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Let me know whenever you make a purchase, love to know what you get! π (The site is all 15% right now too β€) I'm so tempted to buy books haha
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Thank you!!!!!!! ππ Lol so I got The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas, An Enchantment of Ravens, the two Ancient Magus' Bride side story/light novel things, Shadow Scale (sequel(?) to Seraphina by Rachel Hartman), Mirage, Night Shift by Debi Gliori, The Beast Player, The Echo Room, At The Wolf's Table, the final book in the Heirs of Watson Island series, Corpse by Jessica Snyder Sashs, The Precious Dreadful, The Sandcastle Empire, White Stag, and The Truth Lies Here. I know practically nothing about most of them but I'm a major impulse buyer when it comes to books so we'll see how this goes! Lol it's why I have to refuse to buy books unless I have budgeted and planned for awhile beforehand π
Yayyy so happy for you, book hauls are SO fun to get!! :D Book mail is the best mail! I've been interested in reading An Enchantment of Ravens for awhileeeee so you'll have to tell me how you liked it if you read it soon! It's on my wishlist on bookoutlet, I always consider getting it haha. It's one of the books that a lot of people love, it got a lot of attention on bookstagram for awhile, so I've been interested for awhile. I've seen that Seraphina around, too. And I got The Sandcastle Empire from Owlcrate when it first came out, but I haven't read it yet. You'll have to tell me how you like them when you get around to reading them! :) And that's the great thing about bookoutlet is that you save sooo much!! How much did your total even come out to? You can get sooo many books for not that much, it's awesome! I always stick to red sticker/bargain book (never green sticker/scratch & dent) and I've made a few large orders and it's crazy how much you save. ;D
I just saw you finished Fruits Basket volume 2! It makes me want to reread it too now, keep going with my reread after vol 1 haha. I'm excited for you reading it π
I know, I'm so excited for all of those books to come in!!! I...I need to find someplace to put them all... π
I'm super excited! I'll let you know how to those go! π My total came to just shy of $60 which I'm super happy about. I got a mixture of books on clearance and new. π
I did!!! I just came back on to add that I'm reading the 3rd one now π I am loving it so much I forgot how much I loved the characters π
Omg haha I know how that is π I made a big purchase during Black Friday (bc THE SALES omg) and it came out to more that that, and I definitely had to rearrange a bit to find space π But you get soo many books for your money, it's amazing. Especially when you get a bunch of clearance/extra discounted ones too (and they're all new so its amazingggggg!) And yesss you just fall in love with them πππ
Lol the joys of having to find more space for books... π Its all worth it in the end! And you really do get so many books for a good price. I'll have to check everything out on black Friday too! Most video games cost about $60 so I think I got a super good deal! πYes!!! I never really use to like Hatori (for no particular reason) but I have totally surprised myself by adoring him. π€
That's so true when you compare to other new things. 1 new game or 20 new books lolll. It's so worth it. And Black Friday is amazing because the entire site is 30% off. So just imagine the savings. And speaking of video games, I've been wanting to buy Overwatch to play on my own xbox instead of my brothers, but everytime I'm like "its so expensive" lol. I wish they would discount it since it's not brand new anymore.
And omg I'm so glad to hear that!! And you're still in the early volumes too! I love Hatori, he's honestly so sweet, and his backstory omg. I love hearing reactions as you go!
It is SO worth it... Dude, 30% off booka that are already discounted may be what puts me in debt lol! Ugh, I know! "Which would I enjoy more? A single video game or 20 new books?" The answer seems pretty clear to me... π They seriously still haven't discounted Overwatch? Wow... You'll just have to keep an eye on it, I guess. So sad though... Oh my goodness, I forgot to say I finally broke and got a Switch to play Animal Crossing!!!! I've been having so much fun with it, I'm actually really glad I got it! π I know, I'm so excited to keep at it!!! I've been reading it on my work breaks and it's horrible that I have to put it down to get back to work... π Hatori is so incredibly sweet, I adore this man. I've missed these people. π
I LOVE Overwatch so I know I'll end up buying it eventually, for now I just play on my brothers downstairs haha. One day I'll just buy it though. π Omg you got animal crossing?! Jealous! I've been following along with everyone else's progress, and watching my brother update me on his new stuff. Everything is so cute! And ahhh I just saw you're making such good progress! I can't wait for you to get to the later books, past the season 1 stuff!
