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My Book Haul: September 2017!

Posted on October 1, 2017 | Leave a comment

This is my first time sharing my book haul from a certain period of time and this one is just from last month! I often buy books from thrift shops, book sales and from the three leading book stores in the country – the National Book Store, Fully Booked and Powerbooks. Mostly, from National Book Store because they are more varied and they tend to be way cheaper for some reason! Haha! So without further ado, let me present to you these titles!

 

From this haul, I’ve already read three of the series via ebooks (The 5th Wave, The Maze Runner series, and the Reckoners)  but it’s really nice to have copies which I’ve got for very affordable prices!

I’ve scored Another Day by David Levithan for P299 only which is also the most expensive from this haul but considering it’s regularly priced at 499 on paperback and I’ve the hardbound copy… I know right?

The other titles if you cannot read them on the image are:
For P100
1. The Best of the Morning Rush Top 10 with Chico, Delamar and Gino Volume 3

For P199 each from the National Book Store
Hardbound Editions
1. Black Ice – Becca Fitzpartick (
2. Five Kingdoms Series (1-4) – Brandon Mull
3. The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, Book 2) – Rick Yancey
4. Jardhead – Anthony Swofford

Paperback
1. Love Letters to the Dead – Ava Delaira
2. Steelheart (The Reckoners, Book 1) – Brandon Sanderson
3. The Bane Chronicles – Cassandra Clare
4. The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, Book 2) – Rick Yancey
5. The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, Book 2) – James Dashner

For P99 each from the National Book Store
1. The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran, Book 2) – Nancy Farmer
2. Struck by Lightning – Chris Colfer

For P39 each from Chapters & Pages
1. Mystic River – Dennis Lehane
2. The Vineyard – Barbara Delinsky

I’ve always wanted to read a Delinsky novel because I’ve been seeing her name since I started reading books from Belva Plain and Rosamunde Pilcher – I’m pretty excited, hopefully this first one would a great experience!

So that sums up my book haul post! I’ve already started with Struck by Lightning and it’s already looking great!

What are you reading now?

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Book Review: Firefight (Reckoners #2) – Brandon Sanderson

Posted on April 22, 2015 | Leave a comment

FirefightBlurb: They told David it was impossible–that even the Reckoners had never killed a High Epic. Yet, Steelheart–invincible, immortal, unconquerable–is dead. And he died by David’s hand.

Eliminating Steelheart was supposed to make life more simple. Instead, it only made David realize he has questions. Big ones. And there’s no one in Newcago who can give him the answers he needs.

Babylon Restored, the old borough of Manhattan, has possibilities, though. Ruled by the mysterious High Epic, Regalia, David is sure Babylon Restored will lead him to what he needs to find. And while entering another city oppressed by a High Epic despot is a gamble, David’s willing to risk it. Because killing Steelheart left a hole in David’s heart. A hole where his thirst for vengeance once lived. Somehow, he filled that hole with another Epic–Firefight. And he’s willing to go on a quest darker, and more dangerous even, than the fight against Steelheart to find her, and to get his answers

This book was fairly disappointing in comparison with the first installment of the series. Back in book one, David’s obsession with metaphors was still funny but here, it just became annoying at some point making the book look like that it’s trying too hard to be funny.

I also didn’t like the twist at the end of the story which I find a bit too rushed and it Prof was suddenly thrown out of the loop altogether. Megan’s Epic power also became a wee bit complicated – at least for me.

And the most disappointing part of the story was how David lost his charm and just sounded like a low quality male version of Katniss Everdeen paired with a suspiciously similar feel of The Maze Runner. Go figure!

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

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Book Review: Steelheart (Reckoners #1) – Brandon Sanderson

Posted on April 21, 2015 | Leave a comment

SteelheartDavid Charleston was eight when his father was killed by an Epic named Steelheart. Epics are humans with superpowers. A decade later and with an obsession for revenge, David joins the Reckoners – a group of people who are trying to kill Epics and end their ruling.

There are a lot of good things I loved about this book. I especially loved the humor in it mostly coming from David’s obsession with metaphors. His snarky/adorable ramblings and POV was a juxtaposition of the dystopian society formed under the ruling of these random humans who acquired superpowers and got it in their head to dominate the non-Epic ones destroying anyone who will defy them.

There’s also a great deal of details in it that mostly covered the emergence of Epics. I loved that part of it. It’s refreshing to see humans going against individual with super powers this time. I know this isn’t new with regards to human versus superhuman entity but you get what I mean right? It’s like the Avengers suddenly became the villains and all.

Overall, the storytelling here was solid and the voices of each character were complemented by great personalities. I especially adore Cody!! I’m a firm believer that if you don’t like the main character/s, you won’t get much enjoyment in a story. In this case, I loved all of them!

Congratulations Mr. Sanderson! Job well done!

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

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