**Book Haul: A Collection of Classics and Favorites**

As I delved into my latest book haul, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. My shelves were soon to be filled with an array of classics, modern favorites, and a dash of new releases. Among the titles that caught my eye were "Passenger" by Alexandra Bracken, "The Last of the Classics", and "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri.

**A Mixed Bag**

I was thrilled to have my hands on "Passenger" before its release date, but unfortunately, it didn't quite live up to my expectations. While I appreciated the unique science fiction take on time travel, I found myself disappointed with the numerous issues that plagued the book. However, despite these flaws, I still enjoyed reading it and look forward to seeing where the series will go from here. On a different note, I was delighted to have picked up "The Last of the Classics", which included several beloved titles such as "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. This edition was particularly impressive, with full drawings and illustrations that added an extra layer of beauty to the classic tale.

**Exploring New Worlds**

My journey through this book haul also took me on a trip around the world. With "The Geography of You and Me" by Jennifer E. Smith, I found myself transported to different places and cultures, which was both fascinating and enjoyable. Similarly, with "The Falconer" by Elizabeth May, I discovered a new love for Scottish folklore and mythology. The author's vivid descriptions and captivating storytelling had me completely enthralled. On the other hand, "Etiquette and Espionage" and "Curtsies and Conspiracies" by Gail Carson Levine were both intriguing and well-researched, offering a glimpse into the world of finishing schools and secret societies.

**A World of Adventure**

My haul also featured several titles that promised adventure and excitement. With "Rose Under Fire" by Elizabeth Wein, I was transported to the midst of war-torn Europe during World War II. This beautifully written story about survival and female resilience had me completely captivated from start to finish. Another favorite of mine was "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by JK Rowling, which was released in an illustrated edition that left me speechless. The beautiful artwork and captivating storytelling made this classic tale truly unforgettable.

**Reading for Fun**

Lastly, I picked up "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott, a classic novel that had been on my wish list for quite some time. The beautifully designed edition with full illustrations was almost too pretty to open, but I couldn't wait to dive in and experience the world of Jo March. Throughout this book haul, I was reminded of the joy of reading and discovering new stories that transport us to different worlds and times.

