Weekly Update + Stacking the Shelves

Happy Sunday ;)

Hey everyone! Had a good week? I know I did. Lots of great new books, yay! And I mean that when I say it, I got a LOT of new books. Which I certainly won't be complaining about :)

But, first things first, I should probably update you all on everything else happening...

What's been happening

Right now i'm helping my friend and complete and utter computer novice out with some stuff on her computer and my goodness - she has no idea what she's doing. It's adorable!

I went to school every day this week. Which is actually a really big achievement, so I'm pretty happy about that.

I've been sorting out all my books. I've recently moved them all from my dad's to my mother's, so I had box after box to unstack, and bookshelves to buy. But I've finally managed to sort them (relatively at least) so I can find certain books went I want to, which is a huge relief. That goodness that's done!

A lot of my time was spent on tumblr, which to be honest was probably a mistake. But oh well, at least I got some blogging done, right? ;) I only read two books this week, damn.

finished this week

Between The Lives was a fresh, interesting, and quite well written teen novel that I did really enjoy turning the pages of. Read my review here.

Wintergirls... Well, do I even have words for this novel? Powerful, strong, disturbing, amazing. This is the first novel I've read by Laurie Halse Anderson, but I'm definitely going to try Speak.

currently reading

Her Fearful Symmetry is definitely a wacky novel. From bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Wife, this story is not disappointing so far. It's certainly one I'm enjoying.

So that's all my updates for this week! It's been pretty full on, what with school and books and blogging ;) but here's what I've been adding to my shelves this week...

Stacking the Shelves

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. It's about sharing the books you've been adding to your shelves, either physical or virtual.

This week has been pretty full on. Books have been mounting up like crazy. Here's just a few that I've collected.

For reviewing/ ARCs

• The Moment Collector by Jodi Lynn Anderson
• Tease by Amanda Maciel
• Me Without You by Kelly Rimmer
• Riot by Sarah Mussi
• All Those Vanished Engines by Paul Park
• Stronger Than You Know by Jolene Perry

Dayum, some of these I truly am very excited to read! Thanks so much to the publishers who gave them to me :)

From the library

• Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

I've been wanting to read both of these for a while now, so yay!

Phew! That's it for this week. So many books, I can hardly keep up. But it's all so exciting :)

What books did you guys add to your shelves this week?

Weekly Update + Stacking The Shelves

Happy Sunday everyone!

I decided I'd start doing a weekly updates, maybe Saturday or Sunday to just wrap up the week and tell everyone a little bit what's happened, such as what I've been reading and doing.

This week I haven't been reading a lot, on the account of trying to get back into this blog. But, I have managed to finish two books.

finished this week

Water for Elephants is gorgeous. Its a poignant tale, of mystery and magic and intrigue and overwhelming nostalgia. Review coming soon.

Zac & Mia is a wonderfully written uplifting story about love and loss. I was lucky enough to have read such a beautiful novel by Australian author A. J. Betts.

Currently reading

The Orchardist is a rare and emotionally engaged novel, one which I am so far loving!

What's been happening

Right now I'm staying at my father's house with him and his girlfriend, for the next week. Unfortunately I'm not with my cat Aggie, which makes me really sad but It's only for a short while.

I'm having to study a novel in English which I truly disliked, but it's been fun to write a  critical analysis of it because I get to bag it out ;)

I saw the Divergent film. My goodness, I was so happy with how it turned out to be. I went in the cinema with 0 expectations as some recent YA adaptions have been pretty darn terrible (won't be naming names), but Divergent was fabulous. The acting was great, soundtrack wonderful, and the filming was beautiful. I kept dragging my family along to it!

Well, that's about it for my weekly wrap-up! Now on to the other fun part ;)

Stacking the Shelves

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme run by Tynga's Reviews. It's about sharing the books you've been adding to your shelves, either physical or virtual.

For reviewing/ ARCs

• The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
• Between The Lives by Jessica Shirvington
• Don't Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski
• The Separation by Dinah Jefferies

I received all four for reviewing with excitement, hopefully I'll get to at least two of them. 

Purchased

• More Than This by Patrick Ness
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Both books I've been wanting to read for quite a while now, and I finally went out and bought them, so I've been very enthusiastic about adding those to my shelf.

Well that's about it this week. All up it's been rather productive. And hopefully I'll get to be reading my new books!