{"id":52,"date":"2020-07-29T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindscapeinwords.com\/\/?p=52"},"modified":"2020-07-29T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:33:00","slug":"july-book-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindscapeinwords.com\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"July Book Haul!"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Hello Readers! July is coming to an end at last. I think this was the month that actually felt as long as a month since April! I wasn\u2019t able to buy any books from Amazon for the past 2 months because apparently they are non-essentials. But, in this month I finally could! Check out my book haul!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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~~THE PEOPLE IN THE TREES by HANYA YANAGIHARA~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If any of you know me at all, you know how much I LOVED<\/span><\/b> <\/span>Hanya Yanagihara\u2019s \u2018A Little Life<\/a>\u2019. That book was full of all kinds of emotions & it was just so powerful in its writing. So, I obviously had to read whatever books Hanya has written. Three months after reading A Little Life, I am finally prepared to be hurt again by reading another brilliant novel – The People in the Trees. It feels impossible to love it as much as A Little Life, but I can\u2019t wait to see how it turns out!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Pages: 368<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Goodreads Rating: 3.70<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Published: 2013<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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~~THE SONG OF ACHILLES & CIRCE by MADELINE MILLER~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

I have heard SO MUCH<\/span><\/b> <\/span>about Madeline Miller\u2019s mythological fiction<\/span><\/b> <\/span>books! So many of my friends on Goodreads have rated these two books quite highly. It\u2019s a genre I haven\u2019t read before, so I am all the more excited to read them! I have heard that The Song of Achilles is better than Circe, which is why I will probably read Circe first. I will keep you posted on these!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The Song of Achilles:                                                                       <\/span>Circe:<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Pages: 352                                                                                           <\/span>Pages: 393<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Goodreads Rating: 4.35                                                                      <\/span>Goodreads Rating: 4.27<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Published: 2011                                                                                   <\/span>Published: 2018<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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~~THE GREAT ALONE by KRISTIN HANNAH~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Kristin Hannah really impressed me with her novel \u2018The Nightingale<\/a>\u2019! This is the reason that I have been meaning to read more of her books as well. Unfortunately, the font in this book is the tiniest one I have seen so far which greatly reduced my enthusiasm for reading it. But, some day, I will pick it up & I know I will enjoy it!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Pages: 435<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Goodreads Rating: 4.34<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Published: 2018<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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~~THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. FINN~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

I am pretty late on this one, but better late than never. I am on a roll with thrillers lately. I read Pretty Things by Janelle Brown<\/a> & The Guest List by Lucy Foley. The best thing about thrillers is how they have you HOOKED<\/span><\/b> <\/span>to them! Now that the movie is out starring Amy Adams, I had to watch it. And, in order to watch it, I had to read the book first, so here I am!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Pages: 455<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Goodreads Rating: 3.94<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Published: 2018<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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~~THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by COLSON WHITEHEAD~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Colson Whitehead is soon going to be one my favourite authors. He has already written TWO Pulitzer Prize winning books<\/span><\/b>! After reading the average story of Ta-Nehisis Coates\u2019 The Water Dancer<\/a>, I had to give some space between that book & this one. The underlying theme is similar in both. I didn\u2019t want my disappointment in \u2018The Water Dancer\u2019 to continue while reading this one, which is why it is still on my TBR, just a little lower.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Pages: 306<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Goodreads Rating: 4.03<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Published: 2016<\/span><\/i><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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~~THE NICKEL BOYS by COLSON WHITEHEAD~~<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Guess what? I already read this one! I absolutely loved the form of the book. It was a bit bigger in size with a readable font which helped me finish it in TWO DAYS<\/span><\/b>! This is 2020 Pulitzer winner for Fiction<\/span><\/b>& very well deserved!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Pages: 213<\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Goodreads Rating: 4.28<\/o:p><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Published: 2019<\/i><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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That is all, folks! I have been having an aversion to reading actual books ever since I started reading e-books. Especially, in monsoon now, it is too dark to read books in the morning even. I hope this goes away soon & I get back to first love of books!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n


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