Welcome to Over-Booked, where I share my latest and greatest book acquisitions! I’m linking up with Stacking the Shelves over at Tynga’s Reviews and The Sunday Post at The Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
Well, the floodgates have burst open these last two weeks. I’m not sure what happened! Usually I go three weeks between book hauls, but publishers have been extremely generous lately so I wanted to jump in and share my latest. I also purchased a couple of REALLY cool books, so let’s get to it!
Physical books for review:
With thanks to Orbit, Tachyon Publications, Tor Books, Saga Press, and Blackstone Publishing!
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames. I received a bounty from Orbit Books last week, and this was part of the package. I’ve already seen some great reviews, and I hear this is very funny too.
Wicked Wonders by Ellen Klages. This is a short story collection, and I have to say the blurb makes me want to read these right now! This is a May release so you won’t see a review for a while, but I may sneak in a couple stories early anyway:-)
Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey. A wonderful surprise finished copy from Tor that I wasn’t expecting! I just finished my NetGalley copy and wow, I really loved this retelling of The Tempest. Look for my review on Monday.
Phantom Pains (The Arcadia Project #2) by Mishell Baker. I’m SUPER excited to have this in my hands! I loved Borderland last year and I can’t wait to get back into Baker’s unique urban fantasy world.
Fata Morgana by Steven R. Boyett and Ken Mitchroney. So excited that my old friend Steve has a new book coming out! I’m a big fan, and not just because I know him:-) This is a June release, but I suspect I’ll be reading it sooner than that.
Bane and Shadow (Empire of Storms #2) by John Skovron. OK, I’m cheating a bit because I haven’t read Hope and Red BUT I fully intend to. I may be a bit behind since this book just came out this past week, but never fear, I’ll be reading both books in the next few months.
With thanks to Big Honcho Media, Tor Books, Wunderkind PR, Saga Press and Orbit Books!
Humans, Bow Down by James Patterson. You probably never thought you’d see a James Patterson book on this blog (I certainly didn’t!) but here it is! Big Honcho Media was kind enough to send me a copy, and I’ll be hosting a giveaway in a couple of weeks.
Game of Shadows by Erika Lewis. I featured this as a Waiting on Wednesday some time ago, and so I’m thrilled to have a review copy! It’s also getting great reviews, so I can’t wait to read it.
The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North. Another Orbit goody, this is the paperback release of a book that came out last year. I’ve been hearing wonderful things about North, and I knew I wanted to read her at some point.
Thunderbird (Miriam Black #4) by Chuck Wendig. OK, a publicist at Wunderkind PR assured me that I can read this without reading the first three Miriam Black books. And you know what? I’m going to take a shot at that. Although I know there are people out there that are going to try to talk me out of it:-)
Bookburners by Max Gladstone, Margaret Dunlap, Mur Lafferty and Brian Francis Slattery. You guys, this book is a MONSTER. It’s a lethal weapon, is what it is. I actually started reading Bookburners when it was being serialized by Serial Box, and I really enjoyed the two or three episodes that I read. But this should be a much more satisfying experience, reading all sixteen episodes in one fell swoop!
Purchased:
Metronome by Oliver Langmead. I ADORED this book, my second from Langmead, and I knew I had to have my very own copy. If you missed my review, you can check it out here.
The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist by S.L. Huang. I was so excited when this little package arrived in the mail from the UK! Published by Book Smugglers Publishing, this short chapbook-like story is a dark retelling of The Little Mermaid. It’s a beautiful little book and one of only 500 copies.
Digital copies for review:
A new trio of novellas from Tor.com just arrived! Greedy Pigs (Sin du Jour #5) by Matt Wallace, All Systems Red by Martha Wells and Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones. I’m all caught up and ready for more Sin du Jour action from Matt Wallace, and I can’t wait to finally read something by Martha Wells. Stephen Graham Jones is a well-known horror writer that I’m very familiar with from my “before blogging” days, and this looks great. Thank you to Tor.com!
The Changeling by Victor LaValle. I JUST featured this on Waiting on Wednesday, and I stumbled upon it on NetGalley (filed under “General Fiction” for some reason!). Thanks to Spiegel & Grau.
Borrowed Souls by Chelsea Mueller. I grabbed this as soon as I saw it on Edelweiss. I featured this in a top ten list last year, and it sounds like my kind of story. (Wait, is that a flask in her pocket??) Thank you Talos!
Wow, great haul! I have Game of Shadows as an eARC and it sounds really good. 🙂
Have a great weekend!
Stormi
I hope we both love it! Thanks for stopping by:-)
I’m so jealous you have Phantom Pains already. It’s interesting that they went with this cover instead of another one I saw where the face was flipped to look down. Anyway, i hope you enjoy the book!
I am also very curious about Miranda and Caliban. I loved Carey’s Kushiel books and I think The Tempest is one of the best Shakespeare plays for twisted retellings. Can’t wait to read your review. 🙂
And of course I hope you love The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist as much as I did. It may only be a small book but it leaves a big impression.
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Yeah, I noticed they changed the cover of Phantom Pains too. I did think the first cover was a little strange, the way she’s hovering over the landscape, so I think this one works better. And believe me, I feel incredibly lucky that I have a copy.
I’m a little over 100 pages into Kings of the Wyld right now (it arrived last week), and I’m loving it. Such fun – reminds me of Andy Remic and Mark Smylie.
Cool, I hope to get to it in the next couple of weeks. I’m ready for some humor!
I’m really looking forward to the new Stephen Graham Jones book. It sounds like it could be a pretty creepy trip.
Me too! I remember SGJ as being mostly a horror writer so I’m very anxious to read him again.
I am starting Kings of the Wyld today. You can also count me as curious about Miranda and Caliban. Lot of on going series I haven’t started though, always makes these hauls a mixed bag.
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Yeah, series are tricky. It’s hard to get excited about a book in the middle if you aren’t reading that series. I’m very excited to start Kings of the Wyld!
Holy books Batman! I haven’t heard of any of these before!
Danica @ Shelves of Spines
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Oooh, can’t wait to read your review of Miranda and Caliban! I also got two brand new books this week: Dawn Study by Maria V. Snyder, and Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman.
I’ve been hearing really good things about the Neil Gaiman book, hope you love it, Sara!
You always get the most interesting books. Sci fi is a genre that I don’t read a lot of, but I do like it a lot.
Grace @ Books of Love
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I know, this is a very mixed bag of a book haul. I don’t like to stick to only one genre, because then everything starts to feel the same:-)
Oh, I really enjoyed the first 3 Miriam Black books! Hope you enjoy Thunderbird. They have a very sardonic sense of humor 🙂
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I’m a little nervous about starting book #4 without reading the others, but I was told I could. I’m going to give it a shot:-)
Fata Morgana and Book Burners both look good. Not familiar with either one, will have to check those out. And Borrowed Souls has me interested…
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I’ve haven’t heard a lot about Borrowed Souls but I do love urban fantasy and this one is calling to me:-)
I’m reading Miranda and Caliban right now and I’m loving it! Borrowed Souls looks so good, I’ve had my eye on that one for a while now — curious to hear your thoughts on it, Tammy. 🙂
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I guess we both know that we both loved Miranda and Caliban:-) And yes, Borrowed Souls seems like it’s going to be a ton of fun!
As much as I admire Serial Box’s ambitious format, reading an entire season all at once really is the way to go imo. To be fair I also feel the same way regarding TV series and such, I just prefer to binge and don’t like to wait a week between episodes 🙂 As big as Bookburners is though, I felt like the pages just flew by! Sign of a very enjoyable book, I hope you like it! 😀 Also really excited about getting Greedy Pigs, but I need to quickly catch up with the last book first, lol!
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I was shocked at the huge size of Bookburners, but I have actually read the first couple of stories (although I will reread them), so it’s nice to hear the pages fly by:-)
Soooooooo many awesome books here! I got Miranda and Caliban as well, and Game of Shadows. I’m really excited to read Game of Shadows! The publicist really sold it to me. I’m hoping to read it soon. I hope you enjoy all of your new books, Tammy!
Have a fabulous weekend. =)
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I’ve read some very good reviews of Game of Shadows, so it makes me even more excited to read it. Thanks for visiting, Alyssa!
I’m so happy Kings of the Wyld found its way to you, and I really hope you enjoy it!
Thanks Nicholas! I really appreciate you stopping by. I will be reading it very soon:-)
Nice haul!! What generous publishers! I’m totally planning to read Bookburners and Fata Morgana. I just got the former from my library and the latter from Netgalley! Yay 😀
Oh good, I’m hoping Fata Morgana gets some buzz. Hope we both enjoy it!
James Patterson writes speculative fiction as well? Oh, WOW! 🙂
I remember greatly enjoying his Alex Cross novels in the past, so I’m very, very curious about this one: the premise sounds quite intriguing… Looking forward to your review for this!
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I didn’t know he was writing an SF book either! His books can be addictive so I’m very curious.
I can’t wait to read the Wendig and Skovron books! I have all the wants for those two little beauties.
Lynn 😀
I need to figure out how I’m going to fit in Hope and Red and the new one, ack too many books!!
I love the weeks that I end up with a bunch of review books, especially when they’re surprise ones! Hope you enjoy your new books. You can check out mine in the link below!
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Surprises are the best, right? Thanks for stopping by, Lisa:-)
The Changing cover is amazing. I’ll be looking that one up for sure. Great haul. Happy reading!
I know, I just love that cover. It seems like the actual book cover might glow in the dark, wouldn’t that be cool??
That sounds amazing
Wicked Wonders! VERY excited to see what you think of that one. And oooh Phantom Pains. I have yet to get my hands on Borderline but I really need to make that a priority. Sounds fantastic and right up my alley. So many books! Happy reading!
Mapping the interior looks so lovely 🙂 BTW, I got the first Sin du Jour after your rec! Don’t know when I’ll get to it, but it truly intrigued me 🙂
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Oh cool! I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts when you do read it:-)
I hope you love Phantom Pains – Borderline was so good!
Happy reading!
Can’t wait to see all of your reviews on these. Greedy Pigs looks interesting . . .
I get heart-eyes every time I read/look at book hauls, haha 🙂 So many good ones in those pictures! Have you read/started Borrowed Souls yet? I’m really excited for it, it sounds fantastic.
I haven’t, I can’t remember what month it’s coming out, but I know it’s very soon. I’m super excited too!