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 a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! And audiobooks. Don’t forget audiobooks!
In other words, if you can read it or if it can be read to you – no matter how you got it – it belongs in Stacking the Shelves.
The Stacking the Shelves meme was originally hosted at Team Tynga’s Reviews. It is currently hosted by Reading Reality.
Well hello there! Welcome to my latest edition of Stacking the Shelves. I love doing this post and sharing all of the fun books that I have added to my physical TBR stack. I also love seeing what others have been adding to theirs. It is the highlight of my Saturdays!
I did not add any library books to my stack this week. Partly because I did not have any holds come in, but also because I was too busy to visit the library this week. But fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, I went Christmas shopping at my favorite indie bookstore and not only bought books for my family and friends, but also a few for myself. I also managed to snag another ARC that I am really excited about.
Books I have added to my bedside stack
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret is the book I am planning on reading on Christmas day. I loved the previous books in the Ernest Cunningham series and I have heard good things about this one.
Spectacular is another book that I am saving for either Christmas Eve or before maybe. I love this author’s books and the illustrations in this one are a delight. I couldn’t resist adding it to my bookshelf with the other Caraval books.
Old Man’s War is John Scalzi’s debut book that was first published back in 2005. Since the success of *Starter Villain and a few other of his more recent books, Tor has given it a fresh cover and republished this older series. I am looking forward to sitting down with this one at some point soon I hope.
The Bletchley Riddle is a middle grade book by two wonderful authors. I picked this one up for a couple of reasons. I want to start reading more middle grade books again and I love Steve Sheikin’s nonfiction books so wanted to see how he did with collaborating with a fantastic historical fiction author. Plus that cover is so eye catching!
ARCs I’ve added to my Netgalley account
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
Publication Date: June 3, 2025
Summary: JANUARY 1942. THE AVALLON HOTEL AND SPA offers elegance and sophistication in an increasingly ugly world. Run with precision by June Hudson, the hotel’s West Virginia born-and-bred general manager, the Avallon is where high society goes to see and be seen, and where the mountain sweetwater in the fountains and spas can wash away all your troubles.
June was trained by the Gilfoyles, the hotel’s aristocratic owners, and she has guided the Avallon skillfully through the first pangs of war. Now, though, the Gilfoyle family heir has made a secret deal with the State Department to fill the hotel with captured Axis diplomats. June must convince her staff—many of whom have sons and husbands heading to the frontlines—to offer luxury to Nazis. With a smile.
She also must reckon with Tucker Minnick, the FBI agent whose coal tattoo hints at their shared past in the mountains, and whose search for the diplomats’ secrets disrupts the peace June is fighting so hard to maintain. Hers is a balancing act with dangerous consequences; the sweetwater beneath the hotel can threaten as well as heal, and only June can manage the springs.
As dark alliances and an elusive spy crack the polished veneer of the Avallon, June must calculate the true cost of luxury.
The author talked about this book in her last newsletter and discussed the differences between adult fiction and YA. In case you weren’t aware, this is adult fiction. It is also historical fiction and takes place in NY during WWII and of course there is some magical realism involved as well. It sounds amazing and I am really looking forward to reading it. I was glad that I was given the ARC to read. I hope to get to it sometime in the early part of next year. I don’t think I can wait until Spring to read it.
Well that is all of the book news I have for this week. I hope you are all doing well and enjoying your weekend. Let me know what holiday reads you have planned for the next few weeks. Until next time…
Confessions of a Serial Reader 
Spectacular is one I need to buy!
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