Greetings bookworms and welcome back to my bookish corner! I hope this week has been fabulous for you all. It’s been pretty hectic for me, as you can tell from my absence here on the blogosphere (or maybe you guys don’t notice at all… *sob*). BUT, ONE GREAT THING HAPPENED THIS WEEK (among the many other awesome things):
I WENT TO THE BOOKSTORE.
And what did I do there? Buy books, obviously. I had a $60 gift card for Dymocks Bookstore and on Tuesday, I couldn’t take it anymore – I NEEDED TO GET MY HANDS ON NEW BOOKS. So I trundled off with my best friend to the bookstore and walked out with three books! WOOOOOO.
And now it’s time for me to show you said books!
PASSENGER BY ALEXANDRA BRACKEN
I keep hearing such good things about this book, I just could not contain myself when i saw this, in all it’s beauty, in the bookstore. I squealed a little bit in delight. Just a bit. If you don’t know what this book is about (which, by the way, would be ridiculous because this has been the buzz of the town for the entirety of January and February), it’s about a ships and time travel and searching for stolen items. Mixing ships at sea with time travelling sounds so dang cool, RIGHT?!
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MORE THAN THIS BY PATRICK NESS
Yaaaas. Finally, I have acquired a new Patrick Ness book. Fast becoming my favourite author for his amazing writing and storytelling in A Monster Calls and the Chaos Walking trilogy, I’m excited to get into More Than This, which is another of his deep, contemporary novels. And just look at the BEAUTIFUL COVER. I’m all about covers you guys – I’m not shallow, I just appreciate an eye for good design.
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THE WALLED CITY BY RYAN GRAUDIN
After blowing me away with Wolf by Wolf, I couldn’t NOT walk past this book in the bookstore. Not only does it sound so incredibly compelling, but I am also curious as to Ryan Graudin’s other works of fiction. Here’s what the blurb says, to entice you further:
There are three rules of survival in the Walled City.
RUN FAST. TRUST NO ONE.
ALWAYS CARRY YOUR KNIFE.
Right now, my life depends completely on the first.
RUN, RUN, RUN.
51 responses to “SO… I BOUGHT SOME BOOKS // February Haul”
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Out of all of these I’ve only read Passenger and I quite liked it. I hope you enjoy your new books! 😀
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I’m glad that you liked Passenger! I can’t wait to read that one. 😊
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Oooh, those books look so great!! Both The Walled City and The Passenger are on my TBR. And they both look so pretty too. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts. 🙂
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Hopefully you can get around to reading them soon, but if not, I can totally share my feedback of the books to you. Look out for reviews of these books to come on my blog! 😄
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Great Picks!
These books are so high on TBR pile.
I cannot wait for your reviews 🙂
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Thank you Warisha! I can’t wait to read them. 😌
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I need a ship just sail across the hype Passenger is drowning in! I read her Darkest Minds books, and though I enjoyed it, for some reason I didn’t continue OOPS.
OMG WOLF BY WOLF. MY LOVE. I need more Ryan Graudin PRONTOOOO.
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Have you read Passenger yet?!
YES YES YES. BECCA READ THE WALLED CITY WITH ME.
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Ahhhh Josie, where have you beeeeeeennnnn? I literally feel like I haven’t talked to you in AGESSS. ❤ Omg, my friend, let this not happen again. XD
But lovely haul you have here! Small, yess, but lovely books.
Passenger, I think could've been better, but it wasn't bad. I think though maybe it's just a tad too overhyped?? I don't know. And More Than This was such a unique read! I've never read anything like it. Oooh yess I finished Wolf by Wolf recently, and I'm eager to read Graudin's other books too! I hope you enjoy The Walled City.
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EEP, I KNOW. It has been so long since we chatted!
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Passenger looks beautiful! Ahhhh! I hope you enjoy all the books! 😀
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It is! I couldn’t stop staring at it when I got home from the bookstore, hehe.
Thank you!
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Why are your photos so pretty?? ❤️❤️❤️ Ahaha! I love Passenger and I look forward to your thoughts ❤️
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Eeek, you think so?! *hugs* thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed Passenger, I hope I feel the same way! 😀
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I NOTICED YOU WERE ABSENT LATELY. The blogosphere has been a dark and lonely place without your presence, DOOON’T LEAVE US AGAIN. Ahem. Anyway. BOOKS!!! I love books. 😀 (Surprise, surprise.) And omg More Than This is amazing and I totally loved it, although it was slightly weird and confusing…but in a good way?! I can honestly say I’ve never read ANYTHING like it. xD And I want to read Walled City! But I also want to read Wolf by Wolf. 😛 OHHH AND PASSENGER IS GORGEOUS LOOKING, I HOPE IT’S AS GOOD AS THE HYPE PROMISES. :’)
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AW CAIT YOU ARE SO SWEET, AGH LETS HAVE SOME CAKE TO CELEBRATE MY RESURGENCE. *hugs*
Of course, we wouldn’t be here without our love for books, hehe.
