Stacking The Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! It is a list of what books you have received over the previous week or in our case over the previous month.
With the stress of buying a house and everything I have going on I must admit I have splashed out a little this month with money I haven't necessarily got but I don't even care, I need these books to escape from reality and responsibility when I get the chance!
1. The Sudden Appearance Of Hope By Claire North
Listen.
All the world forgets me. First my face, then my voice, then the consequences of my deeds.
So listen. Remember me.
My name is Hope Arden, and you won't know who I am. We've met before - a thousand times. But I am the girl the world forgets.
It started when I was sixteen years old. A slow declining, an isolation, one piece at a time.
A
father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for
three, not four. A teacher who forgets to chase my missing homework. A
friend who looks straight through me and sees a stranger.
No matter what I do, the words I say, the people I hurt, the crimes I commit - you will never remember who I am.
That makes my life tricky. But it also makes me dangerous . . .
Although I don't like hard back books, I find them difficult to read because of the size, I just had to buy this one from work, I justified it by the fact that it was an airport version so although it is as big as a hard back the cover is actually bendy. I still don't like the size of it but this book sounds amazing.
2. Ferney By James Long
When Mike and Gally
move to a new cottage in Somerset, it’s to make a new start. But the
relationship comes under strain when Gally forms an increasingly close
attachment to an old countryman, Ferney, who seems to know everything
about her.
What is it that draws them together? Reluctantly at
first, then with more urgency as he feels time slipping away, Ferney
compels Gally to understand their connection - and to face an
inexplicable truth about their shared past.
I
am still trying to transition from young adult books to adult and this
one seems to have a bit of what I am used to when reading young adult
novels although it is an adult book, it sounds so good.
3. The Lives She Left Behind By James Long
In a Somerset village, a
teenage boy confronts a teacher with a story he should know nothing
about. The boy's impossible knowledge uncovers memories Michael Martin
has done his utmost to forget - and soon propels him into danger. As
Martin confronts his past once more, three girls arrive in the village
of Pen Selwood, one of them drawn by an ancient instinct to find a man
called Ferney. Her actions reignite a love story, an instinct that
cannot be broken, irrespective of the hurt and danger it brings to those
around them...
For the same reasons as listed in number 2, I usually hoard all books by the same author anyway.
4. The Last Star By Rick Yancey
The enemy is Other. The enemy is us.
They’re
down here, they’re up there, they’re nowhere. They want the Earth, they
want us to have it. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us.
But
beneath these riddles lies one truth: Cassie has been betrayed. So has
Ringer. Zombie. Nugget. And all 7.5 billion people who used to live on
our planet. Betrayed first by the Others, and now by ourselves.
In
these last days, Earth’s remaining survivors will need to decide what’s
more important: saving themselves…or saving what makes us human.
I
have waited for this book for so long it best not even be a let down.
For the past two weeks Jen has had to listen to me rambling on about
this book asking if it is in the delivery that she is working, there has
also been a few times when I have literally fangirled in work and it
was a good job I was in the corridors behind the store otherwise I think
I may have caused a little bit of alarm across the airport.
5. ????
There
were five books that I bought this month but because of a future guess
the giveaway I cannot name or show the book otherwise what would be the
point in you trying to guess it in order to win it... It is amazing
though even Jen bought it.
6. More Than This By Patrick Ness
A boy drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. He dies.
Then he wakes, naked and bruised and thirsty, but alive.
How can this be? And what is this strange deserted place?
As
he struggles to understand what is happening, the boy dares to hope.
Might this not be the end? Might there be more to this life, or perhaps
this afterlife?
This is the only Patrick Ness book that he has out that I am yet to read, I wasn't planning on buying it but when I bought The Last Star by Rick Yancey I had to. I can't buy one book at a time it has to be at least two.
7. My Grandmother Sends Her Regards By Fredrik Backman
'Granny has been
telling fairy tales for as long as Elsa can remember. In the beginning
they were only to make Elsa go to sleep, and to get her to practise
granny's secret language, and a little because granny is just about as
nutty as a granny should be. But lately the stories have another
dimension as well. Something Elsa can't quite put her finger on...'
Elsa
is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven
years old and crazy.
Standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-men-who-want-to-talk-about-Jesus-crazy.
She is also Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa runs to her
grandmother's stories, to the Land of Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of
Miamas. There, everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal.
So
when Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters
apologizing to people she has hurt, it marks the beginning of Elsa's
greatest adventure. Her grandmother's letters lead her to an apartment
building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and totally ordinary old
crones-but also to the truth about fairytales and kingdoms and a
grandmother like no other.
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and
Apologises is told with the same comic accuracy and beating heart as
Fredrik Backman's bestselling debut novel, A Man Called Ove. It is a
story about life and death and one of the most important human rights:
the right to be different.
After reading A Man Called Ove I just had to buy Fredrik Backmans latest book!
Well so much for my book rehab!!!
1. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
"Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . "
Beth
Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring
their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company
policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously.
They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails,
discussing every aspect of their personal lives.
Meanwhile, Lincoln
O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's
e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured
himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report
every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke.
When Lincoln
comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn
them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by their
stories.
By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.
2. Girl Online by Zoe Sugg
Penny has a secret.
Under
the alias GirlOnline, she blogs about school dramas, boys, her mad,
whirlwind family - and the panic attacks she's suffered from lately.
