A busy week in the Ruins this time around, with some very exciting posts:

Both the Tim Marquitz and Paul Rudd giveaways are still open, so be sure to check them both out and enter today!

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Stacking The Shelves and Mailbox Monday are a pair of weekly memes that are about sharing the books that came your way over the past week, and which you've added to your shelves - whether they be physical or virtual, borrowed or bought, or for pleasure or review.


After being so good, so diligent, and so strong, I completely fell of the wagon this week when it comes to my book addiction. New titles on the review front that I just couldn't resist include:

• The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett (The long-awaited 4th volume in his Demon Cycle doesn't hit the shelves until the end of March, but I'm ready to dig in now!)

• Haterz by James Goss (A blackly comic crime novel about a one-man crusade to make the internet a nicer place, whatever it takes, and no matter how the bodies pile up.)


• Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love by Mercedes M. Yardley (A story of demons and monsters, serial killers, and doomed, vengeful love.)

• Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman (His third collection, this once includes an American Gods exclusive and a 50th anniversary Doctor Who tale)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is another weekly meme, this time focused on what books are spending the most time in your hands and in your head, as opposed to what's been added to your shelf.

• The Unremembered by Peter Orullian
I missed out on this when it was first released, but I wanted to catch up before the sequel lands this spring . . . and so far the 'Author's Definitive Edition' rocks.

• Dead Heat by Ren Thompson
A perfect reason why you should never judge a book by it's cover - yes, there is a lesbian romance involved, but it's also a very bloody, very violent horror story of a zombie apocalypse.

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What's topping your shelves this week?
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