What's New #8: Kinokuniya's temptation!

It was like last week since I posted a book haul post.. Well this time, it's a different story.. I've been avoiding to come to this bookstore, but there was just this pull that calling me to go there and I have been so stressed-out lately at the office, therefore I think I need to reward myself a bit.

So I went to Kinokuniya Bookstore at Grand Indonesia after the office.. I basically got myself (or bought myself) SIX books! hahaha..

Here they are!

Fragments and Unravel Me are sequels to Partials and Shatter Me which I have not yet reading xp well, I just can't let them hanging there, and I will read them eventually, so I decided to get them anw..

Pushing The Limits, I only hear good things about this book, it sounds like a good romantic story with a twist. I had put this book down two times at Kino, I was not so sure I want to read it, but then I was just "what the heck" and decided to buy it.. Because I am just too curious about it, what is the buzz about this book.

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein, Everybody Sees The Ants by A.S. King, and Life After Life by Kate Atkinson are probably books that I am really most excited about.. XD I've been wanting to get them for so long, and I saw them at Kino then I was like "put them in the basket!!!", so happy..

Okay, so that'd be all for today, I will probably back with reviews after this.. I am expecting The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey to be posted within this week.. and The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson also The Ocean at The End of The Lane by Neil Gaiman..

Alright then, see ya!

My Absence and What's New #7 (kinda incomplete edition)

Hi!!!

It's been quite some time since I posted my last post here.. Well, life happens which I mean by it is work which literally has taken over my life.. BUT I had 4 days of holiday to Thailand so it's okay I guess for now.. Okay, I won't talk about my work in this blog (no way!).. Let's jump to the What's new! :D

To be honest, I have purchased many books during my absence, but somehow I don't think I can remember which all those books I have bought, so I will just show you my very recent haul which I got by redeeming my IDR 250K (around $25) member voucher at Periplus Store here in Jakarta. And I am just sooooo happy to get these babies ;)

I am sure that many of you have heard about these two recent published books.. Alright then, that's it from me for now. Hopefully I can come back and post more here.. 

Wish you all a happy and great weekend.. Do what you want to do! and be yourself ;*

LATE What's New #6 (Book Haul) post: December 2012 (Birthday/Christmas/New Year) and January 2013!

Sorry for the late post.. so I put my December 2012 and January 2013 book hauls in one post..

I have mentioned on my previous post that lots of things happened in December. I have my birthday then we also have Christmas and New Year which mean many big sales happening at my favorite bookstores here in Jakarta. I got myself some pretty awesome books during the sales and I also tried for the first time this great website that sells second hand books for a good cause (check better world books  out)! I bought two books from that website and they had arrived safely! Also I got discount coupons from book depository, so I used it as well and got pretty decent prices for books that I want. Also, Periplus is one of our local bookstores that sells imported books here in Jakarta and they have this new service called Periplus Online which just basically you buy books online, but they had big sales in December 2012 so I ordered some awesome books with unbelievably great deals! and if you visited their stores back than in December 2012, they also had major sales going on. Not to mention at Books&Beyond, they have 20% discount for all-items. Kinokuniya is probably the only bookstore here in Jakarta that rarely gives any discounts and their books is very expensive compare to the other two (Periplus and Books&Beyond), but I got one discounted book (and it was the only one copy left) there. So I guess I was pretty lucky.

Okay, let's roll!

I got Beauty Queens and The Gargoyle at Better World Books, those are two of my very first time bought second hand books. I am happy with their conditions and the service of better world books.

Most of the books above were on sales or discounted except for Days of Blood and Starlight (T.T), I bought that coz it was just pretty and the only one left..

Bought Bloodline, The Golden Lily, an Abundance of Katherine, Paper Towns, and This is Not a Test at Periplus Online Bookshop. They were on sales at the time. 

