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Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
Bought:
(magazine)
Issue 1: Fall 2014
Issue 2: Spring 2015
Issue 3: Summer 2015
Website | Goodreads
The Happy Reader is a new magazine published by Penguin Classics in collaboration with the creators of the award-winning Fantastic Man. For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, it is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained. The concept of the magazine is excitingly simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one Penguin Classics title from an array of surprising and invigorating angles, through fashion, art, lifestyle, history, film and more. The Happy Reader never patronizes, nor does it seek to baffle its audience with literary name-dropping or pedantry, wearing its bookish curiosity with a playful lightness of touch, delighting in the potential for whimsy and humour. The magazine is centred on the concept of 'precious print', as embodied by Penguin Classics and Fantastic Man. It explores the myriad advantages of the printed word and image: beautiful typography, high dwell time, the matte charm of ink on paper, the calming luxury of being 'offline'. The magazine is a design object in and of itself.
=====> Discovered this on Savidge Reads (here). I thought I would give this periodical a try as I like the sounds of the layout. Plus, the covers with Dan Stevens and Aziz Ansari were eye-catching. AND, how could book lovers resist the title ;-)
by Gail Carriger
-audio version
Website | Goodreads
=====> Interesting to note that this project started on Kickstarter and is now available!
Four Short Stories
by Gail Carriger
-fairy tale, warrior's song, love story, mystery
Website
=====> Special treat: CD that came with Crudrat ;-)
For Review:
by Ichabod Temperance
(updated edition)
-steampunk, zombies
courtesy of author -Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads
FREEBIE:
by Elizabeth Briggs
-novella from Chasing The Dream series
courtesy of author -Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads
GET your free copy (here)
OTHER things on my shelf: kinda book-related
UNBOXING:
Powell's subscription club delivers the best new books, with special attention to independent publishers. Signed first editions. Inventive, original sets. Exclusive printings.... Every six weeks, another installment to read and admire. Plus, every package is stocked with exciting surprises!
This is box #54. (sorry - this is sold out, but you can signup for the next one)
Box includes:
* A collectible booklet featuring the Powells.com interview and Indiespensable Q&A with Eli Gottlieb
* Best Boy by Eli Gottlieb, signed hardcover
* The Boy Who Went Away by Eli Gottlieb, signed paperback
* Powell's "Adventure Awaits" magnet
by Eli Gottlieb
-Autism, Contemporary Fiction
Amazon | Goodreads
Sent to a “therapeutic community” for autism at the age of eleven, Todd Aaron, now in his fifties, is the “Old Fox” of Payton LivingCenter. A joyous man who rereads the encyclopedia compulsively, he is unnerved by the sudden arrivals of a menacing new staffer and a disruptive, brain-injured roommate. His equilibrium is further worsened by Martine, a one-eyed new resident who has romantic intentions and convinces him to go off his meds to feel “normal” again. Undone by these pressures, Todd attempts an escape to return “home” to his younger brother and to a childhood that now inhabits only his dreams.
Written astonishingly in the first-person voice of an autistic, adult man, Best Boy—with its unforgettable portraits of Todd’s beloved mother, whose sweet voice still sings from the grave, and a staffer named Raykene, who says that Todd “reflects the beauty of His creation”—is a piercing, achingly funny, finally shattering novel no reader can ever forget.
by Eli Gottlieb
-Autism, Contemporary Fiction
Amazon | Goodreads
Author trailer: from E. Van Lowe
=====> LOVED this mashup of author and books - so cool ;-)
AND binge watching:
tv series, season one
-Crime, Drama
Wikipedia | imdb
Follows a young computer programmer (Malek) who suffers from social anxiety disorder and forms connections through hacking. He's recruited by a mysterious anarchist, who calls himself Mr. Robot.
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