When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New
York, where she meets the gorgeous, guitar-strumming Noah. Suddenly
Penny is falling in love - and capturing every moment of it on her blog.
But Noah has a secret too. One that threatens to ruin Penny's cover - and her closest friendship - forever.
3. Girl Online On Tour by Zoe Sugg
Penny's bags are packed.
When Noah invites Penny on his European music tour, she can't wait to spend time with her rock-god-tastic boyfriend.
But,
between Noah's jam-packed schedule, less-than-welcoming bandmates and
threatening messages from jealous fans, Penny wonders whether she's
really cut out for life on tour. She can't help but miss her family, her
best friend Elliot . . . and her blog, Girl Online.
Can Penny learn to balance life and love on the road, or will she lose everything in pursuit of the perfect summer?
4. Not Quite Nice by Celia Imrie
Theresa is desperate for
a change. Forced into early retirement, fed up with babysitting her
bossy daughter’s obnoxious children, she sells her Highgate house and
moves to the picture-perfect town of Bellevue-sur-Mer, just outside
Nice.
With its beautiful villas, its bustling cafes and
shimmering cerulean sea, the village sparkles like a diamond on the
French Mediterranean coast. Once the hideaway of artists and writers, it
is now home to the odd rock icon and Hollywood movie star, and, as
Theresa soon discovers, a close-knit set of expats. There’s Carol, the
infinitely glamorous American and her doting husband David; the
erstwhile British TV star Sally; the ferocious Sian and her wayward
Australian poet husband; the sharply witty Zoe with her strangely
youthful face and penchant for white wine--and the suave Brian who
catches Theresa’s eye.
As Theresa settles to the gentle rhythm of
seaside life she embraces her new-found friendships and freedom.
However, life is never quite as simple as it seems and as skeletons
start to fall out of several closets, Theresa begins to wonder if life
on the French Riviera is quite as nice as it first appeared.
5. Six Tudor Queens: Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir
In all the romancing,
has anyone regarded the evidence that Anne Boleyn did not love Henry
VIII? Or that Prince Arthur, Katherine of Aragon's first husband, who is
said to have loved her in fact cared so little for her that he willed
his personal effects to his sister? Or that Henry VIII, an
over-protected child and teenager, was prudish when it came to sex? That
Jane Seymour, usually portrayed as Henry's one true love, had the
makings of a matriarch? There is much to reveal ...
Alison will
write about the wives in the context of their own age and of the court
intrigues that surrounded these women and - without exception - wrecked
their lives. She will transport readers into a lost and vivid world of splendor and brutality: a world in which love, or the game of it,
dominates all.
6. Some Assemby Required by Arin Andrews
Seventeen-year-old Arin
Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of
undergoing gender reassignment as a high school student in this winning
memoir. We've all felt uncomfortable in our own skin at some point, and
we've all been told that it's just a part of growing up. But for Arin
Andrews, it wasn't a phase that would pass. He had been born in the body
of a girl and there seemed to be no relief in sight. In this
revolutionary memoir, Arin details the journey that led him to make the
life-transforming decision to undergo gender reassignment as a high
school junior. In his captivatingly witty, honest voice, Arin reveals
the challenges he faced as a girl, the humiliation and anger he felt
after getting kicked out of his private school, and all the changes,
both mental and physical, he experienced once his transition began. Arin
also writes about the thrill of meeting and dating a young transgender
woman named Katie Hill and the heartache that followed after they broke
up. Some Assembly Required is a true coming-of-age story about
knocking down obstacles and embracing family, friendship, and first
love. But more than that, it is a reminder that self-acceptance does not
come ready-made with a manual and spare parts. Rather, some assembly is
always required.
7. Re-Thinking Normal by Katie Rain Hill
In her unique, generous,
and affecting voice, nineteen-year-old Katie Hill shares her personal
journey of undergoing gender reassignment.
Have you ever worried
that you'd never be able to live up to your parents' expectations? Have
you ever imagined that life would be better if you were just invisible?
Have you ever thought you would do anything--anything--to make the teasing stop? Katie Hill had and it nearly tore her apart.
Katie
never felt comfortable in her own skin. She realized very young that a
serious mistake had been made; she was a girl who had been born in the
body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers' bullying and the mounting
pressure to be "normal," Katie tried to take her life at the age of
eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally
understood that "Katie"--the girl trapped within her--was determined to
live.
In this first-person account, Katie reflects on her
pain-filled childhood and the events leading up to the life-changing
decision to undergo gender reassignment as a teenager. She reveals the
unique challenges she faced while unlearning how to be a boy and shares
what it was like to navigate the dating world and experience heartbreak
for the first time in a body that matched her gender identity. Told in
an unwaveringly honest voice, Rethinking Normal is a
coming-of-age story about transcending physical appearances and
redefining the parameters of "normalcy" to embody one's true self.
8. The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North
Listen.
All the world forgets me. First my face, then my voice, then the consequences of my deeds.
So listen. Remember me.
My name is Hope Arden, and you won't know who I am. We've met before - a thousand times. But I am the girl the world forgets.
It started when I was sixteen years old. A slow declining, an isolation, one piece at a time.
A
father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for
three, not four. A teacher who forgets to chase my missing homework. A
friend who looks straight through me and sees a stranger.
No matter what I do, the words I say, the people I hurt, the crimes I commit - you will never remember who I am.
That makes my life tricky. But it also makes me dangerous . . .
