{Book Haul} May 2017

 

So I’ve tried to be slightly better this month in terms of book buying. I’ve got piles upon piles of books still to read, and even more on my kindle but I just can’t help myself. I’m a collector at heart and I love proudly displaying all these gems at home! I’ve not had the opportunity to take any snaps for instagram of them yet this month because things are crazy, but they’ll be up soon, I promise! Follow me on Instagram @bookbastion to catch them when they’re up!

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The Lost Hero
The Heroes of Olympus series – Book 1

by Rick Riordan

Every time I go into a bookstore, in my meandering through the aisles I always inevitably end up eyeing all of the Rick Riordan books. I think it’s a combination of that their covers are awesome, and the content just sounds like so much fun! I’ve been meaning to finish up Percy Jackson so that I can move on to some of the other things he’s written, and this was just the push I needed to get me to really apply myself towards that goal.

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The Son of Neptune

by Rick Riordan

Okay, so I really wanted to drive that point from above home. Out of the two first books in this series, this is the one that really interests me the most. I can’t wait to until I reach it!

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Stalking Jack the Ripper

by Kerri Maniscalco

I fully admit that this one was an impulse buy. I jumped on this one after seeing a fair chunk of friends on my Goodreads feed raving about this book, and enjoying ARCs of its sequel. I hate to be left on the outs of great series, so I jumped in and am committed to checking it out! I’m really intrigued by the Victorian setting and of course, Jack the Ripper. I hope this fills a Penny Dreadful sized hole in my heart, at the very least.

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Fool’s Assassin

by Robin Hobb

When I was wandering around the bookstore, I found this on a shelf full of custom sale items that were marked down to $5.00. I’ve never read Robin Hobb before, but I’ve heard wonderful things about her and always been interested in her work, so I snatched it up. I’ve since been informed that this is NOT the appropriate place to start without feeling totally lost, so that brings me to my next pick.

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Assassin’s Apprentice

by Robin Hobb

Apparently this is a better starting point. If I’m wrong about that, please let me know! I went ahead and bought a copy of this for my Kindle and plan on reading it soon. I’m really looking forward to it!

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Deep Blue

by Jennifer Donnelly

I’ve owned this for the longest, but I didn’t want to do a second April book haul just for this when I bought it! I’m really feeling mermaids right now and am actually planning on reading this one next week sometime, so keep your eye out for the review soon! I’ve heard mixed reviews, so I’m trying to keep my expectations relatively low. I just want mindless mermaid fun.

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Rogue Wave

by Jennifer Donnelly

So, I also bought the sequel too. I can’t help it. I have zero self control. The cover was too beautiful to pass up!

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So that’s it! Those are all the books I’ve bought so far this month! Have you read any of these? What did you think of them? Follow me on instagram @bookbastion for my snaps of these books which will be up soon!

xoxo