Stacking the Shelves #64

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Reality. It's a place to showcase any books I have purchased, borrowed, or been lucky enough to have been given an advance copy of. Hope you find something that looks interesting to you or that makes you remember a favorite book you need to finish. Enjoy your reading this week!

The Queen's Children: The Start of the Stuart reign in England by Raymond Wemmlinger

Amazon Kindle purchase- $0.99

This is the fourth book in Raymond Wemmlinger's series. I'd forgotten I'd pre-ordered it on sale so it was fun to see it appear in my Kindle yesterday. The covers are beautiful and the characters intriguing. I have several already but have yet to start the series. 

This book and the previous book in the series are both about Anne of Denmark, wife of James I of England. In the previous book he focuses on her life as Queen of Scotland when she is younger and in this one she is Queen of England as well when James takes the throne.  The queen gives birth to the line of Stuart children who they hope will reign over England for years to come. I am putting his whole series on my TBR pile for the future as I collect them. He has another coming out in November 2025. 

Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot Book 32)

Libby Audiobook borrow: Free

I have not participated fully in the Read Christie challenge this year due to vacations, already have read it, or just not interested in that month's book. I've truly missed it so since I already am behind and school is starting back up I thought I'd get a jump on September's read and get ahead! This one I'm listening to driving to school and back. I absolutely love the Hercule Poirot audiobooks because Hugh Fraser narrates them and he does a great job. 

In this story there is a lot going on of course: murder, jewels, plane crashes, mysterious lights at a girls school, and a revolution in the making in the Middle East. Unique and keeping you guessing for sure. I'm really enjoying it so far, trying to figure out how it all ties together. 

Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse (Blandings Castle Series Book 1)

Amazon Kindle Purchase: $0.99

P.G. Wodehouse is a name that sounded familiar to me but I wasn't quite sure what he'd written. I discovered he's the author of the, what I call, "Jeeves the Butler" books. In this series he takes it to America but with the same dry humor and witty stories about Lords and their castles and stuffy traditions. This one is the first of those books and while I'd love to start it, I think I'd like to at least read the first book set in England with Jeeves before I go on to this one. It was on sale so I went ahead and got it though.