Saturday, March 24, 2018

Book Haul: Look What The Wind Blew In




Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. I get to show off all the books I’ve gotten recently.

Usually, I organize my book hauls into themed groups. For this haul, there is no theme. These are just some random books I picked up recently. I’ll let you come up with a creative title for the batch. *Update: Barb @ Booker T's Farm suggested the title "Look What The Wind Blew In." So, my haul has a name!




The “Look What The Wind Blew In” Book Haul








Far From the Tree – Robin Benway

Being the middle child has its ups and downs. 
But for Grace, an only child who was adopted at birth, discovering that she is a middle child is a different ride altogether. After putting her own baby up for adoption, she goes looking for her biological family, including: 
Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio sister, who has a lot to say about their newfound family ties. Having grown up the snarky brunette in a house full of chipper redheads, she’s quick to search for traces of herself among these not-quite-strangers. And when her adopted family’s long-buried problems begin to explode to the surface, Maya can’t help but wonder where exactly it is that she belongs. 
And Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother. After seventeen years in the foster care system, he’s learned that there are no heroes, and secrets and fears are best kept close to the vest, where they can’t hurt anyone but him.







The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Barcelona, 1945—just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother’s face. To console his only child, Daniel’s widowed father, an antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelona’s guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again. Daniel’s father coaxes him to choose a volume from the spiraling labyrinth of shelves, one that, it is said, will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the novel he selects, The Shadow of the Wind by Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Carax’s work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it, his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn’t find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly.







Bodily Harm – Margaret Atwood

Rennie Wilford, a young journalist running from her life, takes an assignment to a Caribbean island and tumbles into a world where no one is what they seem. When the burnt-out Yankee Paul (does he smuggle dope or hustle for the CIA?) offers her a no-hooks, no strings affair, she is caught up in a lethal web of corruption.







The Knowing – Sharon Cameron

Samara doesn't forget. And she isn't the only one. Safe underground in the city of New Canaan, she lives in a privileged world free from the Forgetting. Yet she wonders if she really is free, with the memories that plague her and secrets that surround her. Samara is determined to unearth the answers, even if she must escape to the old, cursed city of Canaan to find them. 
Someone else is on their way to Canaan too . . . a spaceship from Earth is heading toward the planet, like a figment of the city's forgotten past. Beck is traveling with his parents, researchers tasked with finding the abandoned settlement effort. When Beck is stranded without communication, he will find more in Canaan than he was ever trained for. What will happen when worlds and memories, beliefs—and truths—collide?







The Power – Naomi Alderman

In The Power the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian kid who lounges around the family pool; a foster girl whose religious parents hide their true nature; a local American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But something vital has changed, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power—they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world changes utterly.






Have you read any of these? What did you think?








36 comments:

  1. Hold. Up. The Knowing isn't a direct sequel??

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  2. I hope you enjoy your books.

    Diane @ Diane’s Book Blog
    https://dianes-book.blogspot.com/2018/03/stacking-shelves-177.html

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  3. I haven't read any of these but I hope you'll like them!

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  4. The Shadow of the Wind is one of my all time favorite books that I totally need to reread! I actually bought five other books by Zafón right after finishing it... and I still haven't read them. *dies of shame* Far From the Tree is at the top of my TBR, and I'm super-excited for it after all the positive reviews. Hope you'll love all these books!

    Veronika @ The Regal Critiques

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  5. I have heard so many great things about far from tree. Also so jealous over the knowing.

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  6. Are you going to read a book that includes - (gasp) - sex?!!

    Haven't read any of them. The Power seems interesting.

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  7. I haven't read any of these, but The Power sounds really interesting!

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  8. Far from the Tree and Bodily Harm are calling to me. Thanks for sharing, and enjoy your week. Here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES

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  9. I don't know any of these :O I hope you enjoy them. Have a lovely week!
    Weekly Wrap-Up

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  10. I really need to read Far From The Tree. I fail. Enjoy your new books.

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  11. The Shadow of the Wind is amazing!! It was a 5 star read for me, one of the best books I read last year. Enjoy!

    My STS post

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  12. Some great looking books and I call it the "Look what the Wind Blew In Haul." for some reason, the covers all strike me a windy and natury (yes, definitely not a word!)

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  13. The Shadow of the Wind is intriguing. I may need to get it. Happy Reading, enjoy your new treasures!

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  14. I have not read any of these but I have always loved the cover of The Shadow of the Wind. I hope you enjoy all of these!

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  15. The Knowing has such an awesome cover! Happy reading!

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  16. Awesome haul! Glad you got Shadow of the Wind! I really need to read that book! How about "The Power" book haul?

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  17. I have never seen these books before, but I hope you enjoy your books also!!
    https://justmeandmyblogreviews.blogspot.com/2018/03/easter-egg-hunt-contest-10-amazon-gc.html

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  18. The Knowing is interesting, with that cover. Makes me want to know more about what's going on... and I've never read any Margaret Atwood. Yet another author I haven't tried yet *sigh*

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  19. This looks like such a great haul! I want to read Margaret Atwood, she's an author on my to-read list since forever maybe. The Power seems like a great book.

    Enjoy your books!

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  20. Far From the Tree was a big winner for me. I hope you love it too. We got The Forgetting at some BEA (2016?), and I have been meaning to read it...... It does look good. Enjoy all your new books.

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  21. The Power! I really want to read that. Shadow of the Wind though... Wasn't a fan. But maybe you will be :) I am outnumbered in my opinion on it :D otherwise, your haul looks plain old spectacular :) enjoy these!!

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  22. I never have a theme. LoL My list is just all the randomness I get. You got a lot of good sounding books this week. Far From the Tree looks like it's going to be a good read. I hope you enjoy your new books. :)
    Kristin @ Book Sniffers Anonymous

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  23. The Shadow Of The Wind is one of my all time favorites and The Power is such a good read as well! I hope you will enjoy these. :)

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  24. Some of these sound awesome! I hope you enjoy your new haul. Happy Reading! Have a great week.

    Mary my #SundayRoundup

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  25. Is The Knowing a sequel? I feel like that cover looks familiar?

    Hope you enjoy your new books, and thanks for visiting Shell's Stories!

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  26. I absolutely loved The Shadow of the Wind - I really want to go back and reread that series.

    Some great titles.

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  27. The Knowing sound good! Hope you enjoy all your books and have a great week!

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  28. I started The Shadow of the Wind months ago and loved it....but I actually never finished it-- it was one of those books I put down, got busy, and forgot to pick back up again. However, I am looking forward to getting back to it soon!

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  29. I haven't read any of these but they all sound great. I would particularly like to read The Shadow of the Wind and The Knowing.

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  30. Wow amazing haul. I haven't read any of these but I have heard great things about The Power and wanted to read it last year itself but wasn't able to. Hope to pick it this year. :)

    I hope you enjoy all of your new books :)

    My STS: http://flippingthruthepages.com/2018/03/stacking-the-shelves-20/

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  31. Loooved Far from the Tree. It was one of my favorites last year.

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  32. Well, now I'm really curious about The Knowing! I'll have to look out for that one. Hope you enjoy these!

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  33. Fantastic haul! I want to read most of these as well! I hope you'll enjoy them all!

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  34. I really liked Far From the Tree, and I went in thinking it would annoy me. Shadow of the Wind is a classic for a reason. I read the Atwood decades ago and all I remember is that I didn't like it was much as some of her other work. The Power and Cameron's The Forgetting are both on my TBR.

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  35. I recently bought The Power for myself too but haven't brought myself to read it yet. I should really do that because there is so much buzz about that book. I hope you'll be able to enjoy reading all of these ^.^

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