Stacking The Shelves (39)

"We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in the physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! 

If you're anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles."

I got sent 3 books this week for review and I bought 2. First up are the review books! 

1. It Wasn't Always Like This 

Emma O'Neill is trapped in time. After taking part of an experimental vaccine her, and her family stop aging along with the Ryan's. Emma should be worried, but being 17 with Charles Ryan forever doesn't sound like a bad thing. Until a religious cult tries killing them all. 

This book comes out May 17th and I'm already wanting to pick it up! It sounds so good and it sounds like it's got everything I love in a book! 

2. Signs Of You 

This one is hard to summarize and I feel like it's going to be a hard book to review, but from what I can tell it's about a girl who loses her mother and joins a support group for teens. Then her, and others in the group start seeing their loved ones (who have passed) in random places. Then a member of the group disappears prompting a search? I'm doing an awful job describing this but it sounds amazing and you should go look it up! 

This on comes out July 19th 

Lastly is The Island 

The summery on this book is SO SHORT! I almost didn't request it because I honestly have no idea what its about. The only thing it gave me was something along the lines of "A girl trapped on a island but find shelter, food and a water supply with the help of the only other crash surivor." I don't know where this book is set or when but I'm such a sucker for a survival story that I had to get it! 

It comes out September 13th 

Now for the 2 I purchased! 

First up (shocking I know) Glass Sword 

Now as I write this I haven't read it yet, I have about 50 pages left in my re-read of Red Queen but I'm SO excited to jump into this and re-entering Victoria's world of Reds and Silvers is just making the anticipation that much bigger! Since it's a sequel there's not a synopsis but if you haven't read Red Queen yet... What are you waiting for? 

And last book that I purchased is a book from Audible. 

Audible had a sale this past week where most of their series starters were 4.95! So I jumped at the change to grab The Queen of The Tearling! 

All I know about this book is that it's about a young princess who has to reclaim her throne. That and the movie adaptation of this is starring... Emma Watson! SO of course I needed it in my life. 

And that's it! Let me know if you've heard of any of these and I'll talk to you soon! 

Until next time, 
Ginger 

February TBR

This is my first TBR post, I don't usually make a list/pile of what I'll be reading from month to month but I did it a couple times last year and I did it last month and it worked out so well I think I'm going to continue doing it. 

So here is my TBR for the month. 

These are all the ARCS I'll be reading: 

 My ARC TBR makes me laugh because I recently signed up for the next round of OTSPSECRETSISTER and I specifically mentioned that I hate books set on boats. It's weird I know. But then I go to look at my ARC's for the month and I have TWO with boat settings... We'll see how this works out... 

Next are the physical books I'll be reading this month: 

As you can see I made up for the fact that I only had one contemporary to read from my ARC list. I thought I'd go a little crazy this month with the cute, lovey dovey reads since it is February. 

Now I've already read Red Queen and I LOVED it but my TBR Jar Challenge for the month was to "Re-read a Favorite" and to be honest I almost picked a different one because I wasn't in the mood for a re-read. But then I remember that The second book in the Red Queen series is coming out this month (!!!!!!!!!) and that I was already planning on re-reading Red Queen so it worked out perfectly! 

Last but not least are my 2 most highly anticipated reads for my TBR. If you read my February Releases post then you already know what they are but in any case: 

I'm so excited to read these two books that I can't even put it into words! I haven't decided yet if I want to pre-order these, go to the store to get them or download the e-books the Monday night before they come out! I just know I want them ASAP! 

Let me know what books are on your February TBR and I'll talk to you all soon! 

Until next time, 

Ginger 

Most Anticipated February Releases

So I thought I'd start off this month by sharing my top 10 books that I'm anticipating this month. 

Just a couple things: 

I'll include a brief synopsis of most of the books listed but if it's part of a series I'll leave out the synopsis to avoid spoilers.

There are books that come out March 1st that I've included because my March Releases post won't go live until a couple days after March 1st. 

Books marked with a "~" are ones that have been sent to me to review.

These are listed in order of excitement from least to most.

Here we go! 

10. These Vicious Masks By Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas ~ 

Release Date: February 9th  

I don't know a ton about this book, the cover is what caught my eye, but then I heard it's being pitched as Jane Austen meets the X-men so that's all I really need to know!

