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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Owl Post (2)

Meme created by Brodie of Eleusinian Mysteries.
Inspired by In My Mailbox by Kristi of The Story Siren.

It was last June since my first Owl Post. It was that long! Anyway, who of you guys love book sales? There is a lot of cheap, good books to buy in a book sale. I swear, especially to my Filipino friends and readers (winks), I knocked myself out 2 weeks ago. I was in Book Sale in SM North Edsa and me and a friend of mine was supposed to buy books in honor of the last day of the National Book Store sale but I ended up buying ONLY one book in NBS. Heh!

So here's my book haul:

All of those books minus Insurgent, I got from Book Sale. We went crazy. We swept the whole shop, literally. We restacked shelves, we rearranged them. We were there for about 4-5 hours. If you're wondering how much I spent, it's less than P1500 ($35) and yes, including Insurgent. ;)

~Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Started on this one. All I can say is I hope I could have the time to sit down and focus on this.

~Life As We Know It and The Dead and The Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Craving for an apocalyptic read?  Both of these books might satisfy you.

~Atonement by Ian McEwan. I actually watched the movie first and my heart was crushed and broken into pieces. Sigh. Even thinking about makes me sad. *sniffs* I am not big on movie tie-in covers but it's on sale and the movie was actually good so I made an exception.

~Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I've been pining for The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandana since forever. I've been stalkerish with all her interviews, too and she said Frankenstein was the inspiration of the novel. I was intrigued so I thought of reading it for myself.

~A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb. I've read this before. I liked it and the cover was so gorgeously haunting.

~Kokology by Tadahiko Nagao and Isami Saito. This one isn't novel. Click the link to find out more.

~On The Brightside, I'm Now The Girlfriend of A Sex God by Louise Rennison. Georgia Nicholson is a delight to read. If you haven't tried this series yet, you're in for a treat. Oh! That semi-rhymed!

~Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck. I squealed for this one. I'm not kidding, everybody in the shop looked at me like I'm on crack or something. I've been meaning to read this series and it's like a dream come true. My next mission is to find the first one in the series after that I can finally start.

~Insurgent by Veronica Roth. I've yet to read Divergent but I took advantage of the NBS Book Sale. So I'm all set to finally read the series before the next book comes out. Now to find the time to read them...

That's it for my Owl Post. My balloon owl is still recovering from all that. How about you guys? What books did you haul this weekend? I love to see them so don't forget to leave your links on the comment section below.

14 comments:

  1. Oh my, so many good books! Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights are great and Insurgent was sooo good! I hope you enjoy them!

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    1. Thank you, Denise! I'm very much looking forward to reading Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights and Insurgent! :D

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  2. Is that a paperback of Insurgent????? If so, where did you get it????

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    1. It is! It's available as a PB here in the Philippines. :)

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  3. I LOVE BOOK SALE!!! :D Atonement is on my TBR pile, really hope to get to read it soon. And I still need to get Insurgent!

    Hope you'll enjoy them all! :)

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    1. Thanks Pam! :) I've just discovered the awesomeness of book sales. I'll definitely be coming back again for more. ;)

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  4. Wow, I see so many amazing books here, Sarah! A Certain Sland of Light is a personal favorite, but a controversial book for sure. Can't wait to see what you'll think of it.
    Happy reading, dear.

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    1. I've actually read A Certain Slant of Light and I liked it. Did you know that there's a Book 2 coming out in 2013? I was very surprised when I found out. It's been what 7 years since ACSoL?

      Thanks for stopping by, Maja! :D

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  5. Great haul, Sarah! So many books! I'm pretty sure I would have swept up the whole store too. ;) I can't wait to see what you make of some of these. :)

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    1. Book lovers just go nuts in a book store. We might need rehab. :P

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  6. Oooh nice haul!! I enjoyed Divergent and still need to read Insurgent. And I still need to start Colleen Houck's books! I have the first 3 in my TBR mountain!

    Happy Reading!

    Here's my STS

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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    1. You have the first three? Then, what are you waiting for, Jessica? :D

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  7. omg awesomee!! I really want tiger's quest!! i wish they had book sales here! Great haul!!
    - Farah @ MajiBookshelf

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  8. Wow, talk about a bargain!! Wish there were book sales like that where I am! I read Life As We Know It years ago and really enjoyed it, but oddly haven't tried the sequel yet. Thanks for reminding me! I'm also super eager for A Certain Slant of Light and TIGER TRILOGY!!!! Everyone I knew raves about those! AND OMG. SARAH. DIVERGENT. INSURGENT. THEY ARE IN-FREAKING-CREDIBLE. I really, really, really, really hope you love them as much as I do :D

    Your owl has worked over time lately <3 Amazing owl post, enjoy!!

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