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. :)



Book haul!

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I haven't bought any more actual hold in my hands books. I have plenty to keep me busy and there's going to be lots of new releases coming up in the next couple months so I'm trying to hold off.

BUT I just can't resist a good e-book that's ON SALE. I don't use my Kindle very often. I might read 1 book a month on it for fun. I just don't like it nearly as much as the real thing.  I use it for most of my FOR REVIEW books.  BUT as I'm sure most people know, every month Amazon posts a new listing of 100 books that are $3.99 and under and I always find something to buy. I mean, ON SALE. I can't resist!

 Purchased Amazon E-Books (all for cheap!)

 

 

 

 

 

*This one wasn't on the list I was talking about above, but it was only $3.99. AND I LOVE Colleen Hoover's writing. I highly recommend her other books Slammed and Point of Retreat! I can't wait to read this one!

 

Netgalley FOR REVIEW

 

 

 

A HUGE thanks to Macmillan-Tor/Forge and Disney Hyperion for the approval! I'm SOO freaking STOKED to read these!!

 

 

WELL that's it for me this week! Leave your haul link in the comments and I'll check it out!

 

 

 

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! 

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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!