"Stacking the
Shelves" is a weekly haul meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality. It allows book
buyers to share their accumulation of books with the online book-loving
community.
I’m kind of
disappointed in myself for buying this one… *sigh*
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
I used to own the
first two Daughter of Smoke and Bone books in the US hardcover editions, but I
got rid of them. I just could never make myself pick them up. The one time I tried
many years ago, I read that the main character had blue hair and decided the
book wasn’t for me. (I’ve never, personally, been a fan of colorfully dyed hair
on my protagonists. It’s a weird reading quirk that I’ve grown out of a little.
Do you have any weird reading quirks?)
However, I kept
hearing how great this series was from many, MANY booktubers, and one day, when
a booktuber was talking about the UK edition of Daughter of Smoke and Bone,
I decided to look for it on Mercari. Simply because the cover was pretty. I
randomly got a notification that someone was selling a copy for $20, so I went
for it on a whim. Do I regret my decision? A little. Yes.
What books have
you bought/received lately?
I hope this time you will like the book! I think I might have tried reading this one a bit, but couldn't get into it. I can't remember really. Might have been a time when I pulled it off the bookshelf at the store to sample it a bit, but it wasn't my kind of read.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will enjoy it this time around though!
My StS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower :)
Thanks. I hope so too!
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