Books I Bought in July

(A late update, but nevertheless an update)

Adding on to my book collection and enabling my book-buying addiction, I've been to a few used bookstores and Barnes & Noble a few times this month. I am proud of myself, however, because I didn't buy as many books as I did last month and I think that's progress, right? Anyways, enough about this growing addiction to feeding my bookshelves, here's my book haul from the month of July:

Grave Mercy - by Robin LaFevers
I've seen a number of great reviews on this book, and my best friend even recommended it to me, and I trust her judgment, book-wise. And on top of that, it looks really interesting! A total BA female master assassin who's the daughter of death?! How awesome is that? Downside, though: it's really long and it'll probably take me a while to get to it let alone to get through it.

Agatha Christie short stories
I found this one at the used bookstore and ended up buying it because I don't have any collections of short stories so I thought, "why not start with the queen of mystery?" I'm starting my university classes in a couple of weeks, one of which is creative writing where we write and read a lot of short stories, so you could say I was inspired by that.

The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey
This is one of those books that defines a year. Last year I feel like it was The Fault in our Stars, and after seeing only positive, raving reviews about this sci-fi adventure, I'm certain that this will be one of the best books of 2013. If you click on the title above it'll link you to the goodreads page for this novel where you can read the summary (it was a bit long to put in this post). It seems slightly vague, but only in the best of ways. I hate it when a book summary tells the reader exactly what happens. It makes it too predictable, and I love to be kept guessing while reading. It's exciting!

Pretties - by Scott Westerfeld
No I haven't yet read the first book of this series, Uglies, but once again I was recommended to read this series and I've seen many-a-blogger enjoy this book so I bought it. Also, it was on sale and I had a coupon. How could I resist!?

Hallowed - by Cynthia Hand
This book is the second of a trilogy about fallen angels and angels in general, and if you read my book haul post from earlier last month you'll know how much I loved the first of this series, Unearthly. It was lighthearted yet kept your attention the whole time, which is perfect for me when I'm at university during the semester and busy with college-y stuff (is that a real term? my brain is fried from summer classes I apologize). On another note, this series has some of the most beautiful covers. I usually don't like covers with girls in dresses on them because they've been a little overdone, but these are so gorgeous that I can't get enough of them.

Maybe I won't buy as many books this month seeing as how I'm starting back up with my college classes and on top of that I'll be doubling my time with my internship which means less time to buy books or read. But I always seem to find time between classes, so don't expect an official hiatus. It'll be more like a-post-every-other-week kind of hiatus as opposed to where I (attempt to) put up a post every week. Whatever the schedule, I wish you happy reading!