Birthday Book Haul

Okay, so as a kid, I loved my birthday. As an adult... not so much. But I figured that because today is my twenty-fifth birthday and I had some babysitting cash, I would treat myself to some books. Yes. You read that right. A twenty-five year old babysitter. I don't work in the summer, so I still babysit/nanny to make some extra cash.

Today's book haul all came from Half Price Books. I went with a list, but they didn't have a single book that I really wanted at the moment, but I found some that were on my TBR list. I grabbed those books so I can get around to reading them. I got all of these for under $55. I guess that's not too bad if you consider that one book is a brand new release and most of them are hardcovers.

Books from today's haul:

• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson - This book was chosen for me to read this month for a Goodreads Pick it for Me challenge. My YA Lit professor talked about it all the time, so I added it on Goodreads and kind of forgot about it.
• The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp - I've been meaning to read this since my friend made me see the movie with her.
• Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid - I've had my eye on this for a while. I hoped to get an ARC, so I settled for buying it as soon as I could. It seems like a good book to read at the end of the summer.
• So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti - I thought my sister would like this, so I grabbed it for her to read. It turns out that she already owns it, so it's mine now. I've read Colasanti before, but I don't really remember loving her. I hope this book wows me.
• Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - Even though L.A. Candy was thoroughly predictable, I love Lauren Conrad, so I am going to try to finish this series.
• Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi - Ever since reading Persepolis in my college world literature class, I've been wanting to find and read this. I don't read many graphic novels; I can count the ones I've read on one hand, but Satrapi is worth reading. I hope this book lives up to the first one.
• Maus II - I haven't read Maus yet, but I plan on it, so I grabbed this hardcover before anyone else could. I guess I should look for Maus in hardcover now. I'm kind of hoping Amazon has a copy of it that way I can just order it when I go to order my September releases.

Well now I've got to find places to put these babies while I rock out to "Happy Birthday" by Altered Images.

Mini Book Haul: July 31, 2014

So yesterday, after an exhausting day of riding rides at an amusement park, my friend and I called it a day and headed for the comforts of home. We rode rides, we ate food that was bad for us, and we were tired. We decided to go get dinner, and ended up at Half Price Books.

I got lucky because the hardcover of The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling that I saw a few days ago was still there, so I snatched it up and took it home. I was so happy. And then I did a little happy dance because I bought a book by Jo on her birthday. I'd say that one will be a memorable purchase.

I'd really wanted to buy it the other day, but some lady was sitting on the stool for like fifteen minutes and would not move when I went to grab it. She just sat there and texted! Who does that in a bookstore? She blocked two entire shelves just because she wouldn't move. It annoyed me, but at least she didn't cost me the book.

Then I went over to the YA section and found Thirteen Reasons Why. I've been wanting to read this too, and even though they are selling a ton of brand new paperbacks of it there, I wanted the hardcover version. Also, I really love how the title is stylized. It is interesting (TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY). I know I'll get annoyed by typing that.

I'm really excited to have both of these books. It might be a while because I have so many books to read, but I'll get to them soon.

Happy reading.