August 2016 Book Haul

I'm starting University this month (which I am SO excited for!) so I went massively overboard on book buying, since I won't really be able to buy many books other than textbooks for the next couple months.
In August I bought:

Young adult:

1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne
2. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
3. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
4. Crater by Homer Hickam
5. Changeling by Philippa Gregory
6. The Walls Around Us
7. Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) by Robin LaFevers
8. Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin #3) by Robin LaFevers
9. Angelfall by Susan Ee
10. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
11. The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand
12. The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy #2) by Marie Rutkoski
13. The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's Trilogy #3) by Marie Rutkoski

Adult:

1. The Iron King by Maurice Druon
2. Three Blind Mice & Other Stories by Agatha Christie
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
4. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
5. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
6. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
7. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Classics:

1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
3. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
5. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
6. The Lovecraft Compendium by H.P. Lovecraft

July 2016 Book Haul

This past month hasn't been the best for me, but I still got a lot of books.

I got:

Young adult:

1. This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (Hardcover)
2. Fire (Graceling Realm #2) by Kristin Cashore (Paperback)
3. Traveler (Seeker #2) by Arwen Elys Dayton (Hardcover)
4. Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4) by Sarah J. Maas (Hardcover)
5. Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6) by Richelle Mead (Paperback)
6. Sabriel by Garth Nix (Paperback)
7. Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley (Paperback)

Adult:

1. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Paperback)
2. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Paperback)
3. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Mass market paperback)
4. The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (Paperback)
5. The Scottish Prisoner (Lord John Grey #3) by Diana Gabaldon (Hardcover)
6. Snow Wolf by Glen Meade (Paperback)
7. A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith (Paperback)
8. Pay it Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde (Paperback)
9. A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell (Paperback)
10. Terrier by Tamora Pierce (Paperback)
11. The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson (Paperback)
12. The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3) by Brandon Sanderson (Paperback)
13. The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) by Samantha Shannon (Hardcover)
14. And the Dark Sacred Night by Julia Glass (Hardcover)

Middle grade:

1. The Golden Specific (The Mapmakers Trilogy #2) by S.E. Grove (Hardcover)
2. Fearless (Mirrorworld #2) by Cornelia Funke (Paperback)

Classics:

1. 1984 by George Orwell (Paperback)
2. Animal Farm by George Orwell (Paperback)
3. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Paperback)
4. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (Paperback)
5. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Paperback)

June 2016 Book Haul

Although I barely read anything last month, I finished my exams and graduated high school so I figured I would reward myself with a few books.
I got:


Young adult:

1. Signs Point to Yes by Sandy Hall (Paperback)
2. Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between by Jennifer E. Smith (Paperback)
3. The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson (Hardcover)
4. A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas (Hardcover)
5. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (Paperback)
6. Talon by Julie Kagawa (Paperback)
7. Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver (Paperback)

Adult:

1. I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh (Paperback)

Classics:

1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (My second copy - Paperback)
2. The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde (Paperback)
3. The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback)
4. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (Paperback)
5. Heart of Darkness & Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad (Paperback)

May 2016 Book Haul

This month was pretty hectic for me. I really badly sprained my ankle the first weekend of May, I had my grad dinner/dance, and I travelled to New York City for five days, so I haven't been updating as much (sorry everyone!). I did get a few books this month though, and I'm very excited for all of them!


