Stacking the Shelves - #1

  Stacking the Shelves is a feature hosted by Tynga's Reviews. This weekly meme's purpose is to showcase the books we've bought, burrowed, or received throughout the week/month.




Hi everyone! I decided to join in on the fun and start posting the Stacking the Shelves meme! This seems like a great way to bond and fangirl with all of you over books and uncontrollable book-buying! Althoough, I must say this past week my book buying was actually pretty under control. I did buy a few books, but as many as I'm used to. Maybe I am gaining some self-control!

Here are the pretties!

Bought:

• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
• Finding Paris by Joy Preble
• Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes
• Off the Page by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Asylum by Madeleine Roux
• Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
• The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West
• The Heir by Kiera Cass
• An Ember In the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

For Review:

I feel like it was great month in terms of books acquired! I really can't wait to read all of these and share my thoughts with all of you! Let me know in the comments if you've read any of these and which ones you think I should give the most priority to. I would love to hear your thoughts!

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Book-haul: I Should Stop Buying Books

My amazon package came in the mail yesterday! I ordered books, two for which I have really good excuses for. The other two...Let's just say I have a bit of a book-buying problem. But then again, don't we all?

As you can see in the picture, I finally managed to get my hands on "This Shattered World". I read "These Broken Stars" a while ago and I absolutely loved it. I can't wait to read this one. Unfortunately, I don't think I can get to it as soon as I'd like due to school. And I really want to read it at my own pace and just enjoy it without having my brain get distracted with homework and what not.

I also got "The Archived" and I have a really good reason for buying this one. You see, my birthday was in October. And as a birthday gift I asked for books. My family knows as much about books as I do about fish anatomy (Hint: Nothing. They no nothing about books). So basically I was expecting them to not buy me any books and just give me amazon gift cards. Much to my surprise they did pick out some books! On of them was "The Unbound" by Victoria Schwab which just happens to be the sequel to "The Archived". Since I had the sequel I decided that I might as well buy the first one so I can have them both by the time I decide to read the series. Oh, and that reminds me! Does anyone know if this is going to be a trilogy or will it remain as a duology? Please let me know if you do; I would really appreciate it.

As for "All the Bright Places" and "Dreamwalkers" I don't really have a reason other than having left over gift card money. And that's a good enough reason for me.

I honestly can't wait to read all of these! I just hope I can find the time soon!

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Book-Haul: A Trip to the Bookstore

  

A few days ago I decided to pay a little visit to my local (by local I mean a hour drive away) indie bookstore. Going to this bookstore is such a lovely experience because every single visit will always be very different from the last. Sometimes they have a ton of books that meet my interests (like you can hear my wallet sobbing as soon as I step foot in there) and other times they don't have as many because the latest shipment hasn't arrived yet. Nonetheless, I never leave empty handed. Plus they have the most amazing coffee and scrumptious pastries.

Before I keep going, I think I should inform you that living here in Puerto Rico is a real challenge for bookworms like myself. You see we don't have any Barnes and Noble, Waterstones, Chapters, etc. We only have 3 bookstores, I kid you not. Although I'm not counting like 2 or 3 others that only sell books written in Spanish. You see, while my first language is Spanish, I have no interest whatsoever in Spanish books. And even if I did, none of the books are YA. Do you see my problem? This is why I buy my books online 95% of the time. 

Anyway, I wish I had taken a picture, so I could show you the cozy and heart-warming place that is this bookstore. Since I didn't, here is a link to their Facebook page: The Bookmark. The amount of love I have for this place is unimaginable. I remember the day I found out of it's existence. I started screaming of happiness and somehow convinced my mom to let me skip school on a Friday so she could take me book shopping. Talk about an amazing day. I truly appreciate this bookstore and it's bookish glory. I'm always eagerly waiting for my next visit.

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Book-Haul: Book mail!

Wohoooo! I ordered some books from barnes and noble and they finally arrived!

-"The Body Electric" By Beth Revis
-"Girl Online" by Zoe Sugg
-"Pointless Book" by Alfie Deyes
-"Foreign Exchange" by Denise Jaden

I'm so excited to read all of these! Even though my TBR pile certainly didn't need the addition.

If you think that I must read one of these right away, please don't hesitate on letting me know in the comments section below!

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Christmas Book-Haul: Branching Out!

So today when I woke up these beauties where waiting under the Christmas tree! 

I'll be honest with you, I did give my parent my wishlist (because they wouldn't have known what books to get me otherwise) so I kind of expected them, but it still feels so wonderful to have them here in the flesh! 

If you can't already tell by the title, this is actually a very special little bundle of books for me. You see, all I ever read is mostly YA (not complaining), but lately I've this urge to just read something a little bit different. Explore some other genres and see if there is something that I really enjoy outside of this "YA bubble" that I've created for myself. 

I adore YA and I will- hopefully- never stop reading it. It's just that sometimes it's a little bit refreshing to read something that you aren't used to.

I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas, and even everyone who doesn't celebrate Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful day. 

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