Welcome to the first Stacking the Shelves of the new year! It’s hard to believe that it’s 2018 already. I remember as a kid doing the math to determine how old I’d be at the turn of the millennium – and thinking that it sounded way old. Now we’re 18 years past 2000, and the time has flown by. As Groucho Marx famously said, “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”
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For Review:
The Family Gathering (Sullivan’s Crossing #3) by Robyn Carr
Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
The River House (Swift River Valley #8) by Carla Neggers
Since Last Christmas (Missed Connections #3) by Jeffe Kennedy
Borrowed from the Library:
Dragos Takes a Holiday (Elder Races #6.5) by Thea Harrison
Five-Carat Soul by James McBride
Lord’s Fall (Elder Races #5) by Thea Harrison
Midnight’s Kiss (Elder Races #8) by Thea Harrison
Night’s Honor (Elder Races #7) by Thea Harrison
An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn
Oracle’s Moon (Elder Races #4) by Thea Harrison
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Peanut Goes to School (Elder Races #6.7) by Thea Harrison
Pia Saves the Day (Elder Races #6.6) by Thea Harrison
Storm’s Heart (Elder Races #2) by Thea Harrison
Lots of Thea Harrison books this week, Marlene. You made me curious to try her books 🙂
Happy New Year! Have a wonderful weekend and happy reading.![My Profile](https://www.readingreality.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheartplus.png)
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I do remember figuring out how old I was going to be when the year 2000 hit. Like you said, I thought I would be old. It seems like just yesterday. Hope you have a happy 2018!
Enjoy all of your new books! Lots of Thea Harrison this week. I do hope to read her work soon. Enjoy!![My Profile](https://www.readingreality.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheartplus.png)
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I was thinking that the other day too–how we were all looking toward 2000 as if it would be something so monumental and here we are in 2018.
It looks like you’ve got some great ones, Marlene. I’ll have to give the Elder Race series a try. They sound so good! Pachinko also sounds interesting. I hope you enjoy these all! Happy New Year!
I can relate to not having the first book in a series. I recently found an old series at a thrift shop that I really want to read. Of course, they had all but book one. Now I need to hunt that one down. :)J![My Profile](https://www.readingreality.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheartplus.png)
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I love that Rainbirds cover. Beautiful!![My Profile](https://www.readingreality.net/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheartplus.png)
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