Showcase Sunday is a weekly meme hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits & Tea. It's an opportunity to share the books you may have bought, borrowed, been sent or gifted. Are you taking part in a similar meme? Feel free to leave a link!Another 2 week edition for me. Here are the books I received and bought recently:
League of Strays seems to be causing some commotion on Goodreads lately, but I'm still curious enough to give it a try - maybe even just to see what's so bad about it. I'm hoping the other three meet my expectations, especially Dearly Beloved. I really enjoyed the first book and can't wait to get stuck in.
Look at all these lovely covers. (Blue must be the new black!) I'm especially eager to read Defiance after all the wonderful things I have heard about it. Balzer + Bray books generally tend to impress me, so hopefully that remains true here.
I bought these two after reading The Summer I Turned Pretty. I still find it hard to believe that the first book worked for me, but I'm glad it did. Now I'm eager to find out what happens next! :)
I also bought the three prequel novellas to Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. I read the first one, The Assassin and the Pirate Lord, and really liked it. I'm confident the other two will be just as good.
That's it for now. Thanks to the publishers, Edelweiss, NetGalley and Kate for the review copies. Feel free to leave me your thoughts on any of these titles. If you've done your own book haul post, you're welcome to leave a link and I will visit it when I can.
I loved Dearly departed so much! Hope you enjoy Dearly Beloved! Awesome haul and happy reading!
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Great haul this week! I'm curious about Snow White, do you know if it was written before or after the movie of the same name?
ReplyDeleteAnd What's Left of Me sounds great too and I really hope you love the final two Summer books! :)
I'm not entirely sure if this is correct, but I think I read somewhere that the book was written roughly the same time as movie production. I may have made that up so don't take my word for it. :P
DeleteOh wow... that is one amazing haul, Sam! I've seen the drama surrounding League of Strays. I had requested it literally 10 minutes before seeing all that. Kind of hoping I don't get approved, to be honest! Cannot wait to see your thoughts on all of these! Happy reading! :D
ReplyDeleteWow, Velvet looks great! The cover is awesome, too.
ReplyDeleteIs the Snow White & The Huntsman book based on the movie, or vice versa?
Based on.. the movie, I think. They were sort of created at the same time. :)
Deletei'm so curious about league of strays! enjoy!
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I haven't heard of the League of Stay negative reaction yet because I am at the beach, but now I'm interested. I received it on net gallery and was hoping i would like it because of its awesome synopsis. Ah.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy all your new books Sam! They all look so good! I love how you put all the blue covers together! I'm especially excited to read Defiance in August, it sounds amazing at it has been getting an amazing positive reaction!
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Thanks a lot, Sam. I just wasted 40 minute reading all the crap on GR about A League of Strays. Now I'm exhausted. lol. I hadn't planned on reading that one anyway, so no sweat off my back. But I AM super excited to read Dearly, Beloved!
ReplyDeleteEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. THIS POST, SAM. IT'S SO FULL. OF THE PRETTY. Dearly, Beloved! Oh please let you love it, please let you love it. I cannot wait to read that. And Defiance! I am so loving the cover and it just sounds.. well, amazing. What's Left of Me is also high on my to-read list, I love the idea behind it.
ReplyDeleteSnow White and The Huntsman - very curious about the book. Not sure whether to read that before or after I see the movie, which I'm crazy excited to watch! I really hope it lives up to the stunning film the trailers promised.
I haven't read any opinions about League of Strays yet, so I just had a peek over at Goodreads... eeeek. I am especially curious to read your thoughts now, I hope you like it better.
Enjoy devouring your new tasty reads!
WOW Sam! You have an amazing haul this week! Not that you don't have an amazing haul every week, but this one is especially epic! LOL ;) I'm excited for Dearly Beloved, What's Left of Me, League of Strays and Frost. The other books you got I haven't really heard of but they look really good so I can't wait to hear your thoughts :) I hope you enjoy all the books you got! Happy reading <3
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SAMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! WHAT AN AMAZING MAILBOX<3 I can't wait to read Defiance - the cover is SO PRETTY! Gahhh I don't even care if the story isn't great (I actually haven't read ANY reviews for it, so I have no idea!) BUT I WOULD BUY THE BOOK JUST FOR THE PRETTY COVER!
ReplyDeleteOoohhh I'm REALLY curious about What's Left of Me- it sounds so original and fascinating<3 I'm trying to resist requesting off netgalley/Edelweiss so I HOPE it'll be released in print in Aus :)
I can't wait to hear what you think of Snow White and The Huntsman! I'm really looking forward to the movie (Hopefully, it's amazing!). I don't know whether I'll read it before or after the moviee though...:/
Anywayy ENJOY YOUR GOODIES SAM!<3
hope you like them alll
ReplyDeletei so need $$ to get Defiance by C.J. Redwine/sounds so awesome
njoy all
I just wanted to say....GREAT HAUL!!! All those books look amazing. Love blue books and hope you enjoy the rest of the "summer" series (;
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I still want to read Throne of Glass. ; ~ ; I can't wait for it to come out! Defiance looks so pretty there...
ReplyDeleteGreat book haul this week, Sam! Have fun reading!
