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Hello clouds and cloudettes, I am melting from the heatwave going through Australia at the moment. Thankfully I got to escape the heatwave (for the most part) with our bi-annual Lifeline Bookfest, the biggest second hand book fair in the world! As always, it’s great catching up with local bookworms and getting lots of great bargains. It’s basically two massive exhibition halls filled with rows and rows of books to satisfy the inner bookworm. I’ve been going for years ever since I was a kid, and it’s something we definitely look forward to!
The YA section is quite limited, so we usually get up before the door opens and head in. And it’s all raising money for Lifeline too which is even better!
Book Haul
Review Copies
Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact by Alison Goodman
A Girl Called Owl by Amy Wilson
Remind Me How This Ends by Gabrielle Tozer
Windwitch by Susan Dennard
Thank you Pan Macmillan Australia and HarperCollins for sending me these review copies!
Borrowed
Aerie by Maria Dahvana Headley
Fear the Drowning Deep by Sarah Glenn Marsh
This is Our Story by Ashley Elston
Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford
Purchased
Here’s the haul I picked up at Lifeline Bookfest. I have read all of these except Reality Boy and Graffiti Moon, just collecting hardbacks/other editions of books that I love. I also lost my copy of The Book Thief so was stoked to find this for $4!
I also did a quick booktube video showing off my haul:
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell – Review
The Hunger Games Luxury Edition by Suzanne Collins
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Reality Boy by A.S. King
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon– Review
Uprooted by Naomi Novik – Review
Bookish News
- The stalker thriller, You by Caroline Kepnes is being adapted for TV! I absolutely loved this book.
- If you want to read more diverse books in 2017, why not check out the Read Diverse 2017 challenge?
In Case You Missed It
- I reviewed two books with Asian main characters, Cloudwish and Mao’s Last Dancer.
- This amazing diverse sci-fi duology was a favourite of mine in 2016!
How was your bookish week?
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It's my favourite thing to do and I look forward to it every year! But so many books I haven't read from it lol. Yesss I can imagine it being hella awesome.
IT WAS THE BEST Cait! I hope to meet you one day (prob when Maggie Stiefvater visits Brisbane). Yup, most of them are in great condition! The Uprooted is ripped on the bottom spine but it doesn't affect the reading or pages at all. Plus at $5, seriously. LOL. 10 CENTS?! OMG that is freaking epic!
Woohoo! Lots of goodies! And go ahead and send some of that heat this way.
Yes please, I'm melting! It was like 36degrees C the other day, crazy.
That's a beautiful haul Jeann! So many pretty books. 😀
Thank you Bee! I hope you are well lovely <3
Ooh that bookfest looks amazing! I've been in only one bookfest in my whole life, but it was awesome and I can't wait to go again 😀 I haven't been able to read anything this week because finals, but now that finals is over I'm in the funk and I can't read anything 🙁
Yippee, I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the book fest that you've been to Tasya! Best of luck for the finals, enjoy the time you have to rest and recuperate. Reading will always be there!
oooohhhh, this book fair!! We have an annual book fair here in the Philippines but they're not second hand books (not that I prefer to own second hand books but they're cheaper. lol). They're 20% discounted though so it's still amazing.
Your book haul looks great! I'd LOVE to have that edition of The Hunger Games. I have the foil edition but that white one with colored pages looks amazing!! #jealous
Yessss it's the best, some of these books are so cheap too. Ohhh that's an awesome book fair still! It's an Aussie exclusive edition and sooo pretty. I've seen the foil edition too which is gorgeous!
You've got so many great books, Jean! I love the cover for Remind Me How This Ends – I think this is the first I've heard of that book, and The Book Thief for $4 is such a bargain. <3
Yesss, I'm so stoked about all my finds esp. the hardcovers! I've been looking forward to Gabby's new book so I'm definitely keen on reading it.
You got some awesome books. I am really interested in A Girl called owl. That book sale looks Awesome so many books, and you got a great haul. Have a great week.
Yay, I'm glad to hear you're keen on checking that book out! Have a lovely week Megan and thanks for commenting!
Lifeline book fest looks so incredible. I'm jealous of all the pretty books! Also, the YOU tv series is great news, though I'm hoping it doesn't flop.
I know, I hope it's going to be good too cos I could picture it being hella creepy and disturbing (my favourite LOL).
Oh, that book sale is so cool. And it's for a good cause!!! I wish there was something like that near me. Also, Graffiti Moon is INCREDIBLE. I jut re-read it a couple weeks ago and fell back in love with it completely, so I hope you love it too! And those editions of The Hunger Games series are gorgeous omg. Have a great week!
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I've been going since I was a kid and I love it! That's so exciting about Graffiti Moon, I loved Words in Deep Blue so I'm keen on reading it. You too Lefty!
I really miss the Lifeline Bookfest! I lived in Brisbane for a few years, and when we returned to America, I have to admit to bringing back a few too many books picked up at Bookfest! I hope the heat wave passes soon, I have been hearing all about it from my Aussie friends.
Yesss it's become somewhat of a tradition now to go every time, I really enjoy it! I'm glad you got to grab a good book haul before you left.
Wow, the book fair must have been awesome! You have a lot of wonderful books to read now!
It was so much fun Susan, there were so many people there and I got some great finds!
Ty for the video format, meant I could listen to this whilst I sort out my build for Diablo 3 (trying a barbarian out for the first time ever eeek)
some lovely books youve gotten! the book sale thing sounds amazing too
You are welcome Lauren! I haven't played D3 since the release lol, it sounds like you're having heaps of fun with it 🙂
I love a good used book sale. This looks amazing! Great haul as well. Love the covers on The Hunger Games trilogy!
Thank you Chrystal, I was so stoked to find that set there!