Sunday, November 24, 2013

Stacking the Shelves (77)

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Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books we got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week.


Hello lovely people of books! Have you all been to see Catching Fire yet? Thoughts? I really liked it and can’t wait for the 3rd! Also – did you see the Vampire Academy trailer too? Was that a joke? Is it meant to be a parody? PLEASE TELL ME THAT WAS NOT REAL!! *clears throat* Ok so yeah. I know we’ve been a bit scarce on our posting of our BGDC feature we all got kind of busy, but we’re getting in that groove again. This week I posted about book sizes! Also I have a few giveaways happening at the moment – check em out here. And in case you missed it I also have a giveaway on Xpresso Book Tours where you can win a Kindle Paperwhite or a gift card!

THIS WEEK’S BOOK HAUL:
(Click on covers and links below picture for Goodreads)

I received for review:
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–Three by Kristen Simmons
–Afterparty by Ann Redisch Stampler
–The Truth About You and Me by Amanda Grace (see my review here)
–Something Real by Heather Demetrios
–16 Things I Thought Were True by Janet Gurtler

Lone ebook haul:
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*Big thanks to Raincoast Books, Ann Redisch Stampler, YA Bound Book Tours,
and Flux Books for these pretties!*

 

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Have a great Sunday! 🙂
Ciao!

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Giselle

Canadian blogger, wife, mother, coffee lover, and sarcastic at heart! She has had a love for all things bookish since before Amazon and eReaders existed *le gasp*. You can also find her organizing tours and other fun things at Xpresso Book Tours.

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24 Responses to “Stacking the Shelves (77)”

  1. Tanya Patrice

    We just saw Catching Fire and loved it! The VA trailer was clearly, obviously a BIG JOKE that I’m not in on. I’m definitely not watching that at the movie theaters – even though I loved the books.

  4. Emily

    So… many… pretties!!! :O My friend watched Catching Fire, and she thought it was much better than The Hunger Games! What about you? 🙂
    Looks like you had a totally awesome week! 😀 Thanks for sharing, and happy reading Giselle!! <33

  6. Andie

    Nice haul for this week. I hope you enjoy your new reads! I haven’t gone to see Catching Fire yet. I’m still recovering from bronchitis and the weather is just terrible right now. I’m staying inside where it is nice and warm.
    My StS

  7. Siiri

    I really liked Stir Me Up and it was way different from other NA books. It was cute while it managed to hold intensity with the war vet kid. I hope that you enjoy all of your new pretties, Giselle 🙂

  10. Pili

    Very nice haul!
    I still haven’t watching Cathing Fire but I’ve heard many good reviews, so I’m quite happy about that! Going to see it on the 30th with my nephews, I think!

  11. Kelsey

    I haven’t seen Catching Fire yet, but I have tickets for tomorrow night! I’m really excited to see it too. I haven’t seen the VA trailer yet either.
    Nice haul this week, Stir Me Up looks cute.
    Have a great week!

  12. Kristilyn (Reading in Winter)

    So I haven’t seen the Vampire Academy trailer and now I’m scared to! Yikes. Such good books, too.

    I hope you like 16 Things I Thought Were True! I thought it was really good. I was kind of on the fence about The Truth About You and Me, though … I look forward to seeing what you think!

    Have a good week!

  14. Tammy Sparks

    Awesome stack of books! I especially want to read THREE. Oh, I loved Catching Fire! I thought it was so well done, and it just flew by even though it was kind of long. At the screening I went to they showed a trailer for Divergent…EEEE can’t wait:)

  18. Alexia @ Adventures in Reading

    Ooooh you got some GREAT reads!

    Saw Catching Fire yesterday with my mom and I loooved it!It was perfect. The casting was amazeballs. Loved it all.

    The VA trailer was laughable. It made me realize I was not going to waste my time seeing that movie.

  19. Nereyda @Mostly YA Book Obsessed

    Catching Fire was AMAZING! So so good! I wish they would have made VA into a TV series than a movie. They are changing it too much to try to appeal to a bigger audience I think. Other than Hunger Games, I think all books should be made into tv shows, not movies. Especially if they have 6 books in the series.
    Anyway, After Party looks good and I hope you like Stir Me Up. Enjoy!

  20. Sam @ Realm of Fiction

    Oh Vampire Academy… I was looking forward to it at one point, but ever since the teaser trailer, I’ve slowly started wondering if it’s worth seeing at all. I have no idea why they would go for a vibe that doesn’t reflect the book at all. -_- I’m looking forward to Catching Fire though! I hope to watch it as soon as I can. Enjoy all your new books, lovely! I’m looking forward to seeing what you think of Something Real. 🙂

  24. Brittany

    Yes! Catching Fire is amazing! I can’t wait to see it again and probably again. And probably again.
    I agree. I LOL’d pretty hard when the VA trailer came on. So sad when they have to ruin what could have been a good movie. Alright, getting a little ahead of myself. Maybe the trailer is just awful…but I can’t see that being the case.