Sunday, September 9, 2012

Stacking the Shelves (September 9)

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews! It's a way to highlight the books that everyone got throughout the week.


Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. 


So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay.

When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: move, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, but now stained red and dripping blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home.

And she, for whatever reason, spares his life. (From Goodreads)

Freaks Like Us by Susan Vaught



When Jason Milwaukee’s best friend, Sunshine, disappears from the face of the earth, the whole town, including Jason, starts searching for her. But the insistent voices in Jason’s head won’t let him get to the heart of the mystery—he’s schizophrenic, and the voices make it hard to know what is real and what is not. As the chase becomes more panicked, Jason’s meds start wearing off, and he is looking more and more guilty. But of what, exactly?

Both brilliantly witty and intensely honest, this poignant novel draws upon the author’s many years as an adolescent psychologist, but it’s Vaught’s powerful voice and expertly crafted mystery that will keep the pages turning. (From Goodreads)

5 comments:

Chel said...

I liked Anna Dressed in Blood. I hope you like it too as well as your other book. Have fun reading!

Chel @ The Procrastinator's Corner

Tales of Whimsy said...

Wahoooooooooooooooo you got Anna!

Alexia561 said...

Nice! I've got Anna Dressed in Blood on my wishlist, and really like the sound of Freaks Like Us. Enjoy!

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Little Miss Becky said...

Anna is a favorite of mine...SOSOSO good!!! Freaks Like Us sounds interesting! I'll check back to hear what you think!

Nina said...

Woohoo! Awesome books. Enjoy reading them.

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