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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Sarah
They look interesting. I particularly like the look of Secrets Never Die and Home is where the bodies are.
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Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/13/stacking-the-shelves-library-loot-25/
Secrets was okay, but the villain kind of came out of nowhere and I hate when thrillers do that, when there is no inkling. I don't think it is fair to the reader to introduce the villain when there has been zero backstory created to make them a possibility, you know?
DeleteHome was good and kept me guessing. Even had a moment as the reveal was happening that threw me off thinking I was wrong, but it was a trick.
Just one non-fiction from me this week...
ReplyDeleteEcholands - A Journey in Search of Boudica by Duncan Mackay.
I'M NOT EVEN MAD ABOUT THIS ONE!! I tell Eleanor all the time how lucky she is that I discovered Eleanor of Aquitaine before Bouddica. But Bouddica was her nickname, which became Bouda and Boudi, then Boogs and Boog-a-loo. Isn't it funny how names evolve?
DeleteI thought I was on safe ground with this one - assuming that you'd already read it, reviewed it and moved on... [lol] Boudi is a pretty cool name and FUN (at least for the parent) to explain to people.
DeleteI'm starting to wonder how many of my unread Tudor books you haven't come across... [muses]
I wish! But there are so many books about her I will probably never get to read because they aren't published here. I request everything for our library to purchase, but if their suppliers can't get it, then that's it. It sucks, because there are so many of yours I have suggested, but the order was not approved.
DeleteThere are probably a lot of Tudor books I don't even know about, which makes me so sad. Even though I have read pretty much everything I can get my hands on here about them, there's something comforting about reading about people I "know" so well. I don't feel like there are a ton of new revelations, but I love the varying perspectives of different authors.
When you request a book from your library, how big a pool do they look in? As far as I know, whenever I requested one (years ago when I *haunted* my local library), the whole national system was the resource. I can think of very few (VERY obscure) books that they didn't manage to get for me. I'm not sure if it was my fault - potentially I think it was at least a bit - but the cost of me requesting an inter-library loan' went up from 10p to £1 (a ten-fold increase) in the years I used the service. That was probably partially to pay for it and partially to put people off (like me!) from making "frivolous" requests... [lol]
DeleteI'll see about testing your Tudor book knowledge/reading history towards the end of the year... [grin]
I'm talking about requesting that the library purchase the book because it is not in the collection yet. We have I think 16 branches in our city library system, so it is a pretty massive collection already. They have specific suppliers they can purchase from, so if it isn't available, they can't just go to Amazon, which I think is stupid but I don't make the rules.
DeleteI have used interlibrary loan before, and the system searches every library data base in the entire country. Then we just have to pay the shipping fee to return it. I don't think I have ever paid more than a couple dollars. They also ask the max you want to spend on shipping, which is a nice filter.
I'm sure there are so may Tudor books just waiting for me!!
You have some great looking books. Hope you enjoy them all.
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
Thank you! Some are already done and were fantastic. Others are...done. lol
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