This month I got:


Young adult

1. The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater
2. The Young World by Chris Weitz
3. Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman
4. Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan
5. The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

April 2016 Book Haul

This month I got 18 books...kinda insane for me. Hopefully I can keep it down to a minimum next month. I got:

Adult:

1. Room by Emma Donoghue (Movie tie-in paperback edition)
2. You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane (Paperback)
3. The Shock of The Fall by Nathan Filer (Paperback)
4. It Started with Paris by Cathy Kelly (Hardcover)
5. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Paperback)
6. The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley (Paperback)
7. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (Hardcover)

Young adult:

1. Envy (Luxe #3) by Anna Godbersen (Paperback)
2. My Beating Teenage Heart by C.K. Kelly Martin (Paperback)
3. The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson (Hardcover)
4. Zeros by Scott Westerfeld (Hardcover)
5. Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick (Hardcover)
6. Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini (Hardcover)
7. The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2) by Rick Yancey (Hardcover)
8. The Here and Now by Ann Brashares (Hardcover)
9. The Accidental Highwayman by Ben Tripp (Hardcover)
10. The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (Paperback)
11. Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch (Paperback)

March 2016 Book Haul

March wasn't the best book month for me, but I still managed to get a hold of 9 new books.

I got:

Young Adult:

1. You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith
2. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Adult:

1. The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman

Classics:

1. Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
2. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
3. Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
4. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
5. Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
6. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

February 2016 Book Haul

I got a total of 10 books this month! Waayy more than I had planned on getting, but I had leftover gift cards from Christmas, so I don't have a problem with the amount I got.

I got:


Young Adult:

1. Cold Spell by Jackson Pierce (Fairytale Retellings #4 - Hardcover)
2. Warrior by Ellen Oh (The Dragon King Chronicles #2 - Hardcover)
3. Champion by Marie Lu (Legend #3 - Paperback)
4. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (Paperback)
5. Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay (Hardcover)
6. Visitors by Orson Scott Card (Pathfinder #3 - Hardcover)
7. The Dark Days Club by Allison Goodman (Hardcover)

Adult

1. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Mass market paperback)
2. Goldon Son by Pierce Brown (Red Rising #2 - Paperback)

Classics

1. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (Paperback)

January 2016 Book Haul

At the end of every month, I usually have a massive (or at least a fairly large) list of all of the books I received and bought for myself during that month. This year, I really want to try and decrease (or at least put a fairly large dent into) my TBR pile. The best way to do this, in my opinion, is to read waayyy more than I buy. I'm not on a book buying ban per se, I just want to buy much, much, MUCH less then I read every month.

With that in mind, I got two new books this month. The Queen of the Tearling I ordered in December and I got it in January, and I had a giftcard so I bought Seeker for myself this month.

Adult:

1. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (Hardcover)

Young Adut

1. Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton (Paperback)

December 2015 Book Haul

I got a total of 39 books this month...it's safe to say that next year will be the Year of Reading from my Shelf and Not Buying. Thanks to my amazing family, and the always wonderful Book Outlet!

I got:

Non-fiction

1. Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton (Hardcover)
2. Hubble's Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images by Terence Dickinson (Hardcover)

Adult:

1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Paperback)
2. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (Mass market paperback)
3. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander #6 - Mass market paperback)
4. An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander #7 - Mass market paperback)
5. Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover (Hopeless #2 - Paperback)
6. Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover (Hopeless #2.5 - Paperback)
7. The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern (Paperback)
8. P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern (Paperback)
9. How to Fall in Love by Cecelia Ahern (Paperback)
10. The Year I Met You by Cecelia Ahern (Hardcover)
11. Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #2 - Paperback)
12. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (Paperback)
13. The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie (Paperback)
14. Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon (Paperback)
15. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglass Adams (Hardcover)
16. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglass Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide #2 - Hardcover)
17. Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglass Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide #3 - Hardcover)
18. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglass Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide #4 - Hardcover)
19. Mostly Harmless by Douglass Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide #5 - Hardcover)
20. Find You in the Dark by A. Meredith Walters (Paperback)
21. Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodman (Hardcover)
22. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (Hardcover)
23. The Outlandish Companion by Diana Gabaldon (Hardcover)
24. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley (Hardcover)

Young adult:

1. Sekret by Lindsay Smith (Paperback)
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling (Hardcover)
3. Mortal Gods by Kendare Blake (Goddess War #2 - Hardcover)
4. Cracked by K.M. Walton (Hardcover)
5. Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth (Hardcover)
6. The Wrath & The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh (Hardcover)
7. My True Love Gave to Me by A collection of authors (Hardcover)
8. Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Hardcover)
9. Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes (Falling Kingdoms #2 - Paperback)
10. Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes (Falling Kingdoms #3 - Hardcover)
11. The Anatomy of Dreams by Chloe Benjamin (Paperback)
12. Nothing by Janne Teller (Paperback)
13. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (Hardcover)

I had such a wonderful year in books, and in my life. Here's to an even better 2016, with amazing friends, family, and more and more books!

