Stacking the Shelves (#236)

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, in which bloggers share the books and swag they've received in the past week!

So, what did I get in the week of Sunday, June 25th to Saturday, July 1st?

(all links to Goodreads are provided!)

In the mail:

A hardcover of Somebody's Baby by Lurlene McDaniel

This is new to me! Thank you, PRH. =)

A hardcover copy of The Inevitable Collision of Birdie & Bash by Candace Ganger

This book sounds great! Also, one of my favorite male names is Sebastian. Sold! Thank you, SMG!

A hardcover copy of The Savage Dawn by Melissa Grey

I am looking forward to reading this conclusion! This series is such a good one. Thank you, PRH!

An ARC of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

What a lovely surprise! It's even prettier in person. Thank you so much, PRH!

A signed ARC of Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine

YAY! I'm reading this book very soon and I can't wait to see what happens next. Thank you, Rachel and Sarah!

Bought from Amazon:

(Click on the covers to go to Goodreads!)

Entangled is having a huge sale! Their Brazen books are $0.99 and I stocked up just a little. The sale ends on July 2nd so I may go back for more! Some books from their other romance lines are also on sale (not just Brazen books). 

My second week at work is over! I also moved out of my apartment yesterday - that was bittersweet. On the one hand, I'm so relieved to not have to pay that amount of rent anymore. On the other hand, I am going to miss living by myself. And living in that apartment in general. But I'm embracing this change, and all of the other 545365474674 changes I have going on. I have another exciting change happening this coming week, so stayed tuned! Thanks, as always, for sticking with me!

Mid-Year Bookish Report

Hi bibliovores! Happy Friday! Happy (almost) July! I love July. 

No review today, sadly. I've had a very busy week, and I had no time to read or review. I'm moving out of my apartment - today is my last day - and I've been busy packing, cleaning, hauling, etc. On top of that, I started my new job last week and I'm not used to my new sleep schedule yet. I need to go to bed earlier, given how much earlier I've been waking up!

Anyway! We've reached the mid-year point! So I'm going to do a reading check-in, like I did last year on July 1st. How have I been doing, in reading? In reviewing? What have I been reading?

Here we go!

Number of books read (so far):

79.  (As compared to last year at this point, which was 93, I've been doing poorly!)

Age level (so far):

28 Adult books.

3 New Adult books.

48 Young Adult books.

Average rating (so far):

3.65

Ratings (so far):

- Number of 1-star reviews: 2

- Number of 2-star reviews: 6

- Number of 3-star reviews: 14

- Number of 4-star reviews: 53

- Number of 5-star reviews: 4

Number of posts (so far):

Including this one, 218.

Favorite YA books (so far):

Favorite New Adult books (so far):

Favorite adult books (so far):

YA books publishing in the second half of the year that I can't wait to read:

(Some of these I have. But I've read none of these.)

Adult books publishing in the second half of the year that I can't wait to read:

(Some of these I have. But I've read none of these.)

Favorite book mail (so far):

Honestly I'm blessed to have a lot of great weeks in terms of book mail. I could list nearly every Saturday and describe exactly why I was so happy with the mail I received that week. But I think May 13th takes the cake - it's an amazing haul. Specifically, I was so excited to finally receive a copy of Fanfare that I had bought. Ahdieh collection = complete!

Favorite Swoon Thursday (so far):

    

This was hard because I've shared so many great swoons! YA books are getting swoonier and swoonier (yay)! So I chose three to feature. :D

Favorite Science in Fiction post (so far):

I loved writing about global climate change and its impacts. 

That's all I've got for today! What do you all think of my mid-year status so far? What are some of your favorite books so far?