Tuesday, April 1, 2014

With Our Last $20: April 2014 Edition




With Our Last $20 is a feature here at The Broke & The Bookish wherein we answer the prompt of which book we'd purchase with the last $20 left in our pocket for each month -- be it new releases or older books...basically which ever book we'd be so excited to read that we'd be willing to spend the last $20 in our pockets on. I mean, we are The Broke and the Bookish after all. We'd no doubt live up to our name and forgo other things for a new book!




Jamie's Pick:

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Page -- oh YES I would be spending the last $20 in my pocket on a Wizard of Oz retelling where Dorothy appears to be a bit cray cray! I've heard some excellent things about it already so ABSOLUTELY this is my pick.







Jen's Pick:

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han - this book comes out this month and I am so excited to read it! If I wrote letters to past crushes and the letters were actually mailed I would probably have an anxiety attack.  But the great thing about books is we can vicariously live through the characters!




A Mad, Wicked Folly
Jana's Pick:

A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller - I've been on a historical romance kick lately, and I love that this one is YA! And this has the whole art class scandal of a girl posing nude and then getting expelled from her French finishing school. There's love and balls and pretty dresses and boys. Count me in! I really want to buy this one!

 

 

Bridget's Pick:

The Shining, signed limited edition…I got an email about this baby today. Unfortunately, it would cost a lot more than just my last $20…seeing as it's $900…sigh. Maybe one day.





Tahleen's Pick:

Usually the books I buy nowadays are cookbooks. Today at the library, I saw a brand new cookbook called Olives, Lemons, and Za'atar by Rawia Bishara. I have all of those (za'atar is a Middle Eastern spice blend) in my Armenian-American kitchen, so I would totally spend $20 on a cookbook that has them all together.





Julia's Pick:

Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook - I read the first book in this series ages ago, and I've wanted to continue on with it for quite some time. I think if I had the second one in my hand I would just slam through this series. Steampunk is like my favorite thing at the current moment :)





 

What book would you spend YOUR last $20 on in April-- new release, something you just found out about that was pubbed awhile ago, etc. 




8 comments:

  1. Good picks and great idea for a post!

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  2. I agree with Jamie - I'm so excited to read Dorothy Must Die! There's still no release date for it on Amazon UK so I've ordered it from the States and I can't wait for it to get here.

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  3. These all look good but I would have the hardest time choosing between Dorothy Must Die and To All the Boys I've Loved Before! Dorothy looks so good but JENNY HAN!!!!

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  4. This blog post is fantastic! I would spend my last $20 on Dorothy Must Die or Out Of The Easy!

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  5. I would go with Jen's pick! Which I am too lol But I would also do What I Thought Was True which comes out in two weeks! ~ Nikki

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  6. Okay, so I totally just added Dorothy Must Die to my TBR list. This month, with my last $20, I'm totally picking up Dreams of Gods and Monsters. Next Tuesday, baby!

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  7. I love the theme of this post! Books will always take my last few cents, and I'm okay with that haha. Gotta go with Jamie on this one - I'm digging all the Oz-related stuff!

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