Recap + Haul {January}

January was a good month. I kept my book-buying to a minimum (although that could be because I channeled my spending to Funko Pop!s, my new addiction), and I'm ahead of my Goodreads reading challenge because I decided not to enroll in school this term since I'd only have three subjects if I did. Bummer. Work was also good, stressful as always, but thank heavens for my friends. On to the books!

Bookish Haul {2}

While dusting off my bookshelves and trying to figure out how to rearrange my babies, I realized that I should probably do a book haul post before mixing them all up with one another and forgetting which ones I have and haven't hauled. So here you go.

Who better to guard my books than the Vision himself?

Emancipated by M.G. Reyes

Until the Beginning by Amy Plum

The Cost of All Things by Maggie Lehrman

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

How to Love / 99 Days by Katie Cotugno

The Beginning of Everything / Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider

Better Than Perfect / Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor

The first three are of course from the lovely peeps from HarperCollins International who still send me books even though I fail at reading and reviewing them. I promise I'll get to them one day *huggles* P.S. I Still Love You was just as, if not better, than the first book, which I just reviewed btw. And the rest of the pile was for the triple-author signing I went to a few months back.

I am kind of - scratch that, superbly appalled that I've only read three of these books. Like, if hitting myself on the head with these would solve the problem, I'd have done it a long time ago. Anyway, off to read!

Bookish Haul {1}

Since I'm too busy to follow a posting schedule, I figured I'll start doing book hauls whenever I feel like it instead of doing it every Saturday for Stacking the Shelves (which is mainly the reason why I seem to able to do them only once in a blue moon). And here's the first one up!

(From L-R)

Ruin and Rising / Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (signed!)

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

Daughter of Smoke and Bone / Days of Blood and Starlight / Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

End of Days by Susan Ee

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks / We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (signed!)

21 Proms (signed!)

I got the Leigh Bardugo and E. Lockhart books for their book signings, so they're all signed! Sadly though, I've only read Frankie and We Were Liars, and I'm currently reading Ruin and Rising. I got the Six of Crows ARC from the bloggers' forum during Leigh's visit, and I'll be reading that probably next week. As for the other books, I've only read Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I'll be finishing that series first before re-reading the first two books in the Penryn and the End of Days trilogy and getting on to the last book, and then after that I'll re-read Throne of Glass and continue the rest of the series.

God. For someone who has very little time to read, I sure have a lot of guts to re-read :))

Stacking the Shelves {28}

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It's time for my second catch-up-on-book-hauls post! God I need to read faster -_-

Q&A A Day: A 3-Year Journal by Betsy Franco

The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never #1) by J.A. Redmerski (review)

Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo

Siege and Storm (The Grisha #2) by Leigh Bardugo

The Gathering Dark (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo (signed!)

Ruin and Rising (The Grisha #3) by Leigh Bardugo

World War Z by Max Brooks

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

Ashes to Ashes (Burn for Burn #3) by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian (signed ARC!)

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen

Lies I Told by Michelle Zink

Empire of Shadows (Bhinian Empire #2) by Miriam Forster

Messenger of Fear (Messenger of Fear #1) by Michael Grant

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu (signed!)

 

- I knew I had to have Q&A A Day the moment I read about it, and so I went hunting for it in my local bookstores as soon as I could; unfortunately, the last entry I got to answer was back in January lol. I should find time to catch up soon. The Edge of Never, on the other hand, is probably my best bargain buy to date. I wandered into the bookstore near my office one day and I had to stop myself from jumping up and down in glee when I spotted this for, like, 60% off.

- The Grisha books are a product of my rare luck when I won a contest ran by the UK publisher. I had to get them sent to my sister so I got them months after, but good lord are they worth the wait. I'm currently reading Shadow and Bone (again, because when I first picked it up, I got so overwhelmed by how good it was that I put it down and never read it again until now), and I plan to read the trilogy alternatingly with the Throne of Glass series.

- World War Z is very different from the movie, as I found out when I read the first fifty pages in the bookstore before I actually bought it. I haven't finished it yet, as you can tell from the bookmark hanging out of it, but it's something I've decided to read only when I feel like it. 

- Along for the Ride was something I bought on a whim, because I had a very long wait time and I was stupid enough to not bring a book with me. It kept me occupied for hours and I sure felt like I had a friend with me <3 I got this Ashes to Ashes ARC during Jenny Han's signing here in Manila, but until now I haven't read it. Because I suck.

- Keeping the Moon was another brilliant bargain buy, but I haven't read it yet, just like the ARCs of Lies I Told and Empire of Shadows (which I've decided to give away since I don't have the first book anyway). Messenger of Fear, though, I have tried to read. Let's just say I was bored out of my mind and never got around to finishing it.

- I swear I'll read this gorgeous copy of Fangirl soon. As in very soon. It's ridiculous how long it's been in my shelf, neglected and gathering dust. I'll also be getting a boxset of the Legend trilogy even though I already own the first and third books because I need that damn novella.

 

- And also from the contest I mentioned earlier, I got these gorgeous Grisha posters that I'll surely be hanging up one day! I specifically told my sister not to fold them because folded posters are the death of me.

Next week's catch-up haul will be the last, I think, although my friend did just tell me about a book sale happening right now until tomorrow, so who knows~

Stacking the Shelves {27}

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Early this morning as I was having breakfast, I thought I'd be productive and do some blog work. And then I remembered it's a Saturday which means it's time for a book haul! I'd been meaning to catch up on hauls - the last one was posted on July of last year so even I have lost track of how many books I've yet to share. I've decided to post fifteen books (although I kind of cheated this week lol) every Saturday until I catch up, so here's a start!

