Hey guys,
I ended up buying quiet a few books this month so I thought I’d share them with you. If you live in Cairns, Australia, you’ll know that in the last two years there has been big Vinnies Book Sales. Now I used to volunteer there so I felt somewhat obligated to go, but obviously the main reason was the books. When you get there you are handed a bag which if you fill you only have to pay AU$35 which is crazy good. I couldn’t pass that opportunity up, now could I? The first lot I’ll be showing you are from that sale. I won’t be talking about the books because there’s a lot of them, I’ll probably just put the synopsis down. What I will say now is that pretty much all the books I got from there are books I’ve been needing i.e. books in a series I need, so I might miss the synopsis out of them for spoiler reasons for you, and also for me because it could spoil the first book if I haven’t read it yet, hope you understand lol. Enough talking, I’ll just start now.
Moon Chosen by P.C. Cast
‘Chosen to embrace her true identity. Chosen to hollow destiny. Chosen to change her world. Mari is an Earth Walker, heir to the unique healing powers of her Clan, but she has been forced to turn from her duties, until she is chosen by a special animal ally, altering her destiny forever. When a deadly attack tears her world open apart. Mari reveals the strength of her powers and the forbidden secret of her dual nature as she embarks on a mission to save herself and her people. It is not until Nik, the son of the leader from a rival, dominating Tribe, strays across her path that Mari experiences something she has never felt before. Now evil is coming, and with it, a force more terrible and destructive than the world has ever seen, leaving Mari to cast the shadows from the earth. By breaking Clan Law and forming an alliance with Nik, she must make herself and Nik. Ready to embrace her true destiny…and battle the forces that threaten to destroy them all.’
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
‘In a kingdom by the sea. In a secret world where half-angel warriors are sworn to fight demons, parabatai is a sacred word. A parabatai is your partner in battle. A parabatai is your best friend. Parabatai can be everything to each other – but they can never fall in love. Emma Carstairs is a warrior, a Shadowhunter. She lives for battle. Alongside her Parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, she patrols Los Angeles, where vampires party on the Sunset Strip, and faeries – the most powerful of supernatural creatures – teeter on the edge of war with Shadowhunters. When the bodies of humans and faeries are found murdered in the same way Emma’s parents were when she was a child, and uneasy alliance is formed. This is Emma’s chance for revenge and Julian’s chance to get back his brother Mark, who is being held by the faerie Courts. All they have to do is solve the murders within two weeks… and before the murderer targets them. Their search takes Emma from sea caves full of sorcery to a dark lottery where death is dispensed. And each clue she unravels uncovers more secrets. What has Julian been hiding from her all these years? Why does Shadowhunter Law forbid parabatai to fall in love? Who really killed her parents – and can she bear to know the truth?’
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
‘When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray arrives in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, something terrifying is waiting for her in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Friendless and hunted, Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons. Drawn ever deeper into their world, she finds herself fascinated by – and torn between – two best friends and quickly realises that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.’
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
‘Independent, tomboyish Jo; delicate, loving Beth; pretty, kind Meg; or precocious and artistic Amy, the baby of the family. The charming story of these four “little women” and their wise and patient mother Marmee enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England was an instant success when first published in 1868 and has been adored for generations.’
Yes this is my 3rd copy of this book, I have this, and e-book and a World Cloud Classic edition. But in my defence, since English Lit in high school I’ve enjoyed highlighting my favourite parts in classics, and there is no way I am damaging my nice copy, and I prefer physical copies over e-books of my favourite books.
The 100 by Kass Morgan
‘Ever since a devastating nuclear war, humanity has lived on spaceships far above Earth’s radioactive surface. Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents are being sent on a dangerous mission: to recolonise the planet. It could be their second chance at life… or it could be a suicide mission. Clarke was arrested for treason, though she’s haunted by the memory of what she really did. Wells came to Earth for the girl he loves – but will she ever forgive him? Bellamy fought his way onto the transport pod to protect his sister, and Glass managed to escape, only to find that life on the ship is just as dangerous as she feared it would be on Earth. In a savage land, the hundred must fight to survive. They were never meant to be heroes, but they may be mankind’s last hope.’
