August Book Haul

 Oh my gosh, I'm becoming one of those people with a TBR that's over 100 books...

But buying books is fun so here's another book haul!

We Can Be Heros by Kyrie McCauley

The best book I read this month was definitely We Can Be Heros. It was heartbreaking and tragic. I was so lucky to receive an ARC of this book. We Can Be Heros comes out on September 7.

Synopsis:

Beck and Vivian could never stand each other, but they tried for their mutal best friend, Cassie. When it seems like everyone in Bell has forgotten about Cassie's murder, Beck and Vivian finally find something in common: vengeance. When Cassie comes back as a ghost, Beck and Vivian agree to help her pass onto the afterlife. They secretly paint memorials for Cassie around town protesting again gun violence in Bell.

All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman

I'm currently reading All of Us Villains. I'm almost done with this amazing novel perfect for fans of The Hunger Games. This book comes out on November 9.

Synopsis:

When the Blood Moon rises, the Blood Veil falls. Seven children from seven families compete in a tournament to the death. The prize? Control over a wellspring of high magick, the most valuable resource in the world. Thanks to a recently published book exposing the tournament, the seven champions are thrust into the spotlight as they fight to survive and rewrite their stories. Stories penned in blood.

Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

The last ARC I received this month was Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye. This book comes out on March 8.

Goodreads synopsis:

This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster. I will be the worst monster they ever created.

Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will- she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods. Under the Lucis' brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training and destroy them from within. Sloane rises through the ranks and gains strength but, in doing so, risks something greater: losing herself entirely and becoming the very monster she abhors.

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Though October isn't here yet, I thought Dracula would be the perfect book to get me in the Halloween mood. I loved the graphic novel version so I can't wait to read the original novel.

Synopsis:

Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, travels to Castle Dracula in Transylvania. Harker hears warnings about the strange happenings at Castle Dracula but goes anyways. When he arrives at the castle, Harker meets Dracula. It isn't long before Harker realizes he's become a prisoner in the castle.

Night by Elie Wiesel

The rest of the books on this list are books I need to read for school this year. Out of all of my school books, I'm most excited to read Night.

Goodreads synopsis:

Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to Auschwitz concentration camp and the to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel’s memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Goodreads synopsis:

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning in his bed from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a giant insect. Gregor becomes an object of disgrace to his family and an outsider to his own home. 

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Goodreads synopsis:

Shakespeare may have written Julis Caeser as the first of his plays to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman history: Caesar's death at the hands of friends and fellow politicians. Renaissance writers disagreed over the assassination, seeing Brutus, a leading conspirator as either hero or villain. Shakespeare's play keeps this debate alive.

A Rasin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Goodreads synopsis:

Lorraine Hansberry award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected proudly with the psyche of black America- and changed American theatre forever.