, I completely forget about ebooks. The Oddling Prince is a review book from NetGalley, while The Eye of the Worlds was free from Tor.com if you subscribed to their newsletter thing.

Whew! That was a crazy haul. I need to take a nap now. Yeesh.

What books have you bought/received lately?