HELLO!
I
hope you guys are well. I'm feeling happy because it's feeling so
summery (except at the moment it's overcast but it's not that cold SO
YAY). It was 27 degrees here the other day which is quite hot for
England (quite hot for anywhere, actually!) and I lay in the sun in
the whole day and it was glorious. Perfect
time to read some YA contemporary, methinks.
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I
can relate to this gif on a spiritual level
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SO,
I said I was on a book buying ban (and I am, kind of *cough*)
but I have a very good reason for buying these books (I hope). But
from now, I am on an official book buying ban until August. WISH ME
LUCK.
So
I bought the second and third Twilight books because they were at my
local Whole Foods and I love going there because their
olive bread is something else, I tell ya
they have a bookcase - and amazing
food - full of books and you can donate any amount and get a book so
YES PLEASE AND THANK YOU. I've always wanted the Twilight books for
my shelf because I really enjoyed them when I read them. Granted I
was
12 at the time and it was the first YA series I'd read, so I'm not
sure I'd feel the same way. I think I shall reread them shortly and
see what I think. That should be interesting.
Very
interesting.
Then,
I emailed a publishing company to request an ARC of Gemina and I got
accepted and there may have been a lot of squealing and embarrassing
attempts at celebratory dancing involved.
Then because I haven't read
Illuminae and I haven't seen it at the library (and
it's a really pretty book that would look so good on my bookshelf but
that totally wasn't a factor at all psshh) I
decided that I should buy it. AND I DID. I so badly wanted to get the
hardcover but it's so expensive
so I got the paperback instead and it's so
pretty.
So see, I didn't
go totally overboard (three books hardly counts as breaking a ban, right? Shh, let me live in denial). I'm gaining more self-control as the years go by. #proud
So tell me! Have you read the Twilight books and what did you think? What books have you read that you enjoyed the first time around but after rereading it, you weren't a fan? What books have you added to your shelves this week?