Giant Book Haul: Green Valley Book Fair Edition

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I have blogged about the Green Valley Book Fair in the past. It's this awesome book fair held in Mt. Crawford, Virginia 6 times a year for 2 weeks at a time. It's hosted in a 3 room giant warehouse where they sell thousands of books of ALL genres for CHEAP. I'm talking most books are like 2-6 dollars depending on if it's a hardback or paperback.  I think they buy them from like overstock.  Their young adult section in particular is FANTASTIC.  I usually go once or twice a year.  It's very  much worth it if you plan to buy more then a couple books. It's a 2 hour drive from where I live, but SO WORTH IT. This time, they actually had some newer titles stocked, which were a little more expensive, but still way cheaper then you could ever buy in a store or online. They don't sell freshly published books but they do have major titles, such as Mortal Instruments, John Green, Sarah Dessen, etc. EVERY GENRE. Children's books, fiction, nonfiction, classics, manga, self-help, audiobooks, cookbooks, and on and on and on.  

I went the weekend of St. Patrick's Day and ended up buying 18 books for myself (which is much better then the 50 I bought when I went for a visit last year). I made sure to control myself this time around. Yes, 18 books is controlling myself.

If I  had paid retail value for all the books I bought, it would have cost me $279.80. 
With the sale, I paid only $109.00 for all 18 books!!  WHAT A SAVINGS! haha.

NOW. ONTO THE HAUL!

My haul boxed up.

2 copies of The Book of Awesome (Nel Pasricha)

The Reptile Room, or Murder! (Lemony Snicket)

Virals (Kathy Reichs)

Hush, Hush (Becca Fitzpatrick)

Ten Miles Past Normal (Frances O'Roark Dowell)

Don't Turn Around (Michelle Gagnon)

A Temptation of Angels (Michelle Zink)

Girl of Nightmares (Kendare Blake)

A Midsummer's Nightmare (Kody Keplinger)

Endlessly (Kiersten White)

Cryer's Cross (Lisa McMann)

For Darkness Shows the Stars (Diane Peterfreund)

The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (Claire Legrand)

A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)

The Poison Diaries

Audiobook of Dragon's Oath, A House of Night Novella.  I know. I know. This series. I just can't help myself..

DUDES! You never know what you  might find at a book fair. I was casually just flipping through this graphic-like book and BAM! HOLLY BLACK'S SIGNATURE. This is the third book and I have no idea what it's even about, and I didn't like Holly Black's White Cat series, but I bought it anyways because it's signed. What the f is wrong with me. Now I have to find the first 2... :)

AND that's it for me!

If you've read any of these books, I'd love to know your thoughts, good OR bad!
If you have a haul, I NEEDS to see it, so link up in the comments :)

Thanks for visiting!

Book Haul! WOOT.

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So I bought a bunch of books last month which I will be splitting into 2 different hauls. The haul I'm showing today are books I bought at Barnes and Noble/Amazon.  Next week's haul will be all the books (ahem 20 cough) that I bought when I went to the Greenvalley Book Fair the weekend of St.Patrick's Day.  All the books I bought I used leftover Christmas money and some birthday money. AND 5 of the books I bought were on sale! SCORE.

My friend decided it would be funny to give me this book 12 Shades of Surrender  for my birthday.   From what I've skimmed, it's 12 short stories and basically written porn as far as I can tell. Meaning, one does not read this book for the story line. Haha. This isn't really my go-to genre so I'm not sure when I'll get to this one.

 

 

The Golden Lily (Richelle Mead)- 2nd book in the Bloodlines series. Already read this and loved.

The Indigo Spell (Richelle Mead)- 3rd book in the Bloodlines series. Also already read and loved.

Clockwork Princess (Cassandra Clare) - The 3rd and final book in the Infernal Devices trilogy. READ IT LOVED IT SO MUCH. Everyone should read it! If you'd like you can read my Spoiler-Free Gushing review here.

 

 

Hidden (Sophie Jordan) -3rd and final book in the Firelight trilogy.

Loss (Jackie Morse Kessler) - 3rd book in the Riders of the Apocalypse series. Started this one.

Attachments (Rainbow Rowell) - Read this one, really enjoyed it. Her other book Eleanor & Park is AMAZING.





The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) -This is the Barnes & Noble hardback edition and it is GORGEOUS. One of my favorite covers ever.

