{"id":11621,"date":"2018-01-24T19:11:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T13:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=11621"},"modified":"2018-01-24T19:11:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T13:41:25","slug":"stacking-the-shelves-2-december-2017-book-haul-hiatus-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/24\/stacking-the-shelves-2-december-2017-book-haul-hiatus-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacking the Shelves #2 || December 2017 Book Haul &#038; hiatus announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! How are you all?<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m gonna tell you all about the books I got in the last month of 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/12\/47c0f-new2bsts.png?w=656\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tyngasreviews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tynga Reviews<\/a>. It\u2019s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course Ebooks!\u00a0<\/em><em>If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tyngasreviews.com\/2012\/05\/staking-shelves-official-launch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official launch page<\/a>!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p id=\"bookTitle\" class=\"bookTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22559326-the-mother-i-never-knew\">The Mother I Never Knew: Two Novellas\u00a0<strong><span class=\"by smallText\">by<\/span>\u00a0Sudha Murty<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; This book was a gift from my lovely friend Sudeepta from <a href=\"https:\/\/booksteaandmorecom.wordpress.com\">Books Tea and More<\/a>. Do check out her blog if you haven&#8217;t already.! I&#8217;ve wanted to read more of Sudha Murty&#8217;s books since forever and while I recently read one, I can&#8217;t wait to read this as well.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"bookTitle\" class=\"bookTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36631508-a-home-for-urvashi\">A Home For Urvashi by Sanchali Bhattacharya<\/a>&#8211; Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersmelon.com\/wm\/\">WritersMelon<\/a> for a review copy of this book. I&#8217;ve already read and reviewed this book <a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/12\/21\/a-home-for-urvashi-by-sanchali-bhattacharya-book-review\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Mercy-Gods-Men-Aditya-Mathur-ebook\/dp\/B01N1UKFQ1\">Mercy Of Gods And Men by Aditya Mathur<\/a>&#8211; Thanks to the publisher for sending me this book for review. This is a fantasy book that I&#8217;ll be reading soon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36634405-trust-me-not?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Trust Me Not by Ankita Verma Dutta<\/a>&#8211; Thanks to Saumya from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC9AQEae_TS089wEdQFDkSMA\">Saumya&#8217;s Bookstation<\/a> for a copy of this book that I won in her giveaway! Check out her bpoktube channel if you haven&#8217;t already! This book is a political thriller that has been getting good reviews lately. Thriller is becoming one of my favorite genres and I&#8217;m very excited to read this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/32620539-black-suits-you?ac=1&amp;from_search=true#\">Black Suits You by Navoneel Chakraborty<\/a>&#8211; This book is by a popular Indian author whose books I was definitely planning to read sometime. Thanks to my amazing friend <a href=\"https:\/\/kdscribblesblog.wordpress.com\">Kajal<\/a> for gifting me this book. Check out her blog if you haven&#8217;t already! This book is an erotic thriller and I am hoping to like it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/24874311-a-simple-heart\">A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25022241-the-beautifull-cassandra\">The Beautiful Cassandra by Jane Austen-<\/a>\u00a0These two editions of the Penguin Little Black Classics were a lovely surprise from my Secret Santa <a href=\"https:\/\/geekyovernerdy.wordpress.com\">Arti<\/a> from I&#8217;ve wanted to have some of these ever since they came out and I&#8217;m hoping to collect more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>That&#8217;s it! Which books did you recently get? Which are you most excited about? Let me know down below!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Just an update guys. I have my practicals in February and final exams in March so you may not see any posts here till March or beginning of April. I&#8217;ve never taken a break this long from my blog but these exams are really important and I need to stay focused. There may be a post or two but mostly I won&#8217;t be active here. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading and blogging to all of you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! How are you all? Today I&#8217;m gonna tell you all about the books I got in the last month of 2017. Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by\u00a0Tynga Reviews. It\u2019s all about sharing the books you&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/24\/stacking-the-shelves-2-december-2017-book-haul-hiatus-announcement\/#more-11621\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stacking the Shelves #2 || December 2017 Book Haul &#038; hiatus announcement<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[55,73,99,100,148,414],"class_list":["post-11621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-blogging","tag-book-haul","tag-books","tag-books-2017","tag-december-book-haul","tag-stacking-the-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11543,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/06\/stacking-the-shelves-1-november-2017-book-haul\/","url_meta":{"origin":11621,"position":0},"title":"Stacking the Shelves #1 || November 2017 Book Haul","date":"December 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! 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