January Library Haul

Today I wanted to share with you the books that I've got out from the library this month!

They are: Grimm Tales: For Young and Old by Philip Pullman, The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult, Very British Problems, The Hell of it All by Charlie Brooker, The Bling Ring by Nancy Jo Sales, Life Class by Pat Barker, Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, Night School by C.J. Daugherty, and Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green.

Quite a mixed bag! I'm pretty sure the librarian had her eyebrows raised when I went to collect them. I've finished The Storyteller and am halfway through Scott Pilgrim and The Bling Ring. Charlie Brooker is also from here so I feel a little bit of a local connection when I picked up his book.

Have you read any of these? Let me know in the comments!

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(Late) January Bookaholic Round-Up

2013 entered and what did I do? I panicked. It was 2013. The year my dissertation is due in. The year I graduate. The year I have to enter the real world. I turn TWENTY-ONE this year. That means I can DRINK in AMERICA. I have no plans to go to America, but that is beside the point. 2013 is a big year for me.

So how did I deal with my stress, woes, anxiety and excitement? I removed myself from the real world and read... like a crazy reading thing. 

What did I read?

• Matched - Ally Condie
• Only the Good Spy Young (GG #4) - Ally Carter
• Feed - Mira Grant
• The Night Circus - Eric Morgenstern
• Sister - Rosamund Lupton
• I am Number Four - Pittacus Lore
• Looking for Alaska - John Green
• Struck by Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal - Chris Colfer
• Out of Sight, Out of Time (GG #5) - Ally Carter
• Pretty Little Liars (PLL #1) - Sara Shepard
• Flawless (PLL #2) - Sara Shepard
• Perfect (PLL #3) - Sara Shepard
• Unbelievable (PLL #4) - Sara Shepard
• Wicked (PLL #5) - Sara Shepard

At least I got a good start on my goodreads 2013 reading challenge (which is 150 books, btw). The stand out book for me has to be Looking for Alaska. I was a bit late to the whole Nerdfighters thing so a lot of people have already read this but this really is a beautifully written book that carries you along with every single word. Additionally, Sister by Rosamund Lupton is a really intense experience. I don't normally pick up thriller/crime books but this had really good reviews and I spotted it in the library. It was very very good - but don't try reading her other work (awful, just saying). 

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