Stacking the Shelves [#01]

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews is 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!


So, this is the first time I have done this meme. I usually do IMM, but I figure, new blog design, I felt like totally doing something different.
Since I have been away for the past two months over in the US (New Orleans, Florida, Virginia, Atlanta) and Canada (Vancouver), I haven't managed to buy any books in such a long time. Yesterday, I went on a spending spree and bought about 19 or 20 books. I'm pretty sure I spent at least $200. I'm really only making up for lost time in which I would have spent anyway during those months.

Given for review:

This arrived while I was overseas, by Pan Macmillan, and I discovered it's book three in a series, but I figure I should read the first two. Or are they stand alone books? Can anyone tell me?

Won from a Giveaway, thanks to Katrina

Via The Blue Bloods readalong

And these are the ones I bought. yesterday I went on a spending spree, considering it's been months since I have been able to buy anything new.