Description: 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 physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
So I have been pretty terrible about remembering to do a Stacking the Shelves post regularly lately, lots of excuses: work, life, exams, homework…but the long and short of it is, I am going to try and be a lot better and in the mean time, I will have some pretty heavy book loads to post. (As I may, or may not, have accumulated many books in the past few months)
Giveaway Win!!
Thank you so much to the amazing Elizabeth over at RedHead Reader for the awesome giveaway from which I got an a beautiful hardcover copy of the book and some fantastic Deep Blue nail polish!!
Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly
The first in a series of four epic
tales set in the depths of the ocean, where six mermaids seek to protect and
save their hidden world.
Deep in the ocean, in a world not
so different from our own, live the merpeople. Their communities are spread
throughout the oceans, seas, and freshwaters all over the globe.
When Serafina, a mermaid of the
Mediterranean Sea, awakens on the morning of her betrothal, her biggest worry
should be winning the love of handsome Prince Mahdi. And yet Sera finds herself
haunted by strange dreams that foretell the return of an ancient evil. Her dark
premonitions are confirmed when an assassin's arrow poisons Sera's mother. Now,
Serafina must embark on a quest to find the assassin's master and prevent a war
between the Mer nations. Led only by her shadowy dreams, Sera searches for five
other mermaid heroines who are scattered across the six seas. Together, they
will form an unbreakable bond of sisterhood and uncover a conspiracy that
threatens their world's very existence.
E-Arcs:
#Scandal by Sarah Ockler
Lucy’s learned some important lessons from tabloid darling Jayla Heart’s all-too-public blunders: Avoid the spotlight, don’t feed the Internet trolls, and keep your secrets secret. The policy has served Lucy well all through high school, so when her best friend Ellie gets sick before prom and begs her to step in as Cole’s date, she accepts with a smile, silencing about ten different reservations. Like the one where she’d rather stay home shredding online zombies. And the one where she hates playing dress-up. And especially the one where she’s been secretly in love with Cole since the dawn of time.
When Cole surprises her at the after party with a kiss under the stars, it’s everything Lucy has ever dreamed of… and the biggest BFF deal-breaker ever. Despite Cole’s lingering sweetness, Lucy knows they’ll have to ’fess up to Ellie. But before they get the chance, Lucy’s own Facebook profile mysteriously explodes with compromising pics of her and Cole, along with tons of other students’ party indiscretions. Tagged. Liked. And furiously viral.
By Monday morning, Lucy’s been branded a slut, a backstabber, and a narc, mired in a tabloid-worthy scandal just weeks before graduation.
Lucy’s been battling undead masses online long enough to know there’s only one way to survive a disaster of this magnitude: Stand up and fight. Game plan? Uncover and expose the Facebook hacker, win back her best friend’s trust, and graduate with a clean slate.
There’s just one snag—Cole. Turns out Lucy’s not the only one who’s been harboring unrequited love…(Goodreads)
Before We Kiss by Susan Mallery
New York Times bestselling sensation Susan Mallery returns to Fool's Gold,
California, where it's true that sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs…
Former pro-football kicker Sam
Ridge has notoriously bad luck with women—from cheaters to fame chasers. Still,
the gorgeous brunette at the bar in Fool's Gold looks harmless—until she takes
him home and he discovers a room devoted to securing a man, for life.
Dellina Hopkins never guessed that
storing gowns from a friend's bridal boutique would chase away her first and
only fling. After her parents died, she skipped her "wild youth" to
raise her sisters. She doesn't want forever from Sam, but one night—all
night—would've been nice.
His clean getaway gets messy when
his firm hires Dellina to plan an event. As long hours lead to late nights, the
two succumb to temptation again. Has Sam's luck finally changed? Or this time,
will Dellina be the one to run? (Goodreads)
Bookstore Buys:
Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan
Can anyone be truly herself--or truly in love--in a language that's not her own?
Sixteen-year-old Josie lives her life in translation. She speaks High School, College, Friends, Boyfriends, Break-ups, and even the language of Beautiful Girls. But none of these is her native tongue--the only people who speak that are her best friend Stu and her sister Kate. So when Kate gets engaged to an epically insufferable guy, how can Josie see it as anything but the mistake of a lifetime? Kate is determined to bend Josie to her will for the wedding; Josie is determined to break Kate and her fiancé up. As battles are waged over secrets and semantics, Josie is forced to examine her feelings for the boyfriend who says he loves her, the sister she loves but doesn't always like, and the best friend who hasn't said a word--at least not in a language Josie understands.(Goodreads)
How To Meet Boys by Catherine Clark
Find out what happens when you fall for your best friend's worst enemy in this timeless and hilarious story of a forbidden first love and forever friendship.
Lucy can't wait to spend the summer at the lake with her best friend, Mikayla. But when Jackson, the boy she's been avoiding ever since he rejected her, reappears in her life, Lucy wonders if this summer to remember is one she'd rather forget.
