Book Haul #3

Welcome Everyone,

Today’s post is ANOTHER BOOK HAUL :)

I buy books pretty much every week and so I bought a whole bundle last week but I wanted to slowly show you guys all of them. You will notice that every second or so post is a book haul, and that’s just because I have so many books to show you, I want to do it gradually over time :)

I buy a variety of different books as you will see, so I’m excited to show you these ones that I picked up last week.

Let’s start with the non-fiction:

Title: Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants by Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal)

When I bought this book, I didn’t know much about it other than that the author was very funny. So I bought this book and read a bit of it and realised it was not what I expected it to be. The book begins with the Grizzly bear gag where the bear represents a kind of person in society which I found really interesting. After that the rest of the book is filled with humorous jokes about different things in society such as accents, computers and dreams. I’m eager to read this book as I’m sure I’ll have a great laugh during it. I also think I might buy some more of his books as I’m sure they will be just as funny. The author of this book actually runs a website which contains some funny content, so you guys should definitely check it out if you’re thinking of buying his books. The website is http://theoatmeal.com/.

Now for the fiction books and I’d like to start with a box set I bought.

Title: Fallen Series by Lauren Kate

I have heard a lot of good things about this series for a long time now but I have just never been interested to pick it up. I saw this box set at Dymocks for only $30 and so I just thought, why not buy it and finally see what everyone has been talking about. The series revolves around the life of a teenage girl, Lucinda Price, Who moves to another school and meets a boy who she is drawn to. The boy’s name is Daniel and he is actually a fallen angel. The series follows their story and their relationship and her relationship with others in the immortal world. I’ve always been interested in immortal characters and books but for some reason, fallen angel characters never had an appeal to me. I’m not too sure why that may be but as I started to read more into what this series was about I started to open up my mind to actually give the series ago. I’m happy that I found this box set for really cheap or else I may have not been so persuaded to read the books. I’m looking forward to reading this series and seeing whether this is the type of supernatural theme that I would read more in the future. The first book is also scheduled to be turned into a movie which is exciting as it may enhance the reading experience by allowing me to visually see the story play out.

Now for the individual books I bought.

Title: Tithe by Holly Black

I am SO excited about this book and I’m so happy that I found it for really cheap. I’ve heard such great things about Holly Black and this series in particular and so when I saw this book I just knew I had to get it. This book is the first book in the “Modern Tale of Faerie Trilogy”. The book follows the story of 16 year old, Kaye who travels with her mother’s band but after moving back home she becomes caught in the war of two faerie kingdoms. I don’t usually read books about faeries but the blurb of this book sounded really interesting and I just thought I should give it ago especially if the story sounds intriguing. I’m starting to become a big fan of fantasy stories and so I’m glad I picked this book up as it seems like a good way to nourish my new found interest in this genre. I’m planning on buying the other 2 books in the series so that I can just marathon through the 3 books, back to back. Ever since I bought it, I just can’t stop looking at and reading the blurb over and over again. I think I’m going to really like this series.

Title: Night Prey by John Sandford

This one is a bit of different kind of book for me as I don’t normally read books from this genre, although I’d like to. This book is actually the 6^th book in the “Lucas Davenport” Series although I think the books do not need to be read in order for the book to be understood. It is a crime/murder mystery book based around the detective Lucas Davenport as he tries to as he works to catch murderers and man hunters. In this book specifically, it is a case where Davenport is in pursuit of an experienced thief who carves the initials of the woman he is obsessed about, onto his victims. I was given this book by my mum as she was cleaning her room she found it. I read the back of the book and thought, it sounds interesting and I have never read a murder mystery before so why not give it a try. As I’ve said, I have always wanted to start reading books from this genre but I just can never know where to start as there are so many great authors of the genre that I’ve heard of. I’m happy to be given this book, to get me started and possibly encourage me to dive more into this genre.

The final book I have to show you all is actually a graphic novel.

Title: Clockwork Prince (Graphic Novel) By Cassandra Clare & Art by Hyekyung Baek

I already own the first volume (Clockwork angel) in graphic novel form but have yet to read it. I really don’t know much about this series other than the fact that it’s connected in some way to the Mortal Instruments series (which again I know nothing about). From what I’ve read online, this series is about a girl (Tessa Gray) who moves to London and ends up colliding with the supernatural world of characters called “Shadowhunters”. I’ve never bothered to pick up the series despite people telling me I should and so when I saw that there was a graphic novel version of the infernal devices series, I just knew I had to get them. I love reading graphic novels especially when it comes from a book series because it gives me an idea whether or not I’ll like the series. I think if I like the story, I will end up reading the books as well as the Mortal Instruments series.  I’ve heard nothing but good things about the series but I’ve had a difficult time understanding the plot just from what I hear from others. I hope these books give me a slight idea of what the series is about and hopefully persuade me to read the whole series. These books are in my April To-Read list and so I hope to get through them really soon.

And that is my book haul for today, I’m sorry that I didn’t post this last night like I said I would but I ended up having to work so I didn’t have the energy to write but I promise to have another post (a review) for you all this weekend.

Keep Reading :)