Stacking the Shelves & The Sunday Post

Stacking The Shelves (Reading Reality) and The Sunday Post (Caffeinated Reviewer) are both blog memes about sharing the books we're adding to the shelves and sharing news of the week ahead.

New Purchases

Two seasonal purchases this week, one a book and one bookish. Let's start with the bookish purchase - a gorgeous Pet Sematary t-shirt, celebrating my first and favorite horror novel of all time. As for the book, I nabbed the hardcover of Empire of the Dawn, the conclusion to Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff, which (much to my delight) arrived a week early on Canadian shelves.

For Review

I'm still trying to tread lightly on review titles, given that my review stack has become somewhat towering (and life overwhelming), but Echoes of Fortune: Shadows Over Cozumel by David R Leng is a short novella that I know I can polish off on a cold Autumn night.

When historian Jack Sullivan, Smithsonian curator Emma Wilson, and fellow former Navy SEAL Steve Johnson set out for a Thanksgiving dive off Cozumel, they expect nothing more than warm waters and forgotten wrecks. Instead, they uncover a Confederate ghost ship that vanished in 1865—along with a sealed brass tube containing secrets powerful enough to change history.

Currently Reading

As I said last week, "it never rains, it pours," and the deluge has continued right through the end of October. and the deluge has continued right through the end of October. I'm exhausted, burnt out in so many ways, and struggling even to escape into fiction. I did, however, manage to finish The God is Not Willing by Steven Erikson (a fabulous read about the consequences of epic war and how catastrophe can bring enemies together); I began reading Empire of the Dawn after trick-or-treating last night; and I've got an early copy of An Ornamental Christmas by B.J. Frazier cued up on my Kindle.

Gabriel de León has lost his family, his faith, and his last hope of ending the endless night―the Holy Grail, Dior. With no desire left but vengeance, he and a band of loyal brothers journey into the war-torn heart of the Augustin Empire to claim the life of the Forever King.

“An Ornamental Christmas” is a blending of A-ha’s “Take On Me” 1980s music video and a spoof of made-for-TV Christmas movies involving snow globes and alternate universes.

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