Stacking the Shelves – 1/16/20
Welcome to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. This is my book haul for last week! Watch the video below to learn more about where the books came from and why I got them. Or click on the book image to go to Goodreads to learn more about them. Hope …
Review – The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark (4.5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Steampunk/Alternate History Length: 114 pages Publisher: Tordotcom Release Date: August 21, 2018 ISBN-13 : 978-1250294715 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 4.5/5 stars “In an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named …
Early Review – The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade Genre: Prose/Contemporary Fiction/Mental Health Length: 192 pages Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Release Date: February 16, 2021 ISBN-13: 978-0358354758 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: ARC from Amazon Vine Rating: 4/5 stars “11-year-old Stevie is an avid reader and she knows a lot of …
Graphic Novel Review – Double Dog Dare (Sparks, Book 2) by Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade Genre: Graphic Novel/Humor Length: 208 pages Publisher: Graphix Release Date: August 4, 2020 ISBN-13: 978-1338339901 Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in the Sparks series Source: Bought Rating: 4/5 stars “Who’s a good dog?! Charlie and August, the two cats that control the mechanical superhero dog, …
Early Review – The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, Book 1) by M. A. Carrick (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Epic Fantasy Length: 672 pages Publisher: Orbit Release Date: January 19, 2021 ISBN-13: 978-0316539678 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in Rook & Rose series Source: eGalley from NetGalley to review Rating: 4/5 stars “This is your past, the good and the ill of it, and …
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Graphic Novel Review – The Golden Age, Book 1 by Roxanne Moreil, Cyril Pedrosa (3.5/5 stars)
Reading Level:Young Adult Genre: Graphic Novel/Fantasy Length: 224 pages Publisher: First Second Release Date: February 11, 2020 ISBN-13: 978-1250237941 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Golden Age series Source: Christmas Gift Rating: 3.5/5 stars “In the kingdom of Lantrevers, suffering is a way of life―unless you’re a member …
Review – The City We Became (The Great Cities Trilogy, Book 1) by N.K. Jemisin (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Length: 448 pages Publisher: Orbit Release Date: March 24, 2020 ISBN-13: 978-0316509848 Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in The Great Cities Trilogy Source: Borrowed from Library Rating: 5/5 stars “In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn’t …
Graphic Novel Review – The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (5/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy/Graphic Novel Length: 256 pages Publisher: Random House Graphic Release Date: October 13, 2020 ISBN-13: 978-1984851598 Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Source: Christmas Gift Rating: 5/5 stars “Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he’s been keeping from them, and …