Shelf Control is a weekly meme created by Lisa at Book Shelf Fantasies where bloggers feature books they own and would like read. It’s a way for readers to take stock of what they own and get excited about the books on their shelves and on their devices.
This week’s book is one I hope to read this year. From the reviews I’ve seen, it seems to be a sweet book that I’ll enjoy reading.
My pick for the week:
Title: The Weight of Feathers
Author: Anna-Marie McLemore
Genre: Fantasy; magical realism
Published: 2015
Length: 308 pages
Goodreads summary:
The Palomas and the Corbeaus have long been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalating feud for more than a generation. Both families make their living as traveling performers in competing shows—the Palomas swimming in mermaid exhibitions, the Corbeaus, former tightrope walkers, performing in the tallest trees they can find.
Lace Paloma may be new to her family’s show, but she knows as well as anyone that the Corbeaus are pure magia negra, black magic from the devil himself. Simply touching one could mean death, and she’s been taught since birth to keep away. But when disaster strikes the small town where both families are performing, it’s a Corbeau boy, Cluck, who saves Lace’s life. And his touch immerses her in the world of the Corbeaus, where falling for him could turn his own family against him, and one misstep can be just as dangerous on the ground as it is in the trees.
Beautifully written, and richly imaginative, The Weight of Feathers is an utterly captivating young adult novel by a talented new voice. (Goodreads)
Where I got it: BookCon 2016 in Chicago
When I got it: Last year
Why I want to read it:
A couple of reasons: the author is very nice. I met her at BookCon last year when I got the book and she signed it. Yeahie! The premise of the story is very appealing and I have heard it compared to The Night Circus so that piqued my interest. I’ve also heard that it has a bit of magical realism in it as well, so I’m curious to see how the author works that in and what her writing style is like.
Zezee with Books 
I’ve seen this cover around before, but I had no clue what it was about. Pretty cool that you got to meet the author + get this signed! Hopefully your love for The Night Circus won’t have you have really high expectations that might backfire if not met! Like for Caraval! 😦
– Lashaan
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I know!! I hope the same too.
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I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Anna-Marie’s writing style took my breath away, and her embrace of cultural diversity (and her use of French and Spanish) made it even more unique. So I hope you enjoy it as well!
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Aww man. I think I will like it. I loved all you just said about. Makes it sound appealing.
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I am interested in the magical realism aspect this year as well.
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Yea, I’d like to read more of it too.
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I had a good time with this book, and I’m not even really into magical realism. Hope you enjoy it!
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Glad you said that. Makes me look forward to it a bit more.
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I haven’t read it, but I just added it to my to-read list, I really like the blurb 🙂
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Great! Hope it will be a good read for us both.
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