Book Haul & Updated TBR List!

Book haul time! I received some books for Christmas and I've gotten a few others after. I wanted to share the new ones and update my TBR list. My TBR has gotten wickedly out of control so I really need a full list anyway to keep up with all of the ones I really want to try and read by April! Here's my updated TBR list and I've marked the ones for my book haul as new. 

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1. Apart in the Dark: Novellas - (New) Thank you to Gallery Books for this one! 

2. Beautiful Broken Girls

3. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

4. The Shadow of the Wind

5. The Guest Room

6. Inside the Victorian Home

7. The Crown's Fate

8. Knight's Cross

9. Strange the Dreamer

10. Throne of Fire

11. The Hammer of Thor

12. The Hanging Girl - (New)

13. Gwendy's Button Box - (New)

14. Stillhouse Lake - (New)

15. Brother - (New)

16. I'll Meet You There - (New)

17. The Female of the Species - (New)

18. Fireblood - (New)

19. The Hate U Give - (New)

20. The Dry - (New)

21. Strange Weather - (New)

22. The Chosen - (New)

23. In Her Skin - (New) Thank you to Farrar, Straus, and Giroux for this one!

I also recently recently received When We Collided, a new copy of Jane Eyre, and a new copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray. I'm hoping to re-read all of those and re-read The Bell Jar at some point this year, but they aren't on my immediate TBR.

 

I also got these babies when I traded in some books at Half Price books. I need to read all of them eventually as well. 

Well as you can see my TBR is already overwhelming and I'm pretty sure there is no way I'll get all of these read by April. I'm going to try though! 

What books are on your TBR? Is your TBR out of control like mine? 

If you've read any of these books, what did you think of them? 

#HelpMyTbrIsTryingToKillMe

Weekly Updates & Recommendations- (8/29/16-9/4/16)

So I finally decided to start posting weekly updates.  It's something that I've been meaning to start for a while, but I haven't had the time to get started. Now that my kids are back at school it's the perfect time! Speaking of my kids being back at school it's been crazy the past two weeks. The kids first week back at school was great and I'm very proud of how well my autistic daughter is doing her first year in junior high! I'm happily surprised that she's doing so well and even LOVES switching classes. 

As for my sons, well they started one week at their school from last year and this Monday was their first day at a STEM Academy! For those who don't know what that is, it stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. We got the call late Thursday afternoon and had a mad rush to get them ready by Monday. We had to buy uniforms, get school supplies back from the other school, but more school supplies, fill out paperwork, and so on all in just a few days. 

As for me this week, I'm still just trying to adjust to waking up at 5:00 AM and the busy school year schedule. Send help. And coffee please. 

Currently: 

Reading: And I Darken and then I will read The Wolf Road. 

Watching: Make it or Break it. I've watched the whole series before when it aired, but now I'm watching it again with my husband who hasn't seen it. The Olympics got us into a gymnastics mood obviously! 

Listening To: The new Britney Spears album Glory. So far I really like Make Me and a few others are okay, but I'm not loving it. 

AngelErin's A+ Cover Of The Week: 

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AngelErin's Book Pick Of The Week: My Review

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For my recommendations area I decided that I will switch up what I will recommend. I will be recommending movies, books, TV shows, music, other bloggers to follow, Twitter accounts, bookstagrammers, and etc depending on my mood. This week I decided to highlight a few of my favorite bloggers! 

My Guilty Obsession - I'm pretty sure that this is the first blog I ever followed and Ali always has fantastic reviews and WoW picks! Be sure to check her out!

POP.EDIT.LIT- Verushka always has the best recommendations so keep an eye out for her book recs! 

Book Haven- This is a wonderful blog run by Greg and he just started a feature that spotlights TAGLINES. I haven't seen anyone else doing this, so definitely check that out! 

All Books Considered - I love Eva's blog and I often find books here that I've never heard of, but sound great! 

