BOOK BUY: A Court of Mist and Fury

A Court of Mist and Fury

By: Sarah J. Maas

Hello!

You may be wondering what this whole "Book Buy" thing I'm starting up on my blog is.

I know many BookTubers and book bloggers tend to post book hauls. But the thing is, sometimes (most of the time, really), I don't buy enough books in a month to be considered as a haul. I don't have a job so I ask my parents, grandfather, and sometimes my sisters to buy me the books I want. I highly doubt they'll be supportive when I ask them to buy me 5-10 books a month! 

So far, they've been supportive, though. I'm really grateful. 

All things considered, I'm actually blessed with my family. I've read a blog post by a bookish girl who says that her parents don't allow her to buy books! That they say "books are a one-time thing" so it's better that she just borrow books from the library. 

I can't imagine how that must feel. 

So yeah, BOOK BUY! Just one. 

For the month of May, this is the only book I've acquired. And it actually has a funny (for me) story behind it. 

Yesterday, while we were eating dinner at a restaurant, I asked my grandfather to buy me a book. I intended to buy a copy of "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven. She'll be having a book signing here in Manila this weekend and I want to attend it. I've read this book before in eBook format but I can't have my cellphone signed, now, can I? However, the bookstore in the mall we were at didn't have a copy of the book. 

But before I even got the chance to go inside the bookstore and look for it, I saw THIS book on the window display! 

I ran to the bookstore. Literally. 

You see, when the entire bookish community was celebrating the birth of the 2nd book to "A Court of Thorns and Roses"  by Sarah J. Maas, I was sitting at home wondering why the social media accounts of Philippines' local bookstores weren't posting anything about the book. It's a known fact that this book will be a best-seller around the world, so how come we don't get to celebrate alongside everybody else?

I waited a week. Maybe the shipments were late? Still, nothing. I almost went ahead and order online which would've cost a lot more money. Thankfully, I didn't.

After running to the bookstore, I searched high and low in all of the store's bookshelves! I found nothing. I started wondering if maybe I was hallucinating. So I went out the store again and looked at the window display -- it was there. I went inside and searched the shelves again and found nothing. 

I then asked one of the employees if I may buy the book on their window display. I know that sometimes they don't sell the books on display yet because it hasn't been inventoried or priced yet. But I sweet talked the employee, nonetheless, in case they weren't officially selling the book yet. 

Thankfully he was kind enough to go to the window and take out the book himself. 

I was allowed to buy and take the book home!

You won't believe how happy and excited I am right now. It doesn't matter if this is the only book I got to purchase this month (May is almost at its end). ACOMAF is one of my most anticipated releases for 2016. 

I may be late on having and reading it, but you better believe that I will fangirl as hard as all you people have. 

Rhysand has always been my OTP.

And I know that this book will have lots of him.

It's probably going to take me a while, though. I have this weird thing where I need to be in a certain mood to read through a Sarah J. Maas novel. I mean, her books are thick as heck! 

Have you ever looked forward to getting a certain book but was disappointed that they didn't release it in your town, city, or country alongside every other place? 

I know I have.