Stacking the Shelves #2

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My July book haul was quite massive so I decided to write two posts. BookOutlet had tons of books from my wishlist and I had 2 coupons, so I ended up with lots and lots of goodies. YAY! I only received my first order, which is just perfect for splitting my haul between two posts. :)

Physical Books:

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

I read this book a while back and absolutely loved it; it’s a beautiful retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a few extra twists. This was the first book I ever wrote a review for. You can read my review of Cruel Beauty here.

Masque of the Red Death & Dance of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin

To be honest I don’t know anything about this duology, but I saw it on BookOutlet and decided I should check them out. These beautiful covers are what drew me to purchase the books and I am looking forward to reading them.

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

I cannot wait to read this! I’ve only heard amazing things about it on all the blogs I follow.

Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini

Again, this is a book that seemed to get a lot of love on Booktube and blogs I follow so I had to get my hands on it.

Winterspell by Claire Legrand

I absolutely love The Nutcracker and when I saw that this is a retelling of that story, I absolutely had to get this on my shelf!

Every You Every Me by David Levithan

I recently read Every Day by David Levithan and absolutely fell in love with his writing style; so when I saw this available on BookOutlet I jumped right on it.

The Spectacular Now by Tim Harp

This has been around for a while and it seems like pretty much everyone has either read the book or seen the movie. I haven’t done either, but I plan to fix that soon.

Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton

This is another book that I happened to come across while browsing BookOutlet that I know nothing about. However, the description seemed very intriguing and I sometimes love a good old fashioned standalone that I can devour in one sitting.

Coldspell by Jackson Pearce

I recently read As You Wish by Jackson Pearce and really enjoyed her storytelling abilities. Coldspell is the last book in the Retold Fairytales Series and while I don’t have the first 3 books in the series, I found this at a very good price so I had to grab it. I will purchase the rest as soon as I find time to read them.

Purity by Jackson Pearce

This is a standalone, and as I found As You Wish an extremely adorable story, I thought I should get more from this amazing author.

Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn

I know nothing about this book except that a few of my book friends own it, so I thought it would an opportunity to buy and discuss with them once I read it.

37 Things I love (in no particular order) by Kekla Magoon

This is another book I seemed to just come across while browsing BookOutlet that just captured my attention so I decided to give it a try.

Ebooks:

The Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy: Daughter of Smoke and Bone; Days of Blood and Starlight; and, Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

I already own the hardcover box set for this trilogy, but they were on the Kindle Daily Deal for $1.99 each and I couldn’t pass on the opportunity.

A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray –

I’ve had this book on my wishlist for a while and I still think I will need to get this in hardcover because that cover is just too pretty, but again this was on sale for one day only at $1.99 and I had to get it for my kindle.

Borrowed Books:

The Diviners by Libba Bray

I actually own a physical copy of this book as well. I bought it a few months ago, but never got around to it. When I saw it available at my local library as an audiobook I checked it out to enjoy during my daily commute. I heard great things about this book and with the sequel being released soon it’s time for me to finally check it out.

Links to Reviews Posted in July:

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

If you read any of these books, let me know your thoughts in the comments below; you can include links to reviews. I always read them :)