Hello, everybody! First of all, I apologize for the lack of activity on For the Bookish lately. Second of all… are you ready for HUGE Stacking the Shelves?? (I’m not! I can hardly keep up with all the books I’ve wanted/been reading recently!!) Stacking the Shelves in a book meme hosted byTynga’s Reviews. It’s all about sharing the books you’ve read/gotten this week, virtual or physical.

Well, there’s my stack! It’s so big… I don’t even know how many books there are. I guess I should begin this (inevitably!) long post…

At the top is Ten Good and Bad Things About my Life by Ann M. Martin. I got it soon after reading Ann M. Martin’s Ten Rules for Living With my Sister, which I loved! I got it several weeks ago, but I got sidetracked by a few required reads for my home school curriculum… well, that and I had about four books I was reading at the same time… but never fear! I’m back on track and look forward to finishing that one very soon!

Below is The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne, which I am super excited to read. I got it at a book sale at a festival in North Carolina last week when my family went there for a mini vacation. Beneath that is a book I finished this morning! A Maid to Match by Deanne Gist was… awesome! My mom actually lent this one to me, and she got it from the Biltmore in North Carolina back when we went in February 2013. The book is set at the Biltmore back when George and Edith Vanderbilt owned the enormous estate and I loved it!!! (By the way, if you’ve never heard of Biltmore, go Google it!!)

Next is The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer, which I found amongst some other books at the library! Also from the library I got Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan, which I’ve been dying to read and The Boy on the Front Porch by Sharon Creech (which looks short but I’m eager to read it because it also seems incredibly sweet!). Ten Rules for Living With my Sister (which I read a while ago… it’s probably overdue at the library!), was super good (check out my review!). I also got Wendy Mass’ version of Rapunzel, which I started but haven’t finished.

Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy had such an amazing blurb I was already hooked just by reading it! Leap Day, by Wendy Mass, is another book I’ve been wanting to read for… well, about three years! That was when I really went into a Wendy Mass kick, you could say, so I’m anxious to begin this one! The third to the last one, Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham is a required reading for home school that I’m doing and it’s dragging on really slow at the moment. I’ve got to read it by this Thursday, though, so I’ll let you know  my thoughts soon enough!

The last two, The Doll People and The Meanest Doll in the World,by Ann M. Martin, are so cute! I read The Doll People about a month ago, and then I read to my little sister who was hooked! She got to The Meanest Doll in the World before me and spoiled it! 😀 But I’m glad I hooked her. The first one was very well written, I loved it!

Well, that’s it! I’m going to be verrry busy! What books have you gotten/ read recently? Let me know in the comments below!