I like the strangeness and weirdness! I beside myself waiting in anticipation to read it! BUT, I’ve got to finish the Chaos Walking trilogy first.
YOU NEED TO READ WOLF BY WOLF. And then read the Walled City. Or whichever way around to want to go.
HAVE YOU READ PASSENGER YET?! I’m guessing not, right?!
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Wonderful haul & beautiful post, Josephine! 😀
-Jess @jbelkbooks
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Thank you Jess!
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I havent read any of this yet but More Than This is on my high list! I heard mixed reviews on Passenger so I’m hesitant to try it for now. Your photos are on point, Josie! 🙂
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Trisha, I’ll let you in on my thoughts of More Than This when I finish it – I’m sure I’ll be begging for you to read it!
As for Passenger, I’m slightly hesitant too because it is so hyped, but hopefully it lives up to it! You never know until you try!
EEK, THANK YOU TRISHA! 😀
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Welcome back, Josie! I know what you mean. I’ve been scheduling posts but haven’t really been present in the blogosphere to blog hop lately. ): AND SUCH BEAUTIFUL BOOKS! I love the covers of all these. And I can’t wait to see what you think of The Walled City. Fingers crossed it’ll be just as wonderful as Wolf by Wolf for you!
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Thanks Summer! I’m glad to be back.
Me too, I’ve been very absent with blog hopping *sigh*
They’re such gorgeous covers, I must admit it was probably 50% of why I bought them… maybe 40% but you know.
I hope The Walled City turns out great! I mean, it sounds VERY promising.
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This is a cute book haul 🙂 more Than This was a brilliant book! I hope you like it!
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Thank you very much! 😀 I hope so too!
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Great haul! I hope you enjoy Passenger! 😀
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Thank you Raven, I hope so!
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These look amazing – they all have such pretty covers! I’ve heard SO MUCH about Passenger (but who hasn’t, really?), so I hope you enjoy it. You’ll have to let me know what you think, because I really want to read it! I haven’t read any Ryan Graudin books, but I really want to read both of their works. They both really interest me! 😀
I hope you enjoy these books, Josie ♥
Denise | The Bibliolater
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The covers are BRILLIANT, I can’t stop staring at them to be completely honest! hehe
Oh I’ll definitely let you know! Keep an eye out for my reviews! You should read Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin, it’s incredible!
Thank you Denise!
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I love Patrick Ness’ books! I read the first two Chaos Walking books and I NEED the 3rd one in my life. Passenger is high on my wishlist as well. Enjoy your new books!
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I’ve read two of his books and they blew me away! He’s an incredible author.
I’ve got to read The Ask and the Answer soon, so I can read Monsters of Men straight after. I’m excited!
Thank you Kyra!
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Awesome book haul! 😀
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Thank you Ashley. 😀
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Oh I hope you enjoy More Than This! It was the first Patrick Ness book I read and I found it really interesting 🙂
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Me too! Have you read A Monster Calls, or The Knife of Never Letting Go? 😀
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I’ve read The Knife of Never Letting Go but haven’t read the 2nd and 3rd books yet…I’ll get round to them at some point!
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I have all three of these on my TBR and your copies look lovely!
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Will you be reading them any time soon? 🙂 Thank you!
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I still have to get a copy of Passenger, but I’m definitely going to try and read More Than This and The Walled City soon.
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Awesome! I haven’t read any of these books, but I own More Than This and plan on getting my hands on the others at some point!
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Maybe we can read More Than This together at some point, possibly next month? 😀
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I’d love to!
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yaSS! More Than This by Patrick Ness! I’m so excited to read it too! Great haul, Josie. The cover of Passenger tho *so beautiful!*
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We should TOTALLY read it together! 😀
Eep, yes, Passenger is gorgeous! *drools*
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Agree! Agree! Agree! Just tell me when. *excited* 🙂
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One question : How many hours a day do you have there ? I mean to read that many books. Here it is only 24 😦
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Oh no, I didn’t read these all in one day! I bought them, but I haven’t read them. Hehe.
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Yaay! I can’t wait for you to read More Than This, it’s such a great book, I loved it so, so much ❤
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That’s great to hear! Hopefully I can also enjoy the book as much as you did. 😀
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I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Passenger and Patrick Ness’ books, but I haven’t heard about The Walled City. I hope you’ll enjoy reading them Josie! 😀
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Passenger is quite hyped up! Hopefully it lives up to the hype. Patrick Ness is an incredible writer, I love his books A Monster Calls and the Chaos Walking trilogy!
Thank you Tasya!
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