Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! And audiobooks. Don’t forget audiobooks!
In other words, if you can read it or if it can be read to you – no matter how you got it – it belongs in Stacking the Shelves.
The Stacking the Shelves meme was originally hosted at Team Tynga’s Reviews. It is currently hosted by Reading Reality.
I’m actually quite impressed (of myself!) Only 2 books!
DaybreakBook Binder
Books I Bought
Daybreak by Autumn Woods The Book Binder by Helen Scheuerer
I always keep track of my books read in the year but, for 2026, I decided to keep track of my monthly reading stats as they help me understand my reading habits and to try and help me stay motivated.
It was a rubbish month of me not wanting to read but I made myself read 2 and then mood read another!
I’m taking a break from Booksta this month to try and see if that relieves some ‘book pressure’.
Hopefully next month these stats will look better – cross fingers!
A measly 3 books read📚 1361 pages📃 All romantasy🧛♂️ Three 5 star reads ⭐️
Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: Cover Freebie
I chose ‘People and faces’
Here we go…..
HollyRoommate Library of Shadows Bane Chronicles NamesakeMerciless OnesDark FaeBlood ScionI Kissed Shara WheelerI’m Glad My Mom Died
Holly by Adalyn Grace The Roommate by Rosie Danan The Library of Shadows by Rachel Moore The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare Namesake by Adrienne Young The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye I Kissed Shara Wheeler I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hope you’ve had a good week!
What’s that? She’s read a book?!
Tis true. By some miracle I really fancied listening to an audiobook so I picked one and listened to it in 2 days (my airpods ran out of juice so had to split into 2 days!)
And that’s progress! I haven’t wanted to read a book in so long, I’ve just been doing it out of necessity. I am elated!!!
I didn’t do a Sunday Post last week because a) I hadn’t read anything and b) I worked a ridiculous amount of overtime and I was tired. But I’ve had a break this weekend whilst I await some defects to be fixed so yay me!!!!
“Leaving any bookstore is hard, especially on a day in August, when the street outside burns and glares, and the books inside are cool and crisp to the touch.” ―Jane Smiley
“Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.” ―Denise Levertov
Perfect for readers that love: 🩶 Morally Grey Female Leads ⚔️ Deadly and Dangerous Trials ✨ Forbidden Magic
The Lure of Wolves and Whispers by Amanda Connolly
🖤 An exclusive redesigned cover by @lettersbylila_ with foil 🖤 A reversible dust jacket featuring a colourway variation of the trade cover 🖤 Full colour character artwork on the hardcover with foil by @ekilateral.art and design by @amysharpillustration 🖤 Character artwork on the endpapers by @ekilateral.art with foil by @blanca.design (different front and back) 🖤 Digitally sprayed edges on all three edges by @flarity.art (foreedge) and @blanca.design (top and bottom) 🖤 Author letter with a digital signature bound into the book.
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On the mist-shrouded Isle of Eireann, buying magic comes with a price.
But when her beloved older sister is gravely injured, Maeve risks everything to buy the forbidden magic that might save her. In exchange, Maeve trades her life to a ruthless and dangerously alluring rebel leader. Bound to do his bidding, Maeve finds herself thrown into a deadly competition to become the next queen and stand beside a prince rumoured to be more brutal than his tyrannical father.
With the isle on the brink of war, trust and survival come at a terrible cost-one that will tear Maeve’s world, and her heart, in two.
Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: Books I HAD to Have Immediately but Still Haven’t Read
I mean…..again this week I could’ve picked way more than 10!!!!!
Fury bound Witches guide Silver elite Quicksilver Better in Black Crown so silverWild Reverance HollyMateDragonfall
Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna Silver Elite by Dani Francis Quicksilver by Callie Hart Better in Black by Cassandra Clare Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene Wild Reverance by Rebecca Ross Holly by Adalyn Grace Mate by Ali Hazelwood Dragonfall by LR Lam
Beyond the mortal world lies the Skein, a realm of mythic beauty and savage desire ruled by creatures of legend. Here, vampires, witches, demons, and wolves wage war – and hunt their pleasures just as fiercely.
Now, the Accession has begun, an ancient cycle of chaos and destiny that reignites old hostilities and forges fated bonds too hot to resist.
A witch queen on the rise defies the brutal wolf king who stands in her way. But when fate twists their battlefield into a bed of temptation, sworn enemies become something far more perilous. Lovers.
A vampire princess trades her crown for freedom, only to be bound to a scarred Berserker, a man whose possessive touch both terrifies and tempts her.
An incubus spy and a cunning vampiress strike a dangerous bargain for survival, and profit, but lust becomes the one gamble neither expected.
And when a wolf and an enchantress from opposing clans dare to make peace, their forbidden attraction could doom the Skein… or spark a love that defies the gods.
I’ve never read this author before and now I am kicking myself! This was a fabulous read!
It was spicy but it also had a fantastic plot!
Witches, wolves, vamps, demons, beserkers, this book had it all!
There was humour, violence, treachery and it was dark and had my heart in my throat!
Meera and Lowell Nightclaw were my utter faves alongside Lia and Arcto, I was rooting for them both. But I got my heart broken! Cross fingers that changes!
Although Ditch, who was inherently evil, was also a favourite of mine! Her sass and banter was very amusing!
“A wolf? Why meet with those moonatics when we can war with them?”
I cannot believe that ending! Now I really need book 2! When is this?!
This was a reread for me and, 6 years later, I still enjoyed every word, paragraph and chapter! Thanks to Netgalley for my ecopy!
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A Maiden…
Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers.
A Duty…
The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart. And a soul. And longing. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.
A Kingdom…
Forsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel.
You know it’s times like this when I wish I woild allow myself to add a swear in a review. A short, sharp, swift swear bomb to actually explain how I am feeling. To just express the feelings I am dealing with that only a swear bomb could do.
Alas I cannot. As I won’t let myself! So I’ve decided just to chuck some words down to try and explain how utterly fab this book is but I doubt even that will do it justice.
But before we get to the ‘words’ I have to say this. In the words of Buddy the Elf, I’m in love, I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it! (Sorry, had to say that to further encompass my feelings!)
Hooked Line and sinker. Mind blown Obsessed Absolutely loved.
I didn’t even write any quotes of this book which is very unlike me, that’s how sucked in I was (and I’ll regret that later!)
I’m very aware there is nothing in here about plot, story or characters, just an info dump of my feelings. And I don’t care. Read it. You won’t regret it.
CJRTB Books 