A Book Haul #5

This Must Be The Place by Maggie O’Farrell

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Were Liars by Emily Lockhart

Hello again guys, it feels like forever since I posted a book haul and so it definitely is the time to embrace my love of books and show you some of my recent purchases. Over the past year I’ve definitely been buying books more and more; I use the Library a lot too (especially as I work in one) but there is something so satisfying about owning books too. I read so many different genres of books, from Crime, A/C, Fantasy, Non-Fiction and more that there is always something that appeals to me enough to buy, but buying books isn't always the cheapest, which is a shame as books are so lovely to have.

However, I love discovering books for amazingly reasonable prices on eBay, Amazon and in charity shops as they’re usually in great condition too, although I admit that I always have to flick through the pages first as I can be kind of picky when it comes to buying books; I want to make sure that it's a book that I'll reread at some point rather than a book that I will end up hating as generally when I own books I like them to be books that I really love. That said, I've bought a lot of books recently, although I definitely need to start cutting down as I'm running out of shelf space, oops. Maybe the time has come to buy another book shelf, although I'm not sure where I'll have the space to put it, sadly. (Small house problems, haha).

Have you made any book purchases recently? Let me know in the comments! :)

A Book Haul

Hello again guys; I’m trying to switch my blog content a little bit and keep it real, more to do with my every day life. If you’re a regular reader then you’ll know that I often post beauty hauls, so I made a decision to be true to myself and post a recent book haul. I often post book reviews on the blog, but I don’t think I’ve ever posted a book haul (I don’t know why not!) over the past few months I’ve got a bit bored of the kindle life and I’ve opted to buy physical book instead, although I did just buy Turtles All The Way Down by John Green for the bargain price of 99p on kindle daily deal! The majority of these books were books that I had been debating about buying for a while; I tend to use the Library often so I have to be very passionate about a book to take the plunge to buy it, although if it’s cheap I don’t mind, haha. On my pile of new books, three of them are hardback; which I love how they look but I hate reading them as I’m always terrified of breaking the spine (and they’re super heavy) but all of the titles are by well known, successful authors so I have high hopes for them. The other five books are paperback, which I prefer reading as they’re much lighter. As you can see by the range of titles, I like to read a bit of everything. The list of books that I’ve bought are:

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Winter by Ali Smith

The Book of Dust by Phillip Pullman

How To Stop Time by Matt Haig

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Lovely Bones by Alice Seobold

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

I feel like my to be read list of books is constantly growing, which I actually find pretty scary. I mean, I do love books, but at the same time I’d like to feel like I could breathe a bit, haha. There are so many books scattered around the house and all over my bedroom that my boyfriend was complaining that I need to let a move on and finish them all, cheeky boy. This random set of books look to be super interesting and I can’t wait to make my way through them. Let me know in the comments if there are any books you would want to read - maybe we should start a little book club on my online corner of the web? :)