LA LA IN THE LIBRARY: THE MONTHLY MASH

FEBRUARY 2017

READING HIGHLIGHTS

STACKING THE SHELVES #8

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This is my books only monthly highlights post. I will also be linking up with STACKING THE SHELVES, hosted by Tynga's Reviews, every first Saturday of the month.

I READ FIVE BOOKS

MY FAVORITE FEBRUARY READ

MY GOODREADS REVIEW

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In place of challenges I am going to be checking off a strive list to keep my reading varied.

✔MONTH'S OFFICIAL ARC The Bone Witch

⬜ NEWBERY

✔MUSIC The Natural Guitar Player

⬜ CLASSIC

✔AUDIOBOOK The Natural Guitar Player

⬜ RE-READ

✔NONFICTION Gizelle's Bucket List (ARC)

✔ADULT Gizelle's Bucket List (ARC)

✔DIVERSE The Hate U Give (ARC)

✔ ISSUE RELATED Gizelle's Bucket List (ARC)

⬜ BACKLIST ARC

⬜ BACKLIST TBR

ARCS = 3

NON-ARCS = 2

FEMALE AUTHOR = 3

MALE AUTHOR = 1

OWN VOICES = 1

NONFICTION = 1

ANTHOLOGY = 1 (mixed age - authors)

ADULT = 1

YOUNG ADULT = 2

MIDDLE GRADE = 0

DIVERSE/ISSUE RELATED = 3

BOUGHT EBOOKS

GOODREADS

Another addition to my Hoffman collection. It was on sale.

GOODREADS

Another addition to my Octavia Butler collection. This is a book of short stories. It was on sale.

GOODREADS

I love the cover and it was free.

AMAZON IN MOTION SAMPLE

This is all five stories, over 500 pages, in a bind-up. PLUS it is a KINDLE IN MOTION ebook, with moving illustrations. GOODREADS. I bought it because it was on sale.

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GOODREADS

This was free for Black History Month.

GOODREADS

It was on sale.

GOODREADS

It was an ebook special price bundle of titles 1 & 2.

GOODREADS

I finished The Bone Witch and I loved it, and I was talking to Danielle from BOOKS, VERTIGO AND TEA about wanting to read this book and she told me it was on sale for 99¢. I scooped it up ASAP! But alas, it is no longer on sale.

GOODREADS

This is a Middle Grade and it sounds whimsical. It's still only 99¢ at the time of this posting.

ARCS NETGALLEY

GOODREADS

YOUNG ADULT

STANDALONE

CONTEMPORARY

ISSUE RELATED

It was so close to pub date for this one (March 7th) that I thought I wasn't getting approved for it. I am reading it right now.

GOODREADS

MIDDLE GRADE

CONTEMPORARY

ISSUE RELATED

It publishes June 13th.

GOODREADS

ADULT

MEMOIRS

ISSUE RELATED

I saw this book on JO'S BOOK BLOG, when she reviewed it: HERE. I love dogs and I love stories set in NYC, so I ran to Netgalley to see if it was still available and it was! It was a Read Now, also, so instant score. Ha ha. It publishes March 7th.

GOODREADS

ADULT

BIOGRAPHY

MUSIC

This was one of those Netgalley non-ARCs they put up as Read Nows to get some new review action. I think maybe because Patti Smith's books are popular right now, but Patti is a poet and a writer; Blondie is not. I still thought it would be an interesting read because I was acquainted with some friends of hers and hung out a few times.

GOODREADS

YOUNG ADULT

SERIES

I did not read Gray's Firebird series because I saw too many conflicting reviews and had too many ARCs to read when the first book released. I read the synopsis for this one and liked it, so I decided to request and was delighted it came through. If I like this one enough I might give the first Firebird book a try. It publishes in early April. I also managed to get on the blog tour.