**The Verdict**

As I wrapped up my book haul, I felt grateful for the opportunity to explore so many new titles and revisit old favorites. Each book had its own unique charm and character, and I couldn't wait to see which ones would become my next obsessions. Whether it was science fiction, romance, or adventure, there was something on this haul that catered to every reader's tastes.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone it's haey and today I'm going to be doing a massive January book haul so after Christmas I got a bunch of gift cards and chapters was having a 30% off of all of their hard covers in store sale so I went crazy and took advantage I have acquired uh I think it's around 30 new books since uh in January and in December and I asked you guys if you wanted me to split up the haul but you guys said mostly that you wanted me to do one huge one so here it is I'm not going to be able to talk really in depth about all of these books I'm just going to be kind of zooming through them so without further Ado let's get into it so I thought about organizing this in some way and then I realized that that just wasn't going to be possible so we're just going to deal with it whatever I pick up is whatever I pick up so the first two books I got are these broken stars and their fractured light by Amy Kaufman and Megan Spooner these are the um first and third book in the Starbound Trilogy I have read this one and reviewed it really loved it I just wanted a hard cover copy so I picked one up when I was getting a paperback for my sister and then their fractured light was like $1 on Amazon so I just decided to take advantage of that and pick it up I still need this shattered world really badly I need it but it's super expensive on chapters right now so I'm just going to wait but I love these series I love the covers they're super cool it's like a Sci-Fi thing it's amazing I love it then I also got illumin by Amy Hoffman who is one of the co-writers of the series I just showed you and Jay Kristoff this book was fabulous it's been getting so much buzz on book lately and for good reason it is honestly incredible I have read and reviewed it and I I'll link all the reviews that I've done for any of these books down below for you guys to go and check out this book I cannot recommend it enough it is so cool it has like um it's told in like case files and like crazy things like that you get like the inside of like an artificial intelligence talking like it is just honestly epic and you need to pick it up the next book I actually picked up for a class and that is Peter Pan by JM Berry I picked up the Puffin Edition because I think these have just the cutest covers I love these covers and I'm super excited to read this I have to read it for my class this semester U my Victorian child class and I think it's going to be really good then I also picked up some Jane Austin this month cuz as you guys may remember from my 2016 resolutions and TBR video um I am planning on reading more Classics and I really want to get into Jane Austin so the first one is Pride and Prejudice of course I think I'm going to try and read this one in February I just am super intrigued by it and I feel like I'm going to really enjoy it and then the second one is North anger Abby which I have actually already read and I really really enjoyed and then the third one is sense insensibility and I have no idea what this one is about um I think this is the one that I know the least about and I also got Emma but that one's not in yet so I'll just include it in another another haul but these are the Vintage Classics editions and I think they're so pretty they're they look really nice on the shelf and I enjoy them then I picked up more happy than not by Adam Silvera um this book all I really know about it is that it deals with a teen who is gay and I don't really know much else I've heard fabulous things about it mainly from rayen over at padfoot and prong 07 um but I am super intrigued by this book and I had wanted it for a while so I'm really happy that I have it now and along those same lines I picked up Simon versus the homo sapian agenda by Becky Albert this one also deals with a gay teen but he's not out yet I've heard that this one is funny and kind of quirky and um I it obviously deals with some serious subject matter and my shells were honestly just really lacking on contemporary I had like read all the contemporaries on my shelf so I decided to pick some up and I'm really excited to have this one because I really have heard such fabulous things about it next I picked up the sword of Summer by Rick rordan this is the first book in his new series Magnus Chase and the gods of as guard so it follows Norse Norse mythology I believe I think this is another one that I'm going to pick up next month because it's just super intriguing and I really love the cover for it this next book is probably the one I am absolutely most excited for in this haul and that is Paper Towns by John Green signed copy I am so excited to have this um John Green Instagram that he had signed a bunch of them and put them in Barnes & Noble in the states I live in Canada um so my sister was living in the states at the time so she went and went out of way to get one for me and I'm so excited I don't own a John Green signed book so I'm so excited to have one now Jay squiggle oh this is just like my prize possession now I love it next is Zach and Mia by AJ Betts this book I have no idea what it's about honestly I think it's kind of like a fult in Our Stars type deal um where it's about 16 and stuff like that I've heard really great things about it I know it's by an Australian author and I've never read an Australian author before I don't think so I'm excited to read this one next is everything everything by nicoa Yun um I have already read this book I had heard such fabulous things about it and I did really enjoy it I have a review pre-filmed that will be uploaded sometime soon I'll link it down below whenever it's uploaded but this book deals with a teen who is allergic to everything in the world and then a neighbor moves in and she's really intrigued by him and it's basically her kind of stepping out of her comfort zone and trying to get out of her bubble next is walk on earth a Stranger by Ray Carson I honestly was mostly intrigued by this cover but then I found out that this is a historical fiction that takes place during the gold rush and this girl can like sense where the gold is it seems like it's going to be really really cool and uh Ray Carson wrote the girl something crown of Embers is one of the books I think um