This Week in Books 13.05.2015

Welcome to my weekly post, where I sum-up what I’ve been up to in bookland the past week.

Now: Fairest ~ Marissa Meyer // The Testimony of a Hanged Man ~ Ann Granger

I had been waiting for Fairest to arrive for soooooooooo long, but it hasn’t gripped me yet which I’m sad about. I’m only 50 pages in, but still! I’m still going on my lunch-time read The Testimony of a Hanged Man too. It’s OK but hasn’t completely won me over yet either.

Then: Heir of Fire ~ Sarah J. Maas // The Heir ~ Kiera Cass

Ahhhh all the heirs! So good, both of them! I was on such a roll…I hope it hasn’t come to an end!

Next: ???

I still have Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin, The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick an Horns by Joe Hill at the top of my physical TBR pile, and quite a few ARCS to start as well, so who knows!

New on the Wishlist

Linking up with Friday Finds hosted by A Daily Rhythm

I added The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon to my wishlist after Lekeisha’s irresistible review on her blog, Lekeisha the Booknerd.

If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare.

Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death. They called him Baby Moses when they shared his story on the ten o’clock news – the little baby left in a basket at a dingy Laundromat, born to a crack addict and expected to have all sorts of problems. I imagined the crack baby, Moses, having a giant crack that ran down his body, like he’d been broken at birth. I knew that wasn’t what the term meant, but the image stuck in my mind. Maybe the fact that he was broken drew me to him from the start.

It all happened before I was born, and by the time I met Moses and my mom told me all about him, the story was old news and nobody wanted anything to do with him. People love babies, even sick babies. Even crack babies. But babies grow up to be kids, and kids grow up to be teenagers. Nobody wants a messed up teenager.

And Moses was messed up. Moses was a law unto himself. But he was also strange and exotic and beautiful. To be with him would change my life in ways I could never have imagined. Maybe I should have stayed away. Maybe I should have listened. My mother warned me. Even Moses warned me. But I didn’t stay away.

And so begins a story of pain and promise, of heartache and healing, of life and death. A story of before and after, of new beginnings and never-endings. But most of all…a love story.

New on the Shelf

(Linking up with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews) and Friday Finds hosted by A Daily Rhythm.

Purchased: These two FINALLY arrived (plus Frozen Singalong…can’t go wrong!):

Netgalley: I need to catch up so I didn’t request any this week!

I’m Waiting on…

(Linking up with Breaking the Spine)

The Almost King ~ Lucy Saxon

I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed Take Back the Skies, so when I found out a sequel is due pretty soon I was thrilled! Cant’t wait!

Aleks Vasin is the youngest of four brothers, each with his path mapped out. But Aleks doesn’t want to work in his father’s shop and live with his family in a village in the westernmost corner of Siberene. And when he hears his parents fretting about money, he decides to save them the cost of his keep and leave.

First he heads south – though everyone tells him not to – to Rudavin, headquarters of the kingsguard, and he signs up for the army, little knowing what brutality it entails. After only a few weeks, Aleks realizes that this garrison is full of liars and thieves; he’s signed away four years of his life to a commander who steals his money and a captain who’s already hurt Aleks’s beloved horse. This is not a noble destiny.

After a brutal beating, Aleks escapes, hoping to find safety and a new life somewhere in the north. And there, this deserter finds love, adventure, and a skyship in which he might just prove himself a hero after all – if he can evade the soldiers who seek to capture him.

Prepare for another sweeping adventure in this second book in a unique six-book series. Each book is set in a different land within the Tellus world, with repeating characters and related, nonlinear storylines that combine to create a one-of-a-kind, addictive reading experience. Expected publication: June 4th 2015 by Bloomsbury

So, that’s my week in books, now how about yours?

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