Sunday post #27

Sunday is when I sit back with a lovely cup of tea and write about all the wonderful new books I've received and purchased in the past week. This post participates in fab memes Showcase Sunday and Stacking the Shelves.


• Five by Ursula P. Archer (won)
• Payback by Kimberley Chambers (???)
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (unexpected surprise)
• The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson (won)
• The Travelling Tea Shop by Belinda Jones (review copy)



It's been a while again, but I hope you've all treated yourselves to some fantastic new reads recently. I am super excited to start reading my new books, for various reasons. I already read (and loved) The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, which shows a fascinating and different approach to fiction. I haven't read the author's first novel (The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared) yet, but I'm keen to check it out now. The Girl Who... reminded me also of Last Bus Coffeeville, which is a book I recently fell in love with and I hope this will spark the imaginations of other writers to pen novels along a similar style.

Five came into my possession by way of a brilliant scavenger hunt organised by @DeadGoodBooks in London. They left clues on their Twitter page and with one being near my office I ventured out into the rain during lunch and victory was mine (no killing necessary). Finding one of the five copies of eh... Five also puts me in the chance of winning a meal at a restaurant which serves surprise menus in the dark - which sounds really cool! I think a few of the books are still in the wild, so check the #findfive hashtag on Twitter and you may be able to find an advance copy of the novel too.

Station Eleven was a lovely unexpected gift from Sam at Pan Macmillan who sent a copy my way after I was shamelessly gushing over the cover. It's even more stunning in person (Picador have really outdone themselves) and the blurb sounds super intriguing too, so I cannot wait to read it. I have no idea where Paycheck came from, but The Travelling Tea Shop is the first novel I've received specifically for review for Novelicious.com, which I am stupidly excited about (so much so that even though I just received the novel, I've already nearly finished it and it's so cute!).

What new books have you guys bought/received recently? Have you read any of the above yet?