Stacking the Shelves (4)

"Stacking the Shelves" is a weekly feature hosted by Tynga's Reviews

Oh boy. I made a mess of things for myself this week. I actually went to Barnes and Noble twice in 3 days. One of those days was Christmas, so really twice in 2 days. And then I also got a little library crazy. But I can't HELP myself and I doubt any of you are going to be any help, so instead I vote we all just enjoy my weekly haul.

BORROWED

  

1. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman

My friend Danna Facebook messaged me to tell me this one's a good read and I should get on it. It was on my list anyways so, given the fact that Danna introduced me to Sarah Dessen and the Mediator Series by Meg Cabot (NBD, read about that HERE), I bumped this one up to the top of my list.

2. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

This book, like Why We Broke Up, weaseled it's way onto my TBR list this past summer as I perused books at BN. Somehow it managed to weasel it's way onto my holds list at the library this past week and I'm EXCITED about it's sneakiness.

3. Ex-Mas by Kate Brian

I'm Jewish, so I don't do the whole Christmas thing. As such, I've decided I get to read Christmas books just so I don't feel left out! ^_^

4. Crewel by Gennifer Albin

Someone posted about this book the other day and when I saw it in the library I picked it up on a whim. So basically I'm just kind of hoping it's actually good.

5. You Have Seven Messages by Stewart Lewis

I have never heard of this one but the plot sounds kind of interesting and it's not a particularly long one. Besides, contemporary's my fav. So again, another hopeful moment in my life.

6. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

No silly story for this pick. It's just another 'everyone loves it so I must read it' scenario. Sorry :P

BOUGHT

7. Where She Went by Gayle Forman
After finishing If I Stay, I knew I just HAD to buy the sequel, Where She Went. And then write a review about that one as well.

[Read my review of If I Stay HERE and my review of Where She Went HERE.]

8. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

John Green + David Levithan strikes me as the kind of writing duo that could potentially rule the world. I hope I'm not wrong.

9. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

I love Maggie Stiefvater to death and I'm not sure why I haven't read this one yet, so when I saw it sitting on the shelf, the only Stiefvater book in sight, I decided it was a sign and I BOUGHT IT. I'm not even a little sorry about it.

10. Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

My friend Leah told me Melina Marchetta is her favsies. We agree on pretty much everything else bookish, Whovian-ish and Veronica Mars-ish, so I decided to buy this one when I saw it chillin' on a shelf at BN. (Leah, this is the second time I'm talking about you on my blog. HOW HAPPY ARE YOU?)

11. What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang

I'm into pretty covers and interesting plots like those attached to this book. So instead of picking this one up and putting it down 100 times (as I've done in my last 10 trips to BN), I decided to just PICK IT UP. And buy it, of course.

12. Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone

The synopsis on this one reminded me a little of The Time Traveler's Wife. That book was a maaaaaajor cryfest and I'm kind of hoping this one won't be as dramatic, although at the same time I'm kind of hoping it is. Is that crazy? Oh well, it's not like I didn't know 'crazy' was a character trait of mine.

13. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

I actually picked up and opened to the first page of this book the last time I went to BN (not sure why I hadn't before...) and I saw that there are actually STRIKE THROUGHS in the text. So I was like, the last super unconventionally written book I read was The Book Thief and I basically died over it, so why not spontaneously buy this one and give it a shot?

What did you guys pick up this week? Tell me all about it in the comments below!