Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, which is all about sharing the books that you’ve acquired in the past week!
Today on my blog I’m stacking the shelves with all the books I’ve bought this week. I did buy more than I intended to but it was a tough week and my willpower was weak. In fairness, as you’ll see tomorrow in my weekly wrap-up, I have got rid of a few books from my TBR so it’s not too bad!
Here are the books that I’ve bought this week:
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
I’ve had my eye on this book ever since I first heard about it and I finally decided to just buy it this week. This definitely won’t be on my TBR for very long as I’m keen to read it.
Synopsis:
In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren’t affected by it. She posted a piece on her blog, entitled: ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race’.
Her words hit a nerve. The post went viral and comments flooded in from others desperate to speak up about their own experiences. Galvanised by this clear hunger for open discussion, she decided to dig into the source of these feelings.
I Let Him Go by Denise Fergus
I bought this book on Thursday and have already read it. It’s an incredibly moving and honest memoir.
Synopsis:
On 12th February 1993, Denise Fergus’ life changed forever. As she was running errands at New Strand Shopping Centre, she let go of her two-year-old son’s hand for a few seconds to take out her purse. Denise never saw her son again.
For the first time since that moment 25 years ago, Denise tells her extraordinary story in this heart-wrenching book, an unflinching account of that terrible day. What if she had never taken James shopping? What if she had turned right coming out of the butcher’s, instead of left? Denise’s initial hope after seeing her son on CCTV with other children quickly turned to devastation when, two days later, James’ body was found.
His death reverberated around the world and his killers became the youngest ever convicted murderers in UK legal history. Four minutes is all it took for them to lead James away from his mother to his death. Denise took up a tortuous legal battle for James, and it was her astonishing strength and love for her son that ultimately helped to change the way the law treats victims of crime.
Random Acts of Kindness Part 1 by Victoria Walters
I downloaded this ebook when it was free this week. I don’t normally buy books when they’re released in parts, I tend to wait until they’re published as a complete novel but I love the sound of this, and I’m a fan of the author, so I decided to get it. I’m looking forward to reading it.
Synopsis:
Welcome to Littlewood, a small town community with a big heart. Abbie has fled London and the humiliation of not being able to make rent after being made redundant. Louise, seriously unlucky in love, has thrown herself into her career at the local hospital. And Eszter, who has travelled from Hungary with her daughter, Zoe, hopes to reach out to the mother-in-law she never met while her husband was still alive…
Close to Home by Cara Hunter
I’ve read some good reviews of this book and so have been thinking of buying it for a while. This week I spotted it was 99p on Kindle so decided to download it. I’m hoping to read this soon as I think the second book in the series is due out this year.
Synopsis:
Someone took Daisy Mason. Someone YOU KNOW.
Last night, 8-year-old Daisy Mason disappeared from her parents’ summer party. No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything – or at least that’s what they’re saying. DI Adam Fawley is trying to keep an open mind. But he knows that nine times out of ten, it’s someone the victim knew. That means someone is lying. And that Daisy’s time is running out…
Bonfire by Krysten Ritter
I saw Simon from SavidgeReads on YouTube talking about this book in a couple of his recent videos and he sold me on it. I like the sound of the synopsis and hearing a rave review made me want to read it. This is also 99p on Kindle at the moment!
Synopsis:
Should you ever go back?
It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands.
But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town’s most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens’ biggest scandal from more than a decade ago involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends—just before Kaycee disappeared for good.
Abby knows the key to solving any case lies in the weak spots, the unanswered questions. But as Abby tries to find out what really happened to Kaycee, she unearths an even more disturbing secret—a ritual called “The Game,” which will threaten the reputations, and lives, of the community and risk exposing a darkness that may consume her.
Tuesday’s Gone by Nicci French
This is another book that is on sale for 99p on Kindle and it was a must buy for me because somehow I own Monday and Wednesday but not Tuesday so if I’m going to start the series this year, as I intend to, I’m going to need Tuesday!
Synopsis:
A London social worker makes a routine home visit only to discover her client serving afternoon tea to a naked, decomposing corpse. With no clues as to the dead man’s identity, Chief Inspector Karlsson again calls upon Frieda for help. She discovers that the body belongs to Robert Poole, con man extraordinaire. But Frieda can’t shake the feeling that the past isn’t done with her yet. Did someone kill Poole to embroil her in the investigation? And if so, is Frieda herself the next victim?
Giveaway win:
I also won a giveaway of an ebook copy of Prosecco Christmas by Sylvia Ashby, which I’m looking forward to reading. It’s part 3 in a series and I have the first two books on my TBR so I’m hoping to get to read those soon so that I can then read this one before too long.
Synopsis:
Family is where life begins.
And what better time to spend with your family than Christmas week?
Ashley and Giacomo go to Upper Swainswick, a postcard village ten minutes’ drive from Bath, to stay with Ashley’s mum and stepdad. It’s their last visit before the arrival of their first child.
But babies have a habit of being unpredictable.
So when Ashley goes into labour on Christmas Eve, three weeks ahead of schedule, it takes everyone by surprise.
