Showcase Sunday #19

Showcase Sunday is a weekly meme hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits and Tea. The aim is to showcase our newest books or book related swag and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops and downloaded onto eReaders this week.

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great couple of weeks. We finally had snow over here in the UK this week, not as much as I’d hoped, but it made me wish I was back at school again not for all the endless coursework, but so just so that I could listen to the radio each morning excitedly to see if they would be announcing my school as closed. My sisters the lucky ones as usual were able to do so, whereas I had to trudge into work. But my lovely postman who I’m sure is never happy with the endless parcels he has to deliver to my house, brought me some great books.

All I Ever Wanted by Vikki Wakefield

Everything Left Unsaid by Jessica Davidson

Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield

A big thank you to Mandee from Vegan YA Nerds for this lovely swap. I had wanted these Aussie lovelies for ages, so I’m hugely grateful to Mandee for sending them to me. *hugs*

Unremembered by Jessica Brody

Torn by David Massey

Dead Romantic by C.J Skuse

Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander

Moonshifted by Cassie Alexander
Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter

Thank you to Chicken House, Macmillan, Cassie Alexander and Hachette UK

A big thank you to Maja from The Nocturnal Library and Cassie Alexander for my copies of Moonshifted and Nightshifted and look they’re personally signed! 

Just One Day by Gayle Forman

Radiant (Unearthly #2.5) by Cynthia Hand

The Next Forever by Lisa Burstein

Thank you to Entangled

And I pre-ordered my copy of the gorgeous Just One Day. I have been tempted several times to have a sneak peak, but I just know once I start reading, I won’t be able to stop and I’m meant to be starting this book as part of a group read tomorrow and I can’t wait! Also in preparation for the release of Boundless this week *bites nails* I bought myself a copy of the novella Radiant, the reviews have been mixed for this book, but I'm just happy to be back with the characters after so long!

Over to Rachel to see the goodies she received.

For review:

Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson

Dare to You by Katie McGarry

Devil's Due by Rachel Caine

Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Thank you to Random House Children’s Books, Harlequin, Harlequin UK, Spencer Hill Press, and Netgalley. 

Won:

Monstrous Beauty (audio book) by Elizabeth Fama

Bought:

Second Grave on the Right (audio book) by Darynda Jones

Iced (audio book) by Karen Marie Moning

Radiant (Unearthly #2.5) by Cynthia Hand

Torched by Andrea Lynn Colt

Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker

The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher

Forever My Girl by Heidi McLaughlin

I’m thrilled to get Beth’s story in Dare to You, a companion novel to Pushing the Limits, which I adored!  Strands of Bronze and Gold is a Historical Paranormal Romance. Historical romance is not my usual genre but this looked too good to pass up. It’s supposed to be a re-telling of Bluebeard, but I haven’t a clue what that’s really about, other than he killed his wives. Apollyon, need I say more?  I hear we do not have to suffer a cliffhanger in this installment.  Thank the heavens! JLA was going to get a stern talking to if I had to suffer another one so soon after Opal and Deity!

Okay, I was not going to read Iced after the reviews started trickling in, but Jenny over at Supernatural Snark reviewed it, and that led to an email exchange that ultimately convinced me to buy the audio book.  I’m excited to get back into this world again. Be prepared to discuss, Jenny! ;) I’m so excited I won an audio version of Monstrous Beauty from WinterHaven Books!! Thank you lovelies! I probably would’ve never picked this book up to read, but audio books have become a favorite of mine, so I’ll happily listen to it!  Arlene from WinterHaven tells me that it’s an eerily beautiful and creepy story. Can’t wait to liven up my commute with that! The Opportunist is another recommend from Arlene. I’m supposed to read it this week so we can discuss at the coming ALA in Seattle (yes, we’re both going!) next weekend. I hear it’s a hot mess and drama filled, so be ready for my angsty updates on Goodreads! I have a feeling Arlene is going to hear an earful!  

If you've posted a Showcase/book haul we'd love to know what you received, so please leave a link in the comments below and we'll be sure to check it out.