Book Haul

I have a weakness for books. 


As you probably already know. 

I have no money, but I can't pass a bookstore without browsing.  And if I find any books that I MUST HAVE OR I WILL DIE, then I end up coming home with a dozen or so that I can't even afford. 


Like come on who cares about new clothes I will happily wear shirts with holes in them if it means I can buy more books. 


And my TBR Book Barricade?  Let's not discuss that.  Somehow it grew to become a monster that lurks in the corner and wobbles precariously when anyone breathes.  Then when it falls it makes me scream.  BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A HEINOUS CREATER OF DARKNESS BUT THOSE BOOKS ARE MY BABIES AND THEY JUST GOT HURT. 


My life basically:  I HAVE NO TIME TO READ LOOK AT THE HUNDREDS OF BOOKS ON MY TBR STACK HOW CAN I READ THEM ALL oh look more books *buys 24 more books*

There is something strangely comforting about being surrounded by books.  It makes me happy.  Even if I haven't read them, I just like hoarding them like the Book Hoarding Armadillo that I am. 


And even if I've already read the books, psh I MUST HAVE COMPLETE SERIES ON MY SHELVES/BOOK BARRICADE.  Because of my bookish tendencies toward OCD.  If someone touches my book without asking, I will hurt you.  If someone so much as bends a page, I will hurt you.  If someone insults my book, I will hurt you. 

What can I say?  I'm very protective over my children.


So without further ado, here is the latest and greatest Book Haul!

see part of the TBR Barricade lurking in the background?  yeah it's grown since then...

And then, just because they're so pretty, my tiny collection of Classic Collectors' Editions:

Right now I'm reading:


Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy


Woah this is a good book.  I'd always heard horror stories about Leo Tolstoy being dry and tedious BUT WHAT ARE YOU POTATOES SPEAKING OF THIS IS A GORGEOUS STORY FULL OF LIFE AND COLOR AND THE LANGUAGE OH MY WORD IT'S BEAUTIFUL.  Victor Hugo wrote drier things, sheesh. 


Xenocide - Orson Scott Card


I usually don't like Sci-Fi.  But the Ender series is the sole exception to that.  I was such a rabid Ender fan that I wrote a fan letter to Mr. Card with a fan pic of Ender and....yeah I was slightly obsessed.  BUT THOSE BOOKS ARE SO GOOD.  They're adult books, but not that hard to read if you don't mind a lot of scientific theories and terms being thrown around your clueless head. 


Rediscovering Jesus - Matthew Kelly


Because Matthew Kelly is amazing and hey, we always need a refresher.  It doesn't matter if you already have discovered Jesus, it's still an amazing, inspiring read. 


All My Sons - Arthur Miller


No, I did not get this play because it's what the Twenty One Pilots band name was founded on....*cough cough*  I seriously do love Arthur Miller's plays.  IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT MY FAVORITE BAND DECIDED TO NAME THEMSELVES AFTER THE TWENTY ONE PILOTS IN THE PLAY SO. 


Speaking of plays, that just so happens to be my newest favorite genre.  Or to be exact, Greek plays. 


Readers: *collective gasp of horror because how can she be reading Greek dramas FOR FUN THEY ARE SO DRY AND ICKY*


I read Aeschylus' The Orestia for a class and I was like "WOAH WHAT IS THIS BEAUTIFUL FORM OF ART I MUST HAVE MORE" 


It's like poetry that tells a drama and it's so beautiful to read.  So judge me all you will, uncultured potatoes. 


Now I must go read because I just got about 10 more books from the library and they have a deadline or I must pay money I do not have so BYE. 

Talk to me, humans.  Do you like books, too?  Have you read anything good lately?