The Art of Fielding was probably the only book I got on sale at Kinokuniya. And it was the only copy left, so had to buy it.

not so sure about Wither and the rest of the series. But it was on sale, so I decided to give it a try..

and for my birthday, I got:

and

So now I have two copies of The Passage by Justin Cronin. Someone knew very well how much I love to fangirl over Joseph Morgan. And he loves this book and talked about it on his Twitter. So I probably will do a giveaway on my other copy of The Passage or just give it to my friend - haven't decided it yet.

and Caster Chronicles boxset in hardbacks is just AMAZING! one of those unbelievably gorgeous book covers! Love it! I finished reading the first book, see my review about it (click here)!

Alright then, I guess those are all the books I got in the past two months (I have problem on controling my impulse of buying books). Now I just need to read them all! 

Books mentioned on pictures:

- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

- White Cat by Holly Black

- Red Glove by Holly Black

- Gravity by Melissa West

- The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

- The Princess Bride by William Goldman

- Shiver Trilogy: Shiver, Linger, Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

- Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

- World War Z by Max Brooks

- The Shining by Stephen King

- The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

- Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover

- Slammed by Colleen Hoover

- Book of Thief by Markus Zusak

- Wither by Lauren DeStefano

- The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

- This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers

- Paper Towns by John Green

- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

- The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead

- Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

- The Caster Chronicles Boxset: Beautiful Creatures, B. Darkness, B. Chaos, and B. Redemption) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

- The Passage by Justin Cronin

What's New #5

It's been quite some time since I posted What's New to this blog.. So to make up all the delay, here it is:

So basically, I had tried to stop myself from buying more books, but it's obviously not working.. So I just let it be and so far I got some pretty interesting books for myself xp

from the top:

- The Passage (Passage series #1) by Justin Cronin

- Eternally Yours (Immortal Beloved series #3) by Cate Tiernan *Yes! Finally I completed this series, will hv Immortal Beloved reading marathon)

- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien *currently reading*

- The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner series #2) by James Dashner

- The Maze Runner (Maze Runner series #1) by James Dashner

- Iron Legends (Iron Fey series ~ Novellas) by Julie Kagawa *I will post about my December reading marathon later on and Iron Fey series will play important part in it*

- Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols *already read this, you can find my review of this book on this blog*

- 11/22/63 by Stephen King

- The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver

- The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice *already read this as well, unfortunately I haven't posted review about this book, although you can find my comment about it on my GoodReads*

- Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr *already read this, you can find my review of this book on this blog*

Alright that'd be all for now ;) I have so much to catch up and read.

Oh and I'm so excited for Christmas and my December reading. I will post about it later.

Happpy Reading!

What's New #4

I probably should post "What's New" later, but I am so excited about this book..

I don't know what I will expect when I read this thou, it has got not-so-many-positive-reviews on GR.. but reviews can be subjective, aite.. I might end up loving this book (I do very much hope so..)

I am very much aware that this is NOT a Harry Potter book and I must say that, that is why I am most excited about this book, coz it's NOT a Harry Potter book and it's from the Author of Harry Potter.. I am really curious and thrilled about it..

I actually pre-ordered this book at one of bookstores in my country and just got the chance to go there and get this today..

So.. Happy Reading!!! <3

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

What's New #3

Hi!!!!

It has been a long time.. oh well, I was sick for about a week (or more) and am still recovering.. nothing too serious really, but being ill has put my mood on a bad-side.. So I experienced a very slow-reading week.. Therefore I took a chance to catch up watching TV series that I have been neglected to watch last season, such as Supernatural S7 (never got tired of this) and Once Upon a Time S1 (this is so good! fairy-tale comes real..) also some others ;p it's been good.. I enjoy them so much!

Alright.. Well, I got some goodies to read.. I am so happy and also confused on when I will have the time to read all of them.. I only have two eyes and one brain to process everything.. and sometimes my mood is getting in a way since I am not really 100% healthy yet.. :(

But anw........ here they are........

