Hey there!
Sooooo, I bought a lot of books in August -- 18 books to be
exact! What can I say? It was a very good month at the Goodwill stores.
To run through quickly...
Out of Sight by
Elmore Leonard is such a great book and a
wonderful movie as well. I saw the movie first (Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney
-yum) and fell in love. Then I saw the book at the library and picked up it.
Oh, amazing. The movie follows very closely to the book. Elmore Leonard writes
a great novel. I've ready several of his books. When I saw this at Goodwill I
had to snatch it up for my shelf. Yes, I will read it again. It was just that
good.
Circle of
Desire by Carla Swafford is the first
book in a series by Carla Swafford. I got the second book in a RT book haul
(years ago!) and wanted to read the first book before reading the second one. I
got this one from amazon (second hand) and at $4, it's the most expensive book
in the entire haul.
Highlander Most
Wanted by Maya Banks was a no-brainer buy. Maya Banks is
an auto-buy author. I love everything she writes and I have a portion of my
book shelf dedicated to her (almost the entire shelf -- yep! It's that deep). I
have read this book and it was great. I gave it 4 stars and I'm ready to read
the rest of the series (and anything else she puts out!).
I haven't read anything by J.R. Ward but I saw Covet
at the thrift store and decided I'd try it. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott was the same thing. I had heard
about it on BookTube and when I saw it, decided I need to get it.
The Soldier's Lady by
Michael R. Phillips was a book that I stumbled on and decided I need to try
it out. I've never even heard of Michael R. Phillips, and this is the second
book in a series but I wanted to read it. It's a historical romance and I
really love historicals. I'm betting that I won't really miss the first book
that much and if I do like it, I can find it online, I'm sure.
Middlesex by
Jeffrey Eugenides and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros are total BookTube buys.
Middlesex is one that I've seen and not sure that I want to read and The House
on Mango Street is one that I've seen and really want to read. I decided to get
them both to balance out my reading.
Where Peachtree
Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family by Gary M. Pomerantz is a historical novel set in my hometown of Atlanta. I love
history and I love history in my hometown. It sounds interesting and it will be
a bit of a break from what I normally read.
Thirteen
Reasons Why by Jay Asher and The Museum of Extraordinary Things by
Alice Hoffman are again, BookTube buys. I have seen them both on YouTube
and thought they might be interesting.
The Chronicles
of Narnia by C.S. Lewis...well you
know! I read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe as a child and began Prince
Caspian as an older child. I figured I needed to add this big book to my
collection and my plan is to begin reading it in the fall and take my time
reading it. I am SUPER excited about taking my time to read this one and really
enjoying it.
Radiant Shadows
by Melissa Marr was a "pretty cover"
purchase. The cover was just so shiny. Unfortunately, this is the 4th book in a
series so I have to read 1 - 3. I think I need to check out book one from the
library, you know, just in case.
Beneath The
Glitter is written by Elle & Blair Fowler.
I use to watch their beauty vlogs on YouTube and saw when they were just
getting this book ready for market. I kinda wanted to read it then but it was a
fleeting thought. When I saw it at the thrift store for $2.92, I knew that I
needed to grab it.
Juliet by Anne
Fortier is another "pretty cover"
buy. I have never heard of it but it sounds interesting. It looks like one of
those books that I'll read slowly but I am interested to get to it.
Miss
Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is all over BookTube. I wanted to read it when I heard
about it and got very excited when I found it in the thrift store. I grabbed it
up and looked around to see if anyone else saw my good find (yep, I'm crazy
this way).
And, Delirium by
Lauren Oliver, again, a "pretty cover" buy. Luckily, it's the
first book in a series (because I've kinda sucked at getting book one's this
month). Not sure If I'll like it but at less than 3 bucks, it's ok.
I've mentioned the $2.92 price and alluded to the $1.91
price a few times. At Goodwill, hardback books are $2.92 and paperbacks are
$1.91. If your book has the sticker color of the week, it's half price. I love
looking through Goodwill and Value Village and other thrift stores. This past
month all of my books (except the one purchase from Amazon) came from Goodwill
and many of them were during half price week or a sale time. I don't like
paying full price for anything so this serves me well.
I don't normally purchase this many books in a month but I
found ones that really excited me. I wouldn't normally buy 18 books because I
normally only read half of that in a month. But, you gotta have goals!
What did you find last month? What are you planning to read
first?
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