Stacking the Shelves & Weekly Recap (19)

A meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where we share all the books we received during the week.

I haven't done a Stacking the Shelves post for a while. The following is a month's worth of books:

Library:

• Deva Zan by Yoshitaka Amano

Amano is one of my favourite artists. This is the first book he's illustrated as well as written!

• The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman

This has the collected issues 1-20 of Gaiman's The Sandman comic series. The series sounds good, but I didn't expect the book to be such a heavy tome!

Bought:

• The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Illustrated) by William Shakespeare

I've been meaning to read all of Shakespeare's plays, so I bought a copy of his complete works. Plus, I've been watching the anime Blast of Tempest that's based on and has many allusions to Shakespeare's works which made me want to read his plays that much more.

• The Gypsy King by Maureen Fergus 

I went to my first book signing and got The Gypsy King (my review) signed by the author! I enjoyed the event and hopefully I'll go to more book signings and launches in the future.

• Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev
• So Silver Bright by Lisa Mantchev 

These were both only $5 at Chapters. I really enjoyed the first book, Eyes Like Stars, and thought I might as well get the rest of the books in the series.

• Bride of the Water God, Volume 6 by Mi-Kyung Yun 

Bride of the Water God is one of my favourite manga (although it's actually a manhwa - which is a Korean manga) series. I'm behind on this series as there are already 12 volumes released.

• On Writing by Stephen King

This seems to be a highly recommended book for writers.

Gifted:

• A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Thanks to Penguin Canada)

I received this for doing a survey on penguin.ca and I'm really excited to start it! The premise sounds really good and I've read many glowing reviews.

Review:

• Never by K.D. McEntire (Thanks to Pyr)

This is the last book in the Lightbringer series. I still haven't read this series yet. If you've read it, what did you think?

• The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Thanks to Scholastic Canada)

I enjoyed The False Prince (my review) and I'm excited to see what happens next, but plots about runaways have always bored me.

• The Little Prince 70th Anniversary Gift Set by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Thanks to Thomas Allen & Son)

This is a nice edition of The Little Prince which includes the hardcover book and an audiobook (narrated by Viggo Mortensen) in a nice box set. I'm excited to start The Little Prince, which is apparently a classic.

• A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (Thanks to Tor)

I love the cover, here is the full jacket:

Really excited to start this, sounds so good!!! Plus there are illustrations of dragons throughout the whole book.

• Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons (Thanks to Tor Teen)

I've already finished reading this. The review is scheduled to be up on Thursday.

• The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa (Thanks to Harlequin Teen and NetGalley)

I still need to read my copy of The Immortal Rules but I can't wait to start this series. I loved Kagawa's The Iron Fey series, plus everyone seems to have loved the The Immortal Rules!

• Dare You To by Katie McGarry (Thanks Harlequin UK and NetGalley)

I also still need to read Pushing the Limits, but I'm excited to start this series as well. I really need to try more contemporary books.

• Doll Bones by Holly Black  (Thanks to Random House Children’s Publishers UK and NetGalley) 

Love the cover for this! It's really the main reason I want to read it. 

Weekly Recap:

Tuesday:

Review: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Books Read in February 2013

Wednesday:

Waiting on Wednesday (75) The Space Opera Edition

Thursday:

The Wicked Within Cover Reveal and Giveaway!

Blog Tour: The Holders by Julianna Scott - Playlist and Giveaway! 

Hope you all had a good week! Please leave a link to your Stacking the Shelves, IMM or whatever book haul posts down in the comments! :)