I mean, no rush since you're able to play your brothers! But yeah, one day maybe when it's on sale or something πIt is sooo cute! I absolutely love it. Totally worth the money to me. π
I am! Lol like I said, I've been reading on my breaks, and right before bed. What volume does season 1 end with?
Oh my gosh I totally forgot about the bit with my precious little bunny... β€ I knew it at one point, but... Yeah, I think that's enough for tonight. Now I'm just going to sob myself to sleep. Oh, my poor baby bunny child...β€β€β€
Oh my gosh, MOMIJIIII! <3 I always think about him singing while at the hot spring. I love him, he is sooo cute! And I think the original show ended around volume 8. With a few things out of order, and a few things left out. But you're almost there! Soon it will be all new story for you! π
I totally forgot about that song!!! π Oh, Momiji! He's so cute... I just love him! Okay, so I'm getting pretty close then! I'm so excited...!! ππ
Yes!!! And you're getting closer to more and more reveals and info about the curse and more backstories and relationship developments and ahh it's all so good
Finally, I might actually understand the curse! Lol I totally never understood what was going on. All I understood was pain and I couldn't guarantee a happy ending so I didn't try out the manga to understand the curse. π
Hatori again wins my heart at the end of the 5th volume. He was there for hardly any time at the end, but just him appearing and checking in on a sick character was all I needed. β€β€β€
Yeah I mean the curse is still supposed to be mysterious, but there's the question of whether it can be broken, why the cat is left out :(, the mystery of Akito... you definitely get more answers the more you read lol. And the manga has suuuuch a happy ending so don't worry. It's the best, most well resolved and satisfying ending!! I love it! And yesss Hatoriiiii! β€β€ His backstory is so sad too. I just love him. I love that he's always so calm and emotionless, but in truth he really cares for them all so much.
Ahhh Akito.... My dude, what on earth is up with you...??? One day I shall find out! One day... Okay, so I'm into new territory! Aaaand still, Hatori has my heart. There's just something about characters that seem cold or almost unapproachable who are actually very caring in a quiet manner. And I can't remember if that backstory for Uotani was in the original anime, but I don't remember it really. It was so good!!! And Ritsu!!! I have a list of chracters in my head that I would bearhug in an attempt to make them feel better and he's one of them. Even though that probably wouldn't be advisable.... π
Oh my goodness, Hatsuharu's story in the haunted house was so great!!! πππ It was riveting! Oh my goodness, I really did miss this...
Haha ikr! π Akito is such an interesting character, like just wait. And omg yes I couldn't have described Hatori better, I love when they're like that too π hes just a good guy underneath is cold exterior. Ahahah I LOVE Hatsuharu and whenever he transforms and the haunted house is hilarious πππ
I just gotta understand whats up with Akito! Like, good grief man... Lol yes, Hatsuharu is wonderful! π
You're so close to finding out a big reveal about Akito, you learn it in volume 11! π You're so close now haha. Big secret. And ooo omg I just saw you started Cinder!!! I LOVE TLC, I'm excited for you.
I'm ready for it!!! Like good grief, my dude... π I'm liking Cinder so far!!! I saw that Callie didn't like it too much, but I like science fiction and dystopians so so far so good! I had no idea about the pandemic in the book though, since I don't normally read the descriptions for books, so that was a bit of a shock, haha!