it's about a girl who has like a gem in her stomach I think she wrote that trilogy I haven't read it before but I've heard fabulous things about her so I am super excited for this one then I picked up a few Barnes & Noble Classics um cuz I was in the states picking up my sister so the first one is a little princess which I love the cover it is so shiny and so beautiful then I also picked up the secret garden which is also by Francis Hodson Bernett which is the same author as a little princess I've never read either of these but I really want to and then I need to put these down because this is a big book the complete works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare um I picked this up because I don't have a complete volume and I'm studying him in class and I feel like it's just more economically efficient to pick up a complete volume so this one is absolutely beautiful I completely fell in love with it like it is honestly gorgeous so I'm so excited I have it the next book is blue ly Lily Blue by Maggie Steve this is the third book in The Raven cycle quartet I haven't read this one yet I love the Raven boys um and the Dream Thieves I read both of those and absolutely loved them I haven't read this one yet because I'm putting it off and uh until it's closer to the releasee date of the Raven King but I'm so excited for this one then I picked up ins snared by AG Howard this is the final book in the Splinter Trilogy I had just heard fabulous things about this book um I loved Splinter was a little bit disappointed by unhinged I've already read this one and reviewed it it will be out sometime soon it should be out by the time this video is up um and I was a little bit let down by this one but I will link the review down below if you want to hear more of my thoughts next is the heart of betrayal by Mary E Pearson I had been waiting for this book to show up on Book Outlet um until I bought it because I knew it was going to show up and it finally did this month so I obviously picked it up this is the second book in the kiss of deception I think it's a Trilogy um and I loved the kiss of deception I read it last year um and I thought it was just really great it's about a girl who's like a princess she's supposed to marry someone she runs away and then this assassin and the prince who she was supposed to marry are following her but throughout that book you don't know which one is which so it's kind of like like a guessing game it's really cool and I'm super excited to see where the series is going to go then I picked up passenger by Alexander Bracken I was actually able to get my hands on this book like a week before the release date I think more than a week before the release date um my chapters had it out so I was so so excited to have it in my hands and I was a little bit disappointed by it but I have read and reviewed it so I will link the review down below I had a few issues with it way too many to kind of go into depth in this video but it's a really cool science fiction about time travel really different than her Darkest Minds trilogy but it was really really good even though I had a few issues it was still really good and then the last of the classics that I got I got more of the puffing and Bloom editions so I got Heidi which is by Johan speir it's about Switzerland or Sweden something like that but I really am intrigued by this one um cuz I haven't heard like a ton about it then I got little wom by Louis alot I remember this story from when I was a kid so I'm really excited to read it and then finally I got Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Louis Carol I'm sure you guys knew I was going to pick this up because you guys know how much I love Alice and Wonderland and I have to read this for my class so I'm going to read this Edition this time this one is huge but it has like full drawings like all the drawings have been redone it's honestly beautiful I cannot wait to read it like even under the dust jacket wait wait beautiful then I also picked up Harry Potter in the philosopher stone by JK rolling this is the first book in the Harry Potter series and the first one that they have released in Illustrated Edition so I got the Illustrated Edition I got it for like $20 which was amazing and it's honestly so beautiful I'm sure you have seen the inside of it but I'm just going to show you some anyway see there's Hagrid that was difficult it's honestly so cool and I cannot wait to reread it in Illustrated Edition almost at the bottom so next I have the geography of you and me by jennnifer E Smith Smith I read uh the statist statistical probability of love at first sight by Jennifer E Smith a while ago and I enjoyed it um I thought it was pretty good but a little bit me um but I've heard really great things about this one and I think this one is a little bit more up my alley I think it's one of those like romances where they travel the world and I love going to different places in books I just think it's really fun so I'm excited to read this one next is the falconer by Elizabeth may all I really know about this one is that it has to do with fairies and it has to do with Scotland so I love the cover of it and I have never read a book about Scotland so I'm excited for this one then I also got etiquette and Espionage and curtsies and conspiracies by Gail carrier these are the first two books of the uh finishing school series and I've heard really fabulous things about it it's kind of just like a finishing school but they teach these girls to be assassins I think it sounds like it's really really cool and I've heard fabulous things about Gail carer so I'm really excited for these and finally I got Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wan I think that's how you pronounce it I say it wrong every single time but this is the second book in the uh code name Verity companion duology and I have read and reviewed both of them Rose Under Fire will be out a little bit later in the month um but I absolutely loved this book I thought it was so fabulous and just beautifully written a beautiful story about a girl who is an American who's taken to a concentration camp uh for women and it's honestly a beautiful story about survival and women working together I loved this book so much so that is all for today's haul we made it through all those books and this video actually isn't too long it doesn't look like I have too much footage to go through but I also think I was talking kind of fast so if I am talking too fast you can like slow it down with the little speed thing that YouTube has I'm sorry but I had lots of books to talk about and I didn't