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Month: May 2017

Sad Girls by Lang Leav

Sad Girls by Lang Leav

I used to hear a lot about Lang Leav whenever I logged onto Tumblr. There would always be a quote from one of her poems, or someone gushing about how amazing her writing was. I prefer novels over poetry, so when I heard that she had written a book, I was pretty excited to check it out and see if her writing really did live up to the hype.

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The Blazing Star by Imani Josey 

The Blazing Star by Imani Josey 

The thing that drew me to this book was a black girl on the front cover. Let me repeat that: A BLACK GIRL ON THE FRONT COVER. I saw it and just said to myself “about bloody time.” The cover design is absolutely beautiful and I genuinely can’t get enough of it and look at the typography! Look how amazing it is! Another thing that drew me to this book is that it’s set in Egypt. This is the first young adult book that I have ever read that is set there, and I couldn’t wait to get sucked in.

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Forests of the Fae: Devlin’s Door by K. Kibbee 

Forests of the Fae: Devlin’s Door by K. Kibbee 

Forests of the Fae: Devlin’s Door was a very quick and fast-paced read. I was actually very interested in this book as I love anything to do with magic, evil fairies and different realms. I have also just found out that this is actually the first book in a series, which is quite interesting. I don’t know much about the second book, but it would be interesting to see what it’s like and if it’s any better than this one.

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How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

If you haven’t seen the books, How to Stay Alive or The Humans by Matt Haig floating around BookTube, the blogosphere or just anywhere, where have you been? I have not read either books, but I know that Matt Haig is an author who is greatly admired within the book community. When I was given the opportunity to read How to Stop Time, I jumped at the chance to read this book, and oh what a wonderful book it was!

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Kids of Appetite by David Arnold

Kids of Appetite by David Arnold

I don’t know how I feel about this book. I think I enjoyed it? It’s a weird one… I read it in two sittings, but when I finished reading it, I didn’t really feel overwhelmed by it, I didn’t feel like I had accomplished something and I didn’t really know how I felt. But, whilst I was reading Kids of Appetite, I obviously enjoyed it because I binge-read it, it made me laugh, and the characters were interesting… See what I mean?

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Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh

Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh

I was lucky enough to be sent an arc of this book from the publishers, and then I ended up winning an arc in a Goodreads giveaway! It was amazing to be able to hold this highly anticipated book in my hand; the cover was even more gorgeous in person and the arc was floppy! It was a floppy paperback, which is one of my favourite types!

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April 2017 Book Haul

April 2017 Book Haul

As I found out writing my post about the books that I’m excited for in May, I’m going to spend quite a bit of money in that month… And then I started compiling the list of books that I bought in April, and I realised I’ve gone back to my binge-buying-book habit. To be fair though, I got three of these in the charity shop that I work in for £1.50, so that saved me a bit of money!

Anyway, let’s get on with the book haul!

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