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Book Hauls!

 I've been to the bookstore a couple of times in the last couple of weeks, thanks to my husband. Here's what I got:


I bought The Most Boring Book Ever by Brandon Sanderson for my kids. I added the following books to my TBR and collection:
  • Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
  • Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
  • The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
  • Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  • Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
At the second bookstore, I bought:
  • How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
  • My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar
I've been really excited about Matt Haig lately, after revisiting The Midnight Library this summer. In part, it's for my English 12 classes, and the other half...I just really loved Midnight Library. I also always love Brandon Sanderson, and Ruta Sepetys has her good moments. I picked Katabasis because a couple of my coworkers are obsessed and highly recommended it. And then I had to get Jennifer Lynn Barnes to continue my collection of that series. As I was looking at books, I also found the memoir about Anne Frank and it jumped out at me. I can't wait to read that one.

I'm excited to add all of these to my TBR, and look for them as I start reading them!



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