"To find out what a story's really about,' the Librarian said,

'you don't ask the writer. You ask the reader."


- SNOW & ROSE by Emily Winfield Martin


Saturday, September 15, 2018

My AUGUST Book Haul and Wrap Up, and my SEPTEMBER TBR 2018


Hello, friends!!! 

School has finally started for us and our schedule is BUSY!
But, it's a schedule and I can finally fit in a bit of "me time" and I am SO extra happy about it, lol! It's not easy to have to "adult" all the time - no one can ever prepare you for all of the responsibilities you will one day be in charge of. Thank goodness for books!!! 

Now, let's talk about BOOKS!!!


*My AUGUST Book Haul*

*REVIEW BOOKS:

- KEEPER OF THE BESS by Meg Kassel (YA/HB) from Entangled Teen
SEE ALL THE STARS by Kit Frick (YA/HB) from Simon and Schuster 
- FIERCE FAIRY TALES: Poems & Stories to Stir Your Soul by Nikita Gill (A/PB) from Hachette Books 


From Disney-Hyperion Books:
- HIP AND HOP IN THE HOUSE!: A Free-Flowing Tortoise and the Hare Collection by Jef Czekaj (C/HB) 
- 1 GRUMPY BRUCE by Ryan T. Higgins (C/Board Book) 
- SANTA BRUCE by Ryan T. Higgins (C/HB) 

From Book Sparks: 
THESE REBEL WAVES (Stream Raiders #1) by Sarah Raash (YA/HB) from Book Sparks
- SEA WITCH by Sarah Henning (YA/HB) 
- THE LEAVING YEAR by Pam McGaffin (YA/PB) 
- SCHOOL TALES by Sharon Myrick (A/PB) 

From Peachtree Publishers:
AM I YOURS? by Alex Latimer (C/HB)  
- THE SOMEWHAT TRUE ADVENTURES OF SAMMY SHINE by Henry Cole (MG/PB) 
- THE BOOKSHOP GIRL by Sylvia Bishop (MG/HB) 
- EBENEZER HAS A WORD FOR EVERYTHING by Chelsea H. Rowe (C/HB) 
- HANSEL & GRETEL by Bethan Woollvin (C/HB) 
- LITTLE WHALE by Jo Weaver (C/HB)  

*BOOKS I RECEIVED AS GIFTS or in GIVEAWAYS - Thank you!!!
- SHADOW OF THE FOX by Julie Kagawa (YA/ARC) 
- ENDLESS WATER, STARLESS SKY (Bright Smoke, Cold Fire #2) by Rosamund Hodge (YA/ARC) 
- A GIRL OF WHITE WINTER (Dark Glass #3) by Barb Hendee (YA/PB) - from Kensington via TLC Book Tours IG giveaway 

*BOOKS I PURCHASED
SPINNING SILVER by Naomi Novik (A/signed HB) - Goldsboro Edition 
- CATWOMAN: SOULSTEALER (DC Icons #3) by Leigh Bardugo (YA/signed HB) 
- TEMERAIRE by Naomi Novik (A/PB) - UK Edition 

*KINDLE EBOOKS I PURCHASED:
NOBODY SAID IT'D BE EASY by Patty Blount (A/eBook) 
- ROSEMARY AND RUE (October Daye Series #1) by Seanan McGuire (A/eBook) 

*What I read in AUGUST*

- SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW by Patty Blount (YA/eARC) - 4 stars
- THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang (A/HB) - 4 stars 
- GRACE AND FURY by Tracy Banghart (YA/ARC) - 3 stars 
- BROKEN THINGS by Lauren Oliver (YA/ARC) - 4 stars
- NOBODY REAL by Steven Camden (YA/ARC) - 5 stars
- THE GIRL WITH MORE THAN ONE HEART by Laura Geringer Bass (MG/HB) - 4 stars
AM I YOURS? by Alex Latimer (C/HB) - 5 stars
- STAY SWEET by Siobhan Vivian (YA/HB) - 3 stars 
- FIERCE FAIRYTALES by Nikita Gill (A/PB) - 5 stars 

*My SEPTEMBER TBR*

First, I hope to finish reading
- THE SISTER'S OF THE WINTER WOOD by Rena Rossner (A/ARC) 
- KEEPER OF THE BEES by Meg Kassel (YA/HB) 
- THE CHRISTMAS SISTERS by Sarah Morgan (A/ARC) 

And then, I hope I have enough time to read these too
- BLACK WINGS BEATING by Alex London (YA/ARC) 
- BLANCA & ROJA by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA/ARC) 
- SHADOW OF THE FOX by Julie Kagawa (YA/ARC) 
- LOVE YOU MORE by Gary Urda (C/HB)  
- THE SOMEWHAT TRUE ADVENTURES OF SAMMY SHINE by Henry Cole (MG/PB) 
- HIP & HOP IN THE HOUSE! by Jef Czekaj (MG/HB) 
- GIRAFFE PROBLEMS by Jory John (C/HB) 
- EBENEZER HAS A WORD FOR EVERYTHING by Chelsea Rowe (C/HB) 
- THE BOOKSHOP GIRL by Sylvia Bishop (MG/HB) 
- I LOST MY TOOTH! by Mo Willems (MG/HB) 

Please let me know in the comments what you're reading... 
and leave your blog or book haul links too - I'd love to visit and see what you all have been up to!

Happy reading!!!

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