Hi everyone! I haven’t done an Stacking the Shelves post for a couple of weeks as I haven’t added many new books to my shelves recently. But I do have a few to tell you about, so here they are…

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In Kristy’s mailbox:

 

The Sound of Whales by Kerr Thomson

I received a copy of this thanks to Scholastic Australia!

Three children are spending their summer on a wild Scottish island. Fraser is desperate for adventure; Hayley is fed up she’s even there; while Dunny spends his days staring out to sea. He hasn’t said a word in years. But everything changes with the discovery of two bodies on the beach: a whale and a man. Fraser and Hayley see a mystery-adventure to be solved, but Dunny is inconsolable. And in the end, it will take someone who listens to the sea to put it right.

 

 

 

Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider

Thank you to Simon & Schuster Australia for sending me a a copy of this book! I loved Severed Heads, Broken Hearts so I am excited to read another book from Robyn Schneider.

A bitter-sweet, coming-of-age novel that’s perfect for fans of John Green and Stephen Chbosky.

When he’s sent to Latham House, a boarding school for sick teens, Lane thinks his life may as well be over.
But when he meets Sadie and her friends - a group of eccentric troublemakers - he realises that maybe getting sick is just the beginning. That illness doesn’t have to define you, and that falling in love is its own cure.

Extraordinary Means is a darkly funny story about true friendships, ill-fated love and the rare miracle of second chances

 

These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

I purchased this book as the copy that I have is a singed copy, and I just cannot read a signed copy :)

t’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets to the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone.

Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help.

Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder - would they be better off staying in this place forever?

Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won’t be the same people who landed on it.

The first in a sweeping science fiction trilogy, These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds.

 

Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone, #2) by Laini Taylor

Another book for my Laini Taylor collection arrived this week. I needed this edition to match the absolutely stunning edition that Kelly from Diva Booknerd got for me! These covers are stunning!! I heart them so much!!! My next goal is to get Hodder (UK publishers) to release a matching edition of Dreams of Gods and Monsters :) Feel free to help me out by letting them know they should do it!!

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war.

This is not that world.

Art student and monster’s apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is—and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would give anything to undo: She loved the enemy and he betrayed her, and a world suffered for it.

In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Karou must decide how far she’ll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, secrets and impossible choices, Days of Blood & Starlight finds Karou and Akiva on opposing sides as an age-old war stirs back to life.

While Karou and her allies build a monstrous army in a land of dust and starlight, Akiva wages a different sort of battle: a battle for redemption. Forhope.

But can any hope be salvaged from the ashes of their broken dream?

 

That is all from me this week. What did you receive in your mailboxes? Let me know - leave your links in the comments section below!