The Great Gatsby (F.Scott Fitzgerald)

So these are the first 2 classics I have EVER bought voluntarily. One of my personal challenges for this year is to read 5 classics. I figured I'd give these a try, the first because it's a Children's classic and how hard can that be to get through. And the second because it's less then 200 pages. And I love the cover.

 

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (Evan Roskos)

Silver Linings Playbook (Matthew Quick)

 

Cute how-to illustration books. Let's draw happy people and Let's draw cute animals.

 

A teach-yourself Reading Music book. I took piano when I was younger for about 9 years. I have since let it go and need a refresher course.

 

Eating Animals (Jonathan Safran Foer) - I had been wanting to read this book FOREVER. Lucky me I found it in the bargain bin at B&N! I've read about 1/3 of it so far and really enjoying it. It's a non-fiction regarding...eating animals. Or not.

Bridget Jones the Edge of Reason (Helen Fielding)- Also on sale. I've read about 100 pages but have put it down for now. Will come back to eventually. LOVE the movies though.

 

 

Okay, that's all the books. I also bought 2 movies from Amazon.

Magic Mike- So I may or may not have seen this one twice in the theater. It's so bad it's good.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Loved the book and the movie was a pretty good adaptation.

 

 

Well that's it for today. I'll be back next week with another giant haul. If you've read any of these books, I'd love to know your thoughts!

 

If you posted a book haul, I'd love to check it out. Just leave your link in the comments. :)



Massive Christmas Book Haul!

This post is LOONG overdue. I originally wanted to do a vlog of my giant haul, but well, yeah.
These are all books that I've collected since Christmas, it's a LOT. AND they make me happy! 

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren and Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.


First up:

 

Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)- I WON this from Goodreads giveaway!! It's my first ever ARC! WOOT! I've been excited for this book forever and I can't wait to read it! It's due to be published end of next month I believe.

 

Obsidian (Jennifer L. Armentrout) - I received this one from my bookish secret santa! Thank you!!

I attempted to read this one but alas, it twas a DNF. Boo. You can read my review HERE if you'd like.

 

 

I received all of the following books as Christmas gifts from my mom and grandma. I asked for these specifically, cause they would have no clue what books to buy for me.

 

 

Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)

Second Chance Summer (Morgan Matson)

Bunheads (Sophie Flack)

 

I also got that handsome owl from my mom! I have a recent obsession.

 

Sweet Evil (Missy Higgins)

Twilight: The Graphic Novel Vol. 1 (Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim)

Crewel (Gennifer Albin)

Rootless (Chris Howard)

Black City (Elizabeth Richards)

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Susan Cain)

The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories (Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, Brenna Yovanoff)

 

Lips Touch: Three Times (Laini Taylor) Finished this, 3.5/5

Throne of Glass (Sarah J. Maas) Finished this one too 5/5

Stolen (Lucy Christopher) - I actually bought this one with some xmas money- Also read 3.5/5

 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone Audiobook- narrated by Jim Dale

 

 

OKAY. So the rest of my haul are books I bought myself from Barnes & Noble or Amazon with Christmas money.

 

 

Easy (Tammara Webber)

Meant To Be (Lauren Morrill)

My Life Next Door (Huntley Fitzpatrick)

Pushing the Limits (Katie McGarry)

Beta (Rachel Cohn)

 

 

Grave Mercy (Robin LaFevers) - Reading now, so far so good!

Splintered (A.G. Howard)

Under the Never Sky (Veronica Rossi) - already read this on my Kindle but needed the hard copy

Through the Ever Night (Veronica Rossi)

 

Opal (Jennifer L. Armentrout) - WHAT WAS I THINKING??

Onyx (Jennifer L. Armentrout) - See above.

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (Jennifer L. Smith)

 

 

Now for a couple non-book gifts!

 

Blu-rays of:

 

Pitch Perfect- I watched this for the first time after I got it and have to say it wasn't nearly as good or funny as I was expecting it to be. It was okay.

 

The Hunger Games - I've watched this like 5 times. Loves it.

 

NOW. For my most awesome-est gift I got for Christmas from my Dad:

 

 IPAD!!   I love it so much! Still learning how to use it and stuff. I'm always the last person to get any type of new technology.

SO. That's my Christmas book haul. I still have Christmas money to spend but I want to try and save it so I can use it to buy new releases that are coming out this year that I'm excited for.


