Hi everyone! Last week on September 20th, I turned 27 years old and some of my lovely friends gifted me books.
If you want to check out my birthday post where I talk about favorite things, click here.
On to the book haul!!!! (The title of each book has a link to the Goodreads page if you want to read a in-depth synopsis)
I received gifts from were Lair of Books and she got me these books:
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur is a collection of poems about survival, love, abuse, loss, and femininity.
Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh is a LBTQ+ graphic novel about self discovery.
Three Dark Crows by Kendare Blake is a YA Fantasy about a set of triplets all heirs to a crown and they all fight for one position.
I then received books from eelsaysbooks (she’s a booktuber):
Consequences by Aleatha Romig is a New Adult Suspense. This is the first book to a series and is about a girl who is abducted by a guy. She must play by his rules if she stands a chance at surviving.
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo is a LGTB+ YA Contemporary. The main character of this book doesn’t want to get close to anyone because she has a secret but then she meets a boy in the school she transferred to and it takes off from there.
Lastly, I received a book from Life Through A Book in which she got me:
Jessica Jones: Alias (Vol. 2) by Brian Michael Bendis is a graphic novel in the continuation of the life of a once superhero and now private investigator.
I want to thank all of these ladies once again for gifting me each and every piece. I appreciate it so much!!!!!
Have any of you read these books? What did you think?
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So happy you’re enjoying your gifts, thought I’d send you one of each genre. Blue Is The Warmest Color has a really beautiful cover! so happy that it was a 5 star for you, now I may just have to pick it up for myself 😉
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Thanks again sweets! I can’t wait for you to read it and your take on it.
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You’re very welcome, you know you’ll be the first one to know! lol
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Nice haul there you got! 🙂
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Thank you!
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Wow! I need to develop more serious bookish friends, is what I just learned. 😉
I’ve only read Blue is the Warmest Color. I love the art. It’s a really beautiful story, too.
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Lol!!! Online book friends make for great friends. I loved Blue is the Warmest Color! I have a review coming for it tomorrow =)
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I look forward to hearing what you think! I haven’t written my own review yet, but I am certain it will be coming…
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Yay awesome!
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Awesome haul! I may have missed it so “Happiest of Belated Birthdays!”. I hope you enjoy Three Dark Crowns 🙂
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Thanks so much!! Have you read Three Dark Crowns?
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Yes I reviewed it recently if you want to take a look at how I felt about it. I can tell you now though, it worked very well for me. Not so much for some, but I think it is a love it or hate type book 🙂
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It’s getting tons of mixed reviews but I like books that get different opinions. I will check out your review soon!
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Yayyy, milk & honey – It’s on my tbr as well! 🙂 Can’t wait to hear what you think of it!
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Thank you!! I’ll have a review for it up this week =D
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Awesome! I will keep an eye out for it! 🙂
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Eek!!! 😬
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Happy belated! Friends who love books are second to none 😄 Three Dark Crowns is pretty high on my TBR, so I can’t wait to hear what you think of it!
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Thank you!!!!! I’ll definitely be doing a review for that when the time comes lol
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YAY!!! HaPpY bIrThDAy!!!
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Thank you!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! ❤
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Thanks!
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Aww milk and honey! love love love!
I also love the Jessica Jones tv show but I haven’t read the graphic novels, would you recommend them?
Great Birthday Book Haul! 😀
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I would highly recommend the Jessica Jones graphic novels. Definitely get a feel of what’s really going on in the show annndddd why JJ is the way she is =)
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Nice book haul! Three Dark Crowns sounds really interesting. Hope you enjoy them all! 😀
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Thanks so much!!! I am really intrigued by Three Dark Crowns and all the mixed reviews going around it.
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I’ve heard mixed reviews, too. She’s the same author who wrote Anna Dressed in Blood (I think), but I haven’t read the book, so I’m not familiar with her writing
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Yes she wrote Anna but like you, I haven’t read that either lol
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Blue is the Warmest Color… OMG.. The movie was on Netflix once.. It’s too mature for young adults I thought.. Not sure how it is when you read it. But it shows too much in the movie 😳
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The graphic novel is intended for older audiences because it has explicit content. So I’m not surprised the movie showed it because the graphic novel did too.
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YAY! Oh Three Dark Crowns! It sounds interesting AND I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE BOOK I GIFTED WAS ABOUT THAT OMG
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Lol!!!! I heard amazing things about If I Was Your Girl so I’m really happy to get to it =)
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That’s so cool you got books for your birthday. Go Lilly on Three Dark Crowns. That books sounds awesome! I got a copy from OwlCrate I’m looking forward to reading. 🙂
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Oh yay!!!!! It has tons of mixed reviews which I kinda sorta like because I don’t go into it expecting anything but my own opinion in the end.
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Happy 27th! Looks like you got a lovely haul there. I just read a review today by a blogger friend on Milk and Honey and she really enjoyed it! I will be looking for your review on Three Dark Crowns as I have not made up my mind if I am going to read it yet.
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I am working on a Milk and Honey review. I feel like one of the odd people that rated it a 3 star, I will be talking about the rating in my review. Three Dark Crowns has tons of mixed reviews which I kinda like because I won’t go in expecting anything but my opinion. Thanks for taking time to read and comment Amanda!
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I will be looking forward to reading your thoughts on Milk and Honey then!
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=D
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*high fives* for doing a birthday haul on the same day! 😀 (and a belated happy birthday to you of course!) More awesome books! Did you read the first Jessica Jones volume? I’m wondering if I should buy it for a while now…
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And I just realised I already wished you a happy birthday *facepalms*
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LMAO!!!!! I am laughing so hard right now!!
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*blushes and giggles behind hand*
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lol!
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Thank you! I have read and reviewed it, you check out my review if you want. It’s spoiler free. I loved it!! https://chicnerdreads.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/jessica-jones-alias-vol-1-spoiler-free-review/
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Awesome, thanks for the link!! 🙂
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A belated happy birthday from me! 😀 I hope you had a great day and either way it looks like you managed to get some amazing books as well. I hope you really enjoy them all.
They sound quite interesting, I’ve seen a fair few reviews for Three Dark Crowns and If I was Your Girl so I’ll be interested to see what you think of them as well. I have Three Dark Crowns on my to-read list, one day I’ll get around to it, but the rest are books I’m not too sure about at the moment you know.
Anyways, happy reading, and again happy birthday! ❤
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Thanks so much!!!! I read Milk and Honey and Blue is the Warmest Color. If I Was Your Girl, I’m not sure when I’ll get into it. I did read a little of Consequences and was intrigued but then Crooked Kingdom came out and I was like 😬😬😬😬
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That’s all right! ❤
I hope you enjoy all the books you got as well! That's definitely an important thing not just with all books but I think even more so with books you get for your birthday, they have to be special! 😀
Yeah I've done that with new books, put aside what I was reading to start on an eagerly anticipated one right away! 😀
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If I had known it was your bday, I would’ve gotten you a book! (An ebook probably and gifted it through Amazon), but still!
You better hang on for Christmas then! Making it up to you!
Happy belated bday!
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Aww no worries!!! Thank you
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