July Book Haul & Wrap Up + August TBR
Hey guys!
As every beginning of the month i
am here to bring you my Book Haul, Wrap Up and TBR. But before we jump into the
actual post just a quick comment about me being on vacation: I will be gone the
whole month of August so it might take me a while to reply to comments but
there are post schedule for every Wednesday from now ´til the end of August so I won´t be abandoning you.
And after that little thing that
you might not care about, let’s talk
about all the books that I have to talk today as they are quite a few
Book Haul
I know I said that I won’t be buying any books ´til Christmas but I realized that I
really have a book buying problem and is serious. On the other hand, is not
such a bad thing: I mean I could be spending my money on drugs and instead I am
spending it on books. And technically I have no spend money as I have received
all these books. My Godfather is a really cool guy and he got me a book and it
was my name´s day so I asked for books
plus publishers send me some. And you know that if books are given to me I won’t say no.
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
This was the book that my
Godfather got for me. I have been looking to start reading this series for over
a year: I keep seeing Regan from PerouseProject talking about this series and
usually we have similar taste in books. Plus is fantasy and you guys knowing
that I am always ready to read some fantasy.
This book is by a Spanish author
and i have already read it. So, I will talk in further detail in the Wrap up section
of this book. But I will give you a quick summary of it. Lucas wants to be an
actor and he is in a theatre group in his High School. One day one of his classmates
disappears and Lucas is the only one with all the information necessary to
solve this mystery
I contacted the author, who is
also from Spain, to request an interview with her and she nicely gave me a copy
of the first book in her other trilogy. I have already read this one so I will
talk about it in further detail in the Wrap Up part of this post.
El Pozo. Libro I de Arick by Pamela Pons Saez
This book is also by a Spanish
author and it was given to me by the Publisher. It´s also a fantasy I which we will be following Eva as she
lives her last live (she has lived 20 lives previous to this one) trying not to
die alone.
Crown of Midnight by Sarah
J.Maas
I was doing a Buddy Read with
some other Spanish bloggers and we read Throne of Glass. For me it was a reread
and after finishing the book I order the second book. Technically I did not
spend my money as I had an Amazon Gift Card for €10 and
the book was 9.71 and I requested the free-shipping. Plus, I studied finances
and I know money is not equally value today and tomorrow: today is more
valuable than tomorrow so I was not going to waste the money, right?
Illuminae and Gemina by Amie
Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
I have been wanting to read this
book for a while now. All I needed was Evelina from Avalinah´s Books to tell me to read them. I
trust her entirely in everything related to books so when she told me this two
were amazing I asked for them for my name´s day.
The Dark Tower. The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
I know Stephen King to be one of
the most beloved authors in the world and I have been meaning to read one of
his books for quite some time now. I have recently discovered this one even
when is quite old. There is a movie coming out and the trailer seems amazing. I
want to read the book before it comes out. I didn’t buy
it, my mum did it for me.
Sinfonía del Inframundo by Juliana Riveros S.
This book was also sent to me by
the publisher whom I have recently started working with. It´s a paranormal romance with the Greek
God Hades as a main character. I
Wrap Up
This month has been somehow weird
with my reading. After finishing both ACOMAF and ACOWAR I felt in a reading
slump. It took me sometimes to get over that wonderfulness but I am slowly
coming out of my slump. As always is there is a review for any of these books
up it will be linked on the title.
Yellow Brick War by Danielle
Paige
All the books in the Dorothy must
die! series are such a quick read even when they are not good books. This book
was bad but not as bad as the second one. I liked better because there is a new
character very interesting that I think can make the story improve
significantly on the last book in the series. There is a review coming out in
the following weeks, so far all you need to know is that I gave it 3 out of 5
stars.
Strange the Dreamer by Lanie
Taylor
I´ve been
meaning to read something by this author for quite a while now. She is kind of controversial
because either you love her writing or you hate it. I bought this book as I told
you in my last month wrap up because I have to reward myself for my patience in
finding Lord of Shadows. The point is that finally I have read this book.
I like it. The concept of the
story is cool and the story of the author was lovely but I have some problems
with the book that come precisely from the writing style. All will be explained
in detail on my review that comes out August 30th. To sum up a
little I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
This book was given to me by the Publisher
and i cannot be happier about it. Thanks to this book I have discovered a
wonderful author who writes good fantasy. If you have been here for a while you´ll know I love a good fantasy book. I
gave this book 5 out of 5 stars and if you know some Spanish go check my review
and decide whether you want to read it or not (Spoiler Alert: You will want to
read this book)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
This book has been on my shelf
for over a year now but I was really looking forward to reading it. It was just
that somehow, I was intimidated by the book and I never ended up picking it up.