The Book of Tomorrow by Cecilia Ahern

The Iron Traitor (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #2) by Julie Kagawa

The Summer Trilogy by Jenny Han

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Royally Lost by Angie Stanton

Wings (Black City #3) by Elizabeth Richards (Review)

Twinmaker (Twinmaker #1) by Sean Williams (Review)

The Murder Complex (The Murder Complex #1) by Lindsay Cummings

After the End (After the End #1) by Amy Plum

Prisoner of Night and Fog (Prisoner of Night and Fog #1) by Anne Blankman

Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff

Wicked Games (Wicked Games #1) by Sean Olin

Vivian Divine Is Dead by Lauren Sabel

The Vanishing Season by Jodi Lynn Anderson

The Cabinet of Curiosities sampler

- I remember buying The Book of Tomorrow because I failed to find a copy of Love, Rosie (the movie of which was totes romantic <3), and then I got The Iron Traitor since it was there sitting pretty and I figured I'd need it anyway when I finally decide to start the spin-off series to The Iron Fey. Book-buying is something I don't procrastinate on.

- The Jenny Han books I got for her signing so they're all, well, signed. I've only read To All the Boys and holy cheeseballs was it amazing. I'll surely be picking up the sequel as soon as it's available!

- Royally Lost was an impulse buy because I can't be not broke and not leave the bookstore without a book. It's just impossible. Wings, on the other hand, I got from the lovely author for the blog tour we did last year. It's signed, which is perfect because it's the last book in one of my most favorite series ever. And then there's Twinmaker which is also signed because I got it from The Book Depository's book review program. 

- All the other books in that stack are from HarperCollins. Aren't they kind? I've only picked up Wicked Games and I'm still disappointed that I didn't like it enough to even finish it. And since I hate being buried under unread ARCs and review copies, I've resolved to not request them anymore. Now to get to reading the ones I have here...

That's it for this week! Have you read any of these books? Tell me about it in the comments below ;D

Stacking the Shelves {26}

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Another book haul coming through! I have quite a huge pile of books to haul and I've decided that I'm going to deal with them from newest to oldest because I have one book in particular that I'm anxious to share with y'all ;D Can you guess which?

Look at that piece of gorgeous. I've already read Eleanor & Park (and loved it, of course!) but I had the UK paperback back then. This collector's edition I bought from Lyra of Defiantly Deviant for a ridiculously low price so thanks, Ly! :3

Stacking the Shelves {25}

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Stacking the Shelves {24}

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Stacking the Shelves {23}

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Stacking the Shelves {22}

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I'm trying out a new posting schedule so until I fail at it lol, my haul posts shall be up on Fridays. Anyway, this is another digital books edition! I'm not too good at reading them, but book hoarding is book hoarding, amirite? ;D

Stacking the Shelves {21} + a Giveaway!

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My book-buying ban has obviously been failing. *sigh* But what's a girl to do? If I don't buy books, I buy food, then I gain weight and get sad; I buy books and not food, I feel guilty having so many unread books on my shelf. I need to find something to save up for. An Instax, perhaps...

Stacking the Shelves {20}

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I'm too lazy to take pictures of my new print books so today I'll be featuring my meager ebook acquisitions as of late lol.

Stacking the Shelves {19}

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Last month, the amazeballs National Bookstore organized a trade show event for us bloggers where they shared with us some of the upcoming titles that will hit their shelves this year and some awesome bookish events that I'm really excited about! Anyway, after that they gave each of us a huge loot bag with books. And then they brought out more free books! Pretty sure my face was like *____* the whole time lol. Here are the books I got that day:

So I finally got Allegiant and have completed the trilogy! I've yet to read it though (I'm bad with series-enders) and I have to re-read the first two books, anyway. I think I'll get to that before the movie comes out on March, so that's really soon. In the loot bag I mentioned earlier I got Rebel and Ask Again Later but I traded the latter for Steadfast because I couldn't resist the pretty cover. So now I have to get copies of Reboot and Spellcaster. *looks at wallet* *weeps*

From the book pile I also got City of Bones: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion and Lighthouse Island. The movie companion looked too good to pass up so I just grabbed it - and I also really loved the movie so it'd be great to see more of what happened behind-the-scenes. I already leafed through it but I've yet to read it in its entirety. Lighthouse Island, on the other hand, is a post-apocalyptic dystopian novel, and I'd read any one of those. *not pictured* is Never Fall Down which is YA historical fiction. I've heard good things about that one so yeah, grabbed!

I'm obviously trying to drag out my January book haul. Yep, there's another part coming next week! I am officially on a book buying ban now because I have movies to watch (Vampire Academy, Robocop, X-Men, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Book Thief, etc.) and book signings to prepare for. 

What books did you guys get this week? Or maybe even last month, if you're a procrastinator like me? XD Leave links to your own book hauls in the comments below!

Stacking the Shelves {18}

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This is my December 2013 and half of my January 2014 book haul. I went a bit crazy since my mom surprised me with a bookshelf so I don't have to save up for that anymore lol.

Stacking the Shelves {17}

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Stacking the Shelves {16}

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Another digital copy edition! These books are what I've accumulated since November 2013, so yeah, quite overdue lol.

Stacking the Shelves {15}

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Stacking the Shelves {14}

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Stacking the Shelves {13}

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Stacking the Shelves {12}

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From now on, I'll start posting my book hauls weekly ;D These are the ebooks I got last month; the physical books will have the spotlight next week because I can't be bothered to take photos right now lol.