You don't read the descriptions?!? π² I always get drawn because of the cover but I of read the description lmao. You're really gambling π
But yeah the series is amazing! So good. I enjoyed book 1, but then the books after just get so much better! It's suuuuch a fun series.
Lol yeah, I mean sometimes I skim the descriptions but I'm only generally looking for the names of main characters and if there are keywords of things I don't like in books. Cinder is so widely known that I just trusted the currents of attention and jumped right in! π Tho sometimes I'll glance through the reviews for my 'disliked keywords' or tropes I don't like if I'm still not sure about my description skim. π So far I'm digging it!
That's smart to check for what you don't like haha. That's so funny you'll read the reviews, but not the descriptions though. π The Lunar Chronicles really is soo widely loved! My favorite were book 2 and 3, 3 especially because I LOVED Cress haha. And her romance eeekk so cute.
Lol! Yeah it is kind of odd, but I only look at the reviews to check for if there's a trope or trigger warning I might not want to read π Those aren't always mentioned in the description but if someone had a gripe with something they'll mention it in their review! π Just finished the first book and I loved it!!!! It was soo good...!!!
Omg Holly if you loved book 1 you will LOVE the next one because they get a lot better. And Liv, you mean a show for The Lunar Lunar Chronicles? The movie/TV rights have been optioned, and a script is in the works, but there's no confirmation that it will actually ever happen. There's no cast or anything, they're just optioning it. Sadly SO many books get optioned and then never get adapted, and we wait years while they do nothing π I really hope they DO adapt it though because a movie or tv series would be SO exciting!! I'd love to see TLC on screen π Even an animated show would be really fun!!
WAIT or do you mean The Selection?? Netflix is planning to adapt the first book into a movie! I just want allll the adaptions haha
There's no news yet except for who will be the director. No cast yet. But I'm sure everything is halted right now too.
So many shows delayed right now ππ And movies and books. Thankful for the ones that aren't lol.How's Fruits Basket?? ππ
So many... *sigh!*It's good! I haven't had much time to read it though, so I've slowed down more than I wanted to... π Hopefully I'll be able to read more this weekend!
I hope so too! π€π€π» I just got Truthwitch by Cora Carmack in the mail today, and it's so shiny and beautiful. π Not sure when I'll start it yet but hopefully soon!
Yep!! By Susan Dennard***, I don't know why I said Cora lolol must be because I was talking about her book Roar the other day. Have you read the first two Witchlands books? It's perfect timing since the 3rd book comes out soon.
Lol! I kept on trying to look it up but I couldn't find it at first πππ No, I haven't actually. I thought it was on my tbr but I'll have to re-add it! What cover does it have? The one on goodreads? Because I do totally love it!
Yep, that beautiful blue one with the girl on the cover!! You added the right one. π€ And hahaha I'm glad you were able to find it now. π It's so beautiful in person!
I'll have to check it out at some point! π It...might be a while. Apparently I have no time management skills and haven't even properly been reading Fruits Basket like I want to. π¬ Though now I kind of want Truthwitch... Oh my goodness, speaking of books I want have you ever seen the British special edition of the Mistborn trilogy? The one that's white with the beautiful blue wisp stuff?? I've been eyeing it. My sis really wants me to read the series and I might have to buy that box set because it is gorgeous!!! πππHow has your reading challenge going? Are you still doing the OWLs?
Fruits Basket is easier and quicker to read than full novels though so I'm sure you'll be able to squeeze in more of it soon . Easier than another novel. :) And omg yes I have! The blue and white is so pretty. I haven't read them, but my sister really likes them too! Have you seen The 10th Anniversary edition of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, with the red page edges? It's sooooo gorgeous! I got that for Christmas because I had been eyeing it forever, my sister really wants me to start that. She says The Kingkiller Chronicles is amazing! And I haven't really been reading, I'm just leaving the OWLs paper up on my wall until I complete it. I"ll probably leave it up for the next several months. It's pretty to look at anyways haha
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