Mel's September & October Book Haul

So few of these were bought in September and I was really busy with University, so I decided to wait and combine two hauls in one.
Side note: I'm crazy conscious of the background in the pic. I'm getting rid of an old mattress and its new owner hasn't picked it up yet!

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Top
Doctor Who Eleventh Doctor Issue 1 After Life
Doctor Who Tenth Doctor Issue 1 Revolutions of Terror
Middle
Demon Road by Derek Landy
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas
Rogue by Julie Kagawa
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
The Iron Trial and The Copper Gauntlet by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
This Book Loves You by Pewdiepie
Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George RR Martin
Bottom
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Illustrated Edition by JK Rowling

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World After by Susan Ee
Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E Pearson
The Heroes of Olympus series box set by Rick Riordan

Jen's September 2015 Book Haul

Left side: 
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Sweet Evil, Sweet Peril & Sweet Reckoning by Wendy Higgins 
Devoted & True by Hilary Duff
Pure, Apollyon & Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout 

Right side: 
Grey by E.L. James 
The Intern by Gabrielle Tozer 
Books 1-7 in the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella 
  #1 The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
  #2 Shopaholic Abroad
  #3 Shopaholic Ties the Knot 
  #4 Shopaholic & Sister 
  #5 Shopaholic & Baby 
  #6 Mini Shopaholic 
  #7 Shopaholic to the Stars 
Frigid & Scorched by Jennifer L. Armentrout 

 
These are books I bought back in June but for some reason they never made it into a book haul so I thought I'd just include them in this one. 


We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 
Angelfall, World After & End of Days by Susan Ee 
Dark Heart Forever, Dark Heart Rising & Dark Heart Surrender by Lee Monroe 
The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns & And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini 

August 2015 Wrap Up

Jen

I feel like this was a slow reading month for me compared to the previous months. The 2015 Netball World Cup took place in this month so that was a major distraction and then I had a period where I just didn’t feel like reading anything. My reading did pick up towards the end of the month but a lot were audiobooks.

Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes → 5/5 
The Annotated Brothers Grimm edited by Maria Tatar → 4/5  
A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston → 3/5  
The Devil You Know by Trish Doller → 3.5/5  
Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker → 5/5  
In Her Wake by K.A. Tucker → 5/5  
A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin →  4/5  
Risk by Fleur Ferris → 5/5  
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult → 5/5  
The Tomorrow series by John Marsden (all on audiobook)  
- Tomorrow, When the War Began → 5/5  
- The Dead of the Night → 5/5  
- The Third Day, The Frost → 5/5 
- Darkness, Be My Friend → 5/5  
- Burning For Revenge → 5/5  
- The Night is For Hunting → 4.5/5 
- The Other Side of Dawn → 5/5 

Mel
I've been busy with essays and readings for uni, so I didn't get as many books read as I'd like, and a majority of the readings for uni didn't actually get finished. I was lucky though, because one of my assignments was a close reading, which means I only had to analyse a passage from one of the books, so finishing the book wasn't really necessary.

Books Finished
Angelfall by Susan Ee → 5/5
The Duff by Kody Keplinger → 5/5
The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe → 3/5
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe → 4/5
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe → 4/5
Risk by Fleur Ferris → 5/5
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes → 5/5

Books Not Finished (and why I didn't finish them)
The Monk by Matthew Lewis: This book is really tedious and long winded. I think I reached about a third of the way and virtually nothing had really happened. I didn't like the story, I didn't like the characters and it just really got on my nerves. I was bored reading the portion that I actually read. I'm not going to finish this one.
The Italian by Ann Radcliffe: Really, I didn't even start this one, since I had so much going on, like the presentation due the fortnight after, but just what I heard about it in discussion with the rest of the class, I'm just glad that I never picked it up. I didn't focus my assignment on this book, so it's all good.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: I have almost finished the first part of this book and what I did get through, I have really enjoyed! I have never actually read Frankenstein before or watched anything adapted to film based on the book, so I'm still intrigued by it and I will finish it eventually. As for now, I don't need to do an assignment on it, so it can stay on the back burner for now.
The Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald: In general, the texts that I have to read for my Narrative Analysis class are not texts that I would normally read, and typically for me I haven't enjoyed many of them. I read 18 pages of this book.
The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster: This book was a little better than The Rings of Saturn, and I managed to make it a third of the way through, but still, not something I'd usually read, so it didn't really hold my interest.

Mel's July 2015 Book Haul

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Divergent Official Illustrated Movie Companion

Cookbooks: Mince, Student, Chicken, Stir-fry & Soup. $5 each from Kmart (Aus)

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The Messenger by Markus Zusak

Angelfall by Susan Ee

Geek Drama (Geek Girl novella) by Holly Smale

Lost Prince and Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa

Stone Cold Touch and Every Last Breath by Jennifer L Armentrout

Life With a Sprinkle of Glitter by Louise Pentland

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories by Robert Loius Stevenson

Death Note Black Edition Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba