Stacking the Shelves: The Post-ApollyCon 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.

Well, I'm back from ApollyCon, and I haven't recovered. I need like a week of sleep, and then another week to put all my new stuff and my suitcases away. But alas, I have to work. Ugh. But, I will say, it was fun. Hectic and tiring, as always, but fun. I'll have my full recap posts up within the next few weeks, but right now, I'm just trying to mentally get back to my regular schedule.

For this week's haul, I had some stuff arrive while I was gone. I had my sister pick it up from my doorstep, since it was going to rain. I guess I should invest in one of those package dropoff boxes or something. Lol. My Barnes & Noble preorders for Blood of Hercules (the white and gold hardcovers), Firebird by Juliette Cross, and The Never List by Jade Presley came in. From Orbit, I also received an ARC of The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan E. O'Keefe.

 

 

My Arcane Blood and Ash set also arrived a few days ago. They're really pretty, but I can't decide which side of the dust jackets to display. The original sides are really unique, as they have scenery depictions versus characters, but the character art reverse dust jackets are pretty. Ugh. Dilemmas. The order also came with a few Poppy and Cas prints. The only bad thing about all these Blood and Ash sets is I have to now find places to put them. Oof.   

 

 

Next up, I have something else that arrived while I was away: my Blood and Ash character cards from Imagine Books. I actually picked up the Flesh and Fire cards at ApollyCon, so you'll see those later. I really like the artwork for Poppy and Kieran on these cards. I'm also excited to get the Books for Days Crate/Imagine Books Blood and Ash set soon too.

 

And right when I thought I had everything photographed and ready to go for this post, my dad shows up with a FairyLoot box. My preorder of Blood of Hercules arrived. Yes, that means I have three copies of this book in one haul post. Yikes. I really need to read it and decide if I want to keep all of these editions. I actually have the paperback already and a couple more editions on the way as well. Double yikes. I'm on page 50, since we're reading this for book club, so I'll soon know if it's worth me spending so much money. My gut feeling so far is maybe not... It's reading a bit like Susan Ee's Penryn & the End of Days series but the main character's narration style is odd, so we shall see.

 

 

 

I don't even know what to say. These are all the books I got at ApollyCon. Not the ones I brought. They're just the ones I got at the event. The preorders I picked up included the Titan series in hardcover, Stacia's Stark's Kingdom of Lies special editions 1-4, Curse of Shadows and Thorns by L.J. Andrews special edition, the Books for Days Crate editions of A Shadow in the Ember and Kingdom of Crowns and Daggers by K.A. Knight, Court of Nightmares and Racing Hearts by K.A. Knight, The Umbra King by Jamie Applegate-Hunter, The Curse of Ophelia by Nicole Platania, Lady of Darkness and Rain of Shadows and Endings by Melissa Roehrich, the Fae Isles series books 1-4 by Lisette Marshall, Till Death by Miranda Lyn, and The Wraith King by Juliette Cross. 

 

Now, for books I got for free at the event, those include two Kresley Cole books, an ARC of Stacia Stark's This Vicious Dream, the ApollyCon edition of A Shadow in the Ember, what came in my Primal bag (Arcane edition of Torn, Born of Blood and Ash, The Return, Revolt, Nightmare Before Kissmas, Heart of Defiance, and A Curse of Scales & Flame). I actually traded a cowboy romance for A Curse of Scales & Flame, and I left a Sarah MacLean title for whoever wanted a free book. Historical romance just isn't my thing. Now, for books I bought at the event. I'm pretty impressed with my self-control, as I only bought three books: the Arcane editions of Wicked and Brave and Invoking the Blood by Kalista Neith. The Kalista Neith book was by far the most expensive. I didn't know it was $75, or I probably would have passed, since I don't know if I like the book.

 

As for ebooks, I only have one. I downloaded Stacia Stark's A Kingdom This Cursed & Empty, book two in the Kingdom of Lies series, from Kindle Unlimited after I finished book one, A Court This Cruel and Lovely. I'm about halfway through it now. It's a pretty fun fae romantasy series, and, since I got the spinoff ARC at ApollyCon, I'll be able to read that right away. Woohoo!

Well, that's all for me. What books have you bought/received lately?