Always Me- Lauren hosts the Music Monday feature/meme that I love so much and she has a terrific blog. Be sure to check it out as well! 

This week I'm also adding a book haul on here. This is from the whole month of August. Usually I don't get quite so many books, but I had a birthday this month and I went a little crazy!! I also received Milk and Honey, but it's not pictured because I loaned it to a friend. 

(A Court of Mist and Fury, End of Watch, And I Darken, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Picture of Dorian Gray graphic novel, The Rose & the Dagger, The Vegetarian, It Ends With Us, The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray, Angelfall, Hounded, The Mara Dyer Trilogy box set.) 

So that was my week!! Not too shabby. Overall the month of August was pretty great. How was your week?? 

Christmas/Christmas Haul

Thank you to all of my friends and family for making this Christmas super special. I  had a very long Christmas and it wasn't all on Christmas Day either. I celebrated with some family on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas Night, and well it all seemed to really drag out. I'm still cleaning up from it too! It was a fantastic holiday this year though and I'm so blessed to have so many friends and family to spend it with. Other than being sick the morning of Christmas Eve, everything was pretty perfect.

I got to spend some quality time with my husband since he had a whole week off from work. I also had a fabulous time making memories with my friends and family, but my favorite part was watching my children light up with joy when they opened their presents. I received some really amazing gifts myself this Christmas and here is some of my Christmas Haul!


Books:

Not quite a Christmas gift, but my husband did let me go buy some of the Fever series on Christmas Eve Eve! I'm reading the fourth one now (2nd and 3rd book reviews to come) and now I just need to buy Iced!

I  got the rest of the Lunar Chronicles series for an early Christmas gift from a friend. I'm so glad I have the whole series! I also received the DVDs for Ghost & Jaws! :D

The Lux series!!! I'm so excited my husband's parents got me these and I can read more on this series. What wonderful in-laws I have! :)

Hooray!!! Another book I found under the tree, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams! Thank you to my parents for this one.

Book-Related & Mugs:

Thank you to my long distance BFF for the awesome necklace!! It's so me, I never have enough time for all the books I want to be reading. I love this necklace so much.

I love these mugs my friend bought for the husband & I! It's 100% true as well. LOL!

My friend also gave me this adorable Friday mug. Since we try to hang out EVERY Friday. Those are our days and we are always saying, "Is it Friday yet?" On the back it says, Why is Monday so far from Friday But Friday so close to Monday?

Non-Book Related Gifts:

Alcohol is always a good gift for me! Thanks to my parents for this made in Canada apple pie moonshine and thanks to my in-laws for the set of wine glasses and my favorite moscato. The moscato and wine glasses were part of a theme gift. The main part is a bath rack with places to set my book on, wine, a candle, soap, bubble bath & etc. Which I got something for each spot. Pretty kick ass! I love my relaxing bubble baths & reading in the tub!

Thank you to my grandparents for this one! I got to do a fun little scavenger hunt and this was at the end of it. I can't wait to make my floors all clean without killing my back!

I also got this CUTE penguin globe from my in-laws! It plays joy to the world. I love it!

A big thanks to my parents for my replacement penguin spoon rests! In case you didn't know, I LOVE penguins. I had a penguin spoon rest years ago that broke and I needed a new one so bad.

I also received a beautiful & really nice planner (which I desperately needed!), a few gift cards, a few other small fun items, AND last but, not least....

We got a new furbaby that I named Belle!!

So overall it was pretty much the best Christmas ever. Thank you again to everyone who made it so special and thank you for all of the amazing gifties I was blessed to receive. I hope everyone else had an awesome holiday as well.

What books, bookish items, or non bookish things did you receive under the tree this year?

Also, I had a lot of yummy food (too much yummy food) this holiday season! There is one recipe I wanted to share with you guys though. It's a Pillsbury recipe and you can find it here Sausage and Cheese Crescent Squares . My mom makes this every year and it's delish!!

I highly recommend it and it's really simple to make. Enjoy!