My Grandma and Grandpa gave me a three pack
of Agatha Christie novels with Miss Marple- ‘The Mirror Crack’d from Side to
Side’, ‘A Pocketful of Rye’ and ‘Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple’s Last Case’.
My mum gave me a copy of her favourite
classic as a child – ‘I Can Jump Puddles’ by Alan Marshall and another
detective/crime novel (you’ve probably noticed that I really like that genre) ‘The
Lady in the Lake’ by Raymond Chandler.
My mum and dad also gave me beautiful
hardback versions ‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater and ‘Grimm Tales’ by
Phillip Pullman. These two books have been on my ‘to-read’ list for ages.
Also from my parents, I was given the last
three books in the Hush, Hush saga by
Becca Fitzpatrick- ‘Silence’, ‘Crescendo’ and ‘Finale’. I read the first book a
few months ago and after some nagging from Chami, I will finally get to read the
rest of the series.
I received some more gifts- ‘One Thousand
Names’ by Cecelia Ahern (one of my favourite authors) from my aunt and ‘Venom’
by Fiona Paul from my amazing friend Sam. You can see my review of Venom here,
if you would like.
During the Boxing Day sales, I managed to
pick up a number of books from all different places. Among those were ‘On a
Dark Wing’ by Jordan Dane (this book is part of a challenge I set for myself
that I will be posting about in the New Year, so look out for that!) and ‘The
Lost Prince’ by Julie Kagawa.
I bought myself a couple of books with gift cards given to me by various people- the books I picked out were ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ by Stephen Chbosky (which I’ve already read and seen the movie), ‘Touch of Power’ by Maria V. Synder and ‘The Darkest Minds’ by Alexandra Bracken.
I also picked up two more classics to add
to my ever-growing collection- ‘North and South’ by Elizabeth Gaskell and ‘The
Complete Poems and Translations’ by Christopher Marlowe.
Crime/detective novel-wise, I picked up
copies of ‘Knots and Crosses’ by Ian Rankin (as some more wider reading for my
Literature class), ‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde and ‘Who Could That Be At
This Hour?’ by Lemony Snicket (which I was inclined to buy though it is a
children’s book due to my emotional attachment to Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of
Unfournate Events’ books. The last book in that series came out way back in 2006
and I am still not ready to accept that it’s over.)
Today, I picked up another load of books
that were only five dollars each (who can honestly resist cheap books?). The
books are; ‘Alice Bliss’ by Laura Harrington (I read this a few months ago and
adored it!), ‘The Distant Hours’ by Kate Morton and ‘Graveminder’ by Melissa
Marr.
The other half of the books that I picked
up were ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ by Jonathan Safran Foer, ‘Winter’s
Shadow’ by M.J. Hearle (which was the first review ever posted on this blog-
written by Chami which you can find here) and finally, ‘Glow’ by Amy Kathleen Ryan.
Finally, ‘The Hobbit’ is the book I am
currently reading. My little Bilbo Baggins figurine is guarding my book from
any trolls or goblins who might try and steal it! I am actually going to see
the movie adaption tomorrow for a friend’s birthday so hopefully I’ll do a book
and movie review once I’ve finished!
That’s all from me this time! Within the
next few days I’ve got some pretty awesome posts lined up if I do say so myself
so you should check back. I hope you are all enjoying your day/night!