Leave a comment with your haul link and I'll check it out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

In My Mailbox

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I bought a couple books, mostly because they're holiday- themed and I wanted some more books to read to get me in the Christmas mood.  I also FINALLY finished decorating my Christmas tree. It's been a two-week process due to lack of motivation. But now it's up and it's so purdy.

 

 

Links with take you to Goodreads.

 

Snowed In (Rachel Hawthorne)- This is a tiny book, I could easily get through it in an hour or two. I read about a third of it but I got a little annoyed with the writing so I've set it aside for now.

 

Decked With Holly (Marni Bates)- The cover for this one is super cute!

 

Let It Snow (Maureen Johnson, John Green & Lauren Myracle)- I'm halfway through this one and I LOVE it!  A PERFECT Christmas read!! Or if you're snowed in. 

 

 

 

My Christmas Tree:

 

 

 

 

I'm hoping to get lots of books for Christmas and to buy lots more books with money I get for Christmas so there will be a massive book haul after the holiday.

 

 

In My Mailbox

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I'm currently in Charleston, South Carolina and will have gone to Yallfest yesterday!! Hopefully I liked it :) I won't be back until Monday, so in the mean time I'm pre-scheduling this post to show off my latest book gets.

Kindle For REVIEW:

From Netgalley: Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder


I was contacted by a rep for Musa Publishing to review some young adult titles for them. I was given a list of all the possible summaries and I picked 7 from the list that interested me. I was sent all 7 of them at once.

From Musa Publishing (Thanks Liz!):

First Frost (Liz DeJesus)                                           Dragon Night (Stephanie Campbell)
                                                            

There are Giants in this Valley (Jack Hillman)                  Normalish (Margaret Lesh)
                                                            

Persephone (Kaitlin Bevis)                                             Lost in the Bayou (Cornell Deville)
                                                           

                                  The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis (Sharon Ledwith)
                                                   

Some of the covers are a bit questionable..but the summaries sound good!!

Okay. SO I WON ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!! WOOT! This one was hosted by Rummanah @ Books in the Spotlight and the author E.K. Henry was giving away a e-copy of their book Freak. Love the cover! Thanks to Rummanah and the author!!
WON:

 

 

That's it for the e-books. I bought a couple books from Barnes & Noble and Target last week. It had to be done.

Let it Snow (John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle) and a bookmark- I bought these for a friend for her birthday. Although I do want to read this book :)

Days of Blood & Starlight (Laini Taylor)- OMG this cover is GORGEOUS!!! I Can't wait to start this one, but I want to get the full effect and am planning on re-reading Daughter of Smoke & Bone first.

Perfect Chemistry (Simone Elkeles)- I've already read this (on my Kindle I think), and LOVED it. Loved all 3 in the series. I mainly bought this one to take to Yallfest with me to get signed.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (Mindy Kaling)- I LOVE Mindy Kaling and her new tv show The Mindy Project. She's soo funny. I generally don't buy books like this but I just couldn't resist.

AND I bought a second bookmark for myself. I LOVE Jack!

 

 

That's it for me. I'm sure I have more new books in my possession thanks to Yallfest, I'll post those next week.

 

Leave a comment with your IMM link so I can check out your goodies :) I'll comment people back upon my return!

 

 

 

                                                 

In My Mailbox: EPIC HAUL edition

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren.
It's a chance to show everyone all the new books you've gotten (through review, purchased, gifted, etc.) over the past week (or several).

I really wanted to do a video log, but I don't know how to go about doing that and haven't had time to really look in to it.  So I'm just going to do it the old fashioned way. If you do vlog's I would love any suggestions you might have as far as where to start! The easier the better. :)

It's been a little over a month since my last IMM post and I've gotten a LOT of books since then. This is the BIGGEST IMM I've ever done. And the reason for that is the Green Valley Book Fair!!  The book fair is located in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. It's a massive warehouse filled with all genres of cheap books. The book fair is held for 2 weeks at a time several times a year. And man is it a steal. The young adult section in particular is AWESOME!! I ended up bringing home 50 books. Yes you read that right. 50.  ALL. ON. SALE. I think the most I paid for a book was about 6 dollars, but most of them were in the 2-4 dollar range.  I couldn't help it. So many good titles too tempting to resist! I try to go at least twice a year.

If you live anywhere near this book fair and love books as much as I do, I highly recommend you go. It's actually a 2 hour drive from where I live, but well worth it!
Here's the link to their website: Green Valley Book Fair


Now! On to the books!



