Stacking the Shelves: The Lost My Mind 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.

This week has been crazy. Honestly, I'm surprised by how much non-work stuff has been going on to make life stressful. I'd almost rather the work stress was back than the current drama that's happening in my life now. Yikes. But the good news is, I'm back to working out regularly, though I did decide to make chocolate chip cookies right as I was getting back into that habit. Lol. I also finished a couple of physical books this week, so that makes me excited to get things off my TBR. It's going to happen. I'm going to request fewer NetGalley books and get rid of KU soon so I can actually read the books I own.

 

As for the books I received this week, I have my Illumicrate preorder for The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley and my Barnes & Noble preorder of Bloodbound by J.A. Good. It's very interesting that both covers have the same pose going on. Ha. I haven't read the Brigitte Knightley duet yet, but I will one day. Then, I must decide if it's worth keeping the Illumicrate copies, regular hardcovers, or my FairyLoot editions. Ugh. I wish I had unlimited shelf space to keep everything. As for Bloodbound, I saw something about it on Threads, probably a post from the author, and that had me wanting to purchase, so I preordered during the B&N 25% sale. 

 

 

 

Up next, I have a book that makes me think I'm losing my mind. Megan Scott had a preorder incentive up for her book A Masterpiece in Blood through indie bookstores, one of which was The Ripped Bodice. I decided to preorder from them as I wanted the art print. Well, what arrived is not what I thought the preorder incentive art looked like. I used to have a screenshot of it on my phone, but I think I deleted it a couple of weeks ago and I can't find the art on the author's Instagram. So, I think I've gone crazy. The art just doesn't match what I remember, as I was practically drooling over the artwork I originally saw. And while this art is definitely pretty, it doesn't evoke the same emotions. Well, I guess this one will just remain a mystery.

 

 

 

And finally for the physical items, I have my order of Jemlin's Daggermouth character cards. Jemlin was actually selling these through their website and not as a convention exclusive, so I went ahead and bought the set before I'd even read the book. I'd heard good things, so I figured, "Why not?" Well, while I did think the book was good, it wasn't as great as everyone claimed. Now, I have two special editions on the way and I'll have to decide which to get rid of and which to keep, as I don't need three copies of a "good" book on my shelves. And I definitely don't need to be tempted to buy the sequel editions of each of them, though I may wait for those designs to be revealed before getting rid of any copies, just in case that helps in making my decision.

I have two ebooks this week. The Widow and the Orcs by Finley Fenn was free, so I downloaded it on Kindle. I only read a select few of the Finley Fenn orc books, but I haven't read this one yet, so I thought I might as well download it now so I don't have to rely on Kindle Unlimited. The Heart of the Nhaga by Lee Young-Do was also having an ebook deal, though that was a $2.99 deal and not a free deal. I decided to download it on Nook, as I had $10 in credit at the time. I've heard a lot about this one, so I figured I might as well get it for "free."

 

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