This week was a much quieter one for me, but it meant I got to read a lot of the books I've picked up over the past few weeks.
Bought:
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Experienced by Lucy Silag (for Kindle)
Borrowed from Library
Spoiled by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne
What books did you guys get this week? Leave me a link to your mailbox so I can see!
I don't think I've heard of any of these...eep! I was wondering myself how it's already week 2 of October...2 of my friends have started hockey again too and I thought 'didn't hockey just end and now it's starting again?' How'd that happen?? Happy reading Emily!
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I got the Son of Neptune as well but I haven't read book #1 yet :)
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Great IMM, I want to read Thief too...looking forward to seeing your review for that!
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Son of Neptune seems to be the book of the week! And Spoiled is another one I've had my eye on. Enjoy your new reads & have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI got the son of Neptune to hooray! I love that series :) I've not heard of the rest lol hope you enjoy them though
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Oh, you totally got The Thief! This is now the second week you've got a 'book I'm really interested in but haven't heard enough about in the blogosphere to finally commit to buying'. Can't wait to hear what you think of it. I'm interested in Spoiled, too.
ReplyDeleteEver since I saw the Percy Jackson movie and then realized it was based on a series, I've been dying to read the books!
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Ooo - thanks for the note about the cliff hanger ending of The Son of Neptune :) I haven't read book 1 yet so maybe I should wait until book 3 comes around. My mom hates when I give her series books to read and she has to wait for more :)
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I just finished Spoiled last night, and it's a totally adorable piece of fluff. And as hilarious as you'd expect coming from the Fug Girls!
ReplyDeleteI think you might like The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet! It's a MG book, but the whole premise seems hysterical!
ReplyDeleteWell, get on that! ;) Though really, it might be best to wait since SoN has a nice cliffhangery ending.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly where I was on The Thief, and then I saw it laying out of place at the library and figured it must be fate! Spoiled was a lot of fun - I just finished it last night so hope to do a review shortly. :D
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion (obviously!), the series is way better than the movie! But then I read them first so I might be biased. I think one of the biggest changes is that in The Lightning Thief, Percy is so much younger - only about 12, and then he and his friends grow up during the course of the books.
ReplyDeleteAny time! I'm glad I've read them, but if I hadn't already started, I'd probably wait too. And I have a friend like that. She wouldn't even read Harry Potter until all the books were out!
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ReplyDeleteGreat books this week - I really want to read Spoiled. Hope you enjoy all of them!
Nice haul! I really want to read The Thief, but been finding it difficult getting my hands on it!
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Happy Reading! I can't believe its mid october already either! However it means not long till my birthday LOL.
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Nice books! I liked The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet and The Thief. And, please, isn't it just early October? We're still having great weather here in Minnesota. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI need to start pestering my libraries to carry Spoiled. I love their blog. Its hilarious, so hopefully it passes through to the book.
ReplyDeleteThe Thief was pretty good, but I didn't love it.
I still need to read something by Rick RIordan. People always recommend him to me, I just need to find the time I guess!
ReplyDeleteOoh, good reason for it to be mid-October! I'm just happy hockey season started, but still! Where did the year run off to?
ReplyDeleteI hope you find yourself a copy! I stumbled across one on accident and decided it was fate. :D
ReplyDeleteWe're having great weather in Michigan too, and I seriously love it! October's version of summer is always my favourite. I'm so glad to hear that you liked Total Tragedy and The Thief. I haven't heard much of either!
ReplyDeleteBoth the hilarity and the snark definitely make their way through to Spoiled! I just finished it last night, and it was a hilarious piece of fluffyness.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely see why they recommend it to you since you're a Potter fan! The first few are a fast read - more MG than YA. I hope you get a chance to check them out!
ReplyDeleteI want to read all three of the books you have out from the library, but especially THE THIEF!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed SON OF NEPTUNE. I'm flirting with posting my review tomorrow (which is why I won't read yours yet..I never read a review until I've finished my own) or waiting if I manage to finish EVERNEATH tonight (Which depends on what time WAITING FOR SUPERMAN ends...)
I'm with you--I also can't wait for THE MARK OF ATHENA. Oh, Rick, what do you do to us? Especially since I know I'll want four and then five...
Did you see the news that his next series will be Norse mythology? He announced it on his blog the other day and there was a great link to an article!
Are you a member of galleygrab? If you read e-books, you should sign up! I'll definitely post a review of THE ALWAYS WAR when I read it :)
Oh, and looking at what you're reading or have recently r&r, I think we like a lot of the same books :) *follows*
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to have to start reading The Thief tonight because it keeps calling to me and who cares if I have a bunch of other books ahead of it in line!
ReplyDeleteI got a little frustrated with SON OF NEPTUNE but that might've been because I wanted book 3 SO BADLY. I kind of had through that book 2 was going to be what book 3 apparently is? Oops. But just the title of MARK OF ATHENA makes me excited! And the Norse mythology thing is pretty cool. I hope his Norse gods are as insane and violent as they are in the mythology!
I requested membership in galleygrab, and it was granted immediately, but...I don't actually know what to do now. It doesn't seem to be the same as netgalley where you request books? I'm guessing you have to wait for them to be offered? I'm totally not sure and any advice you have would be appreciated!
I'm so totally following you too. I love your reviews!