Stacking the Shelves {4}

By far the most exciting addition to my bookshelf this week was Laini Taylor's Dreams of Gods and Monsters! I ran out to the bookstore Tuesday night to get it, even though I was in the middle of rereading Daughter of Smoke and Bone and still am (it's been a busy week...but more on that in a minute). I might have squealed a bit when I saw that Barnes and Noble also had the copies with the signed art print of Karou, which I had thought only came in the pre-ordered editions. I'm planning a giant DoSaB review post once I finish the trilogy, so keep your eyes peeled for that (there will be some other fun stuff thrown in, too).

Ahhhh! It's finally mine!

I also made a trip to the library this week (surprise, surprise) and hidden in this picture of my haul is the reason why I haven't gotten much reading accomplished this week:

Looks like a fairly normal library haul, right? I've got some YA, some fairy tale retellings...but wait--why do I have a copy of the 2013 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market, you ask? Well...because I got some very big news this week:

I've been accepted to a publishing grad program this summer! Ahhhh!

I found out on Wednesday afternoon and I've spent the rest of the week in a state of simultaneous shock and excitement. I've known for a while now that I want a job in publishing, but without internship experience it's almost impossible to get your foot in the door. The program I'll be in isn't an internship but it's just as good, and I'm absolutely thrilled I've been accepted! One of the first things I did after finding out was to run to the library and grab whatever books they had on children's and YA publishers (which, as you can see, was not very many). I've been poring through it and compiling a list of all the different publishing companies and their imprints, making note of the types of books each one publishes. I'm so excited and I just want to learn everything I possibly can before I go!

So tell me, what books did you guys pick up this week? Are you reading anything particularly good this weekend?

Stacking the Shelves {3}

Another small book haul this week (I really need to stop but I just can't help myself!).

I went to the bookstore with my dad earlier in the week (it was his idea, I swear), and he was nice enough to get two books for me: Lost in Thought by Cara Bertrand and Peculiars by Maureen Doyle McQuerry. Look at those gorgeous covers!

In addition to these, I also downloaded the Cruel Beauty novella, Gilded Ashes, onto my e-reader.

Yesterday I made my weekly venture to the library and picked up some books that had come in for me: V.C. Andrew's The Unwelcomed Child and Osiris by E.J. Swift, a sci-fi novel that I saw Rosianna (of YouTube fame) tweet about earlier this week. For now, I'm putting all of my newly acquired books on the back burner because I'm catching up on the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series so I can read Dreams of Gods and Monsters when it comes out on Tuesday!

So tell me, what new books did you pick up this week? What will you be reading over the weekend?

Stacking the Shelves {2}

Stacking the Shelves is a weekend feature created by Tynga's Reviews in which bloggers share the books they've acquired over the week.

You guys, I really, really, really need to stop making so many trips to the library! Whenever I'm there, I'm worse than a kid in a candy store. I make a beeline for the YA section, zone out the books I originally came to get, and then browse for a bit. It's the browsing that always gets me in trouble. Usually it starts with me seeing a book spine with pretty font or design. I grab it, scan the summary on the cover flap, and if I like it, in the book goes right into my canvas bag. Never mind the fact that I've already got a stack of books a mile high at home. Or that I already have ten other books in my bag. Or that I'm checking out a sequel to a book I haven't even read yet. I'm an unstoppable monster!

Anyway, the library gods must have been looking down fondly on me this week because I somehow got my hands on a copy of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender!  It's been on my TBR list for months and I am so excited to finally have the chance to read it! During my browsing, I also picked up a few other books:

1. The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick
2. Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi3. On Little Wings by Regina Sirois4. Shatter Me (e-book) by Tahereh Mafi (which I downloaded to my e-reader when I got home because the library didn't have a physical copy) 

Now the real question is how many of these will I actually finish, haha. 

So tell me: what books did you get this week? Are you reading anything at the moment that you're particularly enjoying?

 

Stacking the Shelves {1}

I am so excited to be doing my first ever Stacking the Shelves post today! For those of you who don't know, Stacking the Shelves is a weekend feature created by Tynga's Reviews, in which bloggers share the books they've acquired over the week.

My first post is going to be rather short as I only had a small haul this week. I've been on a self-imposed book buying ban for the past couple of months, so most of my books have been coming from NetGalley and the library. Let me know if we're reading any of the same books! :)

From the library:

1. The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkowski 
2. Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland
3. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

I made a trip to the library yesterday afternoon and somehow ended up with all bluish-green books. Weird!

For Review: 

1. Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine
2. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian

I'm especially excited to read Best Kind of Broken because Katelyn of Kate's Tales of Books and Bands gave it a glowing review! Also, since finishing Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster, I've really been wanting to find some more good New Adult fiction.