Stacking the Shelves: The 3D-Edge 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.

Another week of 2025 over with 2026 on the horizon. It's also almost Christmas, for those who celebrate. I still have one person's presents to go, but after that, all presents will be complete. I'm not too pressed about the holidays this year, truly. I just want to be off of work and maybe get a few good books. A Barnes & Noble gift card would be nice too, but just books works for me. XD

As for books I got this week, I only have one physical edition to show off. I purchased the 3D-edge A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout from Acrylipics. After many months, it finally arrived. I honestly don't really care much about the edges, I just like alternate dust jackets more than anything. I do need to stop buying so many Blood and Ash special editions, though. I'm officially running out of room and there are at least two more books set in the world to go, which means multiple editions of each of those books to complete sets. Eek. The shelf space is getting very crowded, so I don't know if future 3D-edge versions will make the cut. The Kieran one probably will. Not sure about the others after that.

 

I also have one ebook to share this week. It's Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter, and it's a NetGalley ARC from the publisher. I told myself to not go on NetGalley and request books anymore because I was having a hard time reading anything. But, now that my slump has seemingly died off, I'm interested in requesting all of the things. I hope my TBR can handle it.

 

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

Stacking the Shelves: The Misaligned Dust Jacket 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.

Another week of 2025 gone. Dang. As for my life, it's been quiet. Nothing crazy happening once again. I'm trying to get back into reading my books instead of just devouring fanfiction, and I've also been watching some new shows instead of just scrolling on my phone. Hurrah.

As for books bought, I have three this week. Well, two were bought, one was acquired through store credit at my local used bookstore. That was Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno. I also had one Barnes & Noble preorder, Children of Fallen Gods by Carissa Broadbent. My FairyLoot Epic November sub box also arrived. It's Tower of the Tyrant by J.T. Greathouse. I was extremely disappointed in this one. Not because of the design. It's very pretty. But because the spine was not centered. They folded my dust jacket wrong. Now, I don't know if it's like that for everyone, but it drove me absolutely insane. Insane enough that I had to fix it, which left a wonderful crease line on the right side of my front cover. Ugh. If I end up liking the book, I'll see about acquiring a copy that doesn't have a misaligned dust jacket. Honestly, FairyLoot's quality control is just not great lately.

 

I also have one ebook to share this week. It's Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland, which I borrowed from Libby. After the events of the second book, I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue with this series or not, but I found out there'll be more books in the series eventually. Or a spinoff or something, so I'm curious enough to continue.

 

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

November Wrap-Up & December TBR

The year is almost over. The holidays are almost upon us. And I hope I get many, many books. Ha ha. Or at least plenty of gift cards so I can purchase the books I have in my Barnes & Noble cart. Last month, I had a good time being off for the Thanksgiving holiday, so I'm excited for more time off this month. I need some quiet days.

In this wrap-up, I’ll list the books I read, the books I reviewed, the books I bought/received, and my TBR for next month. Now, let’s get this bookish party started!

Books Read in November

The Nightblood Prince: 3 stars

Savage Blooms: 2 stars

Mate: 3 stars

I read only three books in November, and it was a pretty mediocre reading month in general. I don't have the attention span to designate towards a book in a series. I'm mostly just getting through standalones or books that I don't think I'll love, which is a weird thing to do, but it's my headspace at the moment. All three of these did get them off of my physical TBR, though. I read The Nightblood Prince by Molly X. Change, Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson, and Mate by Ali Hazelwood.

Books Bought/Received in November

November was another bad month for spending. I'm doing better in December, though. I think. We'll see at the end of the month if that still holds up. Overall, though, I bought 20 books and received 17.

The 17 books I received consisted mostly of preorders that finally arrived. They include the Books for Days Crate Blood and Ash set, the Mondlicht German Flesh and Fire set, the last two books in the Books for Days Lux set, the Mondlicht Zodiac Academy edition, the Kings Hollow author editions of Origins and Ruthless Fae, and the FairyLoot edition of The Nighshade God. The UK Blackwells edition of The Wrath and the Fallen by Amber V. Nicole also came in, and I got The Road of Bones by Demi Winters from my local used bookstore with trade credit.

