Sunday Post 1st January 2017

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted at Caffeinated Book Reviewer, it's a chance to post a recap on the past week, show the books we have received and share what we plan for the coming week. Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and the aim is to show our newest books and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops or downloaded on to their e-reader. As always you can click on any of the pictures to be taken to the Goodreads page for that book if you're interested in finding out more about it.

It's the New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years Eve and here's hoping 2017 is a good year! 

Last Week on the Blog:

• Fairy Loot Unboxing
• Top Ten Books of 2016
• Bout of Books Sign Up
• Wednesday Catch-Up
• January Releases We're Excited About
• Friday Reads
• Bookish Resolutions

Books We Got This Week:

Clare:

Elegance/The Debutante/The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro: I've been intrigued by this author for a while. I really love the covers of these they are, rather fittingly, elegant. I got these in my Christmas stocking.
Warsworn by Elizabeth Vaughan: This was a gift from Ann. It's the second in the series, I read the first a long time ago and enjoyed it. I may have to do a re-read though as I am not sure how well I remember plot points.

High Rising/Wild Strawberries/Pomfret Towers by Angela Thirkell: Another gift from my stocking, these are books 1, 2 and 6 in the series. I think I probably can read them without reading 3-5 but I may look out for those books anyway.
Crystal Storm by Morgan Rhodes: And this was just a gift to myself. I've been eagerly anticipating this for so long! I love Magnus on the cover - he better be OK by the end of this book because he is my favourite character!!!

The House on Bellevue Gardens by Rachel Hore: This was a boxing day present, I've really enjoyed Rachel Hore's books before and this is one I've wanted for a while so I am excited!

Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken: I received this via Netgalley and I am excited to read it in 2017, I really liked the first book so I have pretty high hopes.
The Phantom Tree by Nicola Cornick: I think it was Sarah Morgan who recommended this on Twitter and I was immediately intrigued, I've read some of Nicola Cornick's other works and although this sounds very different, I am excited to read it.

Reading Update:

Clare:

Game of Fear by Glede Browne Kabongo: 3 stars, Good mystery but not excellent and some of the main characters actions really annoyed me. The side characters were great though. I will have a full review up for this soon.
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James: 5 stars, This was a re-read to stave off a reading slump and I loved it just as much the second time around! 

Next Week on the Blog:

• Academy Award Book Tag
• Top Ten 2017 Debuts I'm Excited For
• Wednesday Catch-Up
• Ann's Top 5 Goals for 2017
• Clare's December Wrap Up and January TBR
• Friday Reads
• Ann's December Wrap Up and January TBR

You can also find us on Goodreads (Ann and Clare) to keep up with what we are reading.