Hi guys, welcome back to my channel, I’m
Liz and in today’s video I want to show
you the books that I’ve got over the past
2 months, ever since my last bookhaul.
And just like back then, I will choose one
person from the comments to gift them their
book of choice, so subscribe to my channel
if you haven’t already, wait till the end
of this video to hear about all of the books
that I’m gonna talk about and leave a comment
down below telling me which book sounds the
best and which one you would like to read,
and one person will have their wish granted.
So without further ado let’s jump into the
bookhaul.
There are 10 books in total, 3 of them being
a trilogy, and I will start with that because
looking at this bookstack, it’s the only
one I can’t hide no matter how I move it.
I’m talking about The Broken Earth trilogy
by N.K. Jemisin, this is the main part of
my very belated birthday gift which I waited
almost 3 months for because of COVID. But
I finally got them and I’m very happy. The
story in The Broken Earth trilogy is set on
a massive continent called the Stillness,
in a far-future Earth wracked with periodic
disasters known as Seasons, which are apocalyptic
events that last for generations. Some people
in this world have developed various adaptations
to survive these events, including the ability
to control the seismic magical energy. It’s
an adult blend of SF and fantasy + dystopia,
the first book is called The Fifth Season,
the 2nd The Obelisk Gate and the 3rd is The
Stone Sky. I’m very much excited for it
because I’ve heard amazing things about
this series and it sounds super right up my
alley, so yeah, I can’t wait to start it.
Next we have The Cyborg Tinkerer by Meg LaTorre.
This is the first book in The Curious Case
of the Cyborg Circus series. This is an adult
space opera/steampunk mashup, which follows
Gwendolyn Grimm, a ship tinkerer on the finest
vessels in the Crescent Star System. And she
suffers from a terminal illness and one day
a life-saving opportunity struts into her
life and she is made an offer she can’t
refuse: become a cyborg for Cirque du Borge,
the once renowned cyborg circus. Once renowned
because a new law has banned the creation
of new cyborgs and becoming one means execution
if caught. As ticket sales continue to fall,
the circus announces a competition that can
save them from bankruptcy, but the competition
has deadly consequences, because the losing
acts have their cyborg implants forcibly removed,
and the surviving cyborgs are banished from
the circus. And the thing is, Gwendolyn is
the one who is forced to remove the cyborg
implants and then she falls in love both with
a woman competing and with the man who is
running the competition and she must decide
who to protect.
If you didn’t know, Meg LaTorre is the owner
of iWriterly, a channel that focuses on writing
and publishing advice, which I totally recommend
to all of you who are aspiring writers and
want to know more about agents, querying,
the nitty-gritty aspects of the publishing
industry, whether it’s traditional publishing
or self-publishing. I will leave her channel
in a link somewhere here.
Next in this haul is The Ship of Shadows.
And before even starting, I want you to take
a better look at this cover because it is
absolutely amazing. Look how creative this
is, look how beautiful this is. The Ship of
Shadows follows the story of a dreamer who
longs for a life of magic and adventure. And
when a mysterious ship arrives in her Spanish
harbor city, crewed by a band of ruthless
women, pirate women, she is determined to
join them.
And since we’re talking about pirate ships,
the next book in this haul is The Mermaid,
The Witch and The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall.
This is a YA fantasy that follows the stories
of Florian and Evelyn. And Florian is a pirate,
who was born Flora, who has always done whatever
it takes to survive – including sailing
under false flag as a marauder, thief, and
worse. And Evelyn is a highborn Imperial daughter
and she is on board the same ship as Florian,
heading to an arranged marriage that she dreads.
And her one-way voyage is interrupted when
the crew shows their true colours. And the
thing is Florian and Evelyn fall in love.
Next we have The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet
Stoker by Lauren James, this is a YA fantasy,
that follows Harriet who dies after falling
from a balcony in a long-abandoned building.
And after she dies she comes back as a ghost
and discovers a group of four other ghosts,
Felix, Kasper, Rima and Leah, who welcome
Harriet into their group after decades alone.
Each one of these four ghosts has a special
power and Harriet does as well, but she is
more interested in unleashing her power, even
if it means destroying everyone around her.
It sounds super interesting, I’m excited
to read it.
Then we have Ashen Shadows by Ewe Linka, this
is a YA fantasy taking place in the land of
Valeis, where some people – the Drishti
– are born with an ability to control people’s
mind. And they are being persecuted by the
queen of the realm, even though she uses the
same ability to secure her reign. Ashen Shadows
follows the stories of three strong girls
in their journey to end the Queen’s tyranny.
One of them is a Drishti, one of them is a
common thief, and the last one is the crown
princess. And it all starts with a letter
from someone who knows the whole story. What
I like about this book is that it has Exclusive
Character Art at the end so you can see the
characters. Pac. Pac. Pac. And that’s it.
Then we have Beloved by Toni Morrison. I don’t
think this book needs any more introduction.
It’s based on the story of Margaret Garner,
an escaped slave who killed her child as she
was being recaptured, to save her child from
a lifetime of slavery, and this is the novel
that Toni Morrson won the Pulizer prize for.
I’m very excited to read it.
The tenth and last book in this haul is The
Cull by Rachel Glicker, this a dystopia that
starts with the accidental release of an experimental
virus. So a great book about a pandemic to
read in a pandemic. The virus in The Cull
is highly contagious and it affects people
in both expected ways – flu like symptoms
– and unexpected ways – by making people
roam the streets, infecting all who they come
into contact with, until they and their victims
suffer inevitable death. The story follows
Frankie and Henry who find themselves caught
in the fallout and they struggle to survive
as society crumbles around them. And they
set out on a journey, to find a cure. It reminds
me of The Stand, you know I’m into dystopia,
into watching the world burn, into watching
the society crumble, the end of the world,
so I’m quite excited to read it.
So that was it, I hope you liked it, if you
did please give it a thumbs up. And as I said
at the beginning of this video, this is technically
a giveaway, sooo subscribe to my channel if
you haven’t already, and tell me in the
comments which book sounds the best and which
one you would like to read and one person
will have their wish granted. So The Cull,
Beloved, Ashen Shadows, The Reckless Afterlife
of Harriet Stoker, The Mermaid, The Witch
& The Sea, Ship of Shadows, The Cyborg Tinkerer,
and The Broken Earth trilogy. OK, thank you
for watching, bye.