Now, for what I bought. I only received 11 of the 20 books I purchased. It's kind 12 of 21 if you include the Indigo POBAB edition, but since I just paid for someone to ship it to me, it's kind of just an oddball book this month). The 11 books I received include two of the POBAB character editions (one needed to be replaced so I sent it back to the JLA Shop/ApollyCon Shop), The Strength of the Few by James Islington (B&N preorder), Empire of the Dawn by Jay Kristoff (Blackwells), The Bridge Kingdom deluxe hardcover by Danielle L. Jensen (B&N), To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast (FairyLoot Romantasy), the dragon hardcover and the regular hardcover of Hollow by Caroline Peckham and Suzanne Valenti, The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman, The City of Brass deluxe edition by S.A Chakraborty, and Sweet Venom by Rina Kent (all B&N).

 As for the remaining nine books, they probably won't arrive any time soon. They include the Tome Tunnel edition of A Shadow in the Ember, the Ink Pages editions of the final two books in the Flesh and Fire series, the Bad Women Books quarterly sub pick, the Arcane Society Nalini Singh Guild Hunter series (books 1-3), and the FairyLoot November Epic book and my Kieran POBAB replacement, which may be the only ones that get to me before the end of 2025.

Currently Obsessed With

I watched three "new" shows in November. One was an episode of Grey's Anatomy. I've seen a ton of clips online, but I decided to just go ahead and watch the entire thing. I also watched two episodes of the second season of Wednesday on Netflix, and the new Heated Rivalry show on HBOMax. I'm still living in the Interview with the Vampire world, though. I'm reading fanfiction for it, watching videos, collecting fanart, etc. It's my personality at this point.

December TBR

Yikes. My TBR barely changed at all from November to December. I am currently reading Wrath of the Dragons by Olivia Rose Darling, The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde, Court of Nightmares by K.A. Linde, and The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix. I'd also like to read Blood & Steel by Helen Scheurer, Rein of Shadows and Endings by Melissa Roehrich, The Nightshade God, and re-read Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff. I very much need to finish We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark, and start Our Rogue Fates by Sarah Marsh and To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast as well. Those three are all NetGalley eARCs.

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Okay, well, that's the month of November, plus some December sneak peeks, all wrapped up into one post. Do you have a wrap-up post for last month? If so, share in the comments!

Stacking the Shelves: The Libby 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.

2025 is almost over! I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to it or dreading it. The world was looking up back in November, but it seems it's still on the rocks right now. Yuck. As for my life, it's been fine. Nothing crazy going on. I've just been reading a lot of fanfiction instead of the hundreds of unread books I own. Whoops. I'd like to reach 70 books read before the end of the year too, and I'm like three books behind. I'm in the middle of five, so I think I can make it if I just stop scrolling on my phone and finish them. Ugh.

As for books bought, it's been a little quiet. I had some FairyLoot preorders come in, but that's it beyond my FairyLoot sub renewals. The preorders that came in included What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller and the Call of the Forgotten trilogy by Julie Kagawa. Now, I just need FairyLoot to do the The Iron Legends short story bindup. Please!? Also, my The Iron Warrior came in damaged so stay tuned to see if FairyLoot grants me a replacement copy. I've been having bad luck with the damages lately. Hopefully that stops.

 

Next, after weeks of not having any, I finally have an ebook to share! I randomly decided to get on Libby and do some damage there with a few holds that I know will all come through at exactly the same time. But I also borrowed Carving Shadows Into Gold by Brigid Kemmerer. I need to get caught up on this series. I think the last book comes out early next year. Then, I need to decide if I want to go back and finish the prequel series or not. Haha. I read book one but not the other two.

 

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