Doctor Who: Diamond Dogs by Mike Tucker
‘For over fifteen years the crew of Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27 has been extracting diamonds from deep within the atmosphere of Saturn, diamonds that help to fund the ever-expanding Human Empire. But when mining operation goes wrong, a rescue mission must be launched to save a worker lost overboard, a worker who claims that he has seen something amongst the swirling clouds. Something that can’t possibly exist. When the Doctor and Bill arrive, they immediately find themselves caught between hostile miners, suspicious security guards and corrupt company company officials as they face accusations of sabotage and diamond theft. And below them, in the crushing atmosphere of the gas giant, something is starting the rise.’
So that is all the books I bought from the Vinnies Book Sale. I shall now put down the books I just got from random book shops. Again I won’t really say much about them.
The Prom by Saundra Mitchell
‘Emma knows better than anyone that Edgewater, Indiana, is not a great place to be gay. She really wants to take her girlfriend – the popular, closeted It girl Alyssa – to prom. How big a deal could that really be? But when their classmates find out, the backlash exceeds Emma’s worst nightmares. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, Barry and Dee Dee are Broadway stars of yesteryear. When their new show bombs, they need some good publicity – fast. So when they hear about Emma’s plight, they decide to step in and create a prom for everyone – whoever their date is. Suddenly, Edgewater is the centre of a national news story. As the drama queens of New York take over the sleepy town, chaos ensures. All Emma and Alyssa want is to dance together. Is that too much to ask?’
The Librarian Of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
‘Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Displaced. along with her mother and father, from their home in Prague – first to the capital city’s ghetto, then northward to the Terezin settlement, and now to Auschwitz in Poland – Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Fredy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees, becoming the librarian of Auschwitz.’
The Tattooist Of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
‘Lale Sokolov is well-dressed, a charmer, a ladies man. He is also a Jew. On the first transportation from Slovakia to Auschwitz in 1942, Lale immediately stands out to his fellow prisoners. In the camp, he is looked up to, looked out for, and put to work in the privileged position of Tetovierer – the tattooist – to mark his fellow prisoners, forever. One of them is a young woman, Gita, who steals his heart at first glance. His life is given new purpose, Lale does his best through the struggle and suffering to use his position for good. This story, full of beauty and hope, is based on years of interviews author Heather Morris conducted with real life Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov.’
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich with Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
‘High-school senior Evan Hanson has always struggled to belong. But when the notoriously troubled Connor Murphy took his own life, he did so in possession of a letter Evan had written to himself. Now everyone thinks they were best friends. Evan feeds the lie, and helps Connor’s family deal with grief, it’s clear that is isn’t invisible anymore. Every day is suddenly amazing. Evan convinces himself he’s doing the right thing. Until everything starts to go wrong.’
The Girl Who Came Out Of The Woods by Emily Barr
‘Arty has lived in a hidden matriarchy in the hills of India all her life. But now a deadly plague is threatening her tiny commune, and she must leave her home and go into the modern world for help, before it’s too late. “You must find Matthew. He’s your uncle. Look for him, or look for Tania. Find the keys and take them. Be careful of the rest of the family. Don’t go into the basement.” With only three keys around her neck and two names on her lips, Arty must navigate the world outside the woods to uncover a lifetime of secrets.’
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
‘Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them – until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her. His name is Gansey, and he’s a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul whose emotions range from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher who notices many things but says very little. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She doesn’t believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem. But as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.’
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Lovecraft Short Stories
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.k. Rowling and Jim Kay
I am slowly building up my Harry Potter Collection. Let me know if you’d like to see that. To be fair I might post it anyway when I have no ideas lol. I just need the Chamber of Secrets Illustrated and the Goblet Of Fire when that comes out.
So they are all of the books I’ve bought this month. I know it wasn’t an exciting post but I’m slowly pulling myself back into this blog, and I thought this was a good post to help me do just that. I’ve already read The Prom so if you want to know more about my feelings on that checkout my September Wrap Up! And please let me know what you think of these books if you have any opinions on them. Also what are some of the best books you’ve bought this month? I’d love to know! And don’t forget to check out my Goodreads if you’re interested in that sort of thing.
Till next time!
