Happy new year!! Welcome to Stocktake Saturday! This feature is where I share some bookish news with you and then show you all the bookish goodies I got over the week.
The cover reveals from the last week – (links to Goodreads pages)
- Fool’s Quest (Fitz and the Fool #2) by Robin Hobb – US cover
- Queen of Fire (Raven’s Shadow #3) by Anthony Ryan – UK cover
- Fallout (Lois Lane #1) by Gwenda Bond
- Stories of the Raksura, Volume 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below (Stories of the Raksura #2) by Martha Wells
In Bookish News, Alison Croggon (an awesome Aussie author) has signed with Penguin Australia for a prequel to her Pellinor series. The first book will be called The Bone Queen, and it will be about Cadvan. It will probably be released in 2016 (but there’s been no confirmation of a release date yet). See her tweet here.
I recently discovered the titles of a few books I’m anticipating:
- Ice Like Fire (Snow Like Ashes, #2) by Sara Raasch
- The Iron Ghost (The Copper Promise #2) by Jen Williams
- The Aztlanian (Rithmatist #2) by Brandon Sanderson
- Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen #3) by John Gwynne
- The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle #3) by Miles Cameron
Reviews that were posted since the last Stocktake Saturday:
- [17 Dec] Dirty, Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren ★★★★
- [18 Dec] The Ice Dragon by George R. R. Martin ★★★★★
- [24 Dec] My True Love Gave to Me by Ally Carter, David Levithan, Gayle Forman, Holly Black, Jenny Han, Kelly Link, Kiersten White, Laini Taylor, Matt de la Peña, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Stephanie Perkins ★★★★★
- [28 Dec] City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett ★★★★½
- [5 Jan] Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★★
- [6 Jan] The Break-Up Artist by Philip Siegel ★★★
- [8 Jan] The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black ★★★★★
- [9 Jan] Butler to the Dark Lord by Sam Bowring ★★★★½
My book haul over the break, beginning as usual with the physical copies, thanks to Pan Macmillan Australia, Random House Australia, Hachette Australia, HarperCollins Australia, Simon and Schuster Australia and Bloomsbury Sydney (links to Goodreads):
- Emergence (David Hooper #1) by John Birmingham
- Avery (The Chronicles of Kaya #1) by Charlotte McConaghy
- Golden Son (Red Rising Trilogy #2) by Pierce Brown
- Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga #1) by Jennifer Donnelly
- Firefight (Reckoners #2) by Brandon Sanderson
- Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley – an ARC!
- The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #3) by Michelle Hodkin
- There Will be Lies (SERIES #1) by Nick Lake
- The Dagger’s Path (The Forsaken Lands #2) by Glenda Larke
- The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers
I hope your holidays were well and that you have returned to the hum drum of life well rested (and with lots to read too!) If you have some goodies to share, leave your links below and I’ll be sure to visit 🙂
Happy Reading!
Rochelle Sharpe
I didn’t realise Alison Croggon was Australian, I just looked up her books on goodreads. They look interesting and I’ll be checking them out.
I’m getting Avery for review. It sounds really interesting and I’m really looking forward to reading it.
I love the cover of Magonia, it is so pretty. I have this one on my to-read list and look forward to your thoughts on it.
I love the cover of Rogue Wave. When Deep Blue came out I kind of dismissed it without even reading what it was about, but Rogue Wave got me interested. I looked it up and it actually sounds really good, so I added it to my to-read list. Just another reason why you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover!
A great Stocktake Saturday, thanks for sharing.
Shaheen
Alisson is indeed Aussie – her Pellinor books have been on my TBR list forever. I’m also trying to read them this year!
I was surprised when it came in the mail but Avery looks really good – fantasy YA is always welcome in my mailbox!! I’m super excited about Magonia! The cover and premise sound great!
I wasn’t expecting Rogue Wave for review, I think it’ll be interesting. I have the first book … somewhere … as well 😀 I agree, some of my favourite series have un-appealing covers so I’m willing to give these a try!
Thank you for stopping by 😀 You’re always so nice and I love your comments. I hope 2015 is amazing for you and look forward to talking books with you a lot more!