 Welcome back fellow reading warriors today. I'm gonna do a video of a book haul of all the books. I've bought This past summer. I haven't really bought any books near the beginning of the year like spring or early winter So it's gonna be the first half of the year book haul But it most like to place over this past summer I have to warn you this video may be long because I bought a lot of books over this past summer I've been working three jobs and I may have spent some of that money on books instead of saving all of it for my college education Don't worry. I still save some money Some but not a lot But I'm very excited to read all these books and to have them live on my bookshelf for hopefully a very long time I don't think I'll be unhauling any of these But you never know so let's get started with this ginormous book haul before this video gets to be forever long So first things first, I went to Barnes & Noble and got a ton of books. I got Treasure Islands that classic By Robert Louis Stevenson I got this one because it's it's a literary classic and I love reading classics But I also got it because I have Mysterious Island by Jules Verne and Gulliver Travels I actually have my grandfather's copy of Gulliver Travels and I'm really honored to have that and And I think also Mysterious Island was one that we found in my grandparents basement So both of those are really old. So I just thought I'd complete like that theme of the classic like Mysterious Island Theme so I got Treasure Island And I felt like I had to just for that the next one I got also classic was a tale of two cities by Charles Dickens Basically Barnes & Noble was having by classics for $5 sale and I couldn't resist So I got a tale of two cities. I haven't read it yet. I hope I enjoy it, but we'll see But it's here Next on the list and a Kareninov I bought this again the classic steel going on at Barnes & Noble But also I had a friend who read it and really enjoyed it and I'm also gonna be a Russian minor at University and One of the classes is like translating Tolstoy and reading Tolstoy and like Russian authors and stuff So I am predicting in my future. I will need to have this book Anyway for that class so it's like an investment to one of my future classes Because I'm a Russian minor Yanis no Ruski no Yahachis no Ruski. I don't know Russian, but I want to know Russian So I'm trying to try to read more Russian literature and this as long as well as the book the master and the margarita Which I'm currently halfway through and it's long. It's huge. It really is almost 800 pages So this will be a lot of fun. It will take me forever to get through but I acknowledge that fact from here on out So the next book I got from Barnes & Noble is still a classic But it wasn't buy one get one for five dollars because I could have done it for buy one get one five dollars But I saw another version of it with a much prettier cover So I spent an extra five dollars just for the prettier cover and that is Dracula by Bram stalker Stoker um when I was in fourth grade I actually attempted to check out this book and I started it and I Got like one chapter in before I decided to read other books and then it was due so I gave it back So I haven't actually read Dracula. I've always wanted to read it and now I own a very beautiful cover of it and I hope to take this to college with me and Read it in October maybe for a spookathon or Just because I'm a huge fan of Halloween and therefore October I will be watching horror movies and reading thrillers and mysteries It's like the only month that I actually watch horror movies. I enjoy them But it really only exists in October for me at least so yes I have this absolutely gorgeous cover of Dracula and I'm really excited it even has a built-in bookmark Which is a lot of fun and honestly kind of feels like the Bible just with thicker pages and of course the pages are black So yes and then the next one Also a classic so the first half is just classics Was Frankenstein I was the colorful or not the colorful the pretty cover over the regular boring one and so I bought Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Again read it during October Wanted to read it earlier in life, but wasn't ready but now I'm finally ready to embrace Okay, so the next book and the last classic I got was murder on the orange express Agatha Christie And I chose this because again It's a classic that I haven't read and it has a beautiful cover again also, I watched the Netflix movie murder mystery with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner from friends Her I really like her and it kind of inspired me like oh I need to read more Agatha Christie And I was like, you know, I don't really read a lot of mystery and I'll get into that later But I just I'm scared to read mysteries because I'm afraid that they're gonna be really predictable and really easy And just a disappointment But I was like, you know Agatha Christie is really famous for her mystery So why not buy one of her most well-known books and buy a pretty cover of it at that? And so I bought it and again, I'm gonna read it. I'm just preparing for October here people. I am buying mystery and all that jazz just Ready for October. So I'm still at Barnes and Noble here, but I've moved out of the classic section and to start that I have The Candle and the Flame by Nafizah Azad, I really hope I said her name right, Nafizah Azad This book is about Jin, which if you don't know what Jin are it's essentially It's Jinies except Jin is the original name for it So Jinies come from like a Middle East culture and mythology and tradition But in like Arabic and Farsi that you refer to them as Jin and so that's their original name So this book takes place in Iran and it's all about like the Jin and that magic And I'm really excited to read it because I love reading about Jin and Jinie and that kind of magic like I love to read about him when I was a kid I loved anything really Middle Eastern. I think it's a beautiful culture that I desperately need to learn More about and so I'm really excited to read this. I know I won't be giving it back and I'm just so Excited I think