This month I meet Evelina from Avalinah´s Books
and we decided to do a Bossy Buddy Read (you can check all the info about that
clicking here). She picked this book for me and I picked Red Rising for her.
About American Gods I can say
that is a complex book that is not for everyone and still I really liked. The writing
style of the author is unique and I think I could differentiate him from other
authors. The reading was hard, my edition of the book is in English and even
when I am somehow fluent is not my mother tongue and the style in this book was
sometimes so full of metaphors that was quite hard to get the meaning of it. Overall,
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars and I will recommend for you guys to check my
review by clicking on the title of the book
This book, as I have said earlier
was given to me by the publisher. Unfortunately, is only on Spanish and I say unfortunately
because I think this is the kind of book that everyone should read. It deals
with some heavy topics that are present in our society whether we like it or
not. I gave this book 4.5 out of 5 stars, check my full review if you are
interested.
Throne of Glass by Sarah
J.Maas
I read, or reread, this book as a
part of a Buddy Read with some other Spanish bloggers. It was such a fun
experience that I am looking forward to read more books with this girls.
This, as I have just said, was a
reread for me, but I have highly enjoyed reading this book again. I love
fantasy and I think I am always in the mood for it so it was amazing. I have
some issues with the romance on this book, but overall, I think is amazing. I gave this book 4.5 out of 5 stars
As I told you in the book haul part
of this post this book was given to me by the author and let me tell you guys
that i cannot be more grateful for it. I told as I was talking about Paseando
entre leyendas but I will say it again. Amanecer is such a great author and her
amazing books deserved to be read by everyone.
In El Bosque Encantado we follow
a young woman, who is about to get married, as she has to start a journey in
order to save her father, he fiancé and
her country from the evil Nothern King. I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars and
if you speak Spanish you really need to read this book.
And that´s all that I have read this month; at least until July 28th.
But I have to write this post in advance cause as I have said I am leaving on
vacation from August 1st. Overall, I am very happy with what I have
read both in quality and in quantity, especially considering that I was in a
little reading slump.
TBR
As I am not going to be home and won’t be
having my shelfs with me my TBR for this month is going to be quite ambitious, because
I will be gone for a month and is not like I can come back home easily to pick
one more book to read.
The Game Theory a Very Short
Introduction by Ken Binmore
I think I have already told you
this but in case you miss it I will say again, just in case. Last semester I took
a Game Theory course and I absolutely love it. I want to know a little bit more
about the subject so I decided to buy this book. I will read it this summer so
my brain does not relax entirely.
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
I have already told you that my
Godfather is such a lovely guy ang he gave this book. It´s a fantasy and I am all for it. The edition is a small
one so is perfect to carry it to the beach.
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Same explanation that for the
last book applies to this one.
El Juego del Ángel by Carlos Ruíz Zafón
This book is the second part of
The Shadow of the Wind and even hen i did not like the first one I Will be reading
the second one because I am not quitter.
A Darker Shade of Magic by
V.E.Schwab
This book is also a fantasy (I
guess we can see a common topic in here) and I have been recommended to read by
many people so I will be reading it this summer if I have the time to do it. As
soon as it´s read there will be a
review.
Salt to the Sea by Ruta
Sepetys
This book has been on my shelf
for over a year. It´s historical fiction and is
about something similar to what happened to the Titanic but during the Second
World War. I will tell you guys when I am done with it.
Illuminae and Gemina by Amie
Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Both these books were given to me
by mum during my name´s day.
They Syfy and they have been highly recommended to me by Evelina so I am very
much looking forward to dive into them.
The Dark Tower. The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
This is a simple choice I want to
rea the book before I see the movie and I want to see the movie as soon as it
comes out.
Crown of Midnight by Sarah
J.Maas
If last month I reread Throne of
Glass this month I want to reread Crown of Midnight because I really want to go
on with this series. Plus, even when I have already read this book I barely
remember a thing because I had exams when I was reading the book.
El Pozo. Libro I de Arick by Pamela Pons Saez
This book was sent to me by the
publisher in exchange for an honest review. It´s also
fantasy and I am in a Fantasy mood as I think all of you have already find out.
As soon as I can I will read it and write a review.
Sinfonía del Inframundo by Julia RIveros S.
This book was also given to me b
the publisher and i am very much looking forward reading it. It´s a paranormal romance and Hades is involved
on it. As soon as I read it I will tell you about it.
An I better stop adding books to
my TBR because I don’t think
that I will be able to read 13 books, let alone a higher number. We shall see
if I can defeat my TBR pile for August.
That was all for today. Let me
know in the comment section what book have you got this month, what books have
you read and which ones are you more exited to get during August.
See you all next Wednesday.
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