Second-Hand Bargain Book Haul #2 (+ Giveaway Win)

NW by Zadie Smith

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher

Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland

Zelah Green by Vanessa Curtis

The Wind Whisperer by Krista Holle

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I've been on a bit of a book-buying frenzy over the past few weeks... I love books a whole lot but there is a slight problem now: I have nowhere to put them. Ah well. The first 6 books are from my favourite local charity shop - they sell books for 3 for £1 and have an amazing range - the bottom book was a prize from a giveaway that Rachel held over on her blog, Booktastic Reviews.

I've been interested in reading some Zadie Smith for a while now so I thought I'd start off with NW. I haven't heard much about this one in particular but Zadie Smith books are raved about so I have high hopes. :3 Last weekend, I read Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher and really enjoyed it. This weekend, I found My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece. It was clearly meant to be. Again, I've heard great things and I like Annabel Pitcher's writing style so I'm looking forward to giving it a go. In my last second-hand book haul (here), I bought The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis. I haven't read it yet but I do really like C.S Lewis so I added a couple more to my collection; Mere Christianity and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Of course, I read a few of the Narnia books when I was little but I felt like rekindling my Narnia-love by re-reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Mere Christianity sounded really interesting so I picked that up too. ^_^

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture sounds like something I would really enjoy and I've heard great things about Douglas Coupland. I've read about half of Girlfriend In A Coma but didn't finish it because I got bogged down by school-work and reading The Great Gatsby for English. I'm looking forward to trying Generation X. Zelah Green was a bit of a random choice; I've never heard anything about it or about Vanessa Curtis, but it sounded pretty good and it's just a quick read. Finally, I won The Wind Whisperer in Rachel's giveaway a few weeks ago and it arrived on Friday. It doesn't sound like the kind of novel I would usually read but I actually have a feeling I'm going to really enjoy it. :D

Have you read any of these? What did you think?

Lots of love, Cat

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