Bookish Haul of Awesomeness Numero Seis

I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that Book Buying Bans simply do not work for me, especially when I find out that my local bookstore chain is offering discounts. However you guys should be proud because I only bought myself one book this time! The other two are for my friends who are going to be celebrating their birthdays next month.

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Heist Society by Ally Carter

This one is for my friend who is in Med School at the moment. She’s been really busy these days and I felt like maybe a nice fun read should decrease her stress levels a bit. I’ve never read Heist Society but it seems like something she would like and I’ve heard good things about it. If she doesn’t like it she can just give it to somebody else ;).

Gone Girl by Gilian Flynn

This is for another friend who asked me to get this one for her. I’m not sure it’s my kind of book personally, but hopefully she enjoys it! I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book. I think she’s read Flynn’s work before, so fingers crossed she likes it!

Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen

As you can guess this one is for me :) . I’ve been on the hunt for books about Sports and Sports culture and I found Leverage. I’ve heard really good things about it, so I’m hoping that I enjoy this one. It has alternative points of view. The two narrators are a gymnast and a footballer.

Have you read any of these books?

Book Review: Perfect Game by Fred Bowen

Perfect Game by Fred Bowen Image Courtesy of Goodreads

From Goodreads

Isaac is a perfectionist. This extends to everything in his life, but especially his love for baseball. He dreams of pitching a perfect game 18 batters, all out and of earning a spot on the summer travel team. But Isaac hasn’t learned to handle it when things go wrong. After his latest meltdown, his coach asks him to help out with a Unified Basketball team  where intellectually challenged kids and mainstream kids, all play together.


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Book Review: The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag

From Goodreads

Distraught that her academic career has stalled, Alba is walking through her hometown of Cambridge, England, when she finds herself in front of a house she’s never seen before, 11 Hope Street. A beautiful older woman named Peggy greets her and invites her to stay, on the house’s usual conditions: she has ninety-nine nights to turn her life around. With nothing left to lose, Alba takes a chance and moves in.

She soon discovers that this is no ordinary house. Past residents have included George Eliot and Beatrix Potter, who, after receiving the assistance they needed, hung around to help newcomers—literally, in talking portraits on the wall. As she escapes into this new world, Alba begins a journey that will heal her wounds—and maybe even save her life.

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Bookish Haul of Awesomeness Numero Cinco

I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend so far! The weather has been beautiful today, so make sure you enjoy it! I’ve got two books to share with you and if you’ve read them you can let me know what your thoughts are!

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My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher

I don’t really remember how I came across this book, but I was drawn to it because of the cover. It’s so adorable and the colours are wonderful. You can tell it’s a children’s book. The premise sounds really interesting and I can’t wait to start reading it. I know some of my friends who have read it and really enjoyed it. So I hope I do too!

A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

I think I came across this book via netgalley and the premise seems really interesting. I’m always interested in Japanese settings. I really hope I enjoy this one. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it.

That’s it from me for this post! This post along with my other “Bookish Haul of Awesomeness” posts are basically my version of both In My Mailbox and Stacking The Shelves.

Happy Reading!

Cheers,

Savindi

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Giveaway: WANDERLOVE by Kirsten Hubbard

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Kirsten Hubbard’s evocative novel Wanderlove comes out in paperback on March 12th, and to celebrate Regal Literary is giving away 10 copies!

Are you a global vagabond? That’s the question Wanderlove’s 18-year-old heroine, Bria Sandoval, looks to answer as she travels through Guatemala and Belize in this ultimate backpacker novel.

 Enter to win your copy below! Giveaway ends on Tuesday, March 26.

 

Wanderlovewas one of the books I really enjoyed reading last year and here’s a chance for you guys to win a copy of it! I believe the competition is open to residents of the United States and Canada. Good Luck followers :). If you’d like to read my review for it here it is

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Book Review: Second Impact by David Klass and Perri Klass

From Netgalley


Kendall is a football town, and Jerry Downing is the high school’s star quarterback, working to redeem himself after he nearly killed a girl in a drunk driving accident last year. Carla Jenson, lead reporter for the school newspaper’s sports section, has recruited Jerry to co-author a blog chronicling the season from each of their perspectives. When Jerry’s best friend on the team takes a hit too hard and gets hurt, Carla wonders publicly if injury in the game comes at too high a cost in a player’s life—but not everyone in Kendall wants to hear it..

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Book Review: The Third Son by Julie Wu

From Netgalley

It’s 1943. As air-raid sirens blare in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, eight-year-old Saburo walks through the peach forests of Taoyuan. The least favored son of a Taiwanese politician, Saburo is in no hurry to get home to the taunting and abuse he suffers at the hands of his parents and older brother. In the forest he meets Yoshiko, whose descriptions of her loving family are to Saburo like a glimpse of paradise. Meeting her is a moment he will remember forever, and for years he will try to find her again.  When he finally does, she is by the side of his oldest brother and greatest rival.

Set in a tumultuous and violent period of  Taiwanese  history—as the Chinese Nationalist Army lays claim to the island and one autocracy replaces another—The Third Son tells the story of lives governed by the inheritance of family and the legacy of culture, and of a young man determined to free himself from both. 


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