This is one of the rare weeks when I bought more books than I picked up from NetGalley and Edelweiss. I’m finishing up an article for Library Journal about science fiction romance. It’s impossible to talk about SFR without bringing up Linnea Sinclair. Her books are marvelous, and it’s a big huge gigantic shame that […]
I did manage to resist temptation at ALA Midwinter. I only saw one book that I wanted that I didn’t already have – but I only saw a poster for it – they didn’t have any ARCs left. Howsomever, the book appeared on Edelweiss the next day, so I have it exactly the way I […]
I’m writing this far, far ahead of when it is being posted. Because when it’s posted, I’ll be in the middle of my second all-day meeting at the ALA Midwinter Conference. In Denver. In the winter. Probably freezing. Hoping I brought warm enough clothes. After all, we live in Atlanta now, I’m not supposed to […]
This is the pre-ALA Midwinter edition of Stacking the Shelves. There will also be a “during” ALA Midwinter edition, which will probably be very short, and a post-ALA Midwinter edition that I hope will not groan with the weight of the books that I pick up at the conference. I try, very hard, not to […]
Early in the week it seemed like I wasn’t seeing anything interesting. So, when the Amazon thingie of “if you liked this you’ll like that” popped up with Books Can Be Deceiving as a read-alike for Twelve Angry Librarians, I thought I’d take a look. One of the reviews for Books Can Be Deceiving was […]
A relatively short stack this week, but it still has a couple of books that I’m really looking forward to. And my library hold for the first book in the Elder Races series finally came in. I think the entire rest of the series arrived first. Murphy’s Law for the win! For Review: The Day […]
I tend not to add things to this post until they have covers. Since I almost always get ebooks or eARCS, I can’t really photograph the books. And the “Cover To Be Revealed” graphic is usually pretty boring. All of that to say that I’ve actually had The Poppy War by R.F Kuang for quite […]
Welcome to the first Stacking the Shelves of the new year! It’s hard to believe that it’s 2018 already. I remember as a kid doing the math to determine how old I’d be at the turn of the millennium – and thinking that it sounded way old. Now we’re 18 years past 2000, and the […]
Welcome to the last and final Stacking the Shelves post of the year. A post in which I’m not actually stacking anything. I did get a few books this week, but not much. As I said in last week’s STS, my mother went into hospice last Thursday. She passed away on Xmas Day, and her […]
As you read this, I’m on my way to Cincinnati. My mother was checked into hospice yesterday. I’m writing this just a bit ahead as we’re planning to get on the road. It probably seems strange that I’m posting this, but reading and blogging both help calm my nerves. Of which I suddenly have a […]