Hello everyone! I hope this week has treated you well. Sadly, I haven't been doing very well as far as keeping the promise to myself to not buy a lot of books. This will hopefully be better soon, though because I'm to the point now where I have barely anywhere to put new books and I have too many books that are just the first in a series that I haven't even begun yet.
As for this haul, there were three that I bought from Book Outlet a couple weeks ago, totaling only $10 plus shipping! Those books were Wither by Lauren DeStefano, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, and The Remedy by Suzanne Young (not shown in image because I forgot it at work on Saturday). They were all on my TBR list before I went on the site and I didn't feel bad for purchasing them because they were just so discounted. One more book that isn't pictured, but I got for very cheap is Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire, which sounds pretty good, but also like a toxic relationship story. I also got a couple ebooks, two being Scarlet by Marissa Meyer and Fallen by Lauren Kate.
Showcase Sunday was originally brought to you by Vicky and her blog Books, Biscuits, and Tea. She encourages bloggers to post the books they've collected over the last week by using the meme, and I am excited to be doing this! ♥
Because I already read Anna and the French Kiss, I will just be reviewing it soon - so look out for that! As for the other books, here's why I bought them and/or what they're about!
The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkosky
I was absolutely in love with The Winner's Curse when I read it last week. It was a tough decision on whether I should wait for the paperback version to come out (in MARCH!!), buy the ebook for ten bucks, or break down and buy the hardcover. Obviously I chose not to wait, but it helped that Books-a-Million was having a 20% off sale today, so it brought the price significantly down. I'll deal with the downfall of reading a hardcover book!
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
I've wanted to read this series for a while now. The basic plot of this story is that everyone dies way too early and women are kidnapped and sold to bear children. The typical-sounding heroine is sold and chaos ensues when she finds out that not everyone is who she thinks they are. Sounds really interesting to me! Plus, the cover is gorgeous!
Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
This was a suggestion from a girl that works at my local bookstore and it sounds quite interesting!
"All her world's a stage.
Bertie Shakespeare Smith is not an actress, yet she lives in a theater.
She's not an orphan, but she has no parents.
She knows every part, but she has no lines of her own.
That is, until now."
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
I was watching some BookTube reommendations and Zoe from
readbyzoe suggested
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour in
this video! It has playlists and notes in it, and apparently a cute love story. It sounds like a very entertaining read.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Before joining the blogging community, making a Goodreads account, or going on the internet for anything book related, I heard about this trilogy. A few people recommended it to me and since watching recommendations videos, I have heard even more amazing things about it. Since it was very cheap on Book Outlet, I figured that was the best time to pick it up! It follows a dystopian world where people are considered "uglies" until they have a surgery to make them "pretties", but the protagonist finds out that being a "pretty" isn't all it's cracked up to be. I'm excited, you guys!
The Remedy by Suzanne Young
Another tough decision to make when it came to patience. I could either suffer through the hardcover version of this book or wait until March (I believe) to buy the paperback version. This book is the first of a prequel series to The Program duology, which happens to be one of my favorite reads this year. I loved the characters in those ones, but apparently this focuses on a completely different set of characters and it takes place before The Program was ever created. I feel like I say "I'm excited!" with a lot of these books, but I truly am!! The Remedy sounds brilliant.
I accidentally deleted a lot of last week's Showcase Sunday post, so I'm pretty upset about that. However, I hope you enjoyed this week's edition! See you guys soon when I'll be posting reviews on Every Day by David Levithan & Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins ♥
Have you read any of these books/series? Are they worth putting at the top of my TBR list?
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