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If you don’t like that then tough (but don’t worry, there’s going to be better punctuation on here than there is on y texts). Also the occasional cuss word will come up and I won’t get rid of them. There’s not going to be a lot (I don’t cuss a lot anyway), but since I want this blog to seem like I’m texting my friends (and I mean, it IS my blog) I’m not going to stop doing it. I thought I’d put this in as a sort of ‘warning’. So if anyone has a problem with that kind of language, sorry (I’m not really lmao).
“A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown. – THE BOOK – Ship Of Theseus, the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer name V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a strange ship with a monstrous crew and launched on a disorientating and perilous journey. – THE WRITER – Straka, the incendiary and secretive subject of one of the world’s greatest mysteries, a revolutionary about whom the world knows nothing apart from the words he wrote and the rumours that swirl around him. – THE READERS – Jennifer and Eric, a college senior and a disgraced grad student, both facing crucial decisions about who they are, who they might become, and how much they’re willing to trust another person with their passions, hurts and fears.”
“Orphaned as a child, Jane has felt an outcast her whole young life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired by the brooding, proud Edward Rochester to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind spirit. She falls in love. Hard. But there is a terrifying secret inside the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall. Is Rochester hiding from Jane? Will Jane be left heartbroken and exiled once again?”
“Garn once boasted five great kingdoms – until Ithrace was betrayed. It’s royal family, the flame-haired Firemanes, was not even saved by its affinity with fire: every one of them was executed by the King of Sandura. Now four kingdoms remain, out of balance and on the brink of war. But there are whispers that a newborn Ithraci heir may have been smuggled away… Terrified, the four kings place a bounty on the child’s head, lest the boy grow up with revenge in his heart. Declan is a gifted apprentice to a master blacksmith in a peaceful village learning an ancient craft – until slavers descend to capture men to press as soldiers for Sandura. forcing him to run for his life, carrying with him his priceless knowledge of the forging of jewel-steel. On the secret island of the Quelli Nascosti assassins, three young friends are being schooled in the arts of espionage and killing: Donte, son of a senior master: Hava, a fierce girl and gifted fighter: and Hatu, a strange, conflicted boy in whom fury and calm war constantly, whose hair is a bright and fiery shade of red…”
“Britt Pfeiffer has never been very adventurous, but that’s about to change. Wanting to impress her ex-boyfriend, Britt convinces her best friend, Korbie, to take a hiking trip with her. But when a freak storm leaves the girls stranded, they seek shelter in a secluded cabin- where they find two handsome rescuers. Or so they think. Britt realises that she and Korbie need to get off the mountain fast, and so begins a treacherous journey through the ice and snow. But is gorgeous, mysterious Mason an enemy – or an Ally?”
“When the brutally stabbed and nearly decapitated body of a society dentist is found in his town house at 31 Bond Street in lower Manhattan, this is the question that grips America for months. All the evidence points to his elegant and mysterious lodger and housekeeper, Emma (*wink wink, nudge nudge*) Cunningham, who is immediately put under arrest and soon charged with murder. A conviction is sure to catapult flamboyant district attorney Abraham Oakey Hall into the mayor’s seat. But one formidable obstacle stands in his way: the defence attorney Henry Clinton who risks his whole career to help prove the vulnerable widow’s innocence.”
I really like Edgar Allen Poe, I think his writing is great. My favourite piece he’s done is (this is going to be a typical answer I think) The Raven, there’s something enticing about it and I know I won’t get bored of it no matter how many times I’ll read it. When I do finally open this I’ll read one part at a time, I don’t think it’d be a great idea to read all of these in one go.
Yep, you read that right, I own Star Wars Episode III as a book. This is 1st place on for “been on my self the longest” category. I was going to read this on Star Wars day and I don’t know why I didn’t. I’m not desperate to read this, this is on my “eh” self. I’m not bothered if I read it or if I don’t, and I don’t normally feel that way towards books.
“Murder. Bloodshed. War. The true story of Wonderland… Alyss was destined to become Wonderland’s beloved Queen. Until her life was shattered. Seeing her parents killed she seeks refuge in our world. Years later she returns. Her evil aunt now rules the land. Shrieking Seekers command the air. And deep in the darkness something far more frightening is watching. And waiting. Purring with anticipating…”
“Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor’s warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.”
