January-April Book Haul

I rarely do book haul posts because I never buy enough books in one month to make a post about it. So I decided to collate my hauls from the first 4 months of 2017 to make this one big post. Turns out I bought wayyyy more books than I thought I did. I might need to set restrictions on myself for the rest of the year!

Charity Shop Haul

• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir - £1
• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - £1
• Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz - £1

These were all books that were on my raydar as they'd all caught my attention online beforehand. I'd heard wonderful things about all 3, but it wasn't until I saw them in a charity shop near work that I knew I had to snatch them up. £1 each - an utter steal!

Read it Then Bought it

• Nowhere Near You by Leah Thomas - £6.84
• Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson - £2.21
• Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson - £2.81
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman - £3.77
• This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab - £9.90

I have the UK paperback of This Savage Song and read it, but due to a reading slump I really didn't enjoy it like I wanted to. I plan to reread, but even that didn't stop me from buying the US hardcover! I love it much more than the UK one and I needed it in my life because I'm an irrational bean. As for the other 4 books, they were all reads that I TOTALLY ADORED but had borrowed from the library or recived ARCs for. I think buying them was inevitable for me, but I justify it by getting a couple of them second hand (and by having a £10 amazon voucher).

Required Reading

• Look Back in Anger by John Osborne - £2.59
• Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw - £2.24
• Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo - £2.81
• The French Liutenant's Woman by John Fowles - £3.75

I wasn't a fan of Look Back in Anger although it's the only one of these books I'll be writing an essay on. Hartbreak House made no sense to me and I couldn't bring myself to get past 50 pages of The French Liutenant's Woman. And then there was Cereus Blooms at Night which I hated (it wasn't a bad book but the repeated and graphic rape scenes made me feel sick).

Other

• A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab - £5.59
• False Hearts by Laura Lam - £5.99
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - £5 (not sure)

These three books are just those that don't fit in the above three categories. I preorderd A Conjuring of Light and False Hearts, the former I read ASAP and the latter only just arrived but I'm super excited to read. As for The Graveyard Book, I've been meaning to read Gaiman for the longest time, and my friend pressured me into buying it (I pressured her to buy a book I loved in return!)

All together I spent  £56.50 on books this year so far... I think I'm going to chill it for the following months. Especially since I've barely had any time for reading and I have exams coming up. I might stick to getting through these ones first.

Have you read any of these books? What were your thoughts? What do you think I should read next? How many books have you bought so far this year? What books were they?