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The Big Bad Wolf has opened its doors yesterday to every book lovers who wishes to score books for a cheaper price. I was able to score preview passes before it is opened to the public on the 16th but sadly wasn't able to come so we fare the sea of people on its first day and it was an experience I'll take note of for the next book sales I will go to (it's my first ever).
The Big Bad Wolf has opened its doors yesterday to every book lovers who wishes to score books for a cheaper price. I was able to score preview passes before it is opened to the public on the 16th but sadly wasn't able to come so we fare the sea of people on its first day and it was an experience I'll take note of for the next book sales I will go to (it's my first ever).
These are the books that we scored. For the price of probably two hardbounds and one paperback, my sister and I actually got ourselves FOUR hardbounds and FOUR paperbacks. Good bargain, huh?
Now just a little tip before I head on to my book haul 😁
TIP 1: Bring someone with you to wait in line maybe one hour before you feel like you're nearing the end of your search.
For us, we wandered for 3 hours and wait in line for the checkout for 2 long hours. You won't feel the irritation though because it is cold inside and the line keeps on moving but it would take you literally 2 hours to get to the cashier. The line is a giant snake from entrance to exit. LITERALLY.
Somehow, while you're still in line, you can still see books surrounding you so you can still pick up some while waiting.
TIP2: Once you've scoured every isle you wanted, you should checkout the sorting section. You'll see it beside the check-out and it has a big tarp indicating that the sorting section is in there so you won't really miss it. I don't have a picture sadly.
Here is where all unwanted books were left by shoppers who thought they wanted it but cannot fit in the budget so as heartbreaking as it may be, they left it for adoption. Unwanted books baskets are posted in every column you can find, but in the sorting section, you'll find a lot of good books that you might want, you just have to dig into the baskets and find a treasure.
TIP3: New release titles are not common here so you might want your internet ready for references on the new titles that might be good but you're not familiar about.
That's it and without further ado, here are the books that we got from our bbwph experience!
ONE DAY by DAVID NICHOLLS
as some of you may or may not know, I dig these kinds of story line. Like November 9 by CoHo or the Before Movie Trilogy and of course, I've watched the movie adaptation of One Day and I loved it so why not try the book where it originated from, right?
It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another.
Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself.
Twenty years, two people, one day.
OUR TRAGIC UNIVERSE By SCARLETT THOMAS
I have literally no idea what this book is about when I picked it up. I just know that I just judged a book by its cover when I decided that I was gonna buy this so I'm hoping that I wouldn't be disappointed.
If Kelsey Newman's theory about the end of the time is true, we are all going to live forever. But for Meg - locked in a dead-end relationship and with a deadline looming for a book that she can't write - this thought fills her with dread. Stuck in a labyrinth of her own devising, Meg knows that there must be a way out.
WINTER'S TALE by MARK HELPRIN
I haven't watched the movie adaptation yet and I cannot find the original book cover so I guess I'm stuck with this movie tie-in edition.
New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever built, and nothing exists that can check its vitality. One night in winter, Peter Lake, orphan and master-mechanic, attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side.
Though he thinks the house is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the love between Peter Lake, a middle-aged Irish burglar, and Beverly Penn, a young girl, who is dying.
Peter Lake, a simple, uneducated man, because of a love that, at first he does not fully understand, is driven to stop time and bring back the dead. His great struggle, in a city ever alight with its own energy and besieged by unprecedented winters, is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary stories of American literature.
ILLUSIVE by EMILY LLOYD-JONES
This is my sister's pick and she loved stories of superhuman people. She loves watching superhero movies so I guess that's why she picked this up.
THEY ARE YOUNG.THEY ARE CRIMINALS.THEY ARE IMMUNE.
When the MK virus swept across the planet, a vaccine was created to stop the epidemic, but it came with some unexpected side effects. A small percentage of the population developed superhero-like powers, and Americans suffering from these so-called adverse effects were given an ultimatum: Serve the country or be declared a traitor.
Some people chose a third option: live a life of crime.
Seventeen-year-old Ciere Giba has the handy ability to change her appearance at will. She's what's known as an illusionist. She's also a thief. After crossing a gang of mobsters, Ciere must team up with a group of fellow superpowered criminals on a job that most would have considered impossible: a hunt for the formula that gave them their abilities. It was supposedly destroyed years ago - but what if it wasn't?
Government agents are hot on their trail, and the lines between good and bad, us and them, and freedom and entrapment are blurred as Ciere and the rest of her crew become embroiled in a deadly race that could cost them their lives.
MESSENGER OF FEAR by MICHAEL GRANT
Apart from the striking red and black cover of these one, I think the mysterious title sold me!
I remembered my name – Mara. But, standing in that ghostly place, faced with the solemn young man in the black coat with silver skulls for buttons, I could recall nothing else about myself.
And then the games began.
The Messenger sees the darkness in young hearts, and the damage it inflicts upon the world. If they go unpunished, he offers the wicked a game. Win, and they can go free. Lose, and they will live out their greatest fear.
But what does any of this have to do with Mara? She is about to find out . . .
READ ME LIKE A BOOK by LIZ KESSLER
How? How could you read me like a book? This looks like a mystery thriller. I haven't read the synopsis but here's to hoping it would be a good read.
Ashleigh Walker is in love. You know the feeling - that intense, heart-racing, all-consuming emotion that can only come with first love. It's enough to stop her worrying about bad grades at college. Enough to distract her from her parents' marriage troubles. There's just one thing bothering her . . .
Shouldn't it be her boyfriend, Dylan, who makes her feel this way - not Miss Murray, her English teacher?
A thought-provoking coming out story from a highly skilled author.
WE KNOW IT WAS YOU by MAGGIE THRASH
A lot of my sizums picks are mystery books. She digs tgese kinds of stuff.
It’s better to know the truth. At least sometimes.
Halfway through Friday night’s football game, beautiful cheerleader Brittany Montague—dressed as the giant Winship Wildcat mascot—hurls herself off a bridge into Atlanta’s surging Chattahoochee River.
Just like that, she’s gone.
Eight days later, Benny Flax and Virginia Leeds will be the only ones who know why.
FINDING AUDREY by SOPHIE KINSELLA
I think everyone loved this book. I still have no idea why so I'm joining in on the fun now that the hype on the book has died down. 😁
Have you been to Big Bad Wolf Books? If not, it would still be open until the 24th of February. I'd also like to check out your haul from this event! 💕
Audrey can't leave the house. she can't even take off her dark glasses inside the house.
Then her brother's friend Linus stumbles into her life. With his friendly, orange-slice smile and his funny notes, he starts to entice Audrey out again - well, Starbucks is a start. And with Linus at her side, Audrey feels like she can do the things she'd thought were too scary. Suddenly, finding her way back to the real world seems achievable.
Have you been to Big Bad Wolf Books? If not, it would still be open until the 24th of February. I'd also like to check out your haul from this event! 💕
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