Showing posts with label Book Haul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Haul. Show all posts

Monday, January 14, 2013

Megan Hart Haul

I read Switch a while back and I was not really impressed with it, it was actually pretty horrible. The synopsis' for these sound really good and interesting, so I went ahead and got them. And I hope I didn't make a huge mistake. If you've read any of these let me know if they're good or not. 

Here's what I got:


 Have you read any Megan Hart?
Did I get some good ones?

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Finally Got These

I finally got some of the books I really wanted. Since I read If I Stay, I couldn't wait to read Where She Went and I finally got it. I got it in audiobook form just like I did If I Stay. I also got Reflected in You on audiobook, that is the second book in the Crossfire Series by Sylvia Day. The first is Bared to You, you can read my review here & Nika's review for both books: here.

I got We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson for my Halloween read, but didn't get around to it. But I did happen to read Purity by Jackson Pearce, which I've had on my list for a while now. My review for that will be coming up soon.

Library:
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
(Book #2 in If I Stay series)

Synopsis of If I Stay:
In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck...

A sophisticated, layered, and heart-achingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make, and the ultimate choice Mia commands.


Audiobook:
Reflected in You by Sylvia Day
(Book #2 in Crossfire Series)

Synopsis of Bared to You:
Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness—beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily...

Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds... and desires.

The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart...


iBooks:
Purity by Jackson Pearce

Synopsis:
A novel about love, loss, and sex -- but not necessarily in that order.

Before her mother died, Shelby promised three things: to listen to her father, to love as much as possible, and to live without restraint. Those Promises become harder to keep when Shelby's father joins the planning committee for the Princess Ball, an annual dance that ends with a ceremonial vow to live pure lives -- in other words, no "bad behavior," no breaking the rules, and definitely no sex.

Torn between Promises One and Three, Shelby makes a decision -- to exploit a loophole and lose her virginity before taking the vow. But somewhere between failed hookup attempts and helping her dad plan the ball, Shelby starts to understand what her mother really meant, what her father really needs, and who really has the right to her purity.


We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Synopsis:
Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.


Have you read any of these?
What did you think of them?
Leave me a comment &
let's talk about it.
Enjoy :)

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Did a Little Thrift Shopping

This is just a little haul. I did a little shopping at my thrift book store. I had a few credits to use up. I was really surprised that I found Such a Rush for only $5. They usually never have newer books, so I had to grab that. And The DaVinci Code was only $2, even though I haven't read Angels & Demons yet, I had to get it. Eventually I'll get the first and read them. 


A sexy and poignant romantic tale of a young daredevil pilot caught between two brothers. 

When I was fourteen, I made a decision. If I was doomed to live in a trailer park next to an airport, I could complain about the smell of the jet fuel like my mom, I could drink myself to death over the noise like everybody else, or I could learn to fly.

Heaven Beach, South Carolina, is anything but, if you live at the low-rent end of town. All her life, Leah Jones has been the grown-up in her family, while her mother moves from boyfriend to boyfriend, letting any available money slip out of her hands. At school, they may diss Leah as trash, but she’s the one who negotiates with the landlord when the rent’s not paid. At fourteen, she’s the one who gets a job at the nearby airstrip.

But there’s one way Leah can escape reality. Saving every penny she can, she begs quiet Mr. Hall, who runs an aerial banner-advertising business at the airstrip and also offers flight lessons, to take her up just once. Leaving the trailer park far beneath her and swooping out over the sea is a rush greater than anything she’s ever experienced, and when Mr. Hall offers to give her cut-rate flight lessons, she feels ready to touch the sky.

By the time she’s a high school senior, Leah has become a good enough pilot that Mr. Hall offers her a job flying a banner plane. It seems like a dream come true . . . but turns out to be just as fleeting as any dream. Mr. Hall dies suddenly, leaving everything he owned in the hands of his teenage sons: golden boy Alec and adrenaline junkie Grayson. And they’re determined to keep the banner planes flying.

Though Leah has crushed on Grayson for years, she’s leery of getting involved in what now seems like a doomed business—until Grayson betrays her by digging up her most damning secret. Holding it over her head, he forces her to fly for secret reasons of his own, reasons involving Alec. Now Leah finds herself drawn into a battle between brothers—and the consequences could be deadly.



An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last.

While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci—and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle—while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Angela's Book Haul #10

Got a few more books to haul :)

From Barnes & Noble:
Vampire Academy (Book #1) by Richelle Mead


Insatiable (Book #1) by Meg Cabot


After being on the waitlist for
about 2 months, from the library:
Shatter Me (Audiobook) by Tahereh Mafi


Bought anything recently?
Have you read any of these?
Leave a link or a comment :)

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Angela's Book Haul #9 (Erotica)

A small haul for you guys: 
I got Bared to You at Costco.
Denzel's Lips at Dollar Tree
& Switch at Walmart.
And you know I'm cheap, so all
of them were for really good prices.

Bared to You by Sylvia Day (Crossfire #1)

He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily... 

Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds... and desires. The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart... 


Denzel's Lips by Anita Diggs

Welcome to Hercsville, Long Island, where everyone is young, rich, and beautiful. . .where four women are in search of love, sex, and sanity. . .
Asha Mitchell Seabrook is hot, young, and married to the very wealthy Nick Seabrook. But as rich as her man is, he just can't seem to satisfy her insatiable appetite for money or sex. . .
Dr. Penelope Brewster is a successful clinical psychologist, who is trying to keep the children of Hercsville's power elite in good mental health and out of trouble. But Dr. Penny has her own demons. . .
Glamorous, famous, and deeply troubled, Nancy St. Bart might be a successful soap opera actress, but she's also nursing some dangerous obsessions. And Denzel is just one of them. . .
Shareeka Ellison is as beautiful as the home she perfectly keeps. But her millionaire husband has turned into a man she doesn't know anymore and one who might just destroy everything she's worked so hard for. . .
As these four ladies struggle with the pressures of being sexy, black, and successful, they're about to discover what living the high life is really all about . . .

