Presents! - a book haul

 First, books. I got a gift card to a bookstore for Christmas from my brother, with which I ordered three books. The money on the gift card almost got me the three books, I think I had to pay only like three euros myself. Then I got one book for myself, but after a series of events I'll explain later, the book I got isn't from the same place as the one I originally ordered.

So, first. the Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. I'm not going to talk about this too much, as I just did a review over here a few days ago. Read that if you want to know more about it. :)

Red Rising by Pierce Brown is the one I mentioned. I ordered this from the same place as the other books in this haul, then got a message that they didn't have it anymore. I shrugged, and ordered it from another place. Then came another e-mail, telling me I would be getting the book from the place I originally wanted after all, when I had already bought the book, cheaper, from the other place. Needless to say I returned the first one, and kept the cheaper one. (The other one was a large print edition as well, and I didn't like it at all. So it turned out okay in the end.)

This book is about people on Mars, the main character being a miner with a mission to get the planet habitable for humans. Then he finds out that there have been people living on Mars for generations, and that he is in fact one of the lower-class citizens, and decides to try to change things. I don't really know or want to know too much about this book, it just seemed interesting enough that I wanted to give it a try. It is a first of three, the second book came out just a little while ago.

Then, the Kill Order by James Dashner. Have I talked too much about the Maze Runner trilogy yet? This is the prequel to the series, set before the events of the trilogy. I can't really say too much without spoiling things. For a review of the Maze Runner, click here.

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a girl with an eating disorder whose friend dies, and she is left to deal with that, at the same time struggling with her body image and recovery / relapse. I was interested in this, because of my own experiences with body image and all that. Finished reading it today, and one thing I have to say right now, is that it could be very triggering if you have any issues with eating disorders, self harm, or things along those lines. I'll review this a little better in my wrap up I'm planning on doing in the end of the month.

I also had to buy these two movies when I was ordering Red Rising. How to Train Your Dragon 2 was really really good and I didn't get it for Christmas or my birthday, so I bought it myself. As you can guess from the name, it's about dragons. I love the first movie, of course I had to get the second one as well. Duh. It's brilliant and great and awesome and I love it and saw it in the cinema twice. (Also I would really like my own dragon about right now. Thanks.)

Pacific Rim is about people in giant robots fighting giant monsters. Watch this video, it's what really made me want to see this movie, some time after it came out. I've been wanting to buy this for ages, ever since I saw it, and finally I got it. It's just a great movie, I love it.

One other thing I must mention; I got a reading lamp that can be attached to a book from my friend! It's totally awesome.