Stacking the Shelves: 1/11/2025

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had a lovely day of reading today which is just what I needed.

I received another book as a birthday present this week and it is quite intriguing as it is by an author I have never come across before.

One Day by David Nicholls

This isn’t my usual choice of book but I am looking forward to reading it and discovering a new author.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 25/10/2025

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Hello!

It was my birthday this week and I was very lucky and received some lovely books. I can’t wait to get reading them all.

  • She Says She’s My Daughter by Lauren North – Has sat on my wish list for a very long time so I was really excited to finally receive a copy to read.
  • Cleopatra’s Daughter by Jane Draycott – Is another book that has been sat on my wish list for a very long time.
  • Jane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney – I was so excited to receive this from my wonderful husband and I can’t wait to read it!
  • Feminist History for Everyday of the Year by Kate Mosse – This was another book that I asked for for my birthday and I was so happy to receive it from my in laws.
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Another birthday gift from my wonderful husband. It is absolutely beautiful and I can’t stop looking at it.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 11/10/2025

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Hello!

I’ve had one preordered book arrive this week and I am very excited because it has been a very long time since I have read a book by Philippa Gregory. I’m really hoping to read it soon.

Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 20/9/2025

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had one new book this week which was another preorder from Waterstones.

This is a new author for me but the story and format it is written in intrigued me so I preordered it.

I’m really excited to get reading Hekate by Nikita Gill.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 13/9/2025

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had a lovely day of music and cake baking.

I had two preordered books delivered this week and I can’t wait to get reading them.

  • No Friend to this House by Natalie Haynes – Haynes is one of my favourite authors and an auto buy author for me so I am very excited to read this.
  • Among The Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon – I love this series so I am excited to read this book. I can’t believe how small it is though!

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 6/9/2025

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I’ve managed some reading today which has been lovely. I had two books arrive this week that I had preordered ages ago.

  • Medusa by Rosie Hewlett – I’m really excited to read this version of Medusa’s story. I always find the story of Medusa a hard story to read because she was a very wronged woman.
  • The Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman – I am a huge fan of Tracy Borman and can’t wait to read her latest book.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 30/8/2025

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Hello!

This week has involved a lot of book shopping and a preordered book arriving. I can’t wait to get stuck into reading them all. I went to my favourite bookshops in Bath this week and had one delivery from Waterstones.

Persephone Books

I’m not going to do pictures of these books because they all have the same cover and are never very clear in the pictures. My dream is to own the complete set of Persephone Books and one day read them all.

  • Mariana by Monica Dickens
  • Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
  • Fidelity by Susan Glaspell

Mr B’s Emporium

I’ve seen some interesting reviews of the Great Eastern Hotel by Ruchir Joshi so I thought I would purchase it and give it a read. The book is huge so it will take me a while.

Unfortunately She Was A Nymphomaniac by Joan Smith looks like a very different history of Rome’s Imperial women.

Toppings and Company Booksellers of Bath

I always try and add another Alison Weir book to my collection and I am thoroughly looking forward to reading Elizabeth The Queen because Elizabeth is my favourite monarch.

Phoenicia Rogerson is a new author for me but I am looking forward to reading her version of Aphrodite.

She Played and Sang by Gillian Dooley looks like a fascinating read about Jane Austen. As a musician myself I am looking forward to reading about Austen’s love of music.

Waterstones

This was my preordered book. R. F. Kuang is a bit of an auto buy author for me so I am very excited to read her new book.

I can’t wait to get reading!

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 16/8/2025

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Happy Weekend Everyone!

This week I went to visit Ironbridge so that obviously meant a visit to Ironbridge Bookshop. The bookshop has recently extended and I was very excited to see how they had changed the shop. I absolutely loved the new layout and loved the extra space in the shop. I obviously bought myself a few books whilst there.

New Books

  • A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths by Stephen Kershaw
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
  • Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

I’m very excited to read these books. I have only read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald so I’m looking forward to reading more of his work.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 5/7/2025

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Hello!

I have been busy buying Kindle books this week ready for my holidays and I’m sure I will probably buy a few more before I go. Here are the ones I have bought so far and they are all new authors for me.

  • Who Is the Liar by Laura Lee Bahr
  • While The Dark Remains by Joanna Ruth Meyer
  • Under the Lemon Tree by Emma Cowell

I’m quite excited to get reading these so hopefully I manage to read them whilst on holiday.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 21/6/25

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have been looking at Kindle offers to stock up my Kindle ready for my holiday next month. I haven’t found many that appeal to me yet but I will keep looking. Here is what I have gone for so far.

I have always been a fan of Dan Jones so I am looking forward to reading his book on the Plantagenets. I haven’t done much historical reading this year so I am looking forward to getting back into it.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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