Monthly Wrap Up - February

I wish I had had a more exciting month reading-wise, but nah, it was pretty boring and uneventful. Insurmountably, The Heir of Fire was the best book that I read this month. Funny story though, I started reading it the day it was published in the UK (September, 2014), and even though I loved the beginning and I was so happy to get the book in my hands, I left it unfinished for several months.  'What', you may exclaim and I concur. WHAT??! How could I just leave it unfinished when it was so good?? Well, I have no answers for that question, but I think  that the fact that there was so much build-up for the future books, making the third book so different from the previous two, that I was a bit taken back by it. No excuse, though.

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✿ Book Haul ✿

1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

✿ Books Read ✿

1. Pivot Point (Pivot Point #1) by Kasie West 

2. The Mirror Empire (Worldbreaker Saga #1) by Kameron Hurley

3. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

4. Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas

5. Extraction (Extraction #1) by Stephanie Diaz

6. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

✿ Books Published (that sound amazing) ✿

1. A Darker Shade of Magic (A Darker Shade of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab

2. Red Queen (Red Queen #1) by Victoria Aveyard

3. The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand 

4. A Wicked Thing (A Wicked Thing #1) by Rhiannon Thomas

5. The Sin Eater's Daughter (The Sin Eater's Daughter) by Melinda Salisbury

✿ Books that I drooled after ✿

1. A Darker Shade of Magic (A Darker Shade of Magic) by V.E. Schwab

2. The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson

3. Saga Volume. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan

4. The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2) by Rick Yancey

5. Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas

+ many more, but these were the books that I desired the most. I actually have Crown of Midnight on my Kindle, but I want the physical copy too! I wish I had more money to buy books.. 

Monthly Wrap Up - May

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And so another month went by! I didn't get to do as much reading as I did on April due to my finals, but I'm pretty happy considering how busy I was. My favourite from this month definitely was The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Lesley Walton and the least favourite was Branded by Abi Ketner & Missy Kalicicki. However, I was the most excited about Saga Volume 1 which didn't let me down with its phenomenal setting and unpredictable plot. 

✿ Book Haul ✿

The Falconer (The Falconer #1) by Elizabeth May

How They Met, and Other Stories by David Levithan

The Alchemist by Paolo Coehlo

Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Demon King (Seven Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima

Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson

Saga, Volume 1 (Saga #1-6) by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Stables

Branded (Sinners #1) by Abi Ketner & Missy Kalicicki

Nihal of the Land of the Wind (Chronicles of the Overworld #1) by Licia Troisi

Total: 9

✿ Books Read ✿

The Demon King (Seven Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima
Branded (Sinners #1) by Abi Ketner & Missy Kalicicki
Vicious (Vicious #1) by Victoria Schwab
Hexed (The Witch Hunter #1) by Michelle Krys

Saga, Volume 1 (Saga #1-6) by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Stables

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Lesley Walton

The Three by Sarah Lotz

Total: 7

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I'm so glad my exams are finally over and I can start my "summer holiday" which basically consists of working and working on a study I'm conducting with a few classmates, but at least I have a break from uni work before my last year starts. I know I'm going to be a huge ball of stress next year so I might well as enjoy uni-free life. And of course I'm going to achieve that by reading massive amounts of books!

Monthly Wrap Up - April

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I thought I might do a small wrap up of April post as it was a pretty good reading month for me. During the next month, I won't be able to read as much as my finals are approaching with a deadly laser gaze. Blah. But it's only 4 week so after that the summer is here and I can dedicate my whole summer to books and working - sounds pretty great!

✿ Book Haul ✿

The Princess Bride by William Goldman 

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Hexed (Hexed, #1) by Michelle Krys

The Deeper We Fall (Fall and Rise, #1) by Chelsea M. Cameron

The Three by Sarah Lotz

The Moment Collector by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Storm (Elemental, #1) by Brigid Kemmer

The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) by Rick Yancey

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer

Origin (Lux, #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1) by Marie Rutkoski
This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

Ready Player One by Earnest Cline

Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) by Scott Westerfeld

Every Day by David Levithan

Vicious (Vicious, #1) by Victoria Schwab

Total: 17

✿ Books Read ✿

The Moment Collector by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Looking For Alaska by John Green
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) by Lemony Snicket
Shattered Secrets (Book of Red, #1) by Krystal Wade
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
Ready Player One by Earnest Cline
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave) by Rick Yancey
Strom (Elemental, #1) by Brigig Kemmer
The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna Fox Chronicles, #1) by Mary E. Pearson
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer
Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Everbound (Everneath, #2) by Brodi Ashton
The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Curse, #1) by Marie Rutkoski
Half Bad (Half Life Trilogy, #1) by Sally Green
Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, #2) by Veronica Rossi

Total: 18

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I hadn't counted my hauls or readings before doing this post, but I'm pretty proud of myself that I managed to read more than I acquired - yay me! 18 books also is a good count as I'm usually a slow reader and I think if I can keep this up, I might be able to read 100 books like I originally planned.