Saturday, October 12, 2013

Letterbox Love/Stacking the Shelves

 
I don't know about you, but for me this week has flown by! I was looking forward to doing my review of Elizabeth May's 'The Falconer' which I finished reading last week, but Wednesday, my normal coursework-and-life-catchup day became a work-I-get-paid-for day, so I was playing catchup the rest of the week. Although the money will be nice - more books! :-) So no reviews this week, but that means you can look forward to seeing a review tomorrow, and probably one for Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger in the middle of the week.

On to the books!


First up is actually one I got for a class.

Praetorian, by Simon Scarrow. I'm an Ancient History student, and I've been interested in reading this series set in the ancient Roman Empire for a while. Unfortunately this is jumping in to the middle of the series, but this is the book I need for my essay, so c'est la vie, I'll catch up on the others another time.

Next, 3 books I've been looking forward to for a while.

The Republic of Thieves, by Scott Lynch - I've been waiting for this book for years. #3 in the Gentleman Bastard series, I read its predecessors as soon as they came out, when I was maybe 14/15. I'm now 22, so it's been a long wait, but this one came out on Thursday, so at long last I can find out what happens next for these conmen. I'm rereading book 1 at the moment, so hopefully I'll get to that one very soon.

Blood Trade, by Faith Hunter - another series I love, this is book 6 in the Jane Yellowrock series. I read the last one while I was in Carolina last year & didn't want to buy the next and be unable to bring it home with me. I can't wait to see what's next for Jane.

Firelight, by Kristen Callihan. I haven't read anything by this author before, but I've heard good things about the series from the start, and I'm looking forward to finally reading it. 

What books did you get this week? Have you read any of these four? Share your links in the comments :)

~Ailsa

13 comments:

  1. I've always been tempted to read the Jane Yellowrock series. I hope you like your new reads.

    My STS http://beentherereadthatreviewedthebook.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/stacking-shelves-4-5.html

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  2. Your first two books are new to me. I hadn't heard of them before, but they do have awesome covers.

    Grace
    Books of Love
    http://gracebooksoflove.com

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  3. I keep meaning to read "Firelight" but I haven't gotten around to it. Happy reading!

    Tsuki’s STS

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  4. I love the cover of Firelight. I hope you enjoy your books! :)
    My STS

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  5. beautiful haul!

    Stop by at mine too <3 We have tons of giveaways :)

    http://www.lite-rate-ture.com/2013/10/stacking-the-shelves-26/

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  6. Great haul! Firelight has been on my wishlist for what feels like forever as has Republic of Thieves, I'm just about to re-read the first one too as it's been such a long time.

    Enjoy your new books and happy reading!

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  7. Thanks for visiting the blog, everyone :)
    ~Ailsa

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  8. Heard great things about Firelight. Happy reading.

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  9. Wow, nice! Praetorian looks great!
    Happy reading!

    My haul

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  10. Cool haul. Happy reading :)

    http://www.itchingforbooks.com/2013/10/stacking-shelves-58.html

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  11. Firelight looks amazing! Hope you enjoy your haul! :)

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  12. Interesting looking series'. I will have to look into book 1 on a couple of these. :)
    Happy Reading!
    Here are my new books.

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  13. Thank you all for visiting! :)
    ~Ailsa

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