Saturday, August 14, 2021

Stacking the Shelves #159

  

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly feature hosted by Reading Reality. It is a chance to showcase all the goodies you've collected throughout the week, whether they're bought on-line or in-store, an ARC or a final copy, borrowed from a friend or the library, physical or digital, etc.

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Library Treasures


Happy Reading!
Sarah

20 comments:

  1. Yeah.......... Nothing added from me................! [lol]

    A reasonably bumper NINE from me this week - although I suspect most of them will hold no interest for you. All are non-fiction.

    How Markets Fail - The Logic of Economic Calamities by John Cassidy
    Lying for Money - How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our World by Dan Davies
    The Scots - A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat
    Bloody Foreigners - The Story of Immigration to Britain by Robert Winder
    Metazoa - Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
    War on Peace - The Decline of American Influence by Ronan Farrow
    Nothing is Real - The Beatles Were Underrated and Other Sweeping Statements About Pop by David Hepworth
    1971 - Never a Dull Moment by David Hepworth
    Cowboys and Indies - The Epic History of the Record Industry by Gareth Murphy

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    1. I liked Moffat's book 'Before Scotland so I will add that one. I have been going back and forth on Farrow's book for ages now. His 'Catch and Kill', on Weinstein and those shitbags was fantastic, but I don't know that I can yet sit through this one. But maybe. See, there I go again, back and forth.

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    2. I *think* that the Moffat books - 'Genetic Journey' & 'Before Scotland' *might* be the same one. I know that my book had "updated" on it so it might be a title change. I know they do that weird thing with US and UK editions which has confused me in the past.

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    3. Hmmmm. I will investigate further. On Goodreads they were different entries but I think we all know Goodreads gets things wrong.

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    4. Over here I think 'Before Scotland' is called 'Scotland: A History from Earliest Times'. It does look like a different book & seems to have been published 5-6 years after the DNA one. Confusing, isn't it!

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    5. Very! The covers are always different from the UK vs the US, but usually the titles are the same - or very similar. And the UK cover is almost always better than the US one.

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  2. I didn't add anything this week. No need to. The reading queue is full. I did finish a couple of good books, to be reviewed soon.

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  3. a rare moon adventure from a press in India...

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  4. Blackbeard. Even though pirates in real life were obviously so different from the romantic notions, I'm still drawn to accounts of them. :)

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    1. I am too! Unfortunately this one was blech. Hoping to have the review up sometime this week!

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  5. I recently bought The Hunting Party! Haven't read it yet but I can't wait to!

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    1. It was really good! I like Foley a lot, and will be reading more of her work. Have you read The Guest List yet? Even better, IMO.

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  6. Oooh a castles book! Always fun. :D

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    1. Right?! But total false advertising in a way, because it is a bright, cheery cover on a book that ended up being mostly about ghosts in said castles. I like paranormal stuff, just wasn't expecting that with this one.

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  7. They all look lovely. I got a few new ones this week, though all fiction:
    Abulhawa, Susan "Against the Loveless World" - 2020
    Dangarembga, Tsitisi "Nervous Conditions" - 1988
    Dangarembga, Tsitsi "This Mournable Body" - 2018
    Wood, Levison "Eastern Horizons. Hitchhiking the Silk Road" - 2017

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    1. No wrong, the last one is a travel book.

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    2. I do enjoy a good travel book, they can be great to help you go places when you have to stay where you are!

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