She’s not ready! Her perfect Birth Plan is packed away in her hospital bag two hundred miles away, she has no going home outfit, and she has a live event planned for New Year’s Eve for her YouTube channel, The Sinking Chef. People have been signing up for it for weeks. She can’t possibly disappoint them on the last day of the year. What is she to do?
The tinsel gets even more tangled when Giacomo’s parents decide to fly from Italy to meet their first grandchild. Hotels are fully booked, so everyone has to stay under the same roof.
Would eleven people in the house, not counting the baby, turn out to be simply too much for Ashley?
So, that’s all of my new books from this week! Have you bought any new books recently? Tell me all in the comments below, or if you have a stacking the shelves post on your blog feel free to post the link below too.
My weekly wrap up post will be on my blog tomorrow so please look out for that.
Adore Victoria Walters, definitely need to check that out! Great haul (the accidental ones are always the best, and worst!) hope you’re keeping well
Thank you, I’m doing okay. I’m looking forward to reading the Victoria Walters, her books are always fab! 🙂
I also got Close To Home this week! 🙂 Good old kindle prices! I’m so intrigued by I Let Him Go. I’ll add it to my TBR!
I Let Him Go was heartbreaking but also a very interesting memoir. It seems very honestly and openly written. Also, yay for Kindle bargains! 🙂
You do have a nice haul here, Hayley! I like the Nicci French series very much, and the rest of your books look really interesting, too. I hope you’ll enjoy them.
Thank you! I’m really looking forward to starting the Nicci French series – I feel sure that I’ll love it as I enjoy the other books that they’ve written.
Some very awesome hauls here, I especially want to read the Denise Bulger and Reni Eddo-Lodge books. I was pleasantly surprised by Bonfire!
Thank you! The Denise Bulger book was heartbreaking but it was well-written and so open and honest. It’s good to know that you were pleasantly surprised by Bonfire, I’m looking forward to reading it.
Such a great haul! I Let Him Go sounds fascinating as well as Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race… And you got some really good kindle deals their as well. Happy reading!
Thank you 🙂 I’m really keen to read Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, it sounds like such a fascinating read.
I enjoyed both Bonfire and Tuesday’s Gone…and I’m eyeing Close to Home. Enjoy! Thanks for sharing, and have a great week.
That’s good to know you enjoyed those books, it makes me look forward to reading them even more now 🙂 Hope you’re having a good week too.
A Prosecco Christmas is brilliant. I love the Pot Love books.
I have the whole series on my TBR now and I’m looking forward to reading it… even more so now you’ve said how much you loved it 🙂
Fab haul! I just downloaded the Random Acts of Kindness Part One, so thanks for making me aware of that 🙂
Thank you 🙂 Ooh, I’m glad that you managed to get that book after I mentioned it. It sounds like a great read, doesn’t it? 🙂
Nice haul. I have seen “Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race” quite a lot around blogosphere. Actually someone tweeted the other day that this is the most “racial” comment they have ever read 😛
I hope you enjoy your books 🙂 My STS: http://flippingthruthepages.com/2018/01/stacking-shelves-16/
Thank you 🙂 I’m keen to read the book soon, I’ve seen great reviews of it. Hope you’re having a good week of reading too 🙂
Thanks Hayley 😊
Great haul this week. I definitely want to get Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race and read it ASAP. Happy reading!
My STS
Thank you. I’m hoping to get to that book very soon.
Great haul! Looking forward to your comments on them, especially Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race. I’ve read about I Let Him Go – what a heartbreaking story. I picked up a few Kindle reads this week, but I’m not allowed to bring any more books into the house! 😉
Thank you 🙂 I Let Him Go was really heartbreaking, wasn’t it? Thank goodness for kindle books once you’re banned from bringing more books into the house! 😉
I love your accidental haul! Yes I completely understand as I have very little will power myself most days! My Shelf
Thank you 🙂 I really struggle to have willpower when it comes to books. I just wish there were more hours in the day to read them all.
Looks like you got some great books so I’d say the accident was worth it. I have Bonfire to read and am also interested in Close to Home. Hope you love these and have a great week!
Thank you, it was definitely worth it! Happy reading to you too. 🙂
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I heard and interview with Denise Fergus this weekend and it broke my heart. I don’t know if I could read the book because of that, no matter how good the reviews.
I didn’t see that but I can imagine how heartbreaking it must have been to watch. She’s an amazing women how she’s fought for justice and to protect others whilst living with her own grief and pain.
It sometimes happen to go crazy with the books – I was in a similar situation last week too, but this week I did better – my post is up with the few books I got :).
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race sounds like a great book. I want to read it too.
I’m terrible once my willpower goes, I can never seem to just buy one new book. I’m going to try and do better this month! I’ll go read your blog now 🙂
That’s some interesting grabs! But how do you bear such sad books… I mainly mean the one about the missing child. It would break my heart… You’re strong!
Thank you. There are some things that I never read about because it’s too much for me so I can understand how you struggle with certain books. I read the books that I’m drawn to and sometimes they make me sob but I’m usually still glad that I read them.
I really want to read Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race as so many people I know have read it recently. The other books would be too sad or scary for me. I don’t know how you do it, either!
Nice haul! I need to give Bonfire a shot some day. 😛
Thank you! I’ve heard good things about Bonfire 🙂
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I just purchased the whole series of Every Heart a Doorway 😍