Welcome to Over-Booked, where I share my latest and greatest book acquisitions! There is a new blog hosting Stacking the Shelves, so do check out Reading Reality for more information!
So the past couple of weeks my mailbox sort of exploded, lol. When it rains it pours, right? The good news is this is an awesome pile of books and most of them were already on my TBR. The bad news is I need to read faster…
Physical books for review:
I actually won a Goodreads giveaway! It’s been several years since that happened, so I’m pretty excited. The book? Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak. There are some mixed reviews on Goodreads, but I’m going into this with an open mind. Thank you to Flatiron for the copy!
I can’t believe I have Ronald Malfi’s new book in my hands! I am beyond excited to read Black Mouth, which comes out in July. You might remember how much I loved Come With Me, and after that experience I will read anything he writes:-) Biggest of hugs to Titan!
I’m also extremely happy to have a copy of The Hourglass Throne by K.D. Edwards, with thanks to Pyr Books. This is the finale to the first trilogy in Keith’s nine book fantasy series (three trilogies!) and it comes out in May, so I will be reading it soon.
Courtesy of Wunderkind PR & 47North, I received a copy of The Peacekeeper by B.L. Blanchard. This sounds cool. It’s an alternate history mystery that revolves around a Native character and takes place in a U.S. that was never colonized.
I had fun with the last YA thriller I read, so I’m jumping in again with We Made It All Up by Margot Harrison. This sounds great and involves two girls who write fan fiction, murder and more. With thanks to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers:-D
Darling Girl by Liz Michalski. I almost forgot I requested this, and it comes out in a couple of weeks. But I couldn’t resist this Peter Pan retelling, it sounds so good! Big thanks to Dutton for the review copy.
This next bunch is mostly from Tor: First up, Worlds of Exile and Illusion by Ursula K. Le Guin, which is a new bind-up of Le Guin’s Hainish series and contains the first three novels of the series. These are Le Guin’s first published books, so I’m curious to check them out.
More big thanks to Tor for finished copies of these next two: Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire and Book of Night by Holly Black. I am so behind and was hoping to read both of these by now, but look for reviews coming in the new two weeks or so.
And courtesy of Tordotcom, I received two surprises, Face by Joma West and Self-Portrait With Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka. Both are on my watch list and both sound unusual in a good way!
Finally, huge thanks to Angry Robot for this surprise arrival! The Last Blade Priest by W.P. Wiles wasn’t on my radar, but now I’m very curious!
Digital books for review:
I downloaded Lute by Jennifer Thorne as soon as it popped up on NetGalley. I just featured this on Future Fiction, and I can’t wait to read it.
I was offered a copy of Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro, and in fact I’ll be on the blog tour in June, I believe. I have to admit I’m intimidated by the page count—nearly 700 pages!—because I often don’t do well with long books. But I’ve heard good things so I’m optimistic:-)
Finally, with thanks to author Tim Meyer for a copy of his new book Pteranodon Canyon. OMG this sounds amazing! I’m behind because this book was just released (sorry Tim!) but I hope to fit it in soon.
Huge thanks to Tor Nightfire, Flatiron Books and Tim Meyer:-D
Reading the synopsis for The Peacekeeper totally fascinated me, because both the setting and the mystery could create a very immersive reading experience: I look forward to your review! 🙂
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I agree, I’m very curious!
Tim Meyer’s book does sound fantastic, enjoy! I hadn’t heard of Face, but the cover is intriguing.
I like the cover too. It’s rather unusual for a speculative fiction book:-)
I’m feeling the Overbooked myself. At least I’m reading well and fast. Good luck!
Ha ha, congrats on your speedy reading!
A whole bunch of books I have never heard of as always…lol. Hope you enjoy them!!
LOL thanks Stormi:-)
Wow, what a haul! So excited for Book of Night!
Me too!
I’ve enjoyed each of the Malfi books I’ve read so I’m certainly up for trying Black Mouth. Many others here also caught my attention, but we’ll see how many I ever actually get to. 🙂
I have a lot of Malfi backlist to catch up with:-)
I definitely haven’t won a Goodreads giveaway for the longest time, so congrats! This is quite a haul. I hope you’ll enjoy them. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Joy!
Ooh, I hope my copy of Darling Girl will come soon! I can’t resist a Peter Pan retelling!
These sound awesome! I’m curious about that Le Guin collection. They must be intriguing. Happy reading, Tammy! 😀
Hoping to catch up with the Tarot Sequence this summer – those covers are always gorgeous!
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The Tim Meyer book sounds so good, definitely something I might read, and I’m curious about Black Mouth too. Have never read anything by Ronald Malfi before but that might have to change.
Enjoy your reads 😀
The Hourglass Throne!! I need that book!!
And this is an amazing book haul!!
I also signed up for the Ordinary Monsters blog tour!! Nice haul
Oh book of the night! I pre orderd the dutch copy but the release date of that was pushed back to the end of June. I cry.
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I have to admit I’m so looking forward to the Malfi. I want to start it right now.
Lynn 😀