The Diviners by Libba Bray
Unwholly (Unwind #2) by Neal Shusterman
Immortal Beloved (Immortal Beloved #1) by Cate Tiernan
Darkness Falls (Immortal Beloved #2) by Cate Tiernan
Angelfall by Susan Ee
Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh

And I am sooooo excited for this one! I pre-ordered this awesome boxset collection of the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa! Love Love Love!

Boxset Collection of the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa
and it's getting better coz I got the original autographed Iron Fey poster by Julie Kagawa!!!
Joy! 

Then my friend lent me this awesome book to learn more about the life of a fangirl.. hehe.. am fangirl alrite.. It's part of being me, so I think it's great to have more understanding on the subject.. ;p

Geek, Girls, Unite by Leslie Simon
borrowed from Karissa Suprapto - Thanks hun..

Ah, I also got some stuffs to read from Publisher and NegGalley as well.. For Review:

What We Saw At Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard
sounds intriguing!

Crewel by Gennifer Albin
am really excited about this one!

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
of course this one too! <3

Walking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand
Supernatural creatures!!!

Wish by Kelly Hunter

Kiss of Death (Kiss Trilogy #2) by Debbie Viguie
Actually I don't know why I requested this since I haven't read the #1 book..

Yup, that'd be all for now! I know I will have a couple more.. I need to stop requesting and buying books for now.. I don't know when I will have all the time to read all of this.. But I guess it will be an overwhelmingly-joyful challenge for me! Yiihaaa!

Happy Reading!!! <3

What's New #2

Hi!!!!

It has been quite some time since I posted Whats New #1..

Well, actually my reason is that I am still waiting for Mr. Mailman to deliver my order of Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh.. And for some reasons which I don't know, it hasn't arrived yet :( (I hope I'll get it soon..)

Oh well anw, during the waiting I got myself some pretty good stuffs to read, either I bought or received for reviews.

Here they are...

Bought:

Unwind by Neal Shusterman & Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
both were purchased at Bookdepository

Adele: The Biography by Marc Shapiro was purchased at Periplus
Graceling by Kristin Cashore was purchased at Times  (thanks for the awesome voucher!

E-books:
Finnikin of The Rock by Melina Marchetta (Lumatere Chronicles #1) and Obsidian (Lux #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
both were purchased at diesel-ebooks

For Reviews (from Publishers or/and Authors):

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
(HarperCollins Australia)

Taste by Kate Evangelista
Thanks Kate! Sorry for the delay, I''ll read this soon....

Broken by A.E. Rought
(Angry Robot & Strange Chemistry)

Ever by Jessa Russo
(Curiosity Quill Press) 

Demons (The Seers #2) by Heather Frost
(Cedar Fort Books)
The problem with this book is that I haven't read the first one (T.T)

Yup, guys.. Those are pretty much what I got recently.. ;)

Happy reading! <3

Will Be Back

Hi to all people who visit my blog xp

I haven't been updating my blog recently. These last couple of days had been pretty busy: Graduation and some other stuffs too.

I will post "What's new this week #2"

and review of Insignia by S.J. Kincaid (I can not wait to review this one.. <3 <3 <3)

Okay! Till then!

Wish you all an awesome day!

Cheers,
Deska

What's New This Week #1

So this "What's New" is my post about my newest books addition to my bookshelf.

Some of them I bought at the bookstore or ordered at bookdepository.

Some of them I borrowed from my friends.

Here are my new additions:

Bought:

Finally! I heard so many good things about this book! Excited to read it!
(Purchased at Bookdepository)

I love Lauren Oliver! All of her books are amazing! This one is actually considered as Children Book. But really? Even Adults can enjoy this too!
(Purchased at Periplus)

Never read this book before, but Neil Gaiman is legend! Found this on YA aisle. The synopsis intrigues me!
(Purchased at Kinokuniya)

This is the sequel of Anna Dressed in Blood
(purchased at Bookdepository)

Borrowed:

My friend suggested me to read this book! So she brought it and gave me three years to finish it. haha..
(borrowed from Rosalia Eveline)