Hi guys! Welcome back to my channel! So
today's video is going to be my summer
book haul. I'm gonna try to go really
quickly through these because I do have
quite a few. I'm not sure if I'm gonna be
able to give you synopses for all of
these; however, if you are interested in
finding out more about a book that I
show you guys, as always I will leave all
the links down below for you guys to go
and check them out.
Let's get started! This is one that I
actually forgot to talk about in my last
haul. Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen. This is the Penguin English Library Edition
which I absolutely love! Except that I am
a little sad that they changed the texture
of the covers. This is an older copy that
I have of one of these books – this is Jane Eyre.
The [old] covers are kind of
rubberized, they have an author portrait
in the back as well as, like, they're just
kind of a thicker cardboard-type paper.
And these are a lot thinner, it's
obviously not rubberized at all, and
there's no portrait. Either way,
these books are beautiful and they're
not too expensive as well. I buy
these on the Book Depository because
they are UK editions and the Book
Depository is usually where I buy all my UK editions.
Confess by Colleen Hoover. I
already read it.
It was okay. I definitely
think I like Maybe Someday more than this.
I don't have this something that
calling whoever does with all of her
books but with the two that I've read
there has been other kind of media – like
for Maybe Someday it was songs, which I'm still obsessed with a couple of those.
I listen to them on Spotify sometimes. For
this one, because the main protagonist –
or one of the main protagonist – is an
artist they actually have the art in
the book which is really good because
you can actually see what they're
talking about when [the art] is
mentioned in the story which is really nice.
And I've mentioned before that my
library has a little nook hidden away
in a corner of the building and it's a
little store and basically paperbacks
are five for a dollar. These are my most
recent purchase from that little store.
The first is Fahrenheit 451. This is a classic
I've never read before but has been
highly recommended. It takes place in a
world where reading is illegal and the
main protagonist in this, his job is to
burn books, and he burns them in a fire
that's 451 degrees...hence the title.
I'm very intrigued by that
obviously since, you know, books are kind of ~my thing~
I'm intrigued to see what
kind of world would be without books and
reading was illegal.
I can't even imagine it, so this is a
classic that I definitely want to read.
Next up is In Cold Blood by Truman
Capote. This is one that I read for my AP English class.
(I just almost smacked myself in the face)
It's one of those books where, like, I don't even necessarily think I'm going
to reread this again anytime soon but it's
one that I read in class and it just
kind of stuck with me.
This is a true crime story and Truman Capote
interviewed these two men who committed
a gruesome murder in the late 1950s, I believe. Yes, November 15, 1959.
[They] murdered an entire family in their
farmhouse and Truman Capote really got
to know them, he interviewed them, and he really wanted to get to the bottom of
what made these men break
into their house and murder an
entire family. And it's definitely a
really interesting book and I enjoyed
this book. And like I said, it's one that kind of sticks to you a little bit.
The next three I picked up mostly for,
like, nostalgic reasons. The first one is
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
This is a book that I remember being
terrified of in elementary school.
I thought that it was a scariest thing! I
remember just flipping through it
and just being scared by the
drawings and stuff and now looking at it
I don't think this is really that
scary at all but I remember being
terrified of it. I saw it and even
though it's not in the best condition,
I mean, like, it was less than
twenty-five cents so I decided to pick
it up. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie
Babbitt. This is actually one that I did not
read when I was younger but I did read this
for my children's literature class in
college and I remember really, really
liking it.
And last but not least I have Peter Pan
by J.M. Barrie. I've never read Peter Pan
but the movie that came out
in the early 2000s
was one of my all-time favorites!
I actually saved up my own money to buy
that, and I replayed it so much I think
the DVD even got scratched at some point.
And I had the biggest crush on the Peter Pan
actor. I don't even know his name but I
remember him from my childhood. I was
obsessed with him. I loved him. I'm excited to finally read this.
And last from the library I have Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard.
This is the second book in the
Red Queen trilogy. I actually got this
because my younger brother and I signed
up for the summer reading challenge my
library was holding where if you read for a
certain number of hours and did like a
certain number of activities you got
a free book and this is what I chose.
