Sunday, January 5, 2014

Broke and Bookish Book Haul for 11/24 - 1/4

Bridget's Christmas Haul


This year I made the very smart decision to give my Amazon wish list to a few key people, i.e. my mother and my fiancé (who then passed it on to his parents). Here's what I ended up with (yay!):



The Silent Wife - A. S. A. Harrison  I came across this book in Target one day, and decided to forgo picking it up in favor of Joe Hill's N0S4A2 and Stephen King's Joyland (both of which were great, btw). Then I saw a great review of The Silent Wife on Slate and put it on my wish list.
Charity Case - Dan Pallotta  I work in the nonprofit industry doing fundraising, and it is incredibly frustrating to hear your organization denigrated for using "too much" money for overhead expenses (any org I've worked at has kept overhead to a ridiculous 7% or so…that's nothing) or not spending "enough" on the cause. Dan Pallotta did a great TED Talk a while ago that I love, and I wanted to read more about his theories, so I'm excited to dig into this one.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot  This has been on my reading list for years, and I'm so excited to finally get to it!
Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld  I can't remember where I saw this reviewed, but it looked really intriguing!
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman  I saw this reviewed on Slate as well and thought it looked like it would be up my alley!
The Anatomy of Type - Stephen Coles  Yet another Slate pick! Their review made something I'd never really thought about in depth before---that is, the minute characteristics of the fonts we use on a daily basis---sound incredibly interesting. I can't wait to read this!


Daisy's Book Haul


So please keep in mind that this is 1,5 months worth of books for me. So my haul is a teensy bit epic :)


Bought:
-A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness: Even after the mindfuck that was More Than This and not being really sure how I feel about that book, even 2 months later, I'm willing to give Patrick Ness another try.
-City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare: so I keep hearing both really good and really bad things about this series, but I'm still determined to give it a try and I needed something to add to my order to get free shipping ;)
-Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes: I haven't started the first book in this series yet, but it sounds like something I will LOVE so I pre-ordered the sequel.
-Altered by Jennifer Rush: I hear REALLY good things about this book!
-Let The Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger: this will either be a complete hit or a complete miss. I'm hoping for the first.
-No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean: Ah, Sarah MacLean, your historical romances never fail to make me swoon and have all the feelings and I have no doubt that No Duke Goes Unpunished will be just as amazing as the other books I've read by you! There really is no good excuse as to why I haven't read this yet except that I've been crazy busy and stressed!
-Pawn by Aimée Carter: I wanted a shiny finished copy because it sounds REALLY good!
-The Night Itself by Zoë Marriott: basically I bought this because I'd been eyeing it for a while and Daph said it was good :)
-Fairy Bad Day by Amanda Ashby: this sounds really cute and the title even made my boyfriend smile, so obviously I need to read this!
-This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales: I have endless love for this book and needed to own a copy becaus I need this book to physically be in my life.
-The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins: AAAH! THEY ARE SO PRETTY!! I already owned a set of this series, but EVERYONE has already borrowed them and not all the borrowers are as gentle with my books as I would like them to be... Nobody but me is touching these beauties!
-Vicious by V.E. Schwab: I adored The Near Witch and am excited to see what happens when Victoria Schwab switches genres!
-The Rogue's Princess by Eve Edwards: I read the first two books in this series and they were really cute YA historical romance, so I figured I'd complete my collection.
-Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence: I've been eyeing this for 2 years and it was a total steal on Amazon, so...
-Unhinged by A.G. Howard: OMG, YOU GUYS! My pre-order came in early!!! EEEEE! I finished it this morning and have so many feelings!
-Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones: this was a really cute story! I think I would have loved it even more if I'd read it as a kid, but still really entertaining!
-Ashes to Ashes by Melissa C. Walker: I LOVED Unbreak My Heart and am dying to read this!

