2023

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!

How is everyone coping with the weird time between Christmas and New Year? I am loving all this time I have for reading, oh and drinking loads of tea. I also went for a lovely walk today between all the rain we have been having so that was also a bonus.

Anyway, back to the books. These are the books I got for Christmas off my lovely family.

World of Wonder by Aimee Nezhukumatathil – My niece and nephew bought me this book for Christmas and it is a really nice surprise because I have never heard of this book before. I’m really excited to read this book as it looks fascinating.
The Earl and the Pharaoh by The Countess of Carnarvon – This was on my wish list and I dropped quite a few hints to my husband. My husband thankfully picked up on the hints and bought me this wonderful book. I have already started reading it and I adore it. I just love the writing of The Countess of Carnarvon, she is so good at getting the history across.
Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly by Jeremy Clarkson – I have already read this book in basically one sitting. I love the Diddly Squat books and this did not disappoint. Thankfully, this was another book I dropped a lot of hints for and the husband picked up on. I have a very good husband!

I hope everyone had a good Christmas with lots of book shaped presents under the tree.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 21/10/2023

Hello!

It was my birthday yesterday and I got some lovely books to add to my shelves. I always love getting books for my birthday and thankfully people have realised they are some of my favourite presents.

The Romantic by William Boyd – Boyd is a new author for me but my niece chose the book for my birthday because she thought I would enjoy it. I am looking forward to reading it.
Cats in Medieval Manuscripts by Kathleen Walker-Meikle – I read the Dog version of this a few years ago and absolutely loved it. I have been trying to find this book for about two years and my wonderful husband managed to find a copy for my birthday. I will be reading next because it looks so interesting.
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien – Yes, I have read The Hobbit many times and yes I have many beautiful editions of The Hobbit but I don’t have this beautiful edition. This edition will proudly sit on my Tolkien bookshelf.

Have you added any new books to your bookshelves recently?

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 22/09/2023

Hello!

I thought it was time to show some of the books I have recently added to my ever growing TBR piles around the house.

The Words of Kings and Prophets by Shauna Lawless – I have the first book of the series and I plan on reading it soon so I thought I would buy the second one so I could read it straight after the first one.

Tudor England: A History by Lucy Wooding – You might have noticed that I am going through quite a Tudor phase at the moment. I’m also preferring nonfiction as well with my reading which is rather strange for me.
Queens of the Age of Chivalry by Alison Weir – Alison Weir is one of my all time favourite authors. I just can’t enough of her books.

Have you added any new books to your bookshelves recently?

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 22/07/2023

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far. I am currently on holiday so this has meant me buying lots of books on my Kindle.

So here are the books I have bought this week.

Lessons by Ian McEwan – This is my first McEwan novel but I am really enjoying it so far.
The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse – I love Kate Mosse and I thought it was high time I read The Joubert Chronicles.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow – I have been wanting to read this book for quite a long time now so I decided to get it for this holiday.
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods – Another one that I have been wanting to read for quite a long time.

Have you added any new books to your bookshelves recently?

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 3/06/2023

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far. I will be honest I ended up in a bookshop again this week and I bought 3 books. I only went in to buy Yellowface but I ended up buying a few extra books. However, the books were paid for by my Waterstones points so at least they were technically free.

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway – I’ve always wanted to read this and I thought it would be a nice short read to read during the summer.
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang – I’ve read so many fantastic reviews about this book I just had to get it. I’m really hoping I get to read this over the summer.
Atlas The Story of Pa Salt by Harry Whittaker and Lucinda Riley – This was another book I’ve seen loads of good things about so it slipped into the basket as well.

I’m so excited to get reading these books and I am really hoping I have some time over the summer to read them, preferably in the sunshine with a glass of something nice.

Have you added any new books to your bookshelves recently?

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Stacking the Shelves: 29/04/2023

Hello!

This year I have been determined to buy less books than I have in previous years. This is due to the amount of books on my TBR pile/house and also because I hoped to save some pennies. So far I have managed to cut back on my book buying and I am really pleased with my progress of reading my TBR pile. However, this week I might have gone slightly crazy and my resolve temporarily evaporated. So without further ado here are the books I have purchased this week.

Atalanta has been preordered since last year so I was really pleased when it finally arrived through my letterbox.
I used to read a lot of Garth Nix books so I decided to read The Left-Handed Booksellers of London and get back into my Garth Nix books.
Cleopatra and Frankenstein is a book I have seen so many good reviews about that I couldn’t resist buying it at Waterstones especially as it was on offer. I just love a bargain book!
Babel: An Arcane History is another book I have seen loads of good things about and couldn’t resist buying.
I have wanted to read an Owen King book for a while now and I really liked the sound of this one so it was another book that I bought during my Waterstones visit.

I really hope to get reading these books soon but I also plan to curb the book buying again. I must reduce the TBR house.

Have you added any new books to your bookshelves recently?

Happy Reading

Etsy

Stacking the Shelves: 18/02/2023

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far.

I thought I would join in with Stacking the Shelves this week because I actually bought some books this week. I am making an effort to buy less books this year and read the ones I own and so far I have been doing quite well.

I have decided to read the Dr Ruth Galloway books from the beginning because I haven’t read them all. This has also meant buying some of the books I don’t own and discovered this lovely book set and although I do own a couple of these books I just couldn’t help myself with the lovely book set.

I have already started reading The Crossing Places and absolutely loving it.

Have you added any new books to your bookshelves recently?

Happy Reading

Etsy

Stacking the Shelves: 29/10/2022

Hello and welcome to my first ever Stacking the Shelves post.

This week I spent a few days in my favourite place, Bath. This also meant I visited my favourite bookshops and went a little crazy on my book buying.

So here are the books and the bookshops I bought them from.

Persephone Books

I always love how Persephone Books have little descriptions of each book on the bookshelves so you can immediately see what the book is generally about. This also means that I found a lot of books I wanted to buy and read. I actually started to read The Victorian Chaise-Longue as soon as I got back to the hotel so that has already been read and reviewed.

Mr B’s Emporium Bookshop

I really want to see the film of this but I always love to read the book first so hopefully I will get reading this soon. I would have liked to have spent longer in this bookshop but unfortunately there was rather a nasty smell in the shop that rather put me off my book browsing.

Toppings and Company Booksellers of Bath

Now I will be honest I went a little crazy in Toppings and Company. Once I had filled my arms up with books I passed the books to my husband so when I went to the checkout the nice lady on the checkout had a bit of a shock. In fact she thought I had started Christmas shopping so she was even more surprised when I said they were all for me. In all honesty I am so excited to start reading all these lovely books I am not sure what to read first. What do you think I should read next?

So there are all my new books! I am returning to Bath in December so I really must be careful I don’t go book shopping crazy again.

Have you added any new books to your bookshelves recently?

Happy Reading