Stacking the Shelves (25)

In March, I'm participating in the Take Control of Your TBR Challenge and have been avoiding getting any new books. But, some have showed up in the mail in the past week or two. And, I do have to confess to spending a little bit of gift card money on books for my Kindle.

From BookCrossing friends:

I received Left Neglected from Lauren, having won it in the Best of 2014 Swap at BookObsessed. I'm particularly interested in this book since it covers brain trauma similar to that caused by a stroke.

“A vibrant mother in her thirties learns what matters most in life when a car crash leaves her with a traumatic brain disorder called ‘left neglect.’ Sarah miraculously manages every minute of her life like an air traffic controller. Until one fateful day, while driving to work and trying to make a phone call, she looks away from the road for one second too long. In the blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her jam-packed life come to a screeching halt.

“A traumatic brain injury completely erases the left side of her world, and for once, Sarah relinquishes control to those around her, including her formerly absent mother. Without the ability to even floss her own teeth, she struggles to find answers about her past and her uncertain future.”

Lauren also sent Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy to me after I won it in the Non-Fiction Swap at BookObsessed.

“Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating yet little known aspects of the Civil War: the stories of four courageous women—a socialite, a farmgirl, an abolitionist, and a widow—who were spies.”

“M.J. Holliday and her crew interrupt the frantic schedule of their reality TV show, Ghoul Getters, and hotfoot it to New Mexico, where a dreadful demon is waging tribal warfare. Sam Whitefeather—M.J.'s spirit guide—urgently needs her help to stop this evil spirit from wiping out the descendants of his tribe. It doesn't take a psychic to predict that M.J.'s going to have a devil of a time making New Mexico a demon-free zone.”

Ghoul Interrupted is the sixth book in Victoria Laurie's Ghost Hunter Mysteries. I selected this book from the Paranormal VBB at BookObsessed, where it had been offered by Wendy. I'm thrilled to receive it and look forward to reading it very soon.

Purchased (gift card):

I've read every Pern book that has been published and I'm about to start in on the fan fiction. However, I did take the opportunity to purchase an omnibus of the first three books in the series: Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon. I will have so much fun re-reading these books.

On recommendation of a friend, I picked up a copy of Deborah Lightfoot's The Warlock, first book in her Waterspell trilogy. “Drawn into the schemes of an angry wizard, Carin glimpses the place she once called home. It lies upon a shore that seems unreachable. To learn where she belongs and how to get there, the teenage traveler must decipher the words of an alien book, follow the clues in a bewitched poem, conjure a dragon from a pool of magic—and tread carefully around a seductive but volatile, emotionally scarred sorcerer who can't seem to decide whether to love her or kill her.” It all sounds good and I'm looking forward to reading this book.

How about you? Any new books? You're invited to tell us all about it by joining the fun at Stacking the Shelves. According to the reviewers at Tynga's Reviews who host the meme:

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!