{"id":11823,"date":"2018-07-29T16:43:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T11:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=11823"},"modified":"2018-07-29T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T11:13:50","slug":"stacking-the-shelves-4-first-2018-book-haul-may-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/stacking-the-shelves-4-first-2018-book-haul-may-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacking the Shelves #4 ||May-July Book Haul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! How are you all?<\/p>\n<p>First of all, I&#8217;d like to apologize for not actively posting here. I didn&#8217;t plan on falling into a blogging slump especially at a time when I do have time to write and post. Anyways, the reason is that I have just started college and things have been busy and stressful and I&#8217;ve also been very busy. But I plan to let go of all that and focus on being productive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-11825 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/07\/underrated-books1.png\" alt=\"Underrated Books\" width=\"487\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/underrated-books1.png 560w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/underrated-books1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by\u00a0Tynga Reviews. It\u2019s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course Ebooks!\u00a0If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the\u00a0official launch page!\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#800000;\">Purchased<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51YOmSLIsLL._SX345_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for harry potter and the deathly hallows hardcover\" width=\"195\" height=\"280\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTK_KcsZZ3r9_zcZzmE3rCiI67_mk29FTrfFq_JI3_bD_Dh-e5V\" alt=\"Image result for family don't end in blood\" width=\"186\" height=\"279\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51imZI7-RlL._SX325_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for rumi selected poems\" width=\"184\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I finally finished my Harry Potter collection in the original covers! This makes me so happy and I love the hardbacks. I bought Family Don&#8217;t End With Blood from Amazon and it was absolutely worth it. I actually just finished reading it and it warmed my heart. I just love this show and how much it means to so many people. I have wanted to get a classical poetry collection from a while now and I finally gifted this Rumi collection to myself on my birthday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81MDJXbLIwL.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for kafka on the shore\" width=\"176\" height=\"274\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rukminim1.flixcart.com\/image\/832\/832\/jh0vb0w0\/book\/5\/8\/6\/persuasion-original-imaf54rducunygb5.jpeg?q=70\" alt=\"Persuasion\" width=\"172\" height=\"274\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rukminim1.flixcart.com\/image\/832\/832\/j3q6snk0\/book\/0\/7\/9\/the-great-gatsby-original-imaeurn5gumgnnmq.jpeg?q=70\" alt=\"The Great Gatsby\" width=\"283\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I bought these three from Flipkart. I have seen so many people raving about Murakami for months. I finally caved and bought one of his books even though I was on a very good book buying ban. I have wanted these two classics for a while too. They were cheap and I liked the covers so had to get them as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51K-Mo0AXDL.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for the immortals of meluha\" width=\"140\" height=\"217\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net\/h\/119\/085\/923085119.0.x.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for dombey and son wordsworth\" width=\"151\" height=\"213\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fabingo.com\/images\/8188280143.jpg\" alt=\"8188280143.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"214\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fabingo.com\/images\/8188280356.jpg\" alt=\"img 8188280356.jpg\" width=\"146\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I sold some books this month and bought these in exchange for them. I felt like I was the only Indian reader who hadn&#8217;t read the Shiva trilogy yet so I had to get the first book. I&#8217;ve wanted to read The Scarlet Letter for a long time. I don&#8217;t much about the other two classics but I&#8217;m really hoping to like them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#800000;\">Kindle Purchases<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71uj61CotcL.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for do we not bleed mehr tarar\" width=\"151\" height=\"223\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/619sHr85QoL._SX340_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for the book of chocolate saints\" width=\"152\" height=\"222\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/516BXczV3RL.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for the kiss quotient\" width=\"144\" height=\"222\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51%2BVy%2BFCAHL.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for secret of the himalayan treasure\" width=\"139\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#800000;\"><strong>Review Copies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/t1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQuoE_VD4KFzPps-SMc5TnLmjyOJuh35rMJtoAaWOusDjktpl6y\" alt=\"Image result for i let you go claire\" width=\"190\" height=\"304\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/t1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLgZLXeOuxAdyQnG9XIaRMVNJXWS3FkjW23yF42sauoZw31J8P\" alt=\"Image result for the blue moon day santhosh\" width=\"189\" height=\"303\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rukminim1.flixcart.com\/image\/832\/832\/jgmkwi80\/book\/3\/9\/5\/unlocked-silences-original-imaf4t2wg4n4khbk.jpeg?q=70\" alt=\"Unlocked SIlences\" width=\"188\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Hachette India for a copy of the thriller I Let You Go by Claire Mackintosh. Its been getting great reviews and I&#8217;m always up for a good thriller. I have already reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/29\/the-blue-moon-day-five-mens-magical-discovery-enroute-life-by-santhosh-sivaraj\/\">The Blue Moon Day<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2018\/07\/04\/unlocked-silences-by-mukhpreet-khurana-book-review\/\">Unlocked Silences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/books\/7bfxia\/article24349761.ece\/alternates\/FREE_300\/08LRSHEILAjpg\" alt=\"Image result for rafina shandana minhas\" width=\"191\" height=\"293\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1530694826l\/39903894.jpg\" alt=\"The Skylarks' War\" width=\"194\" height=\"293\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1521813110l\/34372905.jpg\" alt=\"Floored\" width=\"194\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Pan Macmillan India for these books! I have already reviewed Rafina <a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2018\/07\/09\/rafina-by-shandana-minhas-book-review\/\">here<\/a>. I received ARCS of Floored and The Skylarks&#8217; War and I&#8217;m very excited to read both of them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81apSqJTu3L.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for you cannot have all the answers\" width=\"141\" height=\"219\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81sojNRijaL.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for love song of maya k\" width=\"141\" height=\"220\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51HIloQPYyL._SX321_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for claudia niyogi book\" width=\"144\" height=\"223\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/91ChIl6zTkL.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for invisible walls niyogi\" width=\"144\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Niyogi books for sending these books to me! I have already reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/07\/you-cannot-have-all-the-answers-and-other-stories-by-deepa-agarwal\/\">You Cannot Have All The Answers and other stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#800000;\">Giveaway Prize<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61AdH3iCGmL._SX324_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for neverwhere neil gaiman\" width=\"237\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Have you read any of these books? Which books did you add to your TBR recently? Let me know down below!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Find me on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tavleen_words\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/32793447-tavleen-kaur\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! How are you all? First of all, I&#8217;d like to apologize for not actively posting here. I didn&#8217;t plan on falling into a blogging slump especially at a time when I do have time to write and post.&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/stacking-the-shelves-4-first-2018-book-haul-may-july\/#more-11823\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stacking the Shelves #4 ||May-July Book Haul<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-lists","category-miscellaneous"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11621,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/24\/stacking-the-shelves-2-december-2017-book-haul-hiatus-announcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":11823,"position":0},"title":"Stacking the Shelves #2 || December 2017 Book Haul &#038; hiatus announcement","date":"January 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! 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For now, let\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"20180103_175445-1-02","src":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/20180103_175445-1-02.jpeg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11786,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/14\/may-2018-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":11823,"position":4},"title":"May 2018 Wrap-Up","date":"June 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey everyone! How are you all? So the reason I haven't posted my May wrