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December Book Haul

Dec 29, 2013

I just love sharing all the new books or bookish related items such as swag etc that I get throughout the year. So at the start of each month I will post what I bought throughout the previous month or received from either publishers, Netgalley, from people or won in giveaways etc. For example at the start of September, I make a post about what books or bookish Swag I bought or received throughout the mouth of August. I would also like to hear what books you also bought throughout the month as well, maybe we bought something the same.

I only bought 2 books this months which was a surprise but I did receive 11 books from my family for Christmas which is amazing. I also received 2 ebooks for review. I have some more books coming in the mail from Christmas but they haven’t arrived yet.

Bought

Dance of Shadows (Dance of Shadows #1) by Yelena Black
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R Tolkin

Gifted For Christmas

The Diviners (The Diviners #1) by Libba Bray

Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits #1) by Katie McGarry

World After (Penryn & the End of Days #2) by Susan Ee

I have been wanted to get the Diviners for ages and when my aunty said she going to get me some books for Christmas this was straight on the list same goes for Pushing the Limits. After reading AngelFall a few days before Christmas I just wanted the sequel World After as soon as I could get it and my siblings needed to get me a presents and there we go. haha.

Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2) by Kendare Blake
Pawn (The Blackcoat Rebellion #1) by Aimee Carter

After reading Anna Dressed in Blood I wanted to read the next one as soon as possible so my aunty also got me them for Christmas. I received an e-arc of Pawn and I adored it, you can read my review here. I really wanted a physical copy, so bam I got it for Christmas haha

I also received the Hogwarts Library Book Set that includes;

Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter Companion Books #1) by Newt Scamander – J.K Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry Potter Companion Books #2) by Kennilworthy Whisp – J.K Rowling
The Tales of Beedle The Bard (Harry Potter Companion Books #3) by J.K Rowling.

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer

This year I participated in The Broke and Bookish Annul Secret Santa, which was a whole lot of fun. I received Chantelle from Book Reviews with the Blog Monster as my Secret Santa, check out what I gave her here. Jodie from Aussie Bookworm received me as her Secret Santa and she gave me a copy of Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Which was quite funny because I gave Chantelle a Copy of Cinder as well.

Received

For Always (For Always #1) Janae Mitchell
Psycho Inside Me by Bonnie R. Paulson

I received a copy of For Always from Janae was we were having a little chat and she kindly offered me a copy to read. I also received an ARC of Psycho Inside Me.

So that’s it for the month of December, what did you get through out the month?

November Book Haul

Dec 1, 2013

I just love sharing all the new books or bookish related items such as swag etc that I get throughout the year. So I Decided that at the start of each month I will post what I bought throughout the previous month or received from either publishers, Netgallery, from people or won in giveaways etc. For example at the start of September, I make a post about what books or bookish Swag I bought or received throughout the mouth of August. I would also like to hear what books you also brought throughout the month as well, maybe we brought something the same.

I bought and received fair few books through the month of November, and as It was my birthday as well, I got a few books as birthday presents from family members.

I went to another op shop near where I love, this month and picked up 3 books that I have wanted to read for a while for a pretty good bargain. I found a bound up of the Ink Heart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke, I really enjoyed the movie, and I have heard really good things about the books, and it was only $4, so I thought, why not. I also picked up Unearthly by Cynthia Hand, again another book I have heard great things about. The last book I picked up from the op shop was Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr.

I then bought Persuasion by Jane Austen as that’s one of the books I need to read for my English literature class next year. Just a few Days ago I went to a book launch for These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner, and I got a copy of the book, not just because I was going to the book launch but I have pretty much nothing but amazing things about it and I just cannot wait to read it. I also got my copy signed, by the lovely authors whom are just really nice.

Another Author come down to Melbourne this month, The Bone Season Author Samantha Shannon, I was lucky enough to go to one of her signings, it also gave me an excuse to buy the book.

As well as buying these load of books, I bought not once but twice my probably most anticipate book of the year… The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead. You may ask why twice, well I just could’t wait! I don’t have a book store close to me so, I buy my books from shops like Target and Big W and I had no idea if they were going to get it on the 19th or even at all. So I bought an Kindle Version so I could read it as soon as it was 19th and then I bought a paperback version from Book Depository which still hasn’t come yet (one thing I hate about living in Australia things so long to get here)

As I said before it was my birthday this month, and the 18th and my aunty got me a few books as my present, which makes made me really happy. She got me Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake which I have since read and loved to bits, my review will be soon for it. She also got me The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Angel Fever (Angel #3) by L.A Weatherly which I have wanted for a while because I wanted to finish the trilogy.

I also, received 2 books for review from Publishers. From Harper Collins I received Tape by Steven Camden which is set to be published early February 2014. Thank you Harper Collins

From Allen and Unwin I received an ARC of Almost Dead by Kaz Delanely. Thank you Allen and Unwin.

I also received Some Book Marks this month, from Angela, If you follow her blog, you get FREE bookmarks. Pretty Awesome. I have been following her for ages, but just recently picked the bookmark I wanted. They are pretty amazing and so is her blog so go check it out!

So that all for this month I think. What books did you buy this month?

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October Book Haul

Oct 28, 2013

I just love sharing all the new books I get months. So at the start of each month I will post what I brought throughout the previous month or received from either publishers, Netgallery or from people. For example at the start of September, I am posting what books I brought or received through August. I would Also like to hear what books you also brought throughout the month as well.

I brought and received a fair few books throughout the month of October; I just could not help myself. (These are in no particular order as i don’t remember which books I brought first.)

I went to a second hand shop in October and I picked up 2 books. They are in pretty good condition. I managed to get both books for $2 each.

–Northern Lights (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman

–Revelations (Blue Bloods#3)by Melissa de la Cruz

I then got a few unprepared buys. Throne of Glass I found it for $5 and have to pick it up. Then a few weeks ago, when the Australian edition of The Fault in Our Stars came out I was going to go after school and get that edition even though I have the first edition. But then I was looking on my twitter feed and I saw that Dymocks were selling signed editions and well, a singed book by John Green yes thank you. And Finally just the other day I was in Big-W when I saw the amazing book set of the Hunger Games Trilogy and it was pretty much half price.