Fourth Musketeer

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where we get to share the books we've bought, been gifted, or received for review! How was everybody's week? Mine's been pretty good! I am SO excited, because I'm going to Libba Bray's signing in New Orleans on Wednesday! Nothing else much is going on, honestly. :) For review: This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison The Conspiracy of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin Purchased: Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke (Prisoner of Night and Fog #2) by Anne Blankman A recap of the week here on Paper Cuts: Monday - Review: When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare Tuesday - Teaser Tuesday: Dumplin' by Julie Murphy Wednesday - Waiting on Wednesday: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas Friday - Review: A Little in Love by Susan Fletcher Books I read this week (last two weeks, really): Dumplin'   by Julie Murphy A Little in Love by Susan Fletcher I'm currently r...

Release date: August 25, 2015 Author info:   Twitter  | Facebook Publisher: Chicken House Pages: 288 Format: ARC Source: Publisher provided for review Buy the book: Barnes & Noble | Amazon | The Book Depository (Pre-order the Kindle version for $2.99!) Inspired by Victor Hugo's classic, Les Miserables, A Little in Love beautifully conveys the heartbreaking story of street girl Eponine. Paris, 1832 A girl lies alone in the darkness, clutching a letter to her heart. Eponine remembers being a child: her swing and the peach tree, and the baby brother she loved. But mostly she remembers being miserable. Taught to lie and cheat, and to hate the one girl, Cosette, who might have been her friend. Now, at sixteen, the two girls meet again, and Eponine has one more chance. But what is the price of friendship--the love of a boy? Les Miserables is, without a doubt, in my top two favorite musicals. And Eponine is a character who, despite my love of the musical, I never really connec...

Title: Queen of Shadow (Throne of Glass #4) Author: Sarah J. Maas Release date: September 1, 2015 Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series reaches new heights in this sweeping fourth volume. Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past . . . She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return. Celaena’s epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena’s story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world. I waited this long  to feature QoS just so I wouldn't get too freak...

Title: Dumplin' Author: Julie Murphy Release date: September 15, 2015 Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back. Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’...