My October book haul is coming to you a little bit late because I’ve been super busy at work and I’m on a semi-hiatus. By the time you read this post, I will be in sunny California visiting a colleague before I head over to Boston for my work conference. Let’s get into the haul!
BOOK DEPOSITORY
- Everyone We’ve Been – Sarah Everett
- This Adventure Ends – Emma Mills
- Frost Like Night (Snow Like Ashes #3) – Sara Raasch
- Tales of the Peculiar (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #0.5) – Ransom Riggs
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Illustrated Edition – J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay
- Radio Silence – Alice Oseman
- Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky #1) – Veronica Rossi
- Through the Never Night (Under the Never Sky #2) – Veronica Rossi
- Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky #3) – Veronica Rossi
Half of these books were actually preorders that I made months ago. Everyone We’ve Been, This Adventure Ends, Frost Like Night and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Illustrated Edition were all preorders. I also picked up Tales of the Peculiar and Radio Silence, both of which have been on my wishlist for a while. Finally, I was talked into buying the Under the Never Sky trilogy on Twitter.
KINOKUNIYA
- Girl in Pieces – Kathleen Glasgow
- Blood for Blood (Wolf by Wolf #2) – Ryan Graudin
- Odd and the Frost Giants – Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell
I spent a lot of time in Kinokuniya this month because I was waiting for Blood for Blood to be available. I pretty much went every day to see if they had stock and ended up picking up the other books.
RECEIVED
- Something in Between – Melissa de la Cruz
- Metaltown – Kristen Simmons
- China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) – Kevin Kwan
- Everything I Never Told You – Celeste Ng
- Mistletoe and Mr Right – Lyla Payne
- It Looks Like This – Rafi Mittlefehldt
- The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me – Michael Gerard Bauer
- The Thing About Jellyfish – Ali Benjamin
- Moon Chosen (Tales of a New World #1) – P.C. Cast
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (movie tie-in edition) – Ransom Riggs
I went to Brisbane in October and stayed with Jeann, so naturally I went home with a whole bunch of books to review on Happy Indulgence. I brought home It Looks Like This, Somewhere in Between, Mistletoe & Mr Right and The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me. Jeann also gave me the movie tie-in edition of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children because I love the trilogy and I’m so happy to have it. I received three books from a friend as a late birthday gift: The Thing About Jellyfish, China Rich Girlfriend and Everything I Never Told You. These were all on my Book Depository wishlist. Metaltown technically wasn’t a ‘received’ book. I got it in my October Fairyloot box so I did purchase it. But I’m also too lazy to put it in its own category. Finally, Pan Macmillan Australia sent me Moon Chosen.
EBOOKS
- The Upside of Unrequited – Becky Albertalli
- The End of Our Story – Meg Haston
- By Your Side – Kasie West
- An Improper Bride (Billionaires’ Brides of Convenience #4) – Nadia Lee
- The Year We Fell Down (The Ivy Years #1) – Sarina Bowen
- The Year We Hid Away (The Ivy Years #2) – Sarina Bowen
- Blonde Date (The Ivy Years #2.5) – Sarina Bowen
- The Understatement of the Year (The Ivy Years #3) – Sarina Bowen
- The Shameless Hour (The Ivy Years #4) – Sarina Bowen
- The Fifteenth Minute (The Ivy Years #5) – Sarina Bowen
- Rookie Move (Brooklyn Bruisers #1) – Sarina Bowen
There was a Harper drop on Edelweiss and I have three books to review for Happy Indulgence: The Upside of Unrequited, The End of Our Story and By Your Side. I bought An Improper Bride because it’s the second part of a story and I needed to know how it ended (only to read it and find out that there’s a third part…). Most of my month was spent reading new adult books because I was in a big reading slump so I kind of became obsessed with Sarina Bowen’s books. Totally waiting for her next release!
Hope you guys had a great month!
I love the Kinokuniya bookstore!! I try to go every time I am visiting a city that has one.
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Yes! Kinokuniya is so amazing. I don’t know what I’d do without it! I’m so lucky to live in a city that has one 🙂
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Great haul! So many books!
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Thank you! Happy reading!
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Wow, that’s one big haul! I can’t wait to read what you thought about all of those 🙂
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I always feel so guilty about my massive hauls and this one caused the most amount of guilt I’ve ever felt haha. I didn’t realise how many preorders I made until I received them all at the same time!
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I am so excited about Blood for Blood and This Adventure Ends! They are my MUST BE READS, haha.
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Blood for Blood was sooo good! I’m dead! You must read it immediately if you haven’t already! I still need to pick up This Adventure Ends but I think I’ll be reading it this month since I’m a bit behind on my Goodreads challenge and it seems like a pretty quick read.
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Love the cover of that edition of Odd and the Frost Giants. I need to pick up a copy!
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I have to be totally honest, Odd and the Frost Giants was a complete cover buy. I saw it at the bookstore and HAD to have it. It’s STUNNING inside and out!
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I would have grabbed it for the cover as well 😉
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Great haul! I really enjoyed The Under the Never Sky trilogy! I hope you’ll enjoy it too! Happy reading!
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The Under the Never Sky trilogy came highly recommended on twitter. In fact, I was pretty much peer pressured into buying it so I’m looking forward to reading it and meeting all the characters that I keep hearing about. Especially Roar!
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That is an impressive haul and I am so excited to see Under the Never Sky in your possession. To this day Aria, Perry and Roar are one of my favourite teams. The friendships in that series is epic and I hope you enjoy them. 😀
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Yesss! I was peer pressured into buying the Under the Never Sky trilogy but I can’t ignore you guys when you all tell me that the friendships are amazing! I’m hoping to pick it up in early 2017!
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I also got It Looks Like This the other day. I can’t wait to read it
– Yasmin
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I’ve seen some mixed reviews for it but I’m still keen to check it out and see what I think of it. I hope you enjoy it!
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You too
– Yasmin
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Such an amazing haul 😍 I really want to read When the Moon was Ours!
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Yes! You should totally pick up When the Moon Was Ours! It’s one of my favourite books of this year and is wonderfully diverse and omg I love it so much!
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I’m reading ‘Wolf by Wolf’ at the moment and feel as though I’ll NEED to get ‘Blood by Blood’ pretty much immediately after. I’m very jealous.
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Yes yes yes! You NEED to read Blood for Blood (you probably already have at this point). The cliffhanger at the end of Wolf by Wolf was unbearable and I have no idea how I managed to wait a year before getting my hands on Blood for Blood. You should also check out the novella, Iron to Iron! I loved it as well.
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I live for your hauls Jenna! I love all the gorgeous covers, This Adventure Ends is so beautiful.
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Thanks Jeann! Especially since you contributed to this one HAHA. I’m planning to finally read This Adventure Ends this month. It seems like a quick read and I need all the help I can get when it comes to finishing my Goodreads challenge.
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Great haul, Jenna! Looking forward to you updates and reviews on these books. Have a good time in California!
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Thanks Ksenia! I had an awesome time in California. It was amazing being able to catch up with old friends.
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OMG. This is an amazing haul. Looking forward to your take on When the moon was ours
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Haha I aim to please 😀
I actually have a review for When the Moon Was Ours already! (spoilers: I LOVED IT).
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