Stacking the Shelves (34)

Omg, it's been absolutely FOREVER since I've done a book haul post. Welcome to my first Stacking the Shelves post! I've previously been blogging book hauls under In My Mailbox, but since The Story Siren doesn't run anymore, it's time to move on. 
Also, I'm seriously impressed with younger me's photoshop skills. Look at that meme banner!

Anyway, Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, sharing the books I got this week! (Actually, I'm going to be sharing my haul since I came back from my holiday–so the past 2ish weeks it is!)

**All titles are linked to Goodreads.

From the SG Bookdeals 2016 Warehouse Sale:

Pile 1 (top to bottom):

The Maze Runner by James Dashner 
Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini
Linked by Imogen Howson
The Twistrose Key by Tone Almhjell
Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick
The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, & Maureen Johnson
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Pile 2 (top to bottom):

She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
Fire with Fire by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian (my review)
Noggin by John Corey Whaley
#16thingsithoughtweretrue by Janet Gurtler
The Program by Suzanne Young
Golden by Jessi Kirby
Servants of the Storm by Delilah S. Dawson
Fever Chart by Bill Cotter

Read all about the SG Bookdeals Warehouse Sale that is currently going on HERE.

Bought:

Sula by Toni Morrison
Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

For Review: 

Heartless by Marissa Meyer
The Call by Peadar Ó Guílin
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

Swag:

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Thank you so much to Sasha and Samantha at Pansing, Ingrid at Penguin Random House, and Lauren Gibaldi!

Don't forget to enter my Thank You Pansing Giveaway–open INTERNATIONALLY!

What books did you get recently?

SG Bookdeals Warehouse Sale 2016 + Recap

It’s back!
SG Bookdeals is hosting another Warehouse Sale!

Around the same time last year, I went to the SG Bookdeals Sale, and man–did I love the books they had for selection. I mean, check out my 2015 sale haul:

Pretty sweet right?

Anyway, I was super stoked when Pansing contacted me again about the sale that they were having this year–and I got to attend a media preview session so I could show you all what you're in store for!

 

It looks like they have a bigger selection this year, and because of it, I was even more excited about the titles that I could get my hands on. I mainly stuck to the Children's section and Fiction section, but there are so many more categories of books available at this sale.

Here are some details about the sale:

Date: 5 – 14 Aug 2016

Operating hours:

Mon-Fri : 1pm to 6pm

Weekends & PH: 10am to 6pm

Location:

Pansing Building

No. 438 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Industrial Park 1, Singapore 569619

Price Points:

• 1 for $8
• 3 for $20
• Some books at the main hall may have price tags, please ignore the price tags.
• Box sale at $50 each – yes the box sale is back!
• No reservations are allowed. Unpurchased boxes will be emptied and books will be returned to the tables for sale.

Range:

• Quality books, mostly brand new - Fiction, Baby & Toddler, Readers, Young Adult, Professional & IT, Business, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Crafts & Hobbies, Travel, Christian.
• Customers can expect a sale very similar to last year’s range.

How to get there: 

• We suggest taking the public transport as parking lots are limited, on a first-come-first-served basis.
• It is very accessible to get to the sale by bus/mrt from Bishan.

Some other facts:

• We were the ones who brought you the SG50 Box Sale!
• We had an overwhelming sales event last year over the Jubilee long weekend and were sold out 2 days before the end of the event. Please come early to avoid disappointment.
• Customers queued from Level 1 all the way up to the entrance. Please do not come and queue overnight, the facilities will not be open till operational hours the next morning.
• It is recommended that customers bring their own trolleys as the books can get quite heavy.
• Please leave the children at home if you can.

More updates about the event will be shared via www.facebook.com/sgbookdeals!

For more information, please contact sgbookdeals@gmail.com.

Still not convinced?!

Check out the awesome books I took home with me!

SO MANY AWESOME BOOKS OMG.

If you're in Singapore I DEFINITELY recommend going to the sale because it's absolutely worth your money. Buying books in this country can be expensive, but sales like these are absolutely brilliant and SO worth it.

Also, speaking of Pansing and awesome books–don't forget to enter my Thank You Pansing Giveaway. Open internationally!

Thank you so much to Sasha and Samantha for making this possible. I seriously cannot thank you both enough for everything!

