Top 5 Wednesday: Recent Purchases

Welcome to another Top 5 Wednesday! This week's prompt is 'Recent Purchases,' which I am quite excited since I did a little bit of book haul last month. Of course, as you might have realized, this is just a portion of what I bought last month. But who cares? We love buying books! Without further ado, here are my Top 5 Recent Purchases:

Cradle Series by Will Wight

This is technically not a “purchase,” considering I got the entire series for free from Amazon Kindle. Regardless, the button did not just say “download” but “buy.” So, cheating as it may, it is on the list!

I have heard this series from Hamad of The Book Prescription. And upon doing a little bit of research myself (mainly skimming through reviews), I have come to conclude that I will highly enjoy this series. I mean, Naruto vibes? Count me in! Naruto’s basically my childhood!

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

By this second novel, it may become obvious what the similarities between this “purchases” are so I am going to point it out. They are all either procured for free or purchased for a discounted rate. And yes, I was able to obtain this novel for $3.49 from Kobo.

‘The Extraordinaries’ hasn’t been on my radar for a long time. It’s a fairly new book, after all. However, my recent reading of Klune’s ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea‘ made me want to try more of his works. In addition, the title of this book kinda reminds me of V. E. Schwab’s ‘Vicious’ so I needed to get it.

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

Probably the only exception from this list of on sale and free purchases.

‘The Empress of Salt and Fortune’ has been on my radar since its release. Aside from being such a short and quick read, it’s written by an Asian author! So, of course, it’s only necessary that I purchase it, no?

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

As I have recently finished and loved ‘Malibu Rising,’ it is only natural that I am ecstatic to try Reid’s other works. And what did you know? I was emailed by Kobo of another sale in the form of this book!

Sistersong by Lucy Holland

One of my lucky Kobo 90% discount code!

A highly rated Goodreads fantasy novel, I wasn’t particularly sure of it at first—due to being a part of Kobo’s VIP membership list (not that I am saying that the list offers bad books, I’m just skeptical). In my surprise, this book was actually published by Tom Doherty Associates! Aside from being a standalone, my strong faith with the publisher renewed my drive with reading this book!

What recent purchase are you most excited to read?

Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by the lovely Lainey and Sam. If you’re interested in participating in the topics and such, make sure to visit their Goodreads group page!

6 thoughts on “Top 5 Wednesday: Recent Purchases”

  1. I just read Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea as a buddy read and loved it! I was thinking about picking up his The Extraordinaries as well 🙂

    1. Wander with Jon

      Wasn’t it just delightful? The harsh tone of the novel has been well placed together with the warm characters!

    1. Wander with Jon

      I hope you get to it! I haven’t read it myself, but it definitely sounds fascinating.

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