Mel's October, November & December 2017 Book Haul

I haven't done too much book buying over the last three months (compared to usual). That's probably a good thing, considering I'm desperately searching for shelf space! Lol.

October

The Testing and Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau - The store didn't have Graduation Day... *cries* Lol

Nemesis by Brendan Reichs

One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff (x2 - one for Jen, which is living at my house until she's back from Hong Kong)

The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

A Game of Thrones Illustrated Edition by George RR Martin - Got this dirt cheap! It was just over AUD$18, down from AUD$40 or $50.

Fire Study by Maria V Snyder - found this in an op shop for $1! It was actually a surprise because it is in reasonably good condition and it's also the US cover!

November

13 Reason's Why by Jay Asher - found in op shop for $1

Delirium by Lauren Oliver - found in op shop for $1

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - found in op shop for $1

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton - found hardcover edition in op shop for $1

Yup, I spent $4 in November!

December

The Eye of Minds by James Dashner - found in op shop for $1

Lonely Planet China guide - found in op shop for $1
Ensnared by AG Howard - This was a Christmas gift from Jen, and it completes the series.
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb - This is a series I keep seeing, and have seen for many years now, but I just have never gotten around to looking into the series. I found it in Big W and decided that I would give it a go.
Artemis by Andy Weir - I loved The Martian so much that Andy is an auto-buy, so this was definitely going to end up on my shelf!
Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner - I've heard so many great things about this book! I can't wait to start it!
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie - I've read one other story by Agatha Christie and loved it, and with the new film adaptation for this book, I decided to give it a go.
Everless by Sara Holland - I won an ARC copy of this book from the lovely people over at Hachette, through their Twitter account Date A Book.
By The River by Steven Herrick - Mum had two copies of this book on her shelf and was going to take it to our local coffee shop/book lounge, but I decided I'd read it before she had the chance. I liked it so much that I kept it!
Warcross by Marie Lu - Hardcover edition. Jen bought me this as an early birthday present.

June 2017 TBR

Jen

This is a completely ridiculous TBR and I won’t get anywhere close to reading all these books (unless I somehow gain speed reading as a superpower), but I’m just in the mood where I want to read everything. I can’t narrow my choices down so I’m not going to and I’ll just see what I feel like picking up at the time.

Series I Want to Continue/Finish  

In The Afterlight (The Darkest Minds #3) by Alexandra Bracken

This book has been on my TBR for the past few months and I’m sick of seeing it there. My problem has been that I’m just never in the mood for it, but I actually picked it up towards the end of May and got through a decent chunk of it. I’m interested enough in the story now so I’ll definitely be aiming to finish it as soon as possible in June.

Through The Dark by Alexandra Bracken

I’ve already read the first two novellas in this collection, so I actually only have the last one, Beyond The Night, left to read. The plan is to move onto this as soon as I finish In The Afterlight. I cannot even express how excited I am to finally complete this series so that I can move onto other books!

Raelia (The Medoran Chronicles #2) & Draekora (#3) by Lynette Noni

I started reading this series in May and am absolutely loving it! They are such quick reads and every time I start reading I just don’t want to stop. I am over halfway through Raelia and I’d love to finish it and move right onto Draekora.

Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) & Fairest (#3.5) by Marissa Meyer

I read the first two books in May and I’m just loving this series. I’ve heard that the books just keep getting better and I would love to actually finish this series this month. Probably an unrealistic goal (especially with the size of Winter!) so I’ll just settle for these two.

Picture Perfect (Geek Girl #3) & All That Glitters (#4) by Holly Smale

I’m really enjoying this series and I’m excited to continue on with it, but I still have four books and a novella left to go and with everything else that I want to read, I seriously doubt that it will be possible to finish this entire series this month. I’ll be happy if I can just read one book. Two, if I’m lucky.

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson & Robin Wasserman

I’ve actually already read this collection of novellas but it was over a year ago so I don’t remember too much. I really enjoyed them though and I would love to read them again just to get me back into the Shadowhunter world before I tackle Lady Midnight and Lord of Shadows. 


Series I Want to Start 

The Search for Wondla (#1) by Tony DiTerlizzi

I visited the Hong Kong Central Library again and I saw this sitting on the shelf there and suddenly wanted to read it. I’ve actually already started this one and it’s pretty good so far!

The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine #1) by James Dashner

I only just bought these books! I was browsing the bookshop and I saw the entire trilogy sitting there so I snapped them up. (A bonus was the 20% discount for buying three or more books!) This was actually a series that I had been highly anticipating a couple of years ago but I just never got around to it until now. I’m really looking forward to at least starting the series in June.

And now here’s just a bunch of other random standalone books that I’ve been wanting to read for a while now. They’re mostly contemporary with a couple of mystery/thrillers thrown in, and it's a good mix of newer releases and older ones that I just haven't gotten to yet. I have quite a selection of unread ones to choose from so I’ll just list the ones that I most want to read here and let my mood dictate me.

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

On The Fence by Kasie West

Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between by Jennifer E. Smith

Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella 
Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour

Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

The Takedown by Corrie Wang

The Messenger by Markus Zusak

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas 

 

Mel
I have absolutely no idea what I'm in the mood to read this month! My contemporary kick is well and truly over, so I can't imagine I'll be reading too many of those this month. I'm definitely in the mood for fantasy though, so I'll list a few books that I'm interested in getting to, but there's no guarantee that I'll read all of them. I'm sort of in the mood for some thrillers too. Eh, I'll just start listing books, shall I?

The Black Witch by Laurie Forest
The Bone Collection by Kathy Reichs
The Possible by Tara Altebrando
Akarnae by Lynette Noni
Vigilante by Kady Cross
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Defy The Stars by Claudia Gray
Geek Girl All That Glitters by Holly Smale

Jen's updated 2015 Most Anticipated Releases

The majority of the books I had included in my original 2015 most anticipated releases list have since been released, so I thought I would do an updated list for the second half of the year.

Soundless by Richelle Mead

I’ve never read anything by this author before but I’ve always wanted to, after hearing how much everyone loves the Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series. But I didn’t want to start off with a long series, so this book seems perfect. I have heard some people say they didn’t really like it, but a standalone fantasy involving Chinese folklore? I definitely want to read this one.

Through the Dark by Alexandra Bracken

I have the three books in the trilogy sitting on my shelf but I am waiting for this collection of novellas to come out and then I can read them all.

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

I just keep hearing more and more good things about this series that I’ve finally caved and bought the books that are out so far and I have already pre-ordered this one.

Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes

This is yet another YA fantasy series that I kept hearing nothing but good things about that I caved and started buying the books because I can’t wait any longer to start reading this series.

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

This is the first book in yet another YA sci-fi dystopian series but it seems to have such an awesome futuristic space setting. According to the Goodreads description, the book is told in a series of hacked documents including emails, military files and medical reports. What else could you want in a book?

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

I have heard nothing but good things from the early reviews and it sounds like a very interesting YA contemporary so I definitely want to read this when it comes out. 

November 9 by Colleen Hoover 
I know absolutely nothing about this book, but Colleen Hoover is my newest auto-buy author. I haven't read all of her books yet, but the ones I have read were absolutely amazing so I cannot wait to get my hands on this one.

The following books were included in my original list but I am including them again because I want them so badly.

Winter by Marissa Meyer

The Game of Lives by James Dashner

Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner