Friday, April 24, 2020

Amazon Book Haul April 2020

With not being able to go to the book store I am still buying books; just doing a lot of online shopping. These are the five books that I bought from Amazon this month.
 I bought this book for a book club that I am doing which is online. As of today I still haven't read it but I still have a few days. This is the first book in a series. I will put what the book is about by the cover here.
Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns something forbidden, something magical, an she will do anything to conceal it. When stars collide, Xar and Wish must forget their differences if they are ever going to make it to the hidden dungeons at Warrior fort-where something that has been sleeping for hundreds of years is stirring.
 This is the second book to the above series. Book three isn't out yet. I have to have all the books to a series just in case I really enjoy them and then I can continue on with it. Here is what the back of the books says.
This was once the story of a Wizard and a Warrior who had been taught since birth to hate each other like poison. But the Wizard boy, Xar, and the Warrior girl, Wish, have been brought together in the Badwoods and now share a terrifying truth: Witches are on the hunt once more, and danger lurks behind every tree trunk.
Xar and Wish's only hope is to find an ancient spell whose ingredients are scattered far across the land. Together, they will have to trek through treacherous mountain ranges and sneak into a giant's hall-and if they can't learn to look past the hatred they've been taught, both Wizards and Warriors may be destroyed forever.
 I bought this book because it the 2020 Newbery Award winner. This is the first time that a graphic novel won this award. This is what the back of the book says.
Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan turns out to be one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds-and not really fitting into either one. Middle school's hard enough without all the unspoken rules and expectations that come with being the new kid! Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?

 I bought tis book because Rachel from Rachel Marie on You Tube recommended this author and mentioned this book. I bought this author's other book for the same reason a couple of months ago. Here is what the book cover says.
Annalise Meriwether-though kind, smart, and curious-is terribly lonely. Cursed at birth by the devious Fate Spinner, Annalise has always lived a solitary life with her loving parents. Despite her anxiety, Annalise does her best to ignore the cruel neighbors who blame her for the state of their desolate town-but the black mark on her hand won't be ignored. Not when the monster living within it, which seems to have an agenda of its own, grows more unpredictable each day.
There's only one way for Annalise to rid herself of her curse: find the Fate Spinner, the deadly enchantress who holds a secret vendetta against her, and enter the Labyrinth of Fate and Dreams. If Annalise can make it out of the Labyrinth alive, she will come face-to-face with the merciful Spinner of Dreams-the only one with the power to grant her the dream that lives in the smallest, secretest corner of her longing heart.
So, with the help of a bespectacled cat who seems to have all the answers and a nervous fox who promises to stay by her side no matter what, Annalise sets out to undo the curse that's defined her-and to show the world, and herself, exactly who she is inside.
The last book that I bought. This is for next month's online book club. Here is what the book says.
The transport ship Orion is four months out of Earth when catastrophe strikes-leaving the ship and everyone on board stranded in deep space.
Suddenly it's up to thirteen-year-old Beth and her friends to navigate through treacherous and uncharted territory to reach safety. But a heavily-damaged ship, space pirates, a mysterious alien species, and an artificial intelligence that Beth doesn't know if she can trust means that getting home has never been so difficult...

I have one book haul from book outlet once it arrives to tell you about. It is on it's way but not here yet. Let me know if you read any of these books and what you thought of them without spoilers.
Until next time keep reading and stay safe.

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