Book Haul #1 (cont.)!

On Tuesday I followed up my library book haul from last week with a trip to The Works. For those outside the UK, The Works is a budget bookshop usually well known for its good deals on bundles or series of books. For example, you can buy the whole 'Hunger Games' trilogy for £7.99 delivered whereas buying the boxset off Amazon actually costs more, so there maybe some gems you can find cheaper here rather than online! I took advantage of their '4 for £5' deal for paperbacks, plus they had 10% discount!

In addition, over the weekend I bought a hardback book off The Book People when it had a discount and free delivery on offer. As a result, I got a book for £2 when it had an RRP of £17.99.

So here are my actual book purchases of the week!

(BTW, that is the same bed cover as the last picture, only turned over. ;))

Going from top right clockwise, we have:

'A Kingdom Besieged' by Raymond E. Feist - mainly picked this up because it's the start of a typical epic fantasy, plus the blurb has hints of a group of underdogs in the final battle. The cover says this is an 'international bestseller' and the author seems to be a purveyor of fantasy fiction, so it should be a good read (though surely a price of £1.99 new implies otherwise?).

'Insurrection' by Robyn Young - This is the book I picked up for £2 off The Book People. I read the first of Young's 'Brethern' trilogy a few years and it was good, but I wasn't that invested to catch up with the rest of the books in the series. 'Insurrection' is the start of a new trilogy by Young focusing on the life of Robert the Bruce, and as a lover of Medieval England-based historical fiction how couldn't I snap this one up?

'Haunted' by Kelley Armstrong - Honestly I was in half a mind whether to pick this one up but did it in the end for the sake of the offer. It's a typical looking fantasy YA novel and another start of the series. The blurb's description of the main character intrigued me though- a half-demon witch who is already dead is called to hunt another evil spirit. It's been a while since I've read proper Young Adult stuff (despite being like, 20) so I'm in two minds whether I'll enjoy this.

'The Forgotten Legion' by Ben Kane - You know, this book has been creeping on my 'Ancient Historical Fiction Radar' since its release! I even got it from the library then didn't even bother reading it. It's quite low on my 'to read' pile for the moment as I'm about to start 'The Last Caesar', and after spending my late reading years reading a glut of historical fiction based in either Ancient Greece or Rome (considered as preparation for my Classics degree at the time, lol) I don't like to oversaturate myself. Still, this is another well-regarded bestseller so I have high expectations for this book as well.

'The Babylon Rite' by Tom Knox - Finally, it's an 'archaeologists-dig-up-artifacts-of-evil' read! This one does perk my interest through three strands of storytelling in past and present. Whether it will eschew the usual thriller mystery tropes, though, I cannot say.

I plan to take these back to university with me as well as review them all at some point. Speaking of which, reviews are going to be coming out more slowly from mid-September as univeristy life will get in the way. Oh well, maybe I can recommend you some bargains before the Christmas rush!

Til next time, this is Antonia signing off! :D