Yay! Awesome mailbox, Sam :D Hope you'll enjoy Defiance. :) I loved it, but not as much as I had hoped :p Still, it is an amazing book ;) I also have Dearly, Beloved. <3 but I must re-read Dearly, Departed first, and I'm not feeling like it at the moment. :p Hih. Still, so excited :D Hope you will enjoy them all. <3 :)
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to Defiance too, Sam. The cover is so pretty! I can't wait to see what you think of the Summer I Turned Pretty sequels. I have all the books but I still need to read them. I'm still surprised you liked the first one. Nice haul this week! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat week hun. I've stopped myself from getting NetGalley titles until I get through the ones I have. Lol.I'm about to start Dreams tomorrow so hopefully its good =) ENJOY!! Donna xoxo
ReplyDeleteAwesome haul, I'd love to get my hands on several things you've got these past two weeks. Book 1-3, Defiance, and the ToG Novellas are on my list, too. *gets slightly green with envy* Happy reading, since I can't... *sigh*
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Wow Wow Wow! So many books that I'd love to get my hands on! Dearly, Beloved, League of strays, Defiance, Frost and Dreams! I hope you'll really enjoy the books!
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I really need to try the Lia Habel series, it sounds really great. Ihaven't read the others but I hope you'll enjoy them all!
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WOW! SO MANY amazing-looking books, Sam! Seems like you're going to be a bit busy! <3 I'm curious to hear what you think of all these books! Yay for What's Left of Me and Defiance!! Snow White and the Huntsman sounds interesting, I'm looking forward to read your review! <3 Ouch, I also got League of Strays. I need to see what kind of commotion you're talking about! The Summer series sounds really good (and PERFECT for Summer read aka now!), I really need to read these sometime later! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy reading, Sam, and enjoy your lovely books! :)
Yay for the second and third books in the Summer series! I loved both of them so I hope you do too! I will have to update my stalking skills on here and goodreads to see how you're getting on! I've seen What's Left of Me everywhere lately I'm still unsure whether I should request a copy and I really shouldn't with the amount of galleys I have. So I think I'll just wait to see how you find it! Also Snow White and the Huntsman! Chris Hemsworth!! :) Yes!! I really need to go watch that film but I really want to read the book too! Happy reading hun! :)
ReplyDeleteOhh, what's left of me looks absolutely gorgeous, and I'm very curious about Defiance too. I've been trying very hard not to request too much seeing as I won't have that much time to read during the summer, but I am very tempted. Frost also looks absolutely gorgeous!
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Sam Sam Sam, I'm so so so jealous of your AMAZING haul but I'm also happy for you that you got so many great books, of course! Firstly, What's Left of Me! I'm dying to get my hands on that book but I don't think I can wait until SEPTEMBER to read it >.< I'll keep an eye out for your review to see what you thought of it :) I'm quite curious about Snow White and the Huntsman but I think I'll just watch the movie instead :D Frost and Defiance also look amazing, the covers are absolutely gorgeous! And the Summer books <3 I hope you enjoy those just as much as the first, I NEED to read them during my summer break and I'll be looking out for your reviews too :) Happy reading, Sam!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of a couple of these so I will be looking them up but Defiance and What's Left of Me both sound fantastic and I can't wait to read them. I hope you enjoy and I look forward to the reviews. :)
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You got really amazing books this week, Sam. I'm looking forward to all the fabulous reviews coming soon. ;)
ReplyDeleteI got League Of Strays last time and then I found out about the controversial issues surrounding it. After learning about what was in it, I decided not to read it. :/
I've heard What's Left Of Me is amazing from some early reviewers and I can't wait to get to it. I adore the cover of Dreams and I'm really curious as to what it's about.
Great haul, Sam ! :D
I hope you enjoy all your lovelies ! :)
SAM! :) Beautiful haul <3 <3 I've seen the movie Snow White and the Huntsman and I really liked it! :) Hope you'll enjoy the book :) :) And all the others look great, too! :) ;) Enjoy all this awesomeness sweetie :) ;)
ReplyDeleteWHAT'S LEFT OF ME!!! I am so excited for it and luckily a blogger friend is letting me borrow her copy later on. :D I'm really quite jealous of your covers for the Summer trilogy because I really do prefer it. I should get to reading those novellas for Throne of Glass before the actually book comes out! Great haul, I hope you enjoy your books, Sam. xo
ReplyDeleteAwesome Haul, I'm so jealous! How did you get a Defiance ARC in the UK?
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It's available on Edelweiss for request. :)
DeleteWhat's left of me, Defiance, greaaaaat! :D Happy reading ^^
ReplyDeleteI am going to have to check out Defiance! Yes, I am seeing the controversy on League Of Strays so I am staying away right now. Fantastic books and yes lots of blue and black. Have a fantastic week my friend.
ReplyDeleteAwesome haul. I can't wait to read Defiance and Dearly, Beloved. Like you say, I hope they live up to expectations. Dreams sounds really good too, that's on my TBR
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, so many amazing books! I really really you read and like Defiance and What's Left of Me. They're both books that I'm highly expecting to read this year :) League of Strays and Frost are catching my interest, too!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy, and have a great week, Sam! <3
OK SO, I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING I DON'T WANT TO READ IN THIS HAUL! >.< *grabs haul and quickly runs away* haha, I really want to read
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-What's Left of Me
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-Dreams (just added)
-Velvet (just added)
Haha, I hope you enjoy your haul Sam, cause I know i would ;D
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Woo! Pretty freaking awesome haul, as always. While the reviews I've seen of League of Strays have really turned me off (as well as the author's behavior), I'm interested to see what you thought. I've heard fabulous things about the rest of these, especially What's Left of Me. :D I hope they're as wonderful as people say!
ReplyDeleteFab haul this week, Sam :) I hope you enjoy them all. I ended up with 2 copies of Snow White for some strange reason, I also got Velvet which sounds awesome. Controversy over League of Strays? First I have heard but I will be checking it out now lol. I look forward to all your reviews :)
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