Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews.
The object of this meme is to share the books you’ve borrowed or bought throughout the week.
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Genre: Horror
Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay ’til death. Whoever settles, never leaves.
Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a 17th century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters your homes at will. She stands next to your bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened.
The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town’s teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting, but in so doing send the town spiraling into the dark, medieval practices of the past.
Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Genre: Sci-Fi
Augustine, a brilliant, aging astronomer, is consumed by the stars. For years he has lived in remote outposts, studying the sky for evidence of how the universe began. At his latest posting, in a research center in the Arctic, news of a catastrophic event arrives. The scientists are forced to evacuate, but Augustine stubbornly refuses to abandon his work. Shortly after the others have gone, Augustine discovers a mysterious child, Iris, and realizes the airwaves have gone silent. They are alone.
At the same time, Mission Specialist Sullivan is aboard the Aether on its return flight from Jupiter. The astronauts are the first human beings to delve this deep into space, and Sully has made peace with the sacrifices required of her: a daughter left behind, a marriage ended. So far the journey has been a success, but when Mission Control falls inexplicably silent, Sully and her crew mates are forced to wonder if they will ever get home.
As Augustine and Sully each face an uncertain future against forbidding yet beautiful landscapes, their stories gradually intertwine in a profound and unexpected conclusion. In crystalline prose, Good Morning, Midnight poses the most important questions: What endures at the end of the world? How do we make sense of our lives?
Good Morning Midnight sounds amazing! Can’t wait to hear what you think 🙂
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I’ve heard great things about Good Morning Midnight. I’m pretty excited to dive into that one soon.
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I’m hoping to be approved for Good Morning Midnight too! And I really want to read Hex:-)
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Yay! I hope you get approval for Good Morning Midnight soon. I’m excited to get started on that one soon.
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Good Morning, Midnight sounds really good, and that one’s new to me. I like end of the world stuff sometimes where it’s all mysterious, and I’m curious now about the mysterious child. Nice cover too!
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Looks like fun books. I hope you enjoy them.
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Rabid Reads
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Thanks, Melanie!
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HEX was so creepy! I hope you enjoy it 😀
And after seeing all this excitement around Good Morning Midnight, I couldn’t resist, I saw it on Netgalley and just had to request. It sounds really intriguing!
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Oh good! I’m glad to hear that Hexed is creepy. I’m stocking-up on my horror novels since I’m starting to feel in the mood to read more in that genre lately.
Nice! I can’t wait to hear what you think of Good Morning, Midnight. It looks so good.
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Good Morning, Midnight looks so good! Absolutely gorgeous cover art too. It reminds me a lot of the cover for Station Eleven, actually!
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Ooo yeah! It does look a lot like the Station Eleven cover. Bother are really gorgeous. I’m excited to start into Good Morning, Midnight. I’ve been hearing some good stuff about it already.
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