Mikayla's never had much luck talking to boys, but when she (literally) runs into the cutest guy she's ever seen, and sparks fly, she thinks things might be looking up...until she realizes the adorable stranger is the same boy who broke her best friend's heart.
As things begin to heat up between Mikayla and the one guy she should avoid, will Lucy be able to keep her cool or will the girls' perfect summer turn into one hot mess?
Catherine Clark, the author of beach-read favorites Maine Squeeze and Love and Other Things I'm Bad At, has once again crafted a hilarious and spot-on portrayal of what it's really like to be a teenager. Readers will love this irreverent coming-of-age story…and will be breathlessly turning the pages to find out what happens next. (Goodreads)
Fool Me Twice by Mandy Hubbard
Mackenzie and Landon were the perfect couple . . . until he dumped her and broke her heart. Fast-forward a year and they're back where they first met—Serenity Ranch and Spa, where they are once again working together for the summer. Talk about awkward.
Then, Landon takes a nasty fall and gets amnesia. Suddenly, he’s stuck in the past—literally. His most recent memory is of last summer, when he and Mack were still together, so now he’s calling her pet names and hanging all over her. It's the perfect chance for revenge. The plan is simple: keep Landon at arm’s length, manipulate him so he’s the one falling love, and then BAM, dump him. There’s just one problem: Mack can’t fall for Landon all over again.
The If Only romance line is all about wanting what you can't have, and Mandy Hubbard's hilarious break-up/love story is sure to captivate anyone who has ever wished for a second shot at love. (Goodreads)
Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn
Summer, boys, and friendships gone sour. This new series has everything that perfect beach reads are made of!
Gemma just got dumped and is devastated. She finds herself back in the Hamptons for the summer—which puts her at risk of bumping into Hallie, her former best friend that she wronged five years earlier. Do people hold grudges that long?
When a small case of mistaken identity causes everyone, including Hallie and her dreamy brother Josh, to think she’s someone else, Gemma decides to go along with it.
Gemma's plan is working (she's finding it hard to resist Josh), but she's finding herself in embarrassing situations (how could a bathing suit fall apart like that!?). Is it coincidence or is someone trying to expose her true identity? And how will Josh react if he finds out who she is? (Goodreads)
E-Books:
All Lined Up by Cora Carmack
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack follows up
her trio of hits—Losing It, Faking It, and Finding It—with this thrilling first
novel in an explosive series bursting with the Texas flavor, edge, and steamy
romance of Friday Night Lights.
In Texas, two things are cherished
above all else—football and gossip. My life has always been ruled by both.
Dallas Cole loathes football.
That's what happens when you spend your whole childhood coming in second to a
sport. College is her time to step out of the bleachers, and put the playing
field (and the players) in her past.
But life doesn't always go as
planned. As if going to the same college as her football star ex wasn’t bad
enough, her father, a Texas high school coaching phenom, has decided to make
the jump to college ball… as the new head coach at Rusk University. Dallas
finds herself in the shadows of her father and football all over again.
Carson McClain is determined to go
from second-string quarterback to the starting line-up. He needs the
scholarship and the future that football provides. But when a beautiful redhead
literally falls into his life, his focus is more than tested. It's obliterated.
Dallas doesn't know Carson is on
the team. Carson doesn't know that Dallas is his new coach's daughter.
And neither of them know how to
walk away from the attraction they feel.
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO?
All Meg has ever wanted is to get
away. Away from high school. Away from her backwater town. Away from her
parents who seem determined to keep her imprisoned in their dead-end lives. But
one crazy evening involving a dare and forbidden railroad tracks, she goes way
too far...and almost doesn't make it back.
John made a choice to stay. To
enforce the rules. To serve and protect. He has nothing but contempt for what
he sees as childish rebellion, and he wants to teach Meg a lesson she won't
soon forget. But Meg pushes him to the limit by questioning everything he
learned at the police academy. And when he pushes back, demanding to know why
she won't be tied down, they will drive each other to the edge -- and over….(Goodreads)
Now & Forever by Susane
Colasanti
What if your boyfriend was the
world's biggest rockstar?
Sterling is crazy in love with
Ethan. Not only is he the sweetest boy she's ever met, but he's an incredibly
talented guitarist, singer, and songwriter. And since forever, he's believed he
has what it takes to be a star.
When Ethan becomes an overnight
sensation, he's thrown head-first into the glam world of celebrity-and so is
Sterling. Before she knows it, she's attending red-carpet premieres, getting
free designer clothes, and flying around the country to attend Ethan's
monumental sold-out concerts.
It's a dream come true...but whose
dream is Sterling living? And what do you do when "forever" comes to
an end? (Goodreads)
How about you? What were your finds this week?
Please feel free to comment and share a link to your new reads below.