November 2015 Book Haul

I got a fair amount of books this month, with 11 reading books and 1 colouring book (because why not?). I told myself that I was going to pull back on the buying this month but...well, sales happened.


I got:

Young Adult:

1. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Hardcover)
2. Half Bad by Sally Green (Hardcover)
3. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (Hardcover)
4. Zac & Mia by A.J. Betts (Paperback)
5. Prophecy by Ellen Oh (Paperback)
6. The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine (Hardcover)

Adult:

1. Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern (Movie edition paperback)
2. Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander #8 - paperback)
3. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Hardcover)
4. We Are Pirates by Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket - Hardcover)

Non-fiction

1. You are Here by Chris Hadfield (Hardcover)

Miscellaneous

1. Lost Ocean by Johanna Basford (Paperback colouring book)

October 2015 Book Haul

So, this month I got a total of just three books. I wanted to try and read more books than I bought this month, which was successful...but I only managed to read four books. The books I got this month are:

Young adult:

1. The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason

Adult:

1. You by Caroline Kepnes
2. Marley & Me by John Grogan

The next few months I will most likely to be buying a lot more than three books, so I'm glad that I was able to cut it down this month, because it helps me catch up on my massive TBR pile.

September 2015 Book Haul

This month I realllllly tried to, well, haul it back for my book haul. I got so many more books then I had originally thought I had gotten in August, so I wanted to focus more on reading and school this month, and less on buying, and I think I did a really good job! In total I bought four books in September, and three were given to me.

Non-fiction:

1. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield (paperback)

Young adult:

1. Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid (hardcover)

Adult:

1. This is How You Die by a collection of authors (Machine of Death #2 - paperback)
2. The Revisionists by Thomas Mullen (hardcover)
3. Dead Man's Grip by Peter James (mass market paperback)
4. The Summer That Never Was by Peter Robinson (two in one book with below)
5. Cold is the Grave by Peter Robinson (mass market paperback)

I am super excited to read Never Always Sometimes, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, and This is How You Die. They all look so amazing, hopefully I can get to some of them over my Thanksgiving weekend break!

August 2015 Book Haul

This month I decided to tell myself that I would not pay full price for any of the books that I bought. So, every single book on this list was either at a discounted price, or I found it on clearance. Not the best way of decreasing the TBR pile, but a helpful way for now.

In total I bought 16 books in August.

 Young adult:

1. Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor (hardcover)
2. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #2 - hardcover)
3. Nowhere But Here by Kaite McGarry (hardcover)
4. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (paperback)
5. Say You Will by Eric Walters (signed paperback)
6. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (Shadow and Bone #3 - paperback)
7. Because It is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin (Birthright #2 - hardcover)

Adult:

1. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks (movie tie-in paperback)
2. The Movement of Stars by Amy Brill (paperback)
3. When You Walked Back Into My Life by Hilary Boyd (paperback)
4. The Crook Factory by Dan Simmons (paperback)
5. The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O'Melveny (paperback)
6. Starter House by Sonja Condit (paperback)
7. Red Rising by Pierce Brown (paperback)
8. Parasite by Mira Grant (hardcover)
9. Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult (paperback)

I usually get more books than this every month, but I tried to tell myself that since I have one year until I leave for university, I need to read more and buy less. Hopefully I will continue with that plan next month, but I keep telling myself that and it never happens!