Hello and welcome to my book haul for the month of March. If you have seen I did not read too much in March, but sadly that did not deter me from picking up more books than I normally do. This led my TBR to grow quite a bit, which stinks, but I have some great books on my shelves now. So, overall not too bad. Anway, here are the books I added to my shelves.
Stack One
The Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb, 3rd book in a series.
The Half-Drowned King: A Novel by Linnea Hartsuyker, “An exhilarating saga of the Vikings that conjures a brutal, superstitious, and thrilling ninth-century world and the birth of a kingdom”. I mean who does not want to read about a Viking adventure? I actually picked up this book at the bookstore when it was completely wrapped other than having a few keywords, but I am glad I did because this description is amazing.
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann, Ross Benjamin (Translation), “Daniel Kehlmann transports the medieval legend of the trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel to the seventeenth century in an enchanting work of magical realism, macabre humor, and rollicking adventure.” I mainly picked this book up because it is part of my reading a shortlist challenge this year, but it really is an interesting description. I very much enjoy magical realism and a trickster always adds interest to a story.
In Five Years: A Novel by Rebecca Serle, “But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. ” As soon as I read this description in the bookstore I needed to have it, it is a really interesting idea. How would we react if we spent an hour in the future?
Later by Stephen King, “The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. ” I will be honest, I just auto buy Kings work at this point, but this is a very short more of a mystery with a twist if my understanding is correct.
The Vorrh by Brian Catling, “Outside the colonial town of Essenwald lies the Vorrh, a vast—perhaps endless—forest. Sentient and magical, a place of demons and angels, of warriors and priests, the Vorrh bends time and wipes memory. “, When I was in the bookstore one of the booksellers said that this series was one that he read a long time about, but it has stuck with him because it is so unique. So, I picked up this book and the second book, down the road if I enjoy these two I will picked up the third book.
The Erstwhile by Brian Catling, book following The Vorrh
Stack Two
A Court of Silver Flames by Srah J. Maas, 4th book in a fantasy adult series.
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, “There’s no such thing as witches. But there will be.”, This tag line drew me in right away, along with another bookseller saying that if I liked The Discovery of Witches I would love this one as well. So, since I was actually reading that book at the time and was loving it, I picked this up because it was on sale and sounded promising.
Tales of Norse Mythology by Hélène A. Guerber, a mixture of tales and lore from Norse Mythology.
The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec, “When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology.” Honestly, this was a total cover buy situation, which does not happen to me very often these days. I picked up the book because the cover is just amazing, but when I read a witch falling in love with Loki, it sealed the deal for me and I added it to my shelves.
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner, “A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them” I mean, can we have this in real life? But, in all seriousness I am curious how this book will meld this very real and serious situation with magic so I picked it as my BOTM picked for March.
What book have you recently added to your shelves from the library or the store?
What book have you recently read?
Here is a completed version of my book/reading tracking tbr page.
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