I wasn't the biggest fan of the first
book. I liked it enough. I thought it was
good, and I can definitely see why a lot of
people love it. It just wasn't something
that I felt like I had was dying to get
my hands on the next book.
However, since this was given to me by my
local library I was like, "okay well I own
it. Now I can actually see if the
series improves and if it's something
that I want to invest my time into. And
next I'm going to fly through these
really quickly because I actually
already mentioned most of these in my
last video which is my video for the
National Hispanic Heritage Month reads.
I decided that I'm going to try to read
books by Hispanic authors all throughout
the month and these are three books that
I ordered off the Book Outlet. The first one
is The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey.
I've talked about this.
It is a paranormal fantasy, I believe.
The synopsis just really gives me very,
kind of, Daughter of Smoke and Bone kind of
vibes on which I'm totally into! Super
excited to get to it this one this month.
Next up is Dream Things True by Marie
Marquardt. This one is kind of a
star-crossed lovers, contemporary romance
where immigration kind of comes into
play and I really want to see how that
is handled in a contemporary YA romance
because that's definitely something that
I haven't seen before. And then next is
The Weight of Feathers by Anna Marie
MacLemore and I think this one also has
a kind of like star-crossed lovers
situation but there is a lot more
magical realism in this. Again, I've
heard really good things about this one
so I'm very excited as well.
Last, I have The Unexpected Everything by
Morgan Matson. I started reading Morgan Matson
books this year. Really, really
became a fan of them, but I hadn't
actually gotten my hands on this which
is her newest release, I think she
released this earlier on this year, so I
saw it on the Book Outlet and I just
jumped at the chance of getting it. Look guys PUPPIES!
Puppies! Puppies! So many puppies! I love
puppies so much andIi want a puppy so bad
but we can't have any in the apartment
so I just keeps, like, looking at pictures
and vines of them all the time which is
definitely not the same but that's all I have
Anyway! Okay next up! I went to a local
used bookstore a little while ago to trade
in some of my unhauled books and I got
two books. The first one is
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes. This is the first
book in the Falling Kingdoms series.
I didn't own a finished copy of this. The
copy that I have it is actually an ARC,
so I've been dying to get my hands on a
finished copy. However, I've noticed that
Morgan Rhodes books, or at least for this
series, the books tend to be a little bit
more expensive normally than your
average YA fantasy book – for a
hardcover – so I was really excited when I
saw this at the bookstore and I traded
it in for a couple of books so I got
this! Next, I got A Game of Thrones by
George R.R. Martin. It's an older edition
because again when I go to used
bookstore I get really excited when I
see older editions of books and I'm more
tempted to buy older editions if
they're in good condition. You know,
they did have the new additions, which
would actually matched the additions of
the three other books that I have. I
opted to get this one just because it's
from the 90s (I think) and even if it does
look a little antiquated, I kinda liked it.
Plus, it was cheaper and I did like
the little design – I don't even know if the
newer ones have this kind of design
thing – but I liked it for ~this~ so...
So I think that was it!
Those are all the books that I picked up.
I do have actually a pre-order coming
which you probably already know which
one it is ;)
I don't have it with me yet because I am
going to the Leigh Bardugo event on
October 2nd. So if any of you guys are going
please let me know. I'm thinking of
maybe having some sort of, like, mini,
unofficial meetup of sorts because I
know that I think Hannah and Brandon
are going so if any of you guys are
interested in that... I'll have the event
details down below and everything. It's
happening here in the Bay Area in Los Altos, I believe. I'm super, super
excited if you guys are interested in
having some sort of little mini
meetup or maybe we'll just, like, gather
around as we all wait in line for the
event to start or something, I don't
know. I just think it'd be really cool to
meet people and talk to people at
the event. So if any of you guys are interested in
that please let me know. I'll have all
the information linked down below for
you guys to check out and yeah that's
going to be it for this video I really
hope that you enjoyed it and I'll see
you next time!
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