Stacking the Shelves 101

 

 

 Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, every Weekend. This is to share books I have acquired from various sources. Physical books & ebooks both are welcome. If its something being sent to me by mail, I will not mention it until I actually receive it. 

It has been a month since my last update, so I have a lot to share.  But I have been somewhat behaved.  At least on novels.  But still got several graphic novels.  Luckily those are fast to read so I can get through them all quickly.  

I also got several free ebooks but didn't get the chance to add those.  I might share them next time.  Plus some gifts, a prize books and some used bookstore/thiftstore grabs.  You can see the pics on instagram but I don't have a way to properly upload them right now.  Sorry, my PC is on the fritz so I am borrowing another to get this up at all.  Sorry for not getting everything up, but borrowing a computer limits my time I can put towards blogging or other internet activities.

For Review

 

Task it Tuesday -Week 11 of 2016

  

Well this week hit me with some bad new.  My computer is dying.  So I will be needing a new computer very soon.  So many things have been put aside as my focus shifted to cleaning up files, deleting what I do not need, and making backups.  Fun stuff-NOT! 

On top of that my dog has hurt his leg so helping him has consumed extra time.  Overall, not a fun past week.  So not adding too much to the list this time.  Still catching up...

 

*New tasks added at the bottom of each category.

Blogging or Book related (not reading)

• Write/post 10 reviews (1 down)
  
• 6 Discussion/other Post (meme styles don't count)
  
• Finish getting Archive, Genres And Guest Interview pages up to date
  
• Catalog 694 books I own
  
• Catch up on comment responses for 2016
  
• Responding to all comments made prior to 2016
  

• clean up social media and other blogging follows and likes so I actually find the content for those I really have an true, regular interest in.
  
  1. Twitter
     
  2. Facebook
     
  3. Pinterest
     
  4. GFC
     
  5. Bloglovin
     
• Catalog 150 more books
  
• Make TBR Jar
  
• Shelf/organize books in library room
  
• Make/find 4 sets of bookends 
• Catalog 100 more books 
• 2 reviews
• 1 discussion/other post
• STS update
  
  
  

Reading

• Read Sierra Jensen series Bks 6-12 (Bk 6 done)
  
• Read 6 manga/comics
• Read Ashley Bell
  
• Read Rebel Nation
  
• Finish Ready Player One
  
• Finish The 5th Wave
  
• Finish Golden Son
  
• Read 3rd book of Troubled Times series
  
• Read Eldest
  
• Finish The Gateway through which they came
  
• Finish Black
• Finish Steampunk
  
• Finish Inkdeath
  
• Finish Gameboard of the Gods
  
• Restart Nameless
  
• Finish Lost Tribe of the Sith collection
  
• Finish Jesus the One and Only study
  
• Finish Dungeons and Dreamers
  
• Re-(Skim) Read Viral Nation
  
• Read Xisle (progress)
  
• Re-read The Heir (progress)
  
• Re-read the Walking Dead Compendium 1
  
• Start Pride and Prejudice
  
• Read By fire, by moonlight
  
• Start Daylighters
  
• Read Silver Shadows
  
• Read Curio
• Read Mindwar
  
• Read Six Points of Light 

Top Ten Tuesday- My most anticipated TBR reads Spring 2016

 

Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

My top ten books I want to read this Spring.  A few for fun and a few are past due reviews.  A mix of new and old titles which is hopefully a good blend.

Review: Curio by Evangeline Denmark

 

 

Curio (1)

by Evangeline Denmark

 

 

 

Genre(s) Steampunk, Fantasy

Pages: 432

Published: Jan 2016

Publisher: Blink

 

 

Official Synopsis:  "Grey Haward has always detested the Chemists, the magicians-come-scientists who rule her small western town. But she has always followed the rules, taking the potion the Chemists ration out that helps the town’s people survive. A potion that Grey suspects she—like her grandfather and father—may not actually need.

By working at her grandfather’s repair shop, sorting the small gears and dusting the curio cabinet inside, Grey has tried to stay unnoticed—or as unnoticed as a tall, strong girl can in a town of diminutive, underdeveloped citizens. Then her best friend, Whit, is caught by the Chemists’ enforcers after trying to protect Grey one night, and after seeing the extent of his punishment, suddenly taking risks seems the only decision she can make.

But with the risk comes the reality that the Chemists know her family’s secret, and the Chemists soon decide to use her for their own purposes. Panicked, Grey retreats to the only safe place she knows—her grandfather’s shop. There, however, a larger secret confronts her when her touch unlocks the old curio cabinet in the corner and reveals a world where porcelain and clockwork people are real. There, she could find the key that may save Whit’s life and also end the Chemists’ dark rule forever."

 

 

 

Review:  While I liked certain concepts of this book, overall I was just way too confused. There is no real world-building. It just tosses us into this strange world, quite different I must admit, and expects us to keep up! I had no idea what a lot of things refeered to or why the world was the way it was or what was really going on very well. This left me a bit vexed and almost constantly questioning what was going on. This might have made sense if it was a second o third book of a series and the author had jumped in, expecting the reader to have read the first book. But no, this IS the first book.

Task it Tuesday -Week 10 of 2016

  

Bit of a slow week but it was a good one.   Got to spend some time with family I rarely get to see so that was my focus.  Well worth the hold in other areas.  But now I am in some major task mode and I think a lot will be getting done this week.  So I am keeping this brief so I can get to it!

Blogging or Book related (not reading)

• Write/post 5 reviews (1 down)
  
• 3 Discussion/other Post (meme styles don't count)  (1 DOWN)
  
• Finish getting Archive, Genres And Guest Interview pages up to date
  
• Catalog 694 books I own
  
• Catch up on comment responses for 2016
  
• Write any 7 posts (reviews, discussions, thoughts, other...non memes/giveaways!) (will be re-dividing this into reviews/discussions for next time)
  
• Responding to all comments made prior to 2016
  

• clean up social media and other blogging follows and likes so I actually find the content for those I really have an true, regular interest in.
  
  1. Twitter
  2. Facebook
  3. Pinterest
  4. GFC
  5. Bloglovin
  
  
  
• 
  
• 
  
• Catalog 150 more books
• Make TBR Jar
• Shelf/organize books in library room
• Make/find 4 sets of bookends
• Write 2 review posts
• Write 1 discussion/other post
  
  
  

Reading

• Read Sierra Jensen series Bks 5-12 (read Bk 5)
  
• Read 3 manga/comics
  
• Read Ashley Bell
  
• Read Rebel Nation
  
• Finish Ready Player One
  
• Finish The 5th Wave
  
• Finish Golden Son
  
• Read 3rd book of Troubled Times series (progress)
  
• Read Eldest
  
• Finish The Gateway through which they came
  
• Finish Black
  
• Finish Steampunk
  
• Finish re-reading Losing It
  
• Finish Inkdeath
  
• Finish Gameboard of the Gods
  
• Restart Nameless
  
• Finish Lost Tribe of the Sith collection
  
• Finish Jesus the One and Only study
  
• Finish Dungeons and Dreamers
  
• Re-(Skim) Read Viral Nation
  
• Read Xisle(progress)
  
• Re-read The Heir (progress)
  
• Re-read the Walking Dead Compendium 1
  
• Start Pride and Prejudice
  
• Read By fire, by moonlight
  
• Start Daylighters
  
• Read Silver Shadows