As you may know, my 24th birthday was this past Monday. My parents are awesome and understand my love of books, and they bought me eight (count ’em: EIGHT) books. I don’t usually do Stacking the Shelves, mostly because I only get one or two books a week (if that) and lately, I’ve been getting most of my books from the library. But I thought it’d be fun to share the books I’ve added to my shelf this week as I got so many.
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews!
So here are the 8 books I got:
Legend by Marie Lu
Hunger by Michael Grant
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets to the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
(which I’ve already read and reviewed, but I needed to own it because the slip cover is so dang beautiful)
I’m so excited about my book haul, you guys! Have you read any of these? What did you think?
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Happy Birthday! So happy to see Tell the Wolves I’m Home in your stack. That book touched my heart in such a special way. It was a top ten for that year.
Thank you!
I’m so looking forward to reading that one. Everyone who’s commented seems to love it. 🙂
You got some amazing books this week for sure. Everyone I know loves Since You’ve Been Gone. I know what you mean about having books because the cover is so pretty.
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I definitely loved Since You’ve Been Gone. I’d checked it out from the library to read and thought the cover was too beautiful to not own. The two girls they picked for the cover look just like how I pictured the main characters. 🙂
Happy Birthday! The only one I’ve read is Tell The Wolves I’m Home–loved it!
Thank you! I’ve heard so many good things about that one. Can’t wait to read it. 🙂
Tell the Wolves I’m Home is one of my favorite books of all time, I hope you enjoy it!! Mr. penumbra and The Bell Jar are great too! I hope you had a nice birthday 🙂
I had a wonderful birthday; thank you! 🙂
One of your favorites of all time? That’s awesome. I’ve had my eye on that one for a while, so I’m definitely looking forward to reading it. Even more so now that you said that.
You’ve got some good ones there 🙂
Right?! So many amazing books to look forward to reading. 🙂
Happy birthday!!! I’ve only read Legend from the books that you got, and I liked it. I read it at a point when this series was being mega-hyped, and I didn’t think it lived up to it (but my mom is totally in love with the series, haha!), but as the series progresses, I think the books got better and better. Hope you enjoy these books! 😀
Thank you! I’m looking forward to reading Legend. I think I’ve kind of avoided the hype, so hopefully I won’t be expecting anything that it can’t live up to. I don’t think I am. 🙂
Happy birthday! I’m 24 as well, I think it’s a great age to be (in fact, I’m a little nervous about turning 25 in just a few short months! haha). Looks like you got a very nice haul as well. I have the first book in the Gone series, but now I’m really wishing I would have bought the redesigned cover instead of the original because I think I like them better. Oh well, I’ll just buy a second and give the first to someone else! Happy reading! :]
Tiffany
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I’m glad that the copies of Gone and Hunger I have are the redesigned covers. I think the original covers with the kids on them are super cheesy. Haha. 🙂 I really enjoyed Gone! Hope you like it. 🙂
Happy Birthday! I really want to read Since You’ve Been Gone and love love love Aristotle and Dante. Enjoy!
Thank you!
You definitely should. It’s a really great contemporary book, in my opinion. Oooo. I can’t wait to read that one!
Congrats! That’s quite the haul! The only one of those I’ve read is Legend and it’s REALLY good!
Woooo! I’m looking forward to reading all of these. 🙂
The only one I’ve read is Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, which I loved! It’s really quirky and fun. 😀
I’ve got a birthday coming up next month and I’m hoping for lots of books / gift cards for books. Almost my entire wishlist is books (and Doctor Who cookie cutters). 🙂
I’m definitely looking forward to reading Mr. Penumbra’s. It definitely looks quirky, which I love. 🙂
DW cookie cutters? That’s awesome. My whole wishlist was books except the first season of Teen Wolf on DVD and an indie movie on DVD. 🙂
If I get the cookie cutters for my birthday I can make cookies for the premiere. 😀 My husband got a package from ThinkGeek the other day, so I’ve got my fingers crossed.
That would be so awesome!!
I did a TARDIS sheet cake for the 50th, which looked cute, but the food coloring made the buttercream taste odd. I think sugar cookies with colored sugar will taste better. 🙂
I really want to read Mr. Penumbra! I’m excited to see what you think of it!
I’ve heard really good things about that one. I can’t wait to read it. 🙂
Happy Birthday! I haven’t read any of those, though I started Legend once, but never finished.
Thank you!
Oh no. 😦 Was it just not good?
I didn’t really get into it. But I think it was during a time I was in a reading funk so I still have it on my TBR shelf to go back one day and try again.
Okay. Well here’s hoping we both like it. 🙂
I read Legend. It was good, but not spectacular like some people say (including my own brother, so maybe it’s just me). I’ve been wanting to read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets to the Universe for a while. It looks like it’d be such a fun, witty read. 🙂
Hmmm. That’s no good. I’ve heard so many good things about Legend. Hopefully I’ll like it. 🙂
I love the title of Aristotle and Dante. It looks great.
Yeah, I think it was just me. I might need to re-read it, too, because it’s been a year or so. Maybe I’ll like it more the second time around.
Yeah! The title is awesome!
I hope you do! 🙂
Oh, happy belated Birthday! I love your book haul! I just got my own copy of Since You’ve Been Gone, too, but unlike you, I haven’t started reading it yet. Anyway, I’m planning to do so very soon, though..I mean everyone seems to be totally ravished by it. 😀 Great book haul!
Thank you!
I really liked Since You’ve Been Gone. I hope you enjoy it! Isn’t the book jacket awesome?
Yes, I’ve been staring for it since it arrived at my house 3 hours ago. And I can’t help sniffing it!. 😀 The cover is so beautiful!
Haha. 🙂