Stacking The Shelves: March 17, 2018

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly bookish meme hosted @ Tynga's Reviews & Reading Reality.

Bought: 

The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

This book was on sale for only 7€ coming from 14€ so I just knew I HAD to buy it. It's set in Renaissance Florence so that was a bonus for me as well.

Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by Mackenzi Lee

And this book is just the best purchase I've ever made. I'm totally in love with it! AND Hatshepsut is on the cover and inside it as well so again a bonus for me. I'm obsessed with her.

Bought:
Tales From Earthsea DVD by Studio Ghibli

I know it's not a book but this film is based on the Earthsea book series by Ursula K. Le Guin and it's one of my favorite films ever. So glad to finally own it.

Bought:
Love and Bravery: Hardcore Acts of Courage by Suanne Laqueur

Accidental Tryst by Natasha Boyd

The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin

For Review:
The Boy & His Ribbon by Pepper Winters

Freebies:
Born, Darkly by Trisha Wolfe

Night After Night by Lauren Blakely

Freebies:
History of India: A History in 50 Events by Hourly History

Charles Dickens: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History

Vincent van Gogh: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History

Have a great weekend and happy reading, everyone! ♥

Thirsty Thursday & Hungry Hearts #1

Thirsty Thursday & Hungry Hearts is a weekly meme hosted by (un)Conventional Bookviews

The idea of Thirsty Thursday and Hungry Hearts is to share a quote with food or drinks that showed up in a recent read, as well as if it’s something you think you’d like or not. 

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For my first Thirsty Thursday & Hungry Hearts post I have a quote from Escort by Skye Warren. This is a book about male escort Hugo and virgin Bea who hires him. I love that Hugo knows how to cook and that he took the time to make it for Bea. The fact that his mother (who passed away) taught him how to make it showed Hugo's softer side and that made me adore him even more.

My Quote:

In my loft I prepare a gourmet picnic with sliced meats and creamy cheeses. There are plump grapes and ripe strawberries. A baguette from the French bakery so fresh it crackles when I place it in the bag. Most of these items are easy to prepare. The only thing I make from scratch is a moist brioche with hints of orange and white chocolate, soft on the inside, the sugar caramelized on the outside. My mother taught me to make this.

Escort releases on March 20th and my review for the blog tour will be up on March 27th. I absolutely loved the story and think it's one of Skye's best books yet. 

Can't-Wait Wednesday: Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. It's based on Waiting On Wednesday hosted at Breaking the Spine.

Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi 
Expected publication: March 27th 2018 by Rick Riordan Presents

Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur?

One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don't believe her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light, Aru thinks. Then she can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again.

But lighting the lamp has dire consequences. She unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction. Her classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time, and it's up to Aru to save them.

The only way to stop the demon is to find the reincarnations of the five legendary Pandava brothers, protagonists of the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata, and journey through the Kingdom of Death. But how is one girl in Spider-Man pajamas supposed to do all that?

To be honest I was pretty disappointed with The Star-Touched Queen. It was one of my least favorite books that I read last year but I'm actually super excited about her new upcoming book. I'm not going to give up on an author after reading and disliking just one of their books + Aru Shah and the End of Time is middle grade (yassss), involves Indian mythology AND it's by Rick Riordan's new imprint. I know I'll just have to read it. It sounds amazing and I'm so excited for the book!