want this video to be forever long so yeah I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you have read any of these books let me know your thoughts on them and yeah I will see you guys in the next one byehey everyone it's haey and today I'm going to be doing a massive January book haul so after Christmas I got a bunch of gift cards and chapters was having a 30% off of all of their hard covers in store sale so I went crazy and took advantage I have acquired uh I think it's around 30 new books since uh in January and in December and I asked you guys if you wanted me to split up the haul but you guys said mostly that you wanted me to do one huge one so here it is I'm not going to be able to talk really in depth about all of these books I'm just going to be kind of zooming through them so without further Ado let's get into it so I thought about organizing this in some way and then I realized that that just wasn't going to be possible so we're just going to deal with it whatever I pick up is whatever I pick up so the first two books I got are these broken stars and their fractured light by Amy Kaufman and Megan Spooner these are the um first and third book in the Starbound Trilogy I have read this one and reviewed it really loved it I just wanted a hard cover copy so I picked one up when I was getting a paperback for my sister and then their fractured light was like $1 on Amazon so I just decided to take advantage of that and pick it up I still need this shattered world really badly I need it but it's super expensive on chapters right now so I'm just going to wait but I love these series I love the covers they're super cool it's like a Sci-Fi thing it's amazing I love it then I also got illumin by Amy Hoffman who is one of the co-writers of the series I just showed you and Jay Kristoff this book was fabulous it's been getting so much buzz on book lately and for good reason it is honestly incredible I have read and reviewed it and I I'll link all the reviews that I've done for any of these books down below for you guys to go and check out this book I cannot recommend it enough it is so cool it has like um it's told in like case files and like crazy things like that you get like the inside of like an artificial intelligence talking like it is just honestly epic and you need to pick it up the next book I actually picked up for a class and that is Peter Pan by JM Berry I picked up the Puffin Edition because I think these have just the cutest covers I love these covers and I'm super excited to read this I have to read it for my class this semester U my Victorian child class and I think it's going to be really good then I also picked up some Jane Austin this month cuz as you guys may remember from my 2016 resolutions and TBR video um I am planning on reading more Classics and I really want to get into Jane Austin so the first one is Pride and Prejudice of course I think I'm going to try and read this one in February I just am super intrigued by it and I feel like I'm going to really enjoy it and then the second one is North anger Abby which I have actually already read and I really really enjoyed and then the third one is sense insensibility and I have no idea what this one is about um I think this is the one that I know the least about and I also got Emma but that one's not in yet so I'll just include it in another another haul but these are the Vintage Classics editions and I think they're so pretty they're they look really nice on the shelf and I enjoy them then I picked up more happy than not by Adam Silvera um this book all I really know about it is that it deals with a teen who is gay and I don't really know much else I've heard fabulous things about it mainly from rayen over at padfoot and prong 07 um but I am super intrigued by this book and I had wanted it for a while so I'm really happy that I have it now and along those same lines I picked up Simon versus the homo sapian agenda by Becky Albert this one also deals with a gay teen but he's not out yet I've heard that this one is funny and kind of quirky and um I it obviously deals with some serious subject matter and my shells were honestly just really lacking on contemporary I had like read all the contemporaries on my shelf so I decided to pick some up and I'm really excited to have this one because I really have heard such fabulous things about it next I picked up the sword of Summer by Rick rordan this is the first book in his new series Magnus Chase and the gods of as guard so it follows Norse Norse mythology I believe I think this is another one that I'm going to pick up next month because it's just super intriguing and I really love the cover for it this next book is probably the one I am absolutely most excited for in this haul and that is Paper Towns by John Green signed copy I am so excited to have this um John Green Instagram that he had signed a bunch of them and put them in Barnes & Noble in the states I live in Canada um so my sister was living in the states at the time so she went and went out of way to get one for me and I'm so excited I don't own a John Green signed book so I'm so excited to have one now Jay squiggle oh this is just like my prize possession now I love it next is Zach and Mia by AJ Betts this book I have no idea what it's about honestly I think it's kind of like a fult in Our Stars type deal um where it's about 16 and stuff like that I've heard really great things about it I know it's by an Australian author and I've never read an Australian author before I don't think so I'm excited to read this one next is everything everything by nicoa Yun um I have already read this book I had heard such fabulous things about it and I did really enjoy it I have a review pre-filmed that will be uploaded sometime soon I'll link it down below whenever it's uploaded but this book deals with a teen who is allergic to everything in the world and then a neighbor moves in and she's really intrigued by him and it's basically her kind of stepping out of her comfort zone and trying to get out of her bubble next is walk on earth a Stranger by Ray Carson I honestly was mostly intrigued by this cover but then I found out that this is a historical fiction that takes place during the gold rush and this girl can like sense where the gold is it seems like it's going to be really really cool and uh Ray Carson wrote the girl something crown of Embers is one of the books I think um it's about a girl who has like a gem in her stomach I think she wrote that trilogy I haven't read it before but I've heard fabulous things about her so I am super excited for this one then I picked up a few Barnes & Noble