March Book Haul

Here we are again...

With me trying to figure out how I managed to get so many books.

I really don't know how I do it.

I hate this part... when I have type out all the names... SO MUCH WORK UGH. Well, we have: Sherlock Holmes The Compete Illustrated Novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Urban Dog: The Adventures of Parker by Will Chou; Missing Me and Sister, Missing both by Sophie McKenzie; Gone by Michael Grant; The Luxe by Anna Godbersen; The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold; The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy; A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly; Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? By Jeanette Winterson; A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; Holes By Louis Sachar; Mansfield Park and Persuasion by Jane Austen; and finally (thank god) And Then There Were None by Agathe Christie. 

Sherlock Holmes The Compete Illustrated Novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mansfield Park and Persuasion by Jane Austen, And Then There Were None by Agathe Christie. 

Now I don't read many classics and I should start to really (I've always been put off them because of school, they do ruin classics and Shakespeare.. I can't pick up a Shakespeare sonnet or play now). So naturally, I picked up The Sherlock Holmes book thing from the book swap along with two little Jane Austen novels, and my brother threw out his brand new Agathe Christie novel so I saved it... just.

The Tent, The Bucket and Me by Emma Kennedy, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? By Jeanette Winterson, A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

I also picked these three up from the book swap and they all looked like cute, fluffy, quick reads so I managed to struggle these home with my other books. And one of them is an old World Book Night Book for 2013 so I'm quite excited about that (I've heard these are usually great reads). I'm afraid I have no idea what any of these are about because I can't remember and I'm too lazy to check for you (sorry).

 Missing Me and Sister, Missing both by Sophie McKenzie, Gone by Michael Grant,  Holes By Louis Sachar.

These are the books I got from Amazon this month, and I probably won't be buying from there again this month due to shipping costs (it's getting ridiculous Amazon, pull yourself together.) I read the Sister, Missing and Missing Me so you can find the reviews there and here (they were okay). I decideD to pick Gone up due to the talk I've heard about it, and because I really wanted to try something new; I then picked up Holes because I remembering covering it at school once and loving it, so here we are I guess.

A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly, Urban Dog: The Adventures of Parker by Will Chou, The Luxe by Anna Godbersen, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. 

So yes again, I picked up three of these from my local book swap (I am naughty... I may have to ban myself); I will admit, I purely picked up The Lovely Bones due to all the hype, but can you really blame me? And then I found The Luxe in a charity shop, because honestly they are probably the best place for good quality but cheap books, and I picked that up because I wanted to pay for something (I feel guilty if I leave empty handed). 

So yeah, that was my not so big (maybe) book haul. I hope you like seeing what I got and I will try reading some of these soon, and I hope you may have some good book recommendations for me? 

Till next time!

February Book Haul!

So you know how I thought collecting 11 books in January was bad?

Well...

This time I have 17 books.

I was able to get 17 books in the space of 28 days.

How did I even manage that?

So I guess I should name everything now *distant sobbing*: A Study in Scarlet; The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, His Last Bow, and The Hounds of The Baskervilles all by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern; Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie; One Day by David Nicholls; A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen; My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews; Attatchements by Rainbow Rowell; Thirteen by Tom Hoyle; Double Cross by Malorie Blackman; You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi Mcfarlane; Stravaganze: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman; and finally, Switched by Amanda Hocking *phew*

A Study in Scarlet, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, His Last Bow, and The Hounds of the Baskervilles all by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

So being the Sherlockian I am I figured it was time to start buying these: I found two of my lovely novels at HMV for £2.99 and couldn't resist (especially with their gorgeous faces on it); and then the others I received from The Radio Times, I ordered these back in January for free when Sherlock returned to our screens (and they finally arrived, I can not possibly tell you how excited I was).

The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern, Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie, One Day by David Nicholls, and Stravaganze: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman.

I actually received these for free from our village book swap when I took up a few old books, I think I may have taken more than appropriate, but it was becoming crowded in that Telephone Box so I can justify it (just). I have actually read my mother's copy of One Day but I wanted my own so I got the free one, but I haven't read the others so I'm extremely excited to.

Thirteen by Tom Hoyle, Double Cross by Malorie Blackman, You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi Mcfarlane, and lastly, Switched by Amanda Hocking.

I recieved Switched and You had Me at Hello as gifts as the previous owners didn't want them anymore, I really want to read You Had Me at Hello because I have heard good things, and you can read my review on Switched here. I bought both Double Cross (which completes my Noughts and Crosses series - which I haven't read yet but will soon) and Thirteen at a standard book store at their standard price.

 A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews, Attatchements by Rainbow Rowell.

I bought all these on offer on Amazon and was very frustrated when I waited for them because I honestly really love Contemporary Novels like these at the moment. I have already read My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl; that was a lot of 'and's wasn't it? You can read my reviews here and here please. I have started Attatchements and I'm a few chapters in and laughing already, I can tell this is going to be a good book, and my sister is reading A Street Cat Named Bob at the moment so I'll have to wait a while for that.

So, that's everything I got, too much right? I thought so. Well I hope you enjoy seeing what I got, and let me know what you think I should buy and review next!

I need to go rest my typing hands now, before they fall off (they really hurt from that).

January Book Haul

Hello wonderful people!

So... I was a little naughty lost month.... I bought 11 books *gasp*

I know... It was really bad of me, but hey ho, on with life.

So I thought I would show you what I bought

Here we go! 

So these are the eleven books I bought: The Divergent Trilogy, The Inheritance Cycle Series, The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 3/4, Of Mice of Men and The Sherlock Holmes Handbook.

The No.1 Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Adrian Mole 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend.

Admittedly, I have not had time to read the first book so I can not comment on that; but I have read the other two before. We read Of Mice and Men recently in English and I enjoyed it so much I just bought a copy, I know what you're thinking... That was really bad of me, but this is the first time I've ever liked a classic! I read Adrian Mole when I was eleven and haven't read any of the series since (really funny by the way, because Adrian is a douchebag who you want to punch), so I'm looking forward to possibly starting that up again. 

The Sherlock Holmes Handbook by Ransom Riggs (hardcover - and what a cool name guys)

I've flicked through the pages of this is Waterstones in the clearance section and and... *sigh* fangirled in front of everyone there, this is honestly the coolest book though. It tells you how to: fight like Holmes, analyse finger prints, deduce who Moriarty is and fake your own death. I recommend that all sherlockians buy and read this, you can find it here.

The Inheritance Cycle Series by Christopher Paolini (all are paperback apart from Inheritance)

I have been wanting to read this series for a long time, and finally find a hardcover Inheritance in the clearance section of Waterstones, I immediately picked it up for £8 (can you believe that???!!!) I got the rest of the series online, unfortunately in paperback so they don't match. I really can't wait to read this series, but it may take me a while to get around to it. 

 The Divergent Trilogy and The World of Divergent Booklet (all hardback apart from the booklet)

So this is something I've been dying to buy since I bought the first two books on my Kindle Fire, and had a nice little surprise when it was delivered and found that it had an exclusive booklet in it to (which has quizzes about what sector you would be in and other cool stuff). I'm really pleased with these because they're so pretty (mum voice: don't judge a book by it's cover!), and you can read my review on Allegiant here.

Well, that's all I got really, and I can't wait to read and review them! Bye bye for now!