Back With a Book Haul and my Booktube Debut!

Hello everyone! Sorry for the blog silence lately. Real life has gotten in the way but I had things I wanted to share so I'm back for a brief spell. It's taken me a while to get round to making this post but if you follow me on Twitter then you'll probably have seen me talk about it already!

Last week I met up with my friend Daisy who just so happens to be an awesome booktuber. We've known each other since before we started book blogging and it's been really fun having somebody I can chat to about all things books on our blogging journeys! So we finally got to make a video for her channel which was so much fun. We did the Reading Habits tag together and you can watch it below (I'm the one on the right!):




We also went book shopping (because duh, you have to go book shopping with a fellow book blogger!) and I picked up the following books:

City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
The Manifesto on How to be Interesting by Holly Bourne

I've been slowly collecting The Mortal Instruments series because I borrowed the books when I read them originally. I have every book except City of Heavenly Fire now - which I still haven't read! So I'm re-reading the series in the build up.

And after reading and adoring Soulmates I decided that I will read every book Holly Bourne ever writes based purely on that, so I squealed and danced about when I saw her new book on the shelves. I also persuaded Daisy to buy Soulmates, hurrah!

I've acquired a few books this week as well. I had a WHSmith gift card with some money left on it so I used it to by the final two books in The Maze Runner trilogy - The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure by James Dashner.

I really enjoyed the first one and with the film being released this year, I'm even more excited to get back into that world.

I also picked up a few charity shop bargains. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen, Angel by L.A Weatherly and Lyra's Oxford by Phillip Pullman. The first two I've wanted to read for a while, and I'm currently in the middle of a series re-read of His Dark Materials so it'll by nice to add Lyra's Oxford into that!

So that's what's been happening with me lately! Have you read any of these books? Let me know in the comments! And as always, you can keep up with me on Twitter @TotalTeenFic

Book Haul! 20th June

It's been a while since I last did a book haul, so these books are pretty spread out over the last month or so, but I wanted to share some of the titles I've picked up recently!

Bought:

Easy by Tammara Webber

Just in Case by Meg Rosoff

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

 These were all charity shop bargains, because I just can't resist! I don't actually own any of Cassandra Clare's books as I devolped a tradition of borrowing them from my best friend. She's still reading City of Heavenly Fire so I haven't managed to snag that off her yet!

 Picture Perfect by Holly Smale

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau

I fell into Waterstones recently where I picked up Picture Perfect and We Were Liars. I've already read Picture Perfect and I'm halfway through We Were Liars, which I bought because of the hype! I ordered myself a copy of Graduation Day after seeing I was quoted in it - yay!

Bought for Kindle:

Butter by Erin Lange

The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

I snapped these both up for under £1. I'm super excited for Butter as it seems like exactly the kind of contemporary fiction I love. The Distance Between Us has been on my wishlist for a while. I've heard mixed things but for 96p you can't go wrong.

Kindle freebies:

 X by Jack Croxall

Halo by Frankie Rose

I've loved the two books by Jack Croxall I've read so far so I snapped up his short story too. Halo was something I came across whilst browsing the Kindle store and I just can't resist YA dystopia.

Gifted:

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 1/2 by Sue Townsend

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

And finally these were the books my mum picked up for me from a second hand bookstall at her work. Some classics in there I can't wait to finally read!

Have you read any of these books? Let me know if there's anything I should read first! What books have you got your hands on recently? I'd love to hear from you!

Book Haul! 14th May

Instead of having regularly weekly posts discussing what books I've bought, I thought I'd just do a little round up as and when I have something to talk about. I've picked up a few books this week so I thought I'd share them!

Firstly, I won an advance proof copy of James Dawson's new thriller Say Her Name from Luna's Little Library (thank you!). I'm a huge fan of James Dawson having loved his previous books Hollow Pike and Cruel Summer. I also met him at Leakycon last year and had the chance to chat with him and get books signed. I was delighted that this copy I won was signed as well as it means I have a full set! I can't wait to read the book.

I also got two awesome bookmarks signed by Erin Lange. I'd been looking at Butter in a bookshop recently so I might have to sneak back and get it!

I also picked up Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy from a charity shop this week. I read Northern Lights when I was quite young and didn't enjoy it, but when I picked up the next two books in my teens I adored them. Unfortunately my copies got thrown out years ago so I've been meaning to replace them! I've been wanting to re-read the first book now I'm a bit older as I think I was just too young to enjoy it first time round, and I haven't read the whole trilogy together before so I'm excited to do that.

Plus how gorgeous are these covers?! I love them! I couldn't resist a matching set.

Have you picked up any books lately? I'd love to hear if you have!

Book Haul! 28th April

Now that I'm back up and running with a few posts after a busy few weeks, I thought it was about time I did a bit of a book haul! My to-read list is totally out of control and but I still haven't been able to resist the odd treat. Below are some of the books I've picked up recently!

Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau

I got this book out from the library a while ago and hadn't got round to reading it, but when I did finally pick it up I was delighted to find a quote from my review of The Testing appeared on the first page! My mum was so proud she surprised me by buying me my very own copy of the book so I had it to keep. I've finished the book now and thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep your eyes peeled for a review soon!

A Kiss in the Dark by Cat Clarke

Goose by Dawn O'Porter

My local Waterstones recently moved location and opened a brand new shiny shop, so of course when I popped in to check it out I had to buy something! I went in specifically looking for Goose, the sequel to Paper Aeroplanes (which was one of my favourite books of last year!), and because it was on buy one get one half price then I just had to have something else. I picked Cat Clarke's new book, A Kiss in the Dark, because I've been dying to read it since I first found out it was being published.

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

I've been wanting to read this book for so long and have picked it up longingly at the library many times before returning it to the shelves. It's a long book so I've always been put off, worrying I wouldn't have time to read it! So when it appeared on Kindle Daily Deal I snatched it up. Hopefully I'll find time to read it soon!

Class A by Robert Muchamore 

I'd just finished The Recruit when I spotted this book, the sequel, in a charity shop. It was a sign! I enjoyed the first book so I'm looking forward to getting stuck in.