Rainy Day Reads

I recently finished this book, which is the last book of the "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" trilogy by Laini Taylor. The first book of the series is called "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" and the second is called "Days of Blood and Starlight". I bought the entire series on a whim, because every booktuber on Youtube seemed to be raving about this series. The shop only had the two first in stock, though, so I started reading the series and then I debated whether or not to buy the last one, since the first book didn't really intrigue me that much. But I read the second one, because I already had it (and I have a hard time stopping in the middle of something) and about halfway through this really picked up for me. So I bought the third book to finish off the series.  Beware of a few spoiler-y bits below. Nothing too bad, but if you like going into a book "blind" stop reading here! The story was epic, including magic, monsters, angels and d...

Book Haul So I bought some books...again! I have to retract my previous statement of not being one to buy many books/buying new books before I have finished my TBR pile. I still have a few unread books from my last book haul, yet here I am buying more! But I had a voucher that needed spending and there was free shipping....so I had to, right? Anyway, here are the books: The first one was actually a birthday gift and it is “Love Poems” by Pablo Neruda. I always enjoy his writing, but this is the first book I actually own of his. The second book is “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” by Benjamin Alire Saenz. I actually don't really know anything about this book, but I have seen it raved about on Youtube, so I thought I would give it a try. I just hope it doesn't disappoint me, like a few other Youtube favourites have done lately. The next book is “Rose Under Fire” by Elizabeth Wein. It is a companion novel to “Code Name ...