Booksie's Shelves, August 5, 2014

How is it August already?  One of my reading goals for the year is to reread the Game Of Thrones series and I haven't even started yet?  Then there was the reread/new read of Stephen Donaldson's epic series with thirteen books, catching up on all those weighty Elizabeth George mysteries, and....

Recently, I've been snowbound in the mountains at a prince's party to pick a bride, growing up in a planned neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, in Aberdeen, Scotland fighting crime and visiting the art world as an artist who can't get respect.  Currently, I'm reading about the cultural, economic and social aspects of France, in the midst of a literary scandal when a great author is accused of murdering his underage lover, in the forests of a Japanese prison camp in World War II and back in Aberdeen as I continue to devour anything Stuart MacBride has written. 

Here's the new books that have arrived:

1.  The Selection, Kiera Cass, literary fiction, sent from Paperbackswap
2.  Snow And Shadow, Dorothy Tse, anthology, sent by publisher
3.  Black Ice, Susan Krinard, fantasy, sent by publisher
4.  The Other Typist, Suzanne Rindell, literary fiction, sent from Paperbackswap
5.  Death By Hitchcock, Elissa Grodin, mystery, sent by publisher
6.  The Story Hour, Thrity Umirigar literary fiction, sent for book tour
7.  Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good, Kathleen Flinn, memoir, sent for book tour
8.  Solsbury Hill, Susan Wyler, literary fiction, sent by friend
9.  No Man's Nightingale, Ruth Rendell, mystery, sent from Paperbackswap
10.  The Objects Of Her Affection, Sonya Cobb, mystery, sent by publisher
11.  The Devil's Quota, Tom Avitabile, mystery, sent by publisher
12.  The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton, historical fiction, sent by publisher
13.  In The Shadow Of The Banyan, Vaddey Ratner, from bring one, take one shelf at gym
14.  The Darkest Hour, Tony Schumacher, mystery, sent by publisher
15.  The Death Of Santini, Pat Conroy, memoir, Goodwill store

Here's the list of what I'm currently reading:

1.  Advent Of A Mystery, mystery, Kindle
2.  France On The Brink, Jonathan Fenby, paperback
3.  Flesh House, Stuart MacBride, hardback
4.  The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner, Kindle Fire
5.  The Fever, Megan Abbott, hardback
6.  New York, Edward Rutherfurd, paperback
7.  The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair, Joel Dicker, paperback
8.  The Narrow Road To The Deep North, Richard Flanagan, paperback
9.  The Scrivner's Tale, Fiona McIntosh, paperback

Happy Reading!