I'm actually going to start with books I've gotten for my Kindle:

For review via Netgalley:

Of Light & Darkness (The Vampire's Daughter) by Shayne Leighton

(His eyes are sooo hypnotizing!)

The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa (you can read my review HERE)

Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover (read it, loved it, review to post this week)

Bought:

 

Gone by Michael Grant

 

Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

(These covers are SO gorgeous!)

 

Barnes & Noble Haul:

I've started collecting my favorite children's books. Roald Dahl Rules!

 

(This is one of the most FANTASTIC children's books I've ever read. I actually teared up.)

 

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)

Fantastic Mr.Fox (Roald Dahl)

The Witches (Roald Dahl)

Danny the Champion of the World (Roald Dahl)

The Chocolate Touch (Patrick skene Catling)

Charlotte's Web (E.B.White)

Fudge-a-mania (Judy Blume)

The Mark of Athena (Rick Riordan)

Blood Magic (Tessa Gratton)

Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Brotherhood #10) (J.R.Ward)-Read it, loved it, you can read my review HERE

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (William Joyce)

 

I bought 2 drawing books at Michael's:

 

ALRIGHT!

Green Valley Book Fair Haul:

 

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Judith Viorst)

The Complete Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Judi Barrett)

The Loud Book & The Quiet Book (Deborah Underwood)

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Verna Aardema)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)

The Boy with Pink Hair (Perez Hilton)

 

 

 

Fudge-a-mania (Judy Blume)

Superfudge (Judy Blume)

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Judy Blume)

Double Fudge (Judy Blume)

Boris and Bella (Carolyn Crimi)-An incredibly sweet, unique Halloween children's book!

The BFG: a set of plays (Roald Dahl)

 

I bought a couple other Children's books but I already gave them away. I'm not keeping all of these, some of them will be going to my nephew-to-be.

 

Now for the GOOD stuff:

 

 The Eternal Ones (Kirsten Miller)

All You Desire (Kirsten Miller)

 

Shift (#2) (Jeri Smith Ready)

Shine (#3) (Jeri Smith Ready)

 

Someone Like You (Sarah Dessen)

That Summer (Sarah Dessen)

 

The Boyfriend List (e. Lockhart)

The Boy Book (e. Lockhart)

The Treasure Map of Boys (e. Lockhart)

 

Looking For Alaska (John Green)

Paper Towns (John Green)

 

Tyger, Tyger (Kersten Hamilton)

The Jumbee (Pamela Keys)

Jekel Loves Hyde (Beth Fantaskey)-Read it, review to come later this week

Darkness Becomes Her (Kelly Keaton)

 

Stork (Wendy Delsol)

 

Dustlands:Blood Red Road (Moira Young)-Funny story, I bought the hardcover of this book the last time I went to the book fair, I bought the soft cover thinking it was the next book, which apparently isn't even out yet. SO look for a giveaway soon!

 

Hunger (Jackie Morse Kessler)-Already read this but needed it for my collection, you can read my review HERE, AMAZING

 

Goulish Goodies Cookbook

 

She's So Dead to Us (Kieran Scott)

The Unwritten Rule (Elizabeth Scott)

Between Here and Forever (Elizabeth Scott)

Something, Maybe (Elizabeth Scott)

 

Loser Queen (Jodi Lynn Anderson)

Before I Die (Jenny Downham)-Read this on my Kindle, LOVED it, needed a hard copy

 

Nevermore (Kelly Creagh)

Perfect (Ellen Hopkins)

Vampire Academy Graphic Novel (Adapted by Leigh Dragoon)-AMAZING

 

City of Glass (Cassandra Clare)

City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)

(I've already read up to book 3 of The Mortal Instruments series but didn't own the books. They didn't have City of Ashes)

 

Meridian (Amber Kiza)

Waking the Witch (Kelly Armstrong)

Flying Blind (Deborah Cooke)

Night School (Mari Mancusi)

 

 

 

THAT'S IT! SOO many books..EEP. They'll DEF keep me busy for a while. I need more bookshelves! It's so hard sometimes for me to decide what to read next, so if you've read any of these let me know which ones I should move to the top of my list!

 

One more thing, I FINALLY won something!! I participated in Bloggiesta this year and several of the mini-challenges. I won a 10 dollar Amazon giftcard from GIRLXOXO ! yay! A BIG thank you to her! :) You should totally visit her blog!

 

Can't wait to see what everyone else got in their "mailbox"! Leave a comment with your link so I can visit :)