Stacking the Shelves #209

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

A cute bookmail that came with yummy treats! Thank you so much PRH Canada :)

 

I also got gorgeous bookmail from HGBCanada, thank you!

What did you add to your shelves this week?

Review: Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor

Strange the Dreamer
(Strange the Dreamer #1)
by Laini Taylor

March 28, 2017

544 pages

Goodreads  Indigo

Goodreads Summary:

A new epic fantasy by National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Laini Taylor of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy.

The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around— and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance to lose his dream forever.

What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?

The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteries—including the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo's dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? and if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?

In this sweeping and breathtaking new novel by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and nightmares, love and carnage.

Welcome to Weep.
 

TTT #3: Authors I Own The Most Books From!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish where people share their top ten things according to the topic of that week.

I limited myself to choosing from the authors who I own physical copies of their books. I don't buy a lot of physical copies but if I have them, they tend to be my favourites. So again, in no particular order, here they are :)

1. J.K. Rowling - My sister gave me the Harry Potter 15th Anniversary paperback box set for my birthday, but I also own the US hardcovers of books five, six and seven (my sister has the first four books). I also have the original editions of the Hogwarts Library books which include Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

2. Cassandra Clare - I love her books! So far I have both The Mortal Instruments series and The Infernal Devices trilogy. I've also got The Shadowhunter's Codex and am patiently awaiting for the arrival of The Bane Chronicles.

3. Veronica Roth - I own the Divergent trilogy and recently bought Four: A Divergent Collection because we all need Four ;)

4. John Green - I bought his gorgeous book set awhile ago and it contains The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns and An Abundance of Katherines.

5. Marie Lu - I have the box set of her Legend trilogy. The coloured dual POV is lovely!

6. Rainbow Rowell - I recently bought a copy of Landline and the Special Collector's Edition of Fangirl so I have two copies of Fangirl now. Can you tell I'm a fangirl? ;)

7. Kerstin Gier - I have her Ruby Red trilogy. Can we just talk about how gorgeous the design of the books are? So beautiful!

8. Laini Taylor - Her Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy is sitting beautifully on my shelf.

9. Leigh Bardugo - I just completed my collection of her Grisha trilogy! I'm looking forward to marathoning the trilogy!

10. Marissa Meyer - I've got the first three books in The Lunar Chronicles and can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the series when they come out!

Which authors do you own the most books from?