Switch by Megan Hart

Don't think. 
Don't question. 
Just do. 

The anonymous note wasn't for me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the habit of reading other people's mail, but it was just a piece of paper with a few lines scrawled on it, clearly meant for the apartment upstairs. It looked so innocent, but decidedly-- deliciously--it was not. 

Before replacing the note--and the ones that followed --in its rightful slot, I devoured its contents: suggestions, instructions, summonses, commands. Each was more daring, more intricate and more arousing than the last... and I followed them all to the letter. 

Before the notes, if a man had told me what to do, I'd have told him where to go. But submission is an art, and there's something oddly freeing about doing someone's bidding...especially when it feels so very, very good. 

But I find that the more I surrender, the more powerful I feel--so it's time to switch up roles. 

We play by my rules now.


I suppose this is kind of an erotica haul. 
Oops! Didn't do that on purpose. 
Have you read any of these yet? 
Are they on your list?

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Angela's Book Haul #9

Yesterday I went shopping at my used book store. I didn't really have a lot of time to look at everything, but I was really excited when I found City of Lost Souls in Hardcover for $4! And it's in perfect condition. I got the other book because it's Jackie Collins and you gotta love the drama. And of course because of the leopard print! It was only $1! Can't beat that!


Hollywood Wives - The New Generation
(Hollywood Wives #4)
by Jackie Collins

City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
(Mortal Instruments Book #5)


Enjoy everyone!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Angela's Book Haul #8

Did a little shopping the other day at my thrift store! 
I found some good stuff in great condition. Here they are:

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
By J. Randy Taraborrelli


The Help by Kathryn Stockett


Nightfall (The Vampire Diaries: The Return #1)
By L.J. Smith


Bookends by Jane Green


Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende


I really took a chance with these books. I don't know much about Marilyn Monroe, so I thought that book would be interesting... Who doesn't love some Marilyn?!? Also, I've seen 'The Help,' but haven't read the book, but I look forward to it. I also haven't read the 'Vampire Diaries' books yet, but plan to. At least I'll already have this one when I get done. I've read part of one of Jane Green's books and I liked her writing, 'Bookends' sounded interesting, so I went ahead and got it. I have never heard of 'Daughter of Fortune' or the author Isabel Allende, so I'm hoping I'll like it. . 


Have you read any of these?
How were they? Leave a 
comment and let me know!

Have a great day!



Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Angela's Book Haul #7

So today I got my package from BookCloseOuts.com. I had never ordered from them, btw, they're in Canada. They had a pretty good sale going, I think children's fiction was something like 50% off. So, I got a few books from that list, I also got a few from the "scratch and dent" list.

All of the books are in perfect condition except for one. As you can see in the picture below. Poor little "The Iron Thorn" is gonna need some tape, but I don't mind.

So as I mentioned before, their website says they're in Ontario, Canada and I'm in southern Oregon. It only took about a week to get here and the email said 2-4 weeks. So I was really excited when it came today! :)

So here's what I got:
The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
(Iron Codex, Book #1)
Goodreads -- Amazon


Kiss Me, Kill Me by Lauren Henderson
(Scarlett Wakefield Series, Book #1)
Goodreads -- Amazon


Into The Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
Goodreads -- Amazon


The Maze Runner by James Dashner
(Maze Runner Trilogy, Book #1)
Goodreads -- Amazon


The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
(Maze Runner Trilogy, Book #2)
Goodreads -- Amazon


Fallen by Lauren Kate
(Fallen Series, Book #1)
Goodreads -- Amazon

Enjoy your day!

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Angela's Book Haul #6

I finally made my way to Barnes and Noble the other day and found some great buys. Two of the books I got were bargain books and the other had special pricing! Woop Woop!


So I'll start with the one that had special pricing. Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick was only $4.99 as they are preparing for the release of Finale (the 4th book in the series) in October.

However, I think the special pricing is only in store, but I did see that Amazon has the same low price right now!


Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Goodreads -- Amazon -- B&N



The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Goodreads -- Amazon -- B&N



90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper
Goodreads -- Amazon -- B&N


Enjoy your day!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Angela's Book Haul #5

I have been looking all over for a thrift/bargain book store in my new (little) town... I finally found someone at the library who knew of a few places I could try, and it was quite a success!
My first trip, I got there just before closing, so I only had time to go through half of the store. Needless to say I got 4 books for $6! I got 3 hardbacks and 1 paperback! SCORE!
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White Oleander by Janet Fitch
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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
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Cross by James Patterson (Alex Cross #12)
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There's kind of a funny story that goes with this book.. So I pick up the book thinking- "Oooh, it's James Patterson, must be goood, lets read the synopsis..." I read it..., -"Oh, I've heard about this Alex Cross character, this must be that book..." I get home and go on goodreads to add it to my 'to-read' list, and what?!? It's number 12 in the series! I thought "OH MAN!" I guess I have a lot of catching up to do in that series! :)

The second time I went in there, which was only a few days later, I got a chance to really look around. There were sooooo many books I wanted, but I couldn't buy the whole store! :) This time I got 6 books for $10! I got 4 hardbacks and 2 paperbacks... SCORE AGAIN!

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Sundays At Tiffany's by James Patterson
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The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King
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Double Cross by James Patterson (Alex Cross #13)
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Have a good day!
-Angela
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