2014 book haul, part 2

The Maze Runner trilogy by James Dashner; the Maze Runner, the Scorch Trials, the Death Cure. I have a review for them over here, and I'll just say, once again, that I love this trilogy. I bought the Maze Runner when I had a little money and wanted to buy books, and found that, and the next book I'm going to tell you about in a sec. Read it, loved it, had to order the next two, and loved them almost as much. (Do I talk about this too much? I feel like I've been mentioning this a lot since I read it...) The first and the second book 5 out of 5 stars, the third one 4 stars.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan is a story about two teenage boys with the same name, who meet by accident and the story goes on from there. Every other chapter is written by Green, ever other by Levithan, and they both write about their own Will Grayson. I liked the different writing styles, after the initial shock of it changing in chapter two, and it worked really well with the story. I really liked this book, it was lovely, great, and brilliant. The ending was a little 'meh' for me, it felt like it should have continued a little bit after that. 4 out of 5 stars.

This next one is a little bit embarrassing, and I don't really know why. The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson. Yes, I was being a fangirl, but I had to buy the stories about Magnus Bane's life. He's a character from the Mortal Instruments and the Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare, and he might just be my favourite character. I had to, okay. I saw a few of these in my local bookstore and I just couldn't leave without buying it. It's the last Clare book I'll buy, and I just might tell you why some time later.

And because I felt like it, I threw in a Christmas present from my mother. Looking for Alaska by John Green. I got this because the book I originally wanted hadn't arrived by Christmas, and my mother wanted me to at least get some book. I've never bought this myself, it has never seemed like something I'd really want to spend money on, but I'm not complaining because now I have it anyway. This is about a boy who meets a girl at a boarding school, and that's kind of all I know? I don't know, okay, I haven't read this one yet and the blurb in the back is really really vague.

I like these shorter book hauls more than the monster of my previous one, so I'll try to do these a bit more often than twice a year.