“Two extraordinary adventures… a missing magician’s diary… a symphony of smells… and a deadly secret.”
“Who are you? What have we done to each other? These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy’s friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn’t true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren’t made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what did happen to Nick’s beautiful wife?”
“Manhattan’s wealthy Upper East Side has its own rigid code of behaviour. One strictly adhered to by the Wilder-Bingham family. Emotional displays – unacceptable. Unruly behaviour – definitely not welcome. Fun – no thanks. So when Rosie Kitto, an eccentric primary school teacher from England, bounces into this fortress of restraint with a heart as big as the city, the family quickly discovers that she hasn’t read the rule book. After a lifetime of saying no, what happens when everyone starts saying…yes?”
“In Depression-era America, everyone’s running away from something. Some people join the circus to escape. Jacob Jankowski hitches a ride on a freight train and in an instant his life changes. By morning, he’s landed a job with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. By nightfall, he’s in love.”
“Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her Kingdom – all because of a reckless bargain her father struck. And since birth, she has been training to kill him. Betrayed by her family yet bound to obey, Nyx rails against her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, she abandons everything to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, disarm him, and break the centuries-old curse he put on her people. But Ignifex is not what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle – a shifting maze of magical rooms – enthrals her. As Nyx tries to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex’s secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. But even if she could bring herself to lover her sworn enemy, could she refuse her duty to kill him?”
“In the land of Sempra, the rich control everything – even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, day and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. The rich live for centuries; the poor bleed themselves dry. Jules and her father are behind on their rent and low on hours. To stop him from draining himself to clear their debts., Jules takes a job at Everless, the grand estate of the cruel Gerling family. There, Jules encounters danger and temptation in the guise of the Gerling heir, Roan, who is soon to be married. But the web of secrets at Everless stretches beyond her desire, and the truths she must uncover will change her life for ever… and possibly the future of time itself.”
“It is the summer of 1983, and young Nick Guest, an innocent in matters of politics and money, has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious new Tory MP, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their children Toby and Catherine. As the boom years of the mid-80s unfold, Nick becomes caught up in the Feddens’ world, while pursuing his own private obsession, with beauty – a prize as compelling to him as power and riches are to his friends. An early affair with a young black council worker gives him his first experience of romance; but it is a later affair. with a beautiful millionaire, that brings into question the larger fantasies of a ruthless decade.”
“Hanover Falls hasn’t had a werewolf problem in over one hundred years, but when people suddenly start dying in Claire Benoit’s town, panic spreads fast. The gruesome killings are all anyone can talk about at Claire’s sixteenth birthday party, though the only thing on Claire’s mind is gorgeous Matthew Engle chatting and flirting with her as if she’s the only girl there. But that night, Claire discovers something that takes away all sense of normality: she’s a werewolf. Claire knows she must keep her changing identity a secret, especially from Matthew , whose father is leading the werewolf hunt. But then a rouge werewolf threatens to put everyone she knows in danger. Struggling to feel comfortable in either skin, and with her lupine loyalty at odds with her human heart, Claire is forced to make a choice that will change her forever.”
I’ve wanted to go to Italy for so long, and Pompeii is the first place I want to go to, so when I saw The Last Days Of Pompeii in the shop I knew I had to get it. I’m looking forward to reading this because each chapter is written about different people who lived there, which I think will be interesting to read.
“Introducing Rob Fitzgerald: thirteen years old and determined to impress the new girl at school. But it’s a difficult task for a super-shy kid who is prone to panic attacks that include vomiting, difficulty breathing and genuine terror that can last all day. An anonymous texter is sending Rob challenges and they might just help. Or not.”
“For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead. A cosy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger. Harry Steerter gets the chance to cure himself from illness – if he agrees to impose misery on an old rival. And Darcy Anderson discovers a box containing her husband’s dark and terrifying secrets – he’s not just the man who keeps his nails short and collects coins. And now he’s heading home…”
“Long before Alice fell down the rabbit hole… And before the roses were panted red… The Queen of Hearts was just a girl, in love for the first time.”
“Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, but no one’s ever looked past her weight to see who she really is. Since her mum’s death, Libby’s been hiding, but now she’s read for high school ‘I want to be the girl who can do anything’. Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin too – sexy, aloof and too cool for school. But Jack’s swaggering confidence is hiding a secret he must keep at all costs ‘Be charming. Be hilarious. Don’t get too close to anyone’. Then Jack meets Libby. And their worlds change Because sometimes when you meet someone, the whole universe just comes into focus.”
I’m not going to talk about this one in case it has spoilers 🙂
“Three children. Two worlds. One prophecy. They were snatched from their beds in the dead of night, when the world was covered in snow. Ten years on, Kate, Michael and Emma have grown up in a string of miserable orphanages, and all memories of their parents have faded. Arriving in the eerily silent Cambridge Falls, the children quickly realise there is something strange going on… With the discovery of an old leather book, an ancient magical prophecy is set in motion which will take them on the adventure of several lifetimes, to worlds outside their own. Only they have the power to save the town – and their own future.”
“Tragedy came one summer’s night: a teenage party, emotions running high, followed by a horrific car crash. A girl is left dead and a boy is forced to leave his home town, bearing a secret that he will carry forever Years later, Summer grows up believing that our genes define who we are. Her teenage years are marked by absence: her beautiful, aloof mother abandons the family without a trace and her father descends into mental illness, haunted by a lifelong burning secret.”
I’m not going to talk about this one in case it has spoilers 🙂
“Luke Elliott and Claudia Marsden have fallen in love at a perilous time. The Second World War is raging in the Pacific, barbed wire and gun emplacements are strung along the northern beaches in preparation for invasion. As the war moves closer, their ‘sextet’ of loyal school friends is splintering as individual career dreams are pursued. Luke yearns to be a journalist but a start in newspapers is proving challenging. The war’s end unexpectedly provides Luke’s big break, but the pursuit of his dream will keep him away from Australia and Claudia, with surprising consequences for them both.”
“Mortuary cosmetologist Callie Parrish is thrilled to pack up her banjo and take off with her best friend, Jane, for a bluegrass festival on Surcie Island. A whole weekend of her favourite kind of music, Gullah food, and fun in the sun is just what Callie needs to erase the memory of being locked in a casket last fall. But somehow, she just can’t seem to leave her work behind her… Little Fiddlin’ Fred might be tiny in stature, but he’s huge in the bluegrass world. When his dead body tumbles out of a bass case onstage, the festival erupts in chaos. Local cops advise Callie not to get involved, but when Jane discovers a second corpse – and then disappears – Callie has no choice. Her sleuthing leads her to a widow too busy flirting to mourn, another fiddler awfully eager to fill in, and a water witch convinces he can find whatever treasures might be hiding under the sand – but Callie will also learn that on an island, you tend to keep going in circles.”
The King Of Ashes cover is a bit plain, but when you look closely you can see the detail. So obviously the first thing you see is the crown, which is nicely detailed with crevasses for a design and has red and black jewels. Then you see the smoke coming off of the crown and watch it turn to embers, and if you look closely behind the crown you can see coal. Like I said before, it’s a very simple cover but I think that what detailed has been put in is amazing.
I think this is a beautiful cover because of not just the look of it but the feel of it. Obviously its got gorgeous colours on it and the yellow writing goes so well with the white and the light blue. Then there’s the dinosaur itself, you can see all the detail that’s been put into it so it’s not just a cartoonish image. When you feel the cover its got texture, the snowflakes are bumpy as are the fairy light that are around the dinosaur.
I have a lot of reasons for loving this cover. So to start off with I’ll just talk about the front: It’s simple but it stands out at the same time. When I look at this my eyes are instantly drawn to the tiger, the orange is so bold against the white of the boat, and not only that but the way the tiger is taking up the majority of the boat with Pi huddled up on the other side because that really shows the ‘relationship’ these two had. Another thing I love about the cover are the sea animals, when you look at them you can see squiggled lines on them from the water, which I like because it’s the small details like that which I find amazing. Now I’m going to talk about the back of the book: I love how the back is designed like a rusty boat and I think it’s amazing because the more I think about it, what else could it be?
