December 2017 Book Haul

Living between Europe and the US has some perks... and some drawbacks. For instance, all my books are in the US (and I have a LOT of books). Plus for many sites where I find good deals, the shipping to Europe is outrageous.

So, basically, over the last year I've occasionally ordered books when I've found some great deals and had them sent to my address in the US. This means that I got to open ALL of them at once when I got here for Christmas!

I also had a friend get me five ARCs of various books, totally as a surprise!!

So without further ado, my book haul:

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

This includes Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Winter, and Fairest. BookOutlet had the whole series for massively cheap for Black Friday!

A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

Totally a cover buy (also BookOutlet)! And I've heard great things about the story ;)

A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab

I have this series in Kindle format and I NEEDED it in hardcopy... and I found a sale on BookOutlet!

A Darker Shade of Magic (collector's edition) by V. E. Schwab

It's BEAUTIFUL. And signed!

The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury

I read this book last year and it was one of my favorites! This copy was also ridiculously cheap on BookOutlet

No Good Deed by Kara Connolly

I got an eARC this summer and it is one of my favorites from this year!!! Got it used on Amazon, but perfect condition!

You Just Don't Understand by Deborah Tannen

Linguistics, yay! I studied Sociolinguistics and I love Tannen's work. This is one of her best books. Also got it used on Amazon.

Mother's Milk by Rachel Hunt Steenblik

Book of poems that's very popular in the LDS community. Black Friday sale!

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
I'd read this from the library and LOVED it, and so I got a past box from OwlCrate during a sale featuring this book!

The Divine Cities trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett

I won this trilogy from a publisher's sweepstakes, which included finished copies of the first two and an ARC of the third.

Special edition of Pride & Prejudice!

ARCs:

The Dark Intercept by Julia Keller

Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman

Whichwood by Tahereh Mafi

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

Unstoppable by Maria Sharapova

I'm so excited to bring these all back and fill out my bookshelves! Plus I'm excited to share all these books that I love with others!

Have you gotten any books lately that you're excited about?

Comments

This Savage Song

This Savage Song - Victoria Schwab Review: The newest book by one of my favorite authors, V.E. Schwab (She goes by "Victoria" for her YA novels). I love the premise for the book: violent acts create actual monsters. The two main characters are a human girl named Kate who desperately wants to be a (figurative) monster: a big, bad crime boss like her father, who runs one half of V-City. The other is August, who is a literal monster, a Malchai, one that drains the souls of his victims through his music, who desperately seeks his own personal humanity. I loved them both, and their personalities and characters and drives are so multi-faceted and real. They interact with other characters in believable and different ways. The juxtaposition of these two characters in and of itself is one of the driving things behind this story, and one of the things that makes it so compelling. Even though marketed as a YA, it really delves into the deep questions: What makes us human? W...

The Reader

The Reader by Traci Chee Synopsis (from Goodreads) "Sefia lives her life on the run. After her father is viciously murdered, she flees to the forest with her aunt Nin, the only person left she can trust. . . . But when Nin is kidnapped, Sefia is suddenly on her own, with no way to know who’s taken Nin or where she is. Her only clue is a strange rectangular object that once belonged to her father left behind, something she comes to realize is a book." Review The main reason I picked up this book was that it got a LOT of hype. I thought it was a good book, but I'd say more for younger YA. I think if I were 12-14, I would have REALLY loved this book. The premise is interesting: In a world where reading doesn't exist, Sefia has a rare book. However, I found at times the story was a bit too meta... stories within stories within stories, and how reading is literally magic. The pacing was quite slow. I also found the feel or tone of the story jumped around. Fi...

Anticipated September Releases

September is looking like THE month for book publications! Here are 5 books that I'm looking forward to: 1) The Reader - Traci Chee Release date: 13 September I've heard a lot of hype about this book and the premise sounds interesting. A world where reading is illegal. After Sefia's father is murdered, she finds the only thing that holds the answers is a strange, rectangular object he left behind--a book. 2) A Shadow Bright and Burning - Jessica Cluess Release date: 20 September Again, a book that has received a lot of attention. Henrietta Howel is the first female sorcerer in a hundred years and has been heralded as the Chosen One. Except she isn't. But she can't let them know. 3) Three Dark Crowns - Kendare Blake Release date: 20 September I love Kendare Blake and everything she's ever written, so when I heard about this new series I was beyond excited. Besides that, the story sounds very intriguing. And, knowing Blake, it will b...

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