While NetGalley and Edelweiss haven’t quite gotten back to pre-holiday levels, this stack is at least a bit taller than the last few. Although speaking of normal, this past week was definitely far from that. I don’t know about you but I’m tired. It feels like a good weekend to cuddle up with a couple […]
Happy New Year! Welcome to the first Stacking the Shelves post of 2021. Thank goodness 2020 is finally over, even if its effects will be malingering for a while. I didn’t get a lot this week, NetGalley and Edelweiss really only got new books for three days, after all. On the other hand, Audible had […]
Happy week between Xmas and New Years! This week is always so weird. If one has to work, it’s a week where nobody is around and nothing seems to get done. The days crawl. And if you’re off, it absolutely flies by. It’s not a surprise that not many books popped up on Netgalley and […]
I don’t know if this has happened to anyone else, but my Goodreads Challenge for 2020 went wonky. It said I’d read ZERO books. On its other hand, certainly not mine, the My Year in Books display showed 247 books read this year. I believe this is what is called a contradiction in terms. Either […]
I actually sent something back this week. I’m tempted to add it to this week’s stack with an X across it, just to be thorough. But the reviews of Ready Player Two were just so awful that I returned the audiobook and got something different. Then I got a second something different to go with […]
It feels like fall fell with a resounding “THUD” this week here in Atlanta. All of a sudden, it got COLD at night. It’s still warm-ish during the day, but once the sun goes down – BRRRRR! Speaking of the sun, it goes down too damn early. I miss Daylight Saving Time, even if no […]
I hope everyone in the U.S. had a wonderful Thanksgiving and has had the chance to recover from the inevitable turkey-induced coma. Thanksgiving week is always a bit of a weird week for publishing. Even in normal years, most places were closed Thursday through Sunday. This year is definitely NOT normal. Not only did not […]
More books again. The TBR pile has embiggened! Some of these won’t be out until next August, but still, it seems like the holiday publishing doldrums have passed even if the holidays themselves aren’t here yet. And there’s one book on the list that I’m already salivating over. It’s The Witness for the Dead by […]
Has anyone else had difficulty concentrating this week? Or is it just me? At the same time, I’m just seeing SO MANY fantastic books coming out in the next few months – along with the ones I already have. And OMG I just want to read ALL THE THINGS. Just as soon as I can […]
As I write this on Friday, the U.S. Presidential Election has turned into more schadenscrolling than doomscrolling. Still, we all want this to be over so we can get on with what happens next. Even if the next two months are likely to be chaotic. At least an end will be in sight. But speaking […]