Book Haul #76 – 7 Books You Need To Read

Last updated on 13 February 2023

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Ready for another book haul? Here are 7 books you need to check out.

I have to admit something: this is about a month too late. And yes, I’ve had these books for a little while now. But in my mind, it’s never too late to share a book haul. Right?

This book haul is a little bit of a mix of publisher-provided books (books that publishers in New Zealand have sent me in exchange for a review), and ones that I’ve bought myself. And four I bought all at once.

But let’s stop chatting and get right on into it!

The Luna Chronicles

I read Cinder for the first time back in 2013 and I remember enjoying it at the time (you can read my review of Cinder here). But for whatever reason, I never kept reading the series. I don’t believe they were all out back in 2013, so when they did start emerging, I just never read them.

Flash forward to 2018 and I thought about re-reading Cinder and then continuing on with the series and checking out Scarlet, Cress and Winter. Have I done that? No, no I have not. So when I saw these books being sold for something like 2 for $10,  I knew it was the time to grab them. Unfortunately, one of them has a ripped back cover, which I didn’t notice until I got home, but that’s okay. Hopefully, I will read them now!

Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, edited by Stephanie Perkins

I love a good short-story compilation! I never used to, but I’ve really gotten into them in the last few years. Something to do with Let it Snow, maybe? Or How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories? Or even The Language of Thorns?

Whatever the reason, I’ve been keeping this book for a more summery time, but I’m looking forward to reading it. There are twelve stories written by some authors that I  love already, including Leigh Bardugo, Veronica Roth and Lev Grossman.

Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues by H.S. Valley

Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues is the longest book title but this is one that I got from the publisher (shout out to HarperCollins NZ and Hardie Grant Books), and read in just a few sittings. It’s the story of two teens who live in a magical school under Fox Glacier here in New Zealand, which is a TIME, I tell ya!

You can check out my review of Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues here.

Freeks by Amanda Hocking

I haven’t read an Amanda Hocking book in a long time. But I found Freeks in a sale bin at The Warehouse and it sounded like my kinda of jam! “In the spring of 1982, the carnival comes to small-town Cauldry, Louisiana. Then events take a dangerous turn.” A carnival? A dangerous turn? In the 80s? Here 👏for 👏it👏.

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

The second in the Nikolai Duology, Rule of Wolves has been on my bookish bucket list ever since it was announced. While it took me a little while to read this (due to the fact that I paused when I was only about 50 pages in to read The Priory of the Orange Tree), once I got into the swing of things, I really did enjoy this book. The Grishaverse is a world that I love coming back to time and time again. And I hope it never ends.

Have you read any of these books? Or perhaps you’ve had a book haul recently? Let me know in the comments!