A (VERY) Long Overdue Book haul | Blogmas Day 4

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Hey guys!
This book haul is obscenely overdue. I have been compiling it since August… Yep. I need to finally just post it. It’s getting ridiculous. It needs to be up before 2020…
Onto the books!

Fire and Blood by George R.R. Martin (Signed!!!!)

I was luckily enough to go to GRRM’s London book talk in August and got a signed copy!! I didn’t get to meet him but seeing him talk IRL was incredible!

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*Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson  + Speak graphic novel

*Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron
Review here.

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff

With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
I won this on Reader’s First!

Embers of Memory – Okay not a book per se but related!

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Saga Vol 3 by Brian K. Vaughan + Fiona Staples (kindle edition)
The first two are on *Kindle Unlimited,  it’s worth signing up for a trial just to read them!

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The Burning White by Brent Weeks (Signed)

Unfortunately, I don’t have the copy with me to take a photo 😦
But it’s a signed hardback! I am so hyped to have this!

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*Warrior of the Altaii by Robert Jordan

 

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

*Devouring Gray by Lynn Herman

My True Love Gave to Me ed. by Stephanie Perkins

Starsight by Brandon Sanderson (Signed!!)

So excited for this book but also INSANELY happy I finally have a signed book from my favourite author! Eeeeeeeeeek!

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What books have you bought recently?

Summer Book Haul July 2019

Hey guys!
I’m back with another book haul. Last month I was on a book buying ban and it seems I’d made up for it by buying/acquiring loads this month. (lol)

Physical Books

Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
From Wordery

*Slay by Brittney Morris
Sent to me by Hodder Children’s Books – Out Oct 3rd

Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Fool’s Errand by Robin Hobb
(Charity shop finds – £1.50 + 75p each!)

The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
All secondhand from World of Books

We are Blood and Thunder by Kesia Lupo
Got this from trading on Twitter!

The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson:
The Kiss of Deception
The Heart Betrayal
The Beauty of Darkness

*The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis
Sent to me by Hot Key Books – Out Oct 1st

*Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo
Sent to me by Hot Key Books – Out Oct 8th

*Blood of an Exile by Brian Naslund
Sent to me by Tor UK – Out August 8th

Kindle Books:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

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What books have you purchased recently?

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June Book Haul!| 2019

Hello everyone!
Today I have a book haul for you. I didn’t acquire loads of books this month, I decided not to buy books to save money as I was going on holiday. But luckily for me, my birthday was this month and I received a few as gifts!

Birthday gifts:

A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords 

The Steel Prince by  V.E. Schwab

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Bought by me:
Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Second hand from World of Books

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Received:

The Million Pieces of Neena Gill by Emma Smith-Barton (Won in a competition on twitter)

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Kindle Books:

Happy: Finding joy in every day and letting go of perfect by Fearne Cotton

Limited Wish by Mark Lawrence (kindle unlimited)

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What books did you buy/receive this month?

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April/May Collective Book Haul!

 

Hey Guys!
Today I’m going to share the books I’ve been buying/receiving in April and May.
I’ve been super lucky and have received a fair amount of books from publishers lately! So thankful!

 

Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig

*Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Marie Griffin 

Vicious + Vengeful by V.E. Schwab (audiobook CD)

This was actually for my Boyfriend, after attending V.E Schwabs book talk and signing (hearing me rave about them) he was interested in her stuff! He’s not much of a reader so audiobook was the best option for him! The audiobooks are literally impossible to find digitally in the UK!?? I looked everywhere but ended up having to buy CDs.

*No Big Deal by Bethany Rutter 

Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence

*The Girl In Red by Christina Henry

*I, Cosmo by Carlie Sorosiak

Frazzled by Ruby Wax

*The Sharp Edge of a Snowflake by Sif Sigmarsdóttir

 

The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

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Kindle Books:

Before the Broken Star by Emily R. King

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

*Books were sent to me for free in exchange for an honest review.

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What books have you bought lately?

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Collective/ Long Overdue Book Haul!

Hey guys!
I’m finally posting my first book haul of 2019?! Crazy. I just kept putting off writing this post and taking pictures, which ended up with me collecting more and more books over time. Oops!
These are all the books I bought/received from January onwards.

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

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Jane Austen books:

Pride and Prejudice
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
Emma

I got these beautiful editions at The Works. £3 each and I had a discount code!
Such a bargain

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

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The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone

Siege and Storm

Ruin and Rising

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*The Near Witch by V.E Schwab

[Gifted to me by Titan]

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*A Girl Called Justice by Elly Griffiths

[Gifted to me by Hatchette Children]

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*Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
* One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence

Big thank you to Mitriel who had these dedicated and sent to me!
It made my entire week!!

[Gifted to me by Mitriel Faywood + Mark Lawrence]

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What books have you bought recently?

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Last Book Haul of 2018!

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas + The preorder pin

This book and the pin are gorgeous! The pin is way bigger than I expected it to be. It’s quite large. Very pretty though! Wish I had someone nice to put it…

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*The Silver Queen by Josie Jaffrey

Thank you, Josie, for sending me your book + some cool swag!
The pin is so nice! I seriously need a good way of storing pins. Hmm…

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*The Girl King ARC by Mimi Yu

Thank you to Alex @ Gollancz books for the ARC + Swag! (The m&ms were really good!)

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Throne of Glass Collectors Edition by Sarah J Maas

I am in awe at this edition. It’s literally the most beautiful thing ever.

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Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

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Beautiful Broken Things  by Sara Barnard

*Fierce Fragile Hearts ARC by Sara BarnardThank you to MyKindaBook for the ARC of Fierce Fragile Hearts! (Out Feb 2019)

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*You Only Live Once by Jess Vallance

Thank you HotKey Books for the review copy!

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Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor US Hardback

I won this in a twitter giveaway! I’m so happy to have US copy, I love this cover!

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And finally… Christmas presents from my Mum + Brother:
Chaos Walking: The Complete Trilogy Boxset 
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff 

I asked my mum for the box set, the covers of this edition are so nice! I really want to read these before the film comes out in 2019. (I think that’s when it comes out?)

My brother got me Nevernight, I told him to get me something off my wishlist on Amazon and he picked a good one! I’ve been dying to read this for forever! Cannot wait to get to this soon!

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End of Summer/ Autumn Collective Book Haul!

Hey everyone!
Sorry for the lack of posts. I’ve been busy with uni work, thought I’d get back into writing posts with a haul!
I have been collecting books since the end of summer and now it is getting out of hand, I need to haul these books! I have literally been writing this post since early September and never got around to posting it, now I’ve acquired many more books. Possibly time to go on a book buying ban…

My shelves are running out of space now. *Cry face*

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Vicious & *Vengeful by V.E. Schwab 
Vicious managed to arrive after I got Vengeful.
*Thank you to Titan books for the early copy of Vengeful! (Bought Vicious myself)

*Vox by Christina Dalcher
Thank you to HQ for sending me this for a review!

*A Time of Dread by John Gwynne
Thank you to UK Tor and Panmacmillan for a copy!

*The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah
Thank you to Harper360 for sending me this!

A Thousand Pieces of You & Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Both bought by me, from MusicMagpie (great place for secondhand books)

*The Gilded King by Josie Jaffrey
Kindly sent to me by the author, thank you, Josie!

*Strange Ink by Gary Kemble
Thank you to Titan Books for this early copy! (+ The cool temporary tattoo!)

Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J Maas

Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig

*Girl Squads by Sam Maggs
Thank you to Quirk Books for surprising me with this!

 

The Man Who Came Uptown by George Pelecanos
Won in a twitter giveaway, Thank you to Orion Books!

*Soulbinder by Sebastien De Castell
Thank you so much to Hot Key Books for the ARC!

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (Special Hardback edition)

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (Special Hardback edition)

 

Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
Hadn’t even started Strange the Dreamer when I preordered this…

*The Dark Vault by V.E. Schwab
* Thank you to Titan Books for sending me this for review!