There’s only one word that comes to mind when I think of this cover: Wow. There’s so much detail to it and I love it! When you look at the girls face (I’m presuming it’s Zélie) you can see so much, like the detail on her forehead, her eyelashes, her cheekbones, etc… Then there’s the hair! The white stands out so beautifully, and there are certain strands that are a silvery mirror type material (I can’t think of the correct name) so when light hits the book it, it reflects off of the material. Another thing I like about the hair is how it swishes in, out, and around the title, so the words are incorporated into the cover and it’s not just stuck on there. I love how the colour of the title (including Tomi Adeyemi’s name) transitions from a bright read to a dark red/brown colour. I honestly think this cover is beautiful!
First I’d just like to say I love the blue on this cover, and I think it goes it so well with the black. My favourite thing about this cover is that the writing is inside of the head (I’m presuming it’s Charlie) like it’s been written by chalk, although I don’t know anyone who can write that neatly with chalk. And you can’t see it (duhh) but on the back the bottom half of the body that got cut off carries on, on the back. Also, I don’t know if you can see it on the picture, but at the bottom of Charlie, there’s flowers and I think that’s so cool because it adds onto the wallflower theme.
Honestly I think this is just one of my favourite book designs is because The Woman In Black is one of my favourite books, so it has a big soft spot in my heart. I love how there’s swirly details along the edges of the book that look like vines, as well as them being on the back. Then I also like how the woman is all black and it’s like she’s part of the ground and the twigs around her. The font it another thing that I like because I looks like it’s been written in a fountain pen, and it just goes really well with the rest of the cover.
I think I would be pretty stupid to not add this book to this post. I don’t even need to explain why I love it, but I’m going to anyway. Firstly, I would like to appreciate the font, it’s nothing special but I just wanted to say that I really like the C and the B. Now the main reason why this is beautiful: I think it’s amazing how they made the stairs mash with petals to make it look like a rose, and because it’s a Beauty And The Beast re-telling it makes sense a lot of sense for it to be that way (that last bit flew away from me and there’s no fixing it at this point, sorry).
I think it’s amazing how they incorporated the hour lass and blood together for the cover. So, blood can be extracted prom people and bound to iron coins. The richer you are, the more time you have to live while the poor bleed themselves dry for money. So having the blood run through the hour glass I think is very creative. Then there’s also how the blood is shaped to look like a female in the top half, and then the bottom half the blood is shaped into a castle.
I waited a year for this book, and it was sooooo worth the wait! I loved this more then Caraval, which is saying something considering how much I love that! I honestly had no idea what was going to happen at the end of this book, and then the ending happened! I’m still trying to wrap my brain around it, it was so good and mind blowing! *miner spoilers* I wasn’t too fond of Tella in Caraval (although I thought the thought of what she did was amazing), but I loved her in Legendary. Because I have soooo much to say about this book I’ll be doing a review about this, which will be very spoiler heavy! It should be surprise that I gave this book a 5/5 stars on Goodreads.
So that’s a lot of books, and definitely a lot more than I would usually buy, but I’m not complaining.
“Charlie’s not the biggest geek in high school, but he’s by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent, yet socially awkward, Charlie is a wallflower, standing on the threshold of his life whilst watching everyone else live theirs.
“Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist names Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.”
“Two outsiders. Two secrets. David longs to be a girl. Leo wants to be invisible. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long…”
“A cold February morning… A snowy road… And suddenly all of Mia’s choices are gone. Except one. As alone as she’ll ever be, Mia must make the most difficult choice of all.”
“Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew.”
“Greg Gaines is the last master of high school espionage, able to disappear at will into any social environment. He has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, their own incomprehensible versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics.
“Cath and Wren are identical twins and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they’re off to university and Wren’s decided she doesn’t want to be one half of a pair anymore – she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It’s not so easy for Cath. She would rather bury herself in the fanfiction she writes where there’s romance far more intense than anything she’s experienced in real life.
“After a tumble down the rabbit hole, Alice finds herself far away from home in the absurd world of Wonderland. As mind-bending as it is delightful, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel is pure magic for young and old alike.”
“A talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.”
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