Hello!
On August 30th, I turned 15. I had a lovely day, and was spoiled rotten. Like I said, I had a lovely birthday weekend in London with my family and friends, I did some amazing things. I will not be going into detail about what I did or what I got as this post is ALL about the books I got for my birthday. I asked family members to give me money prior to going to London so I could by books from a book shop called Foyles, a 6 story heaven for book lovers like myself and I picked up some books- some I say, I mean a lot!
The first book I picked up was from the mini Foyles on the South Bank as we had been there for an exhibition earlier in the day.
My Neighbor Totoro is a movie from the Japanese company Studio Ghibli, this book (which my mum found) is a book which tells the story like the movie but with some of the original art work in it. Admittedly,this book is aimed at people younger than myself but how could I resit! I love the movie so much!
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| My Neighbor Totoro, adapted from the movie |
Next we went on to the large main store where I got the rest of my books from, the first books I picked up here where a book series that I had seen lots of BookTubers recommending.
This book series (as far as I know) is about an 18 year old assassin called Celaena Sardothien and how she is chosen to train to compete to become the royal assassin. I think this sounds really good and I haven't heard of anything like it so I am really looking forward to reading it. I would also like to point out there is a 4th book in this series but the shop I went to didn't have it.
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| Throne of Glass by Sarah J Mass |
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| Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Mass |
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| Heir of Fire by Sarah J Mass |
These next books are also a series but they are a follow on series to the popular Beautiful Creatures series called Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Unlike in the Beautiful Creature series, these stories are told by Ridley. I love her in the Beautiful Creatures because she is just so bad-ass and gives the story a different edge from Lena and Ethan's goodness.
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| Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl |
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| Dangerous Deception by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl |
Next, after seeing the Scorch Trials trailer what feels like a million times, I decided to get the first book in the series. As far as I know, the book is about a group of children who end up somewhere with no idea who they are. Despite my lack of knowledge about the book I am really looking forward to reading it.
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| The Maze Runner by James Dashner |
After The Maze Runner, I got The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen, the book is about 19 year old Kelsea Glynn who was raised in the rough part of her world and on her 19th birthday soldiers arrive at her house to take her to her birth place- the palace. I am looking forward to reading in this and am gutted I didn't get it earlier in the summer, I had a chance to get both of the novels pre-signed and I so wish I had! Argh!
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| The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen |
Then I picked up two classics, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
I picked up Wuthering Heights as I want to start reading more classics and because last year, I started and almost finished reading Jane Eyre and I enjoyed it a lot. I don't know much about the plot and picked this copy because it looked pretty, sometimes you just have to go for how pretty the cover is.
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| Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
Next I got The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I love this book, I already have a copy but this one was so pretty I couldn't say no! I first heard about The Picture of Dorian Gray after I listened to it on the train to London. It was a Big Finish publication (they do lots of Doctor Who stuff) and I fell in love, the man who voiced Dorian Gray was an actor called Alexander Vlahos. I haven't read the book but I can't wait to get stuck in.
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| The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |
Finally from Foyles I picked up How To Be Parisian by Anne Berest, Caroline De Maigret, Audery Diwan and Sophie Mas. This book has had lots of hype on social media and I would say is your best friend if you love Instagram, We Heart It, Tumblr and Pintrest. I've started it and I find it really interesting, I highly recommend it.
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| How To Be Parisian by Anne Berest, Caroline De Maigret, Audery Diwan and Sophie Mas |
The next two books are books my parents got me and the first one is The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness. I had no idea my parents were getting me these books and when I received it, it had only just been published. This book sounds really interesting, it's about a boy called Mikey and he is just your average guy who wants to do average things, but there are some twists.
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| The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness |
Finally, my parents got me The Ultimate Guide to Mad Men by Will Dean. Mad Men was a TV series that finished a few years ago and because my parents used to watch it and didn't finish watching it, they thought that I could start watching it so they could refresh their memories. This book is an episode guide and is really handy for reading up on episodes.
So these are all the books I got for my birthday, I realise that there's a lot and I would like to say that I am not bragging, I just wanted to share with you guys what books I got and so that maybe I can do more book related posts in the future. I want my blog to be more about the things I like rather than just be a "beauty only blog" or a "book only blog". I hope you can all understand. Don't forget, if you have any business inquires feel free to email me at itscarenzab@gmail.com - please take note this is not my personal email. Also, feel free to follow me on my social media- Instagram and Twitter @itscarenzab
Carenza x