Classics um cuz I was in the states picking up my sister so the first one is a little princess which I love the cover it is so shiny and so beautiful then I also picked up the secret garden which is also by Francis Hodson Bernett which is the same author as a little princess I've never read either of these but I really want to and then I need to put these down because this is a big book the complete works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare um I picked this up because I don't have a complete volume and I'm studying him in class and I feel like it's just more economically efficient to pick up a complete volume so this one is absolutely beautiful I completely fell in love with it like it is honestly gorgeous so I'm so excited I have it the next book is blue ly Lily Blue by Maggie Steve this is the third book in The Raven cycle quartet I haven't read this one yet I love the Raven boys um and the Dream Thieves I read both of those and absolutely loved them I haven't read this one yet because I'm putting it off and uh until it's closer to the releasee date of the Raven King but I'm so excited for this one then I picked up ins snared by AG Howard this is the final book in the Splinter Trilogy I had just heard fabulous things about this book um I loved Splinter was a little bit disappointed by unhinged I've already read this one and reviewed it it will be out sometime soon it should be out by the time this video is up um and I was a little bit let down by this one but I will link the review down below if you want to hear more of my thoughts next is the heart of betrayal by Mary E Pearson I had been waiting for this book to show up on Book Outlet um until I bought it because I knew it was going to show up and it finally did this month so I obviously picked it up this is the second book in the kiss of deception I think it's a Trilogy um and I loved the kiss of deception I read it last year um and I thought it was just really great it's about a girl who's like a princess she's supposed to marry someone she runs away and then this assassin and the prince who she was supposed to marry are following her but throughout that book you don't know which one is which so it's kind of like like a guessing game it's really cool and I'm super excited to see where the series is going to go then I picked up passenger by Alexander Bracken I was actually able to get my hands on this book like a week before the release date I think more than a week before the release date um my chapters had it out so I was so so excited to have it in my hands and I was a little bit disappointed by it but I have read and reviewed it so I will link the review down below I had a few issues with it way too many to kind of go into depth in this video but it's a really cool science fiction about time travel really different than her Darkest Minds trilogy but it was really really good even though I had a few issues it was still really good and then the last of the classics that I got I got more of the puffing and Bloom editions so I got Heidi which is by Johan speir it's about Switzerland or Sweden something like that but I really am intrigued by this one um cuz I haven't heard like a ton about it then I got little wom by Louis alot I remember this story from when I was a kid so I'm really excited to read it and then finally I got Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Louis Carol I'm sure you guys knew I was going to pick this up because you guys know how much I love Alice and Wonderland and I have to read this for my class so I'm going to read this Edition this time this one is huge but it has like full drawings like all the drawings have been redone it's honestly beautiful I cannot wait to read it like even under the dust jacket wait wait beautiful then I also picked up Harry Potter in the philosopher stone by JK rolling this is the first book in the Harry Potter series and the first one that they have released in Illustrated Edition so I got the Illustrated Edition I got it for like $20 which was amazing and it's honestly so beautiful I'm sure you have seen the inside of it but I'm just going to show you some anyway see there's Hagrid that was difficult it's honestly so cool and I cannot wait to reread it in Illustrated Edition almost at the bottom so next I have the geography of you and me by jennnifer E Smith Smith I read uh the statist statistical probability of love at first sight by Jennifer E Smith a while ago and I enjoyed it um I thought it was pretty good but a little bit me um but I've heard really great things about this one and I think this one is a little bit more up my alley I think it's one of those like romances where they travel the world and I love going to different places in books I just think it's really fun so I'm excited to read this one next is the falconer by Elizabeth may all I really know about this one is that it has to do with fairies and it has to do with Scotland so I love the cover of it and I have never read a book about Scotland so I'm excited for this one then I also got etiquette and Espionage and curtsies and conspiracies by Gail carrier these are the first two books of the uh finishing school series and I've heard really fabulous things about it it's kind of just like a finishing school but they teach these girls to be assassins I think it sounds like it's really really cool and I've heard fabulous things about Gail carer so I'm really excited for these and finally I got Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wan I think that's how you pronounce it I say it wrong every single time but this is the second book in the uh code name Verity companion duology and I have read and reviewed both of them Rose Under Fire will be out a little bit later in the month um but I absolutely loved this book I thought it was so fabulous and just beautifully written a beautiful story about a girl who is an American who's taken to a concentration camp uh for women and it's honestly a beautiful story about survival and women working together I loved this book so much so that is all for today's haul we made it through all those books and this video actually isn't too long it doesn't look like I have too much footage to go through but I also think I was talking kind of fast so if I am talking too fast you can like slow it down with the little speed thing that YouTube has I'm sorry but I had lots of books to talk about and I didn't want this video to be forever long so yeah I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you have read any of these books let me know your thoughts on them and yeah I will see you guys in the next one bye\n"