this is going to be like the first book I start as soon as I finish all the books on my TBR for this next coming month of August So I'm just really excited. Okay, you'll definitely be getting my thoughts on this when I finish But now this next one isn't a classic But it's like based off of a classic almost a retelling and it's Stocking Jack the Ripper by Carrie Menestecalo And I got this one because I like historical fiction a lot But again, I don't read it as much like I enjoy it I have historical fiction books on my shelf and I have read them and I do enjoy them I just don't know why I don't actively go out looking for new historical fiction But I've been hearing people talk about this on booktube a little bit. So I was like, this is perfect. It's historical fiction. It's kind of a murder mystery Jack the Ripper so again October But really excited and it's not too big So it would be great for like spookathon or any other readathons that this would qualify for Um, so yeah, I got this one and that will actually conclude my journey to Barnes & Noble Yeah, that was all Barnes & Noble I'm gonna live a poor life, but rich in books Moving on I got Sever which is the third book in the chemical garden trilogy. It's by Lauren de Stefano. I have the first Two books in the trilogy that was a struggle wither and fever But I actually got this at I got this from thrift books My thing is that I went to Shuler's and I found the first book wither in the use section And then a couple months later I went to Shuler's again And I got the second book fever again in the like thrift books like second hand loved Section and then I went back to Shuler's again and I didn't find the third book and I was like, oh so close two out of three Um, so I decided to take it into my own hands and go to thrift books and just get it there So now I finally have the complete trilogy and I actually really enjoy this trilogy. This is One trilogy of very few books and book series that I will actually reread. I don't know what it is I have a thing about rereading books. I just don't do it And I can explain all that in a different video if you guys want So yeah comment down below and let me know if you want me to make a video about Uh rereading books what ones I like to what ones I don't want to and like why So yeah third book chemical garden trilogy really good read it So now moving on to the books I bought online There are only a few that I bought online just because I don't like buying books online The problem is is that they're cheaper And I can find pretty much whatever book I want But I'm always so scared about the condition it's going to be in and I know you can buy like New books or like new or great But um, I don't know it just scares me Uh, but I did buy some online and so these are those I bought the night circus by Aaron Morgenstern Again, because I heard so much on booktube about how great this book was lots of people reading it and loving or even reading it and just liking it So I bought this in very good condition But it's really wrinkly and has been well loved In a way to put it So I'm not super happy with how it came in the condition and that is precisely why I'm afraid of buying books online But I'm still okay with it because it's perfectly readable and legible. Like it's just fine Um, so I'm excited to read this just to understand what all the talk and hustle is about Um, so yeah, that's the first one I bought online and then the other one I bought online with it was The school for good and evil by summam chinani and this actually appeared in my One of my reading rush challenges. This was a book. I got off my shelf that I previously read that I had to draw a picture of the character Of and I had to actually draw this character um And so yeah, that was kind of a little spoiler like oh, I got this book But yeah, I got it online again discount books just like the night circus And I have read it and I do like it a lot and I know there are more in the series And I haven't read the others in the series yet so I'm hoping to Maybe reread this and then get the others in the series because I remember just really enjoying this book and absolutely loving it and so I should probably continue to read and enjoy these so I bought the first one just to kind of remind me of that Plus it's just such a cool concept and again the cover So yeah now moving on, uh, my birthday was in this past may and I got One book for my birthday for my parents and I was really excited So what they did is they went to barns and noble surprise surprise And they saw this on like The popular read shelf and they read it and they thought it would be great for me And that is skype now again Booktubers have been Reading this and commenting about it and really enjoying it and like there's a second book and I think the third book is coming out Um, but I actually didn't know this was existed because by this time I hadn't really discovered booktube a whole lot Where have I been all my life without it, right? But my parents got me this book and I'm really excited to read it. It's going to be Right up my alley Plus it just looks so cool And so because they got me this book and this is actually going to be the first book I read as soon as I'm done with my current reads right now So once I finish reading what I'm reading right now This is going to be the next book that I read and then because they got me this book I went back to barns and noble and I got the second one thunder her Also by neil shesterman shesterman. Yep. I said that right shesterman. So I have This I got it for my birthday and then I bought this to go along with it because even though I haven't read this yet I just knew I was gonna love it So I just bought the second one and I will be buying the third one when it comes out whether I've read it or not Almost done. I promise Next are the books I got from shulers, which is another bookstore. That's very close to barns and noble and again very close to where I live So and again, I took a booktubers recommendation for this one It's a contemporary novel and I just don't Read a lot of contemporary Which is very shocking because a lot of people on booktube