Stacking the Shelves - 6.9.13

Stacking the Shelves
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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!

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For Review:

A Spear of Summer Grass
by Deanna Raybourn
courtesy of publisher
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Bright Young Things:
A Modern Guide to the Roaring Twenties
by Alison Maloney
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Kimberly!

Call Me Zelda
by Erika Robuck
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Courtney!

Headstrong Girls:
A bit of mystery, a bit of love, all inspired by Jane Austen
by Debra Anne Watson, June Williams, Enid Wilson
ebook courtesy of authors
Thanks June and Enid!

Second Glances:
A Tale of Less Pride and Prejudice Continues
by Alexa Adams
courtesy of author
Thanks Alexa!
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The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress:
A Novel
by Ariel Lawhon
ARC courtesy of Shelf Awareness

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
by Therese Anne Fowler
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Stephanie!
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Ivy Granger series for upcoming July tour:
ebooks courtesy of author
Thanks E.J.!

Shadow Sight
Ivy Granger, #1
by E.J. Stevens

Blood and Mistletoe
Ivy Granger #1.5
by E.J. Stevens

Ghost Light
Ivy Granger #2
by E.J. Stevens
to be released: July 9, 2013
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Bought:

Pride and Prejudice and Kitties:
A Cat-Lover's Romp through Jane Austen's Classic
by Jane Austen, Pamela Jane, Deborah Guyol
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From Powell's Indiespensable club package (details):
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!

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena:
A Novel
by Anthony Marra

The Panopticon
by Jenni Fagan (ARC)~*~
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Call Me Zelda by Erika Robuck

Call Me Zelda
by Erika Robuck

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Just released: May 7, 2013
Publisher: NAL Trade
Genre: 1920s
Paperback: 352 pages
Rating: 5

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"Everything in the ward seemed different now, and I no longer felt its calming presence. The Fitzgeralds stirred something in me that had been dormant for a long time, and I was not prepared to face it...."

From New York to Paris, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald reigned as king and queen of the Jazz Age, seeming to float on champagne bubbles above the mundane cares of the world. But to those who truly knew them, the endless parties were only a distraction from their inner turmoil, and from a love that united them with a scorching intensity.

When Zelda is committed to a Baltimore psychiatric clinic in 1932, vacillating between lucidity and madness in her struggle to forge an identity separate from her husband, the famous writer, she finds a sympathetic friend in her nurse, Anna Howard. Held captive by her own tragic past, Anna is increasingly drawn into the Fitzgeralds’ tumultuous relationship. As she becomes privy to Zelda’s most intimate confessions, written in a secret memoir meant only for her, Anna begins to wonder which Fitzgerald is the true genius. But in taking ever greater emotional risks to save Zelda, Anna may end up paying a far higher price than she intended....

My two-bits:
In-a-word(s): faded dance card

This book houses two storylines that are equally interesting to read.

One story is composed of glimpses of Zelda and her well-being and not-so-well being with and without her husband, Scott. This story follows Zelda at the start of her mental illness problems.

The second storyline follows the life of Zelda's nurse, Anna and the positive effect Zelda has on her personal life.

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* review copy courtesy of publisher

* part of event: Flappers at Floyd's