Weekly Mews: Long List of New TBR Additions (Thanks, Santa!)

I am linking up to the Sunday Post hosted by Kim of Caffeinated Book Reviewer and The Sunday Salon (TSS) hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz  where participants recap our week, talk about what we are reading, share any new books that have come our way, and whatever else we want to talk about. I am also linking It's Monday! What Are you Reading? hosted by Kathryn of Book Date where readers talk about what they have been, are and will be reading.

I am linking up Stacking the Shelves hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality a meme in which participants share what new books came their way recently.  

I am almost sad to see December go although will be glad to see the backside of 2022 for a number of reasons. Overall, December turned out to be a good reading month. We all seem to be feeling better and are looking forward to spending the evening with friends to celebrate the coming of the new year: homemade pizza and good company. 

We had a nice quiet Christmas with my mom, our family of three, and the cats. We had our traditional spaghetti dinner and settled in at the end of the day to watch the new Mathilda movie. I hope those of you who celebrated Christmas had a good holiday as well. 

Work has been on the slow side these past couple weeks, although we had a lot of staff out on vacation or because of illness. I had plenty to do. 

Last night Anjin, Mouse and I stayed up later than planned playing an escape room card game. It was quite fun! It was a rainy night out which helped set the mood. We are expecting rain tonight as well and I do hope we get some! I send warm thoughts to all of you who are dealing with stormy weather and the freezing cold. 

Read Recently

I finally finished listening to the audiobook of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. I started listening to it in April of this year. I likely will reread the book in print form at some point. I feel like I lost a lot given the length of time it took me to listen to it--and just listening to it in general. I'm too easily distracted  by external and internal sources. But I still loved it, and Juliet Stevenson was brilliant as the narrator. Next up will be Mansfield Park--I think I'll stick to print though. 

I also recently read the first volume of Junko's Kiss Him, Not Me!, which is a somewhat cute comedic romantic manga that my daughter has gotten into. I have mixed feelings about it. It is about a girl whose favorite anime character is killed off and she is so upset she stops eating, losing a lot of weight. Suddenly these cute boys at school all want to date her. She's not really interested in them though (at least not yet). She rather likes imaging them coupling off. I am not a fan of the premise but it has its moments. It's raised some good discussions between my daughter, husband and myself though, so there's that. 

Reading Now

I am currently reading the first in the Shades of Magic trilogy, A Darker Shade of Magic, by V.E. Schwab. 

What are you reading right now?

New to the Shelves

Christmas was good to us this year. Check out what we found under the tree!

Wendy's Book Loot (including the Tardis bookmark): 

A Dead and Stormy Night (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries #1) by Steffanie Holmes

Of Mice and Murder (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries #2) by Steffanie Holmes

Pride and Premeditation (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries #3) by Steffanie Holmes

Wendy's Book Loot: 

Monstress, Vol. 5: Warchild by Marjorie M. Liu & Sana Takeda

Monstress, Vol. 6: The Vow by Marjorie M. Liu & Sana Takeda

Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer by Marjorie M. Liu & Sana Takeda

Mouse's Book Loot: 

The Marvellers (Marvellverse #1) by Dhonielle Clayton

Mihi Ever After (#1) by Tae Keller, illustrated by Geraldine Rodriguez

Ravenfall (#1) by Kalyn Josephson

Legacy (Keeper of the Lost Cities #8) by Shannon Messenger

Unlocked (Keeper of the Lost Cities #8.5) by Shannon Messenger

Mouse's Book Loot: 

Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 10 by Kamome Shirahama

Ghostly Things, Vol. 1 by Ushio Shirotori

The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 7 by Nekokurage, Natsu Hyuuga & Itsuki Nanao

Mouse's Book Loot: 

My Happy Marriage, Vol. 1 by Akumi Agitogi

My Happy Marriage, Vol. 2 by Akumi Agitogi

My Happy Marriage, Vol. 3 by Akumi Agitogi

Anjin's Book Loot: 

The Princess Bride Cookbook: the Official Cookbook by Jenn Fujikawa

Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Other bookish themed gifts from my family included a music note themed card catalog bookmark for Mouse, a reading kitty from my mom for me, and a Pemberley hat from my husband and daughter.  

