Book Haul & Weekly Recap #31


Book Haul is weekly feature here at Nick's Book Blog inspired by Stacking the Shelves by Tynga's Review and The Sunday Post by Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

Book Haul


Facade by Nyrae Dawn

If You Leave by Courtney Cole

Near and Far by Nicole Williams

Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland

The Shadow Prince by Bree Despain

White Space by Ilsa J. Bick

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner


Undeclared by Jen Frederick

The Program by Suzanne Young

Hi guys!

Hope you all had a good week and are enjoying your summer! 
I had a good week myself. I got to meet some old friends and I participated in the High Summer Read-a-Thon, which was a blast. My goal was to complete 6 books and I did read 6 books.

This week I got some lovely ARCs that I've been intrigued by. I got Facade because of Nereyda at Mostly YA Obsessed Books. She enjoyed it and I knew I would to, so I got a copy off NetGalley and I read it the same day! It was such a heart-breaking read, but I loved it! I also got If You Leave off of NetGalley thinking it would similar to Something Like Normal by Trish Doller, because it deals with PTSD of a soldier, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Near and Far, I received as part of a blog tour. Be sure to stop by my blog tour stop on Tuesday!

I loved the cover of Promise of Shadows and I also thought the premise sounded interesting, so I requested it off Edelweiss. The Shadow Prince and White Space were available as download-nows on Edelweiss. I think they still are. Anyways, these are two books that are on my wish-list, so I was excited when I saw them available. When I saw These Broken Stars on NetGalley, I was so happy but then I saw that the publisher was Disney Hyperion and my heart sank a little. I'd heard that they didn't approve book bloggers for their titles, but I still decided to click that request button, so you could imagine my excitement when I saw the approval email! I might have done a little happy dance! So far the reviews for this book have been really positive, so I'm definitely intrigued.

A Darkness Strange and Lovely was one of most anticipated sequel. I bought it with my leftover money from my gift card last week. I also got Undeclared, which Sharon at Obsession with Books loved!

I also went to the library and saw that The Program was available. I had an e-ARC of the book, but I never got to read it because it expired and I didn't have enough time.

I'm really looking forward to reading all these titles! They sound fabulous!

Thank you to Edelweiss, NetGalley, Grand Central Publishing, Simon & Schuster, Egmont USA, Disney Hyperion, Nicole Williams and AtomR Blog Tours for the lovely review copies! 

Weekly Recap

I had 4 reviews up on the blog this week. Here's a recap :

Review : Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Mass
I completely adored this sequel to Throne of Glass! I loved the characters, the romance, the writing and the plot! I can't wait for book 3! I rated it 5 stars.

Review : Gated by Amy Christine Parker
While I didn't enjoy the characters as much, I was fascinated by the plot and the description of the cult. It was unique and very enjoyable. I rated it 4 stars.

I loved this book! It had an overused concept about kids with superpowers, but the author's execution of the book made it outstanding! I rated it 4 stars.

This UF book was funny, had amazing characters and a great romance! By the end, I was dying for more. I rated it 4 stars.



That's it for me this week! I hope you guys had a fabulous week as well!
Hope you have a great weekend!

Don't forget to leave links to your Book Hauls for me to visit you as well!

Happy Reading!



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