do I just happen to not but I decided to give this one a chance and hopefully I can kind of Transition to I don't know a phase or just start reading contemporary and see if I really do like it So I got everything everything by Nicola Yoon and yes, there is A movie coming out of the sun is also a star and it is the same author that wrote a sun the sun is also a star I have not read that one But when I went to shulers and I saw this and the sun is also a star I read both descriptions of these and I decided I liked the description of this one more So if I read this and I enjoy it, maybe all by the sun is also a star But I'm going to start with this just because it caught my eye and my heart slightly more But I am very I am excited to read it. It's going to be new and different for me But that's kind of the exciting part about it. Um, so yeah everything everything And then the next one that I got from shulers has been out for a very long time It's one of those ones where it came out. It was really popular And then I just decided not to read it or less of a I decided not to read it and just Didn't because I was reading my own books at the time Yeah, so I bought this one news, but I bought it in store and I love doing That buying used books, but in store and it is The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkowski So by Marie Rutkowski the winners curse I remember seeing this in the library and reading the description and being like Maybe I'll read it later. If I don't find any other books that I want to read more I'll read this or If I have room In my list of books that I'm checking out from the library, then I'll get it and I'll read it And I just was never motivated to read it But it was always kind of there in the back of my head So I was like and then I went to shulers and I saw this and I was like, I'm gonna reread the description And so I did and I was like I am so dumb Like why did I not ever check this book out from the library? So instead of going to the library and checking it out and seeing if I actually do enjoy the book I flat out bought it instead So I bought this book and I am excited to read it I just hope I read it before I get in my head that I'm not gonna like it Even though there is no reason for me not to like it Yeah, so I read that one and then the very last book that I got in this entire book haul Um this past summer from shulers is one that I am not going to read But I bought it knowing that I was not going to read it or if I am going to read it I'm not going to read it Seriously, I'm going to skim read through it so I can say I read it, but it's not a super serious book for me now Hold on a second because this book is The original screenplay to J.K. Rowling's fantastic piece and where to find them the crimes of Grindelwald Now do you understand why I am not going to read this seriously, but I still had to buy it Because I have Every single book in the harry potter universe I don't have every single one of jk Rowling's books because I know she had some other like young adult Books that aren't even close to harry potter universe. Um, I don't have those but I have every single harry potter book As you can see harry potter Cursed child fantastic piece of where to find them original screenplay as well as tales of beetle the bard and The quidditch throughout the ages and the actual Little tiny textbooks fantastic piece and where to find them that that's the textbook That's the book that newt wrote So I have all of those and so even though I did not like the movie all that much Even though I wasn't super excited about reading the story I still had to buy it so that I could have every single harry potter book and again, it's a pretty cover I don't buy books based on their cover. I do buy them based on the descriptions But if a book has an okay description, but a pretty cover, I'm probably going to buy it anyway And that's exactly what this book was it was an Okay story. I have every other book in the universe And it has a pretty cover so I bought it so it will be joining The harry potter section on my shelf as soon as I figure out some room for it because as you can see I have some other series. I have the divergent series and the selection series Um, and it fits on my shelf perfectly, but in order to get this to fit somewhere I need to remove one of those and replace it with other books So I gotta figure that out. But yes, that is the end of my book haul of the first half of the year But really like May through July So I hope you guys enjoyed it and I will be hopefully reading all of these books within the next um Year-ish maybe like fall winter. I can hopefully get them done maybe until Spring, but I know that there are other books that I'll be checking out from the library And reading so we'll just see how it goes and there are still books on my shelf that I want to read and haven't read So I really should not have gone out and bought so many books because there are so many books that I own that I haven't read yet But my upcoming TBRs are going to be all books that I own that I haven't read and think I'll like still Um But yeah So thank you for sticking with me through this haul video in total. I got In total I got 15 books. Oh 16. I forgot about this one because it's not my sack 16 books A lot of them were like thrift books or secondhand. So it wasn't that expensive Thank goodness But or a lot of them were on deals too But yeah, so this is probably going to be the biggest haul I have and hopefully the only haul of the year just because there are So many books on my shelf Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to take them all with me to college So I'm hoping that when I come home for Thanksgiving or winter break. I can Substitute ones that I took and read for ones that I haven't so Thank you for staying with me If you liked this video or want to see more like it feel free to actually give the video a thumbs up Comment down below telling me what you liked what you didn't like or if you have video ideas Or if you read some of the books and want to have a little book discussion Tell me about it. 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