Hello, my name is Kat and today I have
some books to haul and here in my living
room because this is the only room with
air-conditioning, so I hope you like this
background because you're going to be
seeing a lot of it. I feel like it's been
a while since my last book haul or at
least, I have accumulated quite a few
books since that last haul. I have 13
books here to get into, so let's get
started. First up I have here: Geekerella by
Ashley Poston. This was the BOOKSPLOSION
book of the month for April. We are
working with QuirkBooks on this one and
I just adored this book. I did talk about
this book already in my latest reviews
video, so I'll link that down below if
you want some more spoiler free details
about the synopsis and my feels. But
basically, it's a loose retelling of
Cinderella, set in the modern world with
these two main characters who are really
involved in fandom culture and it was
just wonderful. All of the information
about the read along and the live show,
which is happening very soon, will be
down in the description below if you
want to check that out. And I decorate
the couch I think... I think I'm going to
decorate the couch with the books as I
haul them. The next book I have here is:
Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith and this
is the BOOKSPLOSION book of the month
pick for May. we're working with Penguin
Random House on this one. It is a
standalone contemporary novel, which I've
really been feeling lately. I don't know
something about contemporary novels and
the spring/summer season, it just fits in
my head. This story is about a girl named
Alice, who has had feelings for her best
friend for a while now and she ends up
buying him a lottery ticket kind of on a
whim for his 18th birthday and he wins
one hundred and forty million dollars.
And this story just kind of follows them
as they deal with their relationship and
all of the changes in their life that
stem from winning the lottery, so yes,
this sounds very cute and fun and like I
said I'm kind of on a contemporary kick
right now, so this is just like, a
really good fit for me at this point in
my reading life. If you're interested in
joining us for this read along this
month, all of the details you need are
down below in the description. Next up I
have a couple of books that just came
out and I'm very, very excited to have
them here with me today in this moment
so I have here: A Court of Wings and
Ruin by Sarah J. Maas, this is the third
book in what was originally a trilogy
but now, there's more books in the series
but I believe this is still a conclusion
to like, this trilogy arc.
I think I'm not entirely sure, I'm still
reading this, so I don't want to know
more and I don't want to tell you
anything more because no spoilers. This
is a spoiler free zone, all you need to
know, right now is that I have this book, I'm
reading this book. I will talk more about
this book when I'm done, okay... okay! Next
up I have here: The Dark Prophecy by Rick
Riordan and this is the second book in
The Trials of Apollo series, this just
came out on May 2nd and I received it as
part of a paid promotion I'm doing with
Disney Hyperion, so huge thanks to them
for helping to sponsor this video. Rick
Riordan is one of my favorite authors of
all time and he has been pretty much
ever since I first read one of his books.
I just love his take on the different
mythologies that he uses and his stories
are always super fun and hilarious. The
series follows the God, Apollo, who has
been turned into a mortal 16 year old
boy as punishment and you can just
imagine the hijinks that happen from there.
Apparently there's also quite a few
familiar faces in this book, this series.
So yeah, I am very much looking forward
to getting in on this. I love how many
books Rick Riordan puts out like, even if
I am currently behind on the Rick
Riordan books, it's a good problem to
have. The next book I have here is: Kill
All Happies by Rachel Cohen. This is
another book that just came out on May
2nd and also, another book that I
received in order to do a paid promotion
with Disney Hyperion, so thanks again to
for helping the sponsor this video. It's a
standalone contemporary novel that takes
place over the course of just 24 hours
as we follow a teenage girl, whose
graduation party gets increasingly out
of control.
It sounds really cute and fun and again,
I am just feeling those standalone
contemporaries lately, so yeah excited to
read this one. The next book I have here
is: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor.
It's so shiny, it is just annihilating
my white balance. It's so pretty though.
I have been waiting for this book for so
long and I've had it for like, a month
now and I still haven't started it yet.
I don't know why... I kind of know why I'm a
little bit nervous. I don't know, maybe...
maybe...maybe... I'm being weird but I've
been like, looking forward to this for so
long and I really, really don't want to
be disappointed at all and I don't think
I will be because I love Laini Taylor's
writing and stories and I'm pretty sure
I'm gonna love this.
I just... I'm a little bit nervous to jump
in like, I felt it up in my head so much
but I will be reading this very, very
soon. So shiny! Next up
have here: The Upside of Unrequited by
Becky Albertalli, this is another
standalone contemporary novel. It's kind
of a theme for this book haul, apparently.
I don't actually know much about this
book specifically. It has to do with
unrequited love and it's by Becky
Albertalli and that sold me on it
because I love Becky's previous book:
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.
It was super cute, it was a great standalone
contemporary and I'm just hoping that
this will be on par with her previous
book. I'm really excited to get to it.
Next up I have here: The Whole Thing
Together by Ann Brashares and this is
yet another standalone contemporary novel,
but I think is the last one of this haul.
Yeah, looks like it. You might recognize the
name: Ann Brashares as the author, who
wrote The Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants, which is a series that I loved
when I was in high school and I haven't
actually read anything by her
since. So, I am really excited to
give this one a go. It takes place over
the summer as we follow these two
families who share a history and both
have a claim over this beach house and
they are like, clashing and there's
family drama and secrets. It just sounds
really good. It sounds like a great beach
read and also a great contemporary to
just add to my ever-growing pile. Next up
I have here: Saga: Volume 7 by Brian K. Vaughan
and Fiona Staples. These Saga
series is one of my favorite series of
all time and I don't just mean like,
graphic novels and comics like, it is
just a wonderful story like, the world,
the characters, everything is so rich.
It's definitely not for younger audiences
like, there's quite a bit of mature
content, violence, nudity, and swearing. But I
love that kind of stuff, so I love the
series. Next up I have here: American Gods
by Neil Gaiman and I bought those kind
of on an impulse like, I've actually been
meaning to get this for a while but with
the show coming out, I knew it was time
because I want to... I want to read before
I watch. So I picked this up. I will
hopefully get to it soon and then
hopefully get to watch the TV series
soon. Then I have here: Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty. I bought this for
pretty much the same reason I bought
American Gods. There's a TV series based
off of this book that I've been hearing
great things about and I like to read
the book first, so I bought the book. I
want to read it and then I will watch
the HBO show. The next book I have here
is: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
I bought this book completely on
a whim. Someone I follow on Twitter
recommended it and I'm not sure who that was.
It was an author I liked I feel like, it
was Victoria Schwab or Laini Taylor.
They... they tweeted about this book and I
was like, "Ooh vampires in Mexico? I'm in!"
And I went and bought it and now, I
can't remember who recommended it to me.
It looks like, a dark gritty vampire
novel, set in Mexico and I personally
still have a soft spot in my read
heart for vampire books and it's been a
while since I read one, so yeah, I'm
pretty excited to give this a go.
And finally, I have here: All the Light We
Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. This is
another book that I bought kind of on a
whim, even though, I have been intending
to pick this up for a while now. It's a
Historical novel, set during World War
Two and I have just heard so many
amazing things about this. It's won tons
of awards and been recommended to me by
multiple people, so when I was in a book
buying mood last month, it just... it
somehow ended up in my cart and then at
my house and that's how I bought this
book. I don't think you needed that story
but there it is. Alright there, you have it.
There... there are all of the books
had to haul for this video today. And
that's gonna be it. So, thank you so much
for watching. I hope you enjoyed it. I
hope you have a wonderful night and I
will have another video up soon. So I
will see you will then. Goodbyee!