9. You Were Here By Cori McCarthy 

Release Date: March 1st 

Jaycee is going to live past graduation, unlike her brother Jake. Well.. Maybe.. The only way she can deal with her brothers death is by recreating the very daredevil stunts that got him killed. Content to do this alone she's shocked to find a group of unlikely friends who all have their own reasons for wanting to complete the dares. 

This sounds like Lauren Oliver's "Panic" meets  Gayle Foreman's "I Was Here" so I'll definatly be picking this up!  

8. Firstlife By Gena Showalter 

Release Date: February 23rd 

Firstlife is a dress rehearsal. Everlife is is when your real life begins, after death. Tenley Lockwood refuses to let her parents choose where she'll live after death. She wants to be able to choose between the two ruling realms but even given the choice she doesn't know where she wants to end up, or worse, where the boy she's falling for will end up.

Yes please! This premise is killer and it's by Gena Showalter so of course I know I'm going to love it! 

7. The Leaving Season By Cat Jordan 

Release Date: March 1st

Middie Daniels calls it the leaving season, the time of year everyone graduates, packs up their bags and never looks back. Her boyfriend, Nate, is leaving this time, to volunteer for a year, but after that she'll be leaving too. With him. But when tragedy strikes she finds herself leaning on the shoulder of Nate's best friend Lee and she realizes that no matter the season, love can pull you through the hardest of times.   

6. Take The Fall 

Release Date: February 16th 

When Sonia and her best friend Gretchen are attacked in the woods Sonia is lucky to make it out alive, Gretchen however is discovered at the bottom of a waterfall dead. Suspect #1 is Gretchen's ex, Marcus. When Marcus asks for help clearing his name Sonia agrees, but only to find damning evidence against him. However when she starts falling for him she begins to wonder, if it wasn't him that day in the forest, who was it?  

One word- NEED!

5. The Shadow Queen By C.J. Redwine ~ 

Release Date: February 16th

Confession time. I don't like retellings. Something about them always turns me off. Which is why I still haven't read Splintered or Cinder (don't fret, I will this year! I promise!.) But this book sounds so good I can't help but add it to my list. 

Long synopsis short, this is a Snow White retelling where the princess "Lorelai" must kill the evil queen to save her kingdom. Oh and there's a love interest so... YAY!!! 

4. Blackhearts By Nicole Castroman ~ 

Release Date: February 9th

A debut novel that tells the story of Edward "Teach" and Anne Barrett, their love, and how heartbreak turns Teach into one of the most infamous pirates in history- Blackbeard. 

Honestly do I have to say anything else to get you to pick up this book? Because I know I'm HOOKED already! 

3. In Real Life By Jessica Love 

Release Date: March 1st 

 Hannah and Nick have been best friends since 8th grade, even though they've never met. Senior year Hannah decides to road trip to Vegas and confess her love for him, only problem is, when she gets there, she meets his girlfriend who he never mentioned. 

I love contemporaries so of course this is number 3 on my list. It also doesn't hurt that Emory Lord blurbed it!

2. Glass Sword By Victoria Aveyard 

Release Date: February 9th

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I LOVED The Red Queen so. Freaking. Much! I've been counting down the days until I could get my hands on this beauty and if Brandon Sanderson didn't have a book coming out this month then Glass Sword would be my number 1 anticipated book for February. 

Red Queen Review

1. Calamity By Brandon Sanderson. 

Release Date: February 16th 

  I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to read this book! If you haven't been introduced to the awesomeness that is Brandon Sanderson yet then I HIGHLY recommend you start with his Reckoners series!

I do have a review up for the second book in the series but it does have spoilers so I'd save it until you've caught up on the series. 

Review of Firefight

And there you have it! 

Let me know what you think and if I missed a book that you're really excited about then let me know so I can add it to my ever growing pile! 

Until next time, 

Ginger 

(Not so) Patiently Waiting On Wednesday

Waiting On Wednesday 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. 

Here is my selection for the week:

Taken from Amazon:

The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they've always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.

Mare Barrow's blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

Release date is February 9th 2016

I've pretty much been counting down the days until I could get my hands on this book since I finished the first book in the series (The Red Queen). I am such a giant fan of Victoria's writing and her story and her characters that I honestly don't know how I'm going to deal once I finish Glass Sword and have to, yet again, wait 12+ months for more. 

If you haven't read the previous book I HIGHLY  recommend it and I will definitely be picking this up the day it comes out! 

Feel free to leave a link to your WOW below so  I can check it out! 

Until next time, 

Ginger