Waiting on Wednesday – Week 174

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It's to spotlight upcoming releases that I'm DYING to get my hands on!

This week's WoW is:

This Is Our Story by Ashley Elston

No one knows what happened that morning at River Point. Five boys went hunting. Four came back. The boys won’t say who fired the shot that killed their friend; the evidence shows it could have been any one of them. 

Kate Marino’s senior year internship at the District Attorney’s Office isn’t exactly glamorous—more like an excuse to leave school early that looks good on college applications. Then the DA hands her boss, Mr. Stone, the biggest case her small town of Belle Terre has ever seen. The River Point Boys are all anyone can talk about. Despite their damning toxicology reports the morning of the accident, the DA wants the boys’ case swept under the rug. He owes his political office to their powerful families.

Kate won’t let that happen. Digging up secrets without revealing her own is a dangerous line to walk; Kate has her own reasons for seeking justice for Grant. As she and Stone investigate—the ageing prosecutor relying on Kate to see and hear what he cannot—she realizes that nothing about the case—or the boys—is what it seems. Grant wasn’t who she thought he was, and neither is Stone’s prime suspect. As Kate gets dangerously close to the truth, it becomes clear that the early morning accident might not have been an accident at all—and if Kate doesn’t uncover the true killer, more than one life could be on the line…including her own.

November 15, 2016 ● Goodreads

If you know me, you'll know that I love love LOVE thrillers. Anything that has a satisfying big twist at the end is my kinda read. This one sounds wonderful, and it has great reviews so far. That cover is super eerie as well, and I didn't notice it before, but the title is super cool–the not-white parts of the text spell out His Story, which all sorts of awesome and creepy. As well as the placement for the stag head! Yeesh. This one is gonna be good...

What are you waiting on?

The Executioner's Daughter by Jane Hardstaff

The Executioner's Daughter by Jane Hardstaff

Release Date: January 30, 2014
Publisher: Egmont
Series: The Executioner's Daughter, Book 1
Rated: YA/MG 12+
Format: ARC
Source: Pansing
Buy: Available at all good bookstores!
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Moss hates her life. As the daughter of the Executioner in the Tower of London, it’s her job to catch the heads in her basket after her father has chopped them off. She dreams of leaving, but they are prisoners with no way out.

Then Moss discovers a hidden tunnel that takes her to freedom, where she learns that her life isn’t what she believes it to be and she doesn’t know who to trust.

Her search for the truth takes her on a journey along the great River Thames. Could the answers lie deep in its murky depths?

The Executioner's Daughter has been on my shelf for AGES, and so I finally decided to pick this one up after realising how long it's been there. Guilt totally eating me away! Anyway, I really enjoyed this one. It was a really quick read too–the font in the advanced copy is pretty big, so I was done with this one within two hours. I didn't really know what to expect with this one, so I was pleasantly surprised with what was in store.

The setting was great. Fantastic, actually. I love historical fiction, but I don't know if I've ever read anything in YA about the Tudors, or this particular time period. Anyway, it totally made me want to read more books set in this time period–as well as watch the show The Tudors. It's fascinating to see events that actually happened integrated into the story.

One thing I pretty much hated about this book was Moss. The girl doesn't listen to anyone! Stay away from the river? Let me hang around it the whole time. And while I'm at it, let me yell at my dad all the time, even though he did everything to protect me. Salter was a great character though–I gotta love his insults. Here are some of my favourite lines from him:

❝Sweet Harry's scabs! That's a wind cold enough to freeze off yer goosters.❞

❝Stupid pisspot of a shore girl.❞

❝You've got less guts than a pan of cockles.❞

–p. 60, 61, and 304, ARC*

*text is subject to change in the final version

The Executioner's Daughter was an exciting historical-fantasy adventure that younger and older readers alike will enjoy. This book was good enough as a standalone, but I know there's a sequel, and while I don't know how I'm going to feel about Moss, I'm definitely adding it to my to-read pile. Jane Hardstaff has created an interesting world within this historical era, and I'm looking forward to learning more about it.

▪ ▪ ▪ Thank you so much to Sasha at Pansing for sending me a copy for review! ▪ ▪ ▪

If you like this, try...

• Chantress by Amy Butler Greenfield ● Goodreads
• Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan ● Goodreads