Gifted:
-Het Menselijk Lichaam by Paolo Giordano: wow, I just noticed that this doesn't even have an English translation yet! I was really impressed with The Solitude of Prime Numbers, so of course I wanted his newest release as well! Got this as a Sinterklaas gift from the boyfriend's mother :)

We had a Book Club Secret Santa and I got these two from Debby, THANK YOU! :D
-Cinder by Marissa Meyer: If I read this everyone can stop screaming at me? All my book club girls love this series, so I'm gonna give it a try and you can all say I told you so if I end up loving it :)
-The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons: which Debby got me because I am 'into epic lovestories' AND SHE'S TOTALLY RIGHT SO YAYYY!! :D

I bought this with a gift card I got for Sinterklaas :)
-Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella: I LOVE Sophie Kinsella's standalones and I hope this will me no exception!


Egalleys for review:
-(Don't You) Forget About Me by Kate Karyus Quinn: This book sounds absolutely creepy and amazing!
-The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones and Ursula Jones: this sounds so good and if it's as charming as Howl's Moving Castle was I'm sure I'm going to enjoy this very much!
-The Last Best Kiss by Claira LaZebnik: I really enjoyed her first two books and I'm forever in for a retelling of Persuasion!
-Guy In Real Life by Steve Brezenoff: this has the potential to be AMAZING so obviously I want to read it!
-After the End by Amy Plum: I loved Die For Me and am embarassed to say I haven't read the rest of the series, but I adored Amy Plum's writing and this new series sounds really exciting!
-Don't Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley: I can't imagine my mom talking about embarassing childhood moments on a blog. And I want to! Imagine it. Not live it.
-The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings: OMG SO MUCH EXCITEMENT!!
-Wicked Games by Sean Olin: I'm always intrigued by a tale of revenge.
-Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike: an ORACLE! I AM SO IN!
-The Eighth Day by Dianna K. Salerni: doesn't everybody wish for an eighth day to the week? ;)
-The Falconer by Elizabeth May: paranormal historical fiction YES! This combines two of my favourite genres :D
-Mistwalker by Saundra Mitchell: I read the Vespertine AGES ago and really liked it! It feels as if I've been waiting on this book forever, as I added it to my TBR shelf 2,5 years ago!
-We Were Liars by E. Lockhart: OMG, SO EXCITED!!! I've heard people RAVING about this and did several happy dances when I got the approval e-mail! :D
-The Here and Now by Ann Brashares: so I adore her for her Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants books and this sounds AMAZING as well! And I'm seriously in love with that cover, it is so pretty!
-Broken Fences, Hearts, and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn: this sounds like a super cute summer romance and I love those :)
-Royally Lost by Angie Stanton: so princes are running around in the wild and I want to read about them!



Our Broke & Bookish book haul is inspired by memes like IMM & Stacking the Shelves & Mailbox Monday. This is just our very simple way of doing it collaboratively so we can participate in all of them and not have to choose one.

10 comments:

  1. Bridget - The Ocean at the End of the Lane and Prep are brilliant.

    Daisy - what a haul! I especially love your shiny new Hunger Games books. Good plan on not lending them to anyone!

    Sarah

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  2. These are great lists! I'll definitely be referring to this for book ideas in the coming months.

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  3. I will be interested to hear your review of Henrietta Lacks. It was a town wide read here a few years ago. I felt it was too much like a textbook, but everyone else I spoke with really enjoyed it.

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  4. Next year I will have a wish list, too. Awesome books, ladies. Looks like you will be busy for awhile. :)

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  5. I love your new copies of the Hunger Games books. They are so pretty.

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  6. I loved the first book by Paolo Giordano too! Have you seen the film?
    Have a good week! xoxo

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    1. PS: Love all the book you got this time!

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  7. SO jealous of your shiny Hunger Games books!

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  8. Wowzer, you got a lot of books! I'm interested in trying Cinder at some point, and would really consider Splintered, but I'm nervous because I do't like Alice in Wonderland much.
    I really liked The Mortal Instruments series, City of Ashes is my favourite so far, so I'd definitely say it's a mixed feelings series. I also like the cover of Altered more than the sounds of it, but you never know.

    I'll definitely have to make a Wishlist and just give it to family so I have a few surprises!
    Fantastic overall haul, and happy reading in 2014.

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  9. so many amazing books. I re brought my Hunger Games set aswell, I got this amazing white covered with each books different colour page edges, they are just so gorgeous.
    Happy Reading
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