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.
Huge thanks to all the publishers who sent books my way! Let’s kick things off with my new BOOK CART. You guys, I asked my husband for a book cart for my birthday, and wow did he deliver! This thing is HUGE but I couldn’t love it more. Here is a shot of my physical book haul for today:
I love that it’s double sided, so I get twice as much space to put books. Here’s a breakdown of the books I received in the past few weeks:
Physical books for review:
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto. Simon & Schuster sent me a finished copy which I wasn’t expecting. I’m still hoping to read this by the end of February.
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery by Curtis Craddock. I was so excited when this showed up in the mail! I’m reading this right now and will have a review up next week. I adore this series!
The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston. I have not read the first book in the series, but I believe this is a standalone. Quirk Books offered me a review copy, and I thought it would be a nice change of pace from what I normally read. And it sounds really cute and fun!
The Dysasters by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast. I recently featured a P.C. Cast book on a Friday Face-Off, and now she and her daughter have a new book coming out! I’m very curious to see how this works for me. I’m supposed to be on the blog tour, but I don’t have a date confirmation yet. But look for a review near the end of the month.
The Haunted by Danielle Vega. I actually won this from Bookish First, and I’m quite excited to read it. Vega writes some very hard-core graphic horror, which isn’t something I read all the time, but I’ve enjoyed her books in the past.
The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson. I jumped for joy when this showed up in the mail! I loved Rosewater and I can’t wait to read this sequel. This comes out in a month, so look for a review in early March.
Next up, a quartet of finished hardcovers from publishers:
From Tor Books, The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons. This is another February book I’d like to get to, but chances are it will be pushed to March. I’ve read some great reviews, though!
Strife’s Bane by Evie Manieri. I’ve never heard of this series before, and since this is book three in the series, it’s unlikely I’ll read this. If anyone out there wants my copy, just let me know!
I also received an unexpected finished copy of Smoke & Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg. I enjoyed this book and you can read my review here. It had some problems, but I thought Holmberg’s ideas were fantastic and I’m looking forward to the sequel.
Finally, I received two copies of The Afterward by E.K. Johnston, both from the same publicist (!!) Again, if anyone wants my second copy, give a shout out in the comments and I’ll try to hook you up. This released in January so I’m already behind, but hopefully I can get to it soon.
Big thanks to Tor Books, Orbit Books, Simon Pulse, Quirk Books, Razorbill, Wednesday Books, 47North and Dutton Books for Young Readers:-D
Digital books for review:
So much goodness in my digital haul this week!!
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey. I waited oh so long for this NetGalley approval, I was starting to get worried! But Tor came through for me. I’m looking forward to this so much, and the cover just makes me happy:-D
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. I’m a huge fan of Moreno-Garcia’s Certain Dark Things, and of course I’m excited to read her latest. She’s the type of author who doesn’t ever seem to repeat herself, so it’s always an adventure cracking open a new book!
Stephanie Burgis is such a wonderfully generous person, she’s always offering review copies of her books to bloggers. I’m excited to dive into this soon, Thornbound (The Harwood Spellbook #2).
I accidentally discovered I’m auto-approved with Penguin (not all the imprints but some?) on Edelweiss, so when The Saturday Night Ghost Club popped up with a “Download” button I didn’t even hesitate. This is a coming-of-age story that is giving me A Boy’s Life vibes for some reason.
Big thanks to Stephanie Burgis, Tor Books, Del Rey and Penguin!
Purchased:
My special limited edition copy of Golden State by Ben H. Winters showed up, and look how pretty it is! This is the UK cover, which I really love. And those black sprayed edges, I mean, gorgeous right?
Haunted sounds interesting. Look forward to your review.
I can’t wait to read it, and if the cover is anything to go by, it’s going to be very interesting…
I’m dying to know your thoughts about Crown of Feathers !! I hope you enjoy all these amazing books!
I can’t wait! Everyone seems to love it:-)
I was approved for an ARC of Magic for Liars too! I’m pumped to read it. 🙂
Yay! I hope we both love it, I’ve seen some great reviews already:-)
That’s a great stack of books. And that book cart! I love it. And now I want one.
Every book lover needs a book cart:-)
I love your book cart! The perfect present for a book lover, indeed… 😀
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It really was a perfect gift, and I love that I can roll it around the house!
I really enjoyed Geekerella, it was a delightful nerdy rom-com. Hope Princess and the Fan-Girl continues that tradition! Rosewater is a top priority for next month so I can read the sequel *relatively* close to the release date. Look forward to your reviews!
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I remember wanting to read Geekerella when it came out. Looking forward to this new book of hers:-)
Great book cart! I’m looking forward to your review of Craddock’s book.
It’s really good so far, I just love his humor:-)
Adore the book cart! Too bad I can’t have one onboard. Too much sliding around. But so pretty. Also an exccellent list of books matey.
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Ha ha, your books would fall into the sea! That’s no good:-)
I totally missed seeing The Haunted on Bookish First and had to look it up to see what it’s all about. ” YA’s answer to Stephen King” seems like an ambitious boast, but I’m intrigued, lol. Added to the watch list!
Bookish first doesn’t often have books I’m interested in, but I jumped when I saw The Haunted. Her books are creepy!
I love your haul, Tammy, but I especially love your cart! I have a few of the smaller ones with the baskets, which cover up half the spines and I have trouble getting the books organized how I want. This would be so much better! Do you know, did it come already assembled except for putting the wheels on? I’m trying to find something similar. And Happy Birthday!
Here’s the link to the cart, it’s not cheap but it’s super sturdy and it CAME ASSEMBLED!!
Very nice haul this week. Loving the cover for Haunted! I love getting physical copies of books. Wish I received more. LOL Enjoy those fabulous books!
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The cover for The Haunted is pretty cool, also it makes me want to read the book:-)
I like the look of The Haunted and I really want to read the Craddock book – it’s not available to request in the UK though and it doesn’t seem to be available for kindle which is a bit sad. I rarely buy physical copies these days – maybe if I had that book cart!!!
Lynn 😀
That is sad, I hope it becomes available on Kindle soon. So weird!
OOOOOH the sequel to Rosewater!! :O I really want that, I have to preorder that, I knew it was a thing but I didn’t realize it was releasing nex month!! :O
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It’s coming up fast, I want to drop everything and read it but I do have a few other books I need to get to first:-)
I always come across such unique books on your blog here. I’ll have to check them all out but they look amazing! Hope you enjoy reading them all!
Thanks Stephanie:-)
I love your book cart!
Thanks Lisa!
That cart is awesome! 🙂
I think The Dysasters definitely looks interesting! And a mother/ daughter writing team- how cool. Kinda curious about the Sarah Gailey book too.
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I’m curious to see how the Cast team writes these days, since it’s been like 10-12 years since I read their last books.
What a great haul and what a wonderful gift – that cart is huge,. I plan on getting a smaller one eventually. I see several books here I plan on picking up and I’ve liked some of Cast’s past works so I hope to read The Dysasters eventually as well. I’m so jealous that you have “The Hunted!”
The Haunted was a surprise, since I literally never win anything, lol.
So many books! Crown of Feathers and Thornbound have such pretty covers. I hope all these turn out to be great!
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I’m excited to read all of these, and I agree, I can hardly tear my eyes away from Crown of Feathers!
I would actually recommend catching up on the first two books of Evie Manieri’s series! Well, I read the first book ages ago and remember vaguely that I loved it, but I can’t remember why…so I’m obviously due for a reread. But I just bought Strife’s Bane, so I’m hoping it’s going to be good! I hope you read some good books this month!
Now I’m intrigued, I will have to check out the first book in the series, thanks Nicole:-)
I would be super stoked if you checked it out!! I definitely plan to reread it soon, so hopefully my poor memory isn’t doing you a disservice in recommending it!
You’ve got me curious, so if I have time I definitely will start this series:-)
I LOVE your shelf!! Your husband is awesome! I love the color and its a library shelf! And its super cool <3 Also you need to read Geekerella! Its awesome <3
He is pretty awesome:-) I will definitely put Geekerella on my list:-)
The Princess and the Fangirl is one I’m really looking forward to reading so I can’t wait to hear what you think of it. Your new book cart is amazing!
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Thanks Suzanne! I’m looking forward to starting The Princess and the Fangirl soon:-)
Nice one! Crown of Feathers is on my list so I’m waiting for your review 🙂
I’ve been hearing good things, fingers crossed:-)
Oh some great books. I got Crown of Feathers this month as well and I am excited to get to it soonish.
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I hope we both love Crown of Feathers:-)
I’ve just bought my own copy of A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery by Curtis Craddock and I’m so excited to read it! 🙂
I hope you enjoy it, Tammy!
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I’m loving it so far!
Ahhh so many awesome books in this haul, Tammy! I am especially interested in your thoughts on Crown of Feathers and Gods of Jade and Shadow!
Happy reading!
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Thanks Kaleena! I’m behind but I do hope to fit in Crown of Feathers at some point:-)
Magic for Liars!!! I can’t wait to see what you think of that one. I hope it’s amazing.
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