Look what Mrs. Claus put in my stocking this year! I found these TBR Tarot Cards ("Overcome your TBR overwhelm!") while searching for gifts for family and friends on Etsy and couldn't resist. The idea is to shuffle the deck, pick a card randomly, and follow the instructions. Don't Judge Books has YA, Kids, and Thriller editions too. 

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The day after Christmas, we braved going to Barnes and Noble to take advantage of the sale . . . And to spend our gift cards (Mouse faired much better in the bookstore gift card department than I did--and she still has one left over!).

Wendy's Gift Card Loot:

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith 

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Not the Witch You Wed (Supernatural Singles #1) by April Asher

Mouse's Gift Card Loot:

Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities #9) by Shannon Messenger

The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy

Mouse's Gift Card Loot:

The Silver Arrow  (#1) by Lev Grossman

Wings of Olympus  (#1)   by Kallie George, illustrated by Fiona Hseih

Mouse's Gift Card Loot: 

The Nameless City (#1) by Faith Erin Hicks

Middle School Mayhem (Misadventures of Max Crumbly #2) by Rachel Renée Russell

Another Kind by Trevor Bream, illustrated by Cait May

Mouse's Gift Card Loot: 

Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 2 by Junko

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 5 by Kaiu Shirai, illustrated by Poskuka Demizu

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol. 5 

by Satoru Yamaguchi, illustrated by Nami Hidaka

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol. 6 

by Satoru Yamaguchi, illustrated by Nami Hidaka

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol. 7 

by Satoru Yamaguchi, illustrated by Nami Hidaka

Mouse's Gift Card Loot: 

Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 by Bisco Hatori, translated by Kenichiro Yagi

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1 by Kohei Horikoshi

Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Vol. 1 by Bokuto Uno & Miyuki Ruria 

Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 1 by Tomohito Oda, translated by John Werry

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Mouse and I visited our local independent bookstore and picked up some books from there as well: 

Wendy's Purchases:

The Verifiers (#1) by Jane Pek

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Mouse's Purchases: 

The Hide Away by Pam Smy

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan

Additional Purchases (Mouse & I will fight over  who gets to read these first):

A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2) by V.E. Schwab

A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab

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It's been so long since I won a giveaway, much less a book related one! I recently participated in a cozy mystery party on Facebook and won a copy of Joann Keder's Chaos and Cranberries  (A Piney Falls/Charming Mystery Christmas Crossover). You can read my review here.

What new books made it onto your shelf recently? 

This Past Month In Reading Mews

• Bookish Mewsings: Grave Reservations & Flight Risk by Cherie Priest
• Weekly Mews: December Is Finally Here
• Top Ten Tuesday: Mouse's Top Five Books Read This Year
• Can't Wait to Read Wednesday: Bookclubbed to Death / The Lipstick Bureau / A Darker Shade of Magic
• Bookish Mewsings: Witch Way Librarian Mysteries (#1-3) by Angela M. Sanders
• Weekly Mews: Catnapping in December
• Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books on My Winter 2022-2023 To-Read List
• Can't Wait to Read Wednesday: The Villa / Vinyl Resting Place / The Holiday Swap
• Bookish Mewsings: The Crone Wars (Becoming Crone, A Gathering of Crones, Game of Crones) by Lydia M. Hawke
• Weekly Mews: The Festival of Trees
• Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten (or twelve, who is counting?) Books Books I Hope Santa Brings This Year
• Can't Wait to Read Wednesday: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries / Loathe to Love You / The Hunting Party
• Bookish Mewsings: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches / The Witches of Moonshyne Manor / Witchful Thinking
• Can't Wait to Read Wednesday: Snuffed Out / Exes and O's / Black Sun
• Bookish Mewsings: The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
• Bookish Mewsings: The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox & Chaos and Cranberries by Joann Keder (Book Beginnings & Friday 56)

Let me know what you have been reading and watching! Have a great weekend and Happy New Year!

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