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*Books marked with an asterisk(*) were sent to me for free, in exchange for a review.

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Summer Book Haul!

Hey Guys!
Hope you’re having a great weekend!
Today’s post is just going to be the books I’ve bought/received over the last month or so. I’ve have been really lucky and received quite a few books to review!

Let’s get on with the haul!

Firstly, I bought:  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
& Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte using my birthday money. I’ve been wanting to read more classics so I picked up these gorgeous editions.

*Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Thank you to Jamie @ Tor UK for this gorgeous copy!

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Thank you to PythiaReads for the trade!

The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
These two I got at a local summer fayre for 20p each! Such a great bargain and they’re in pretty good condition.

*Ascension by Victor Dixen
Thanks to Hot Key Books for a copy of this! Can’t wait to read and review it!

 

Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
I got this second hand from World of Books on the Amazon Marketplace. It was in near perfect condition and super cheap!

*The Light Between Us by Katie Khan
Thank you to Doubleday books/Penguin UK for an early copy!

*The Hallowed War by Tim Akers
The Pagan Night
The Iron Hound
The Winter Now
Thank you to Titan books for sending me this series!

*Books marked with an asterisk (*) were sent to me for free, this does not affect my opinion in any way. All views are my own.

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Let me know if you have read any of these and what you thought!

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Collective Book Haul!

I realised I haven’t done a haul post since April!? Since then I have acquired quite a few books, so I thought I would share them today!
Some I have already read (+ reviewed) so I’ll link my reviews too!

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Onto the actual books:

*Books sent to me for review:

Electrical Venus by Julie Mayhew (review here)

In search of us by Ava  Dellaira

Charmcaster by Sebastien De Castell (review here)

Deposed by David Barbaree

Brightly Burning – Alexa Donne

 Books I won in giveaways:
The Night brother -Rosie Garland – Won this on GoodReads. Definitely, worth entering the giveaways on there, I’ve won quite a few times!
Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron (signed) – Won this from the author on Twitter
(review here)

Books bought by me:
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas + the preorder pin – Isn’t it gorgeous!  (review here)
The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan – Obviously had to pick the next book in the Trials of Apollo!
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 10th-anniversary edition – I have been dying to get my hands on this edition, I got an Amazon gift card for my birthday and ordered it straight away!
The Power by Naomi Alderman – Charity shop find. 75p + in perfect condition!
The School for Good and Evil by Soman  Chainani – WHSmith clearance section £1
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss – WHSmith clearance section also £1 – I already own this but my copy was secondhand and rather beat up!

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Have you read any of these books? Let me know your thoughts!
Also, let me know any books you’ve bought/received lately!

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Mini Book Haul (Signed, Cheap + ARCs)

 

 

Dreams of Gods and Monsters By Laini Taylor – I got this second hand from World of Books. To my surprise when it arrived I realised it’s a signed first edition!
Review for the series here.

The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan – I also got this from World of Books. I originally read this on kindle back when it was released, but I got the second book in hardback as it was signed. Since it was cheap I thought I’d get this too, ready for when the third book comes out in May!

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood –
I got this beautiful special edition from Amazon.
I had been meaning to read this book for ages but I never got around to buying it. I only bought it because I decided to include it in an essay I am writing and of course, I couldn’t buy the standard paperback, I had to have the special edition hardback. 😉
I have a review for this here.

 

*ARC Still Me by Jojo Moyes – I won this in a GoodReads giveaway.
It is the third book in the Me Before You series, I still haven’t read the second book… Oops. I will hopefully reread the first and get to the second and third soon!

*ARC Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi – I was sent this for review from the publisher thought I would still include it in my haul anyway! Review here.

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski – I have heard so many good things about The Witcher books (and game) I had to pick up the first book when I saw it going cheap on Amazon. I plan to pick this up soon, look out for a review!

Leave me a comment letting me know of any books you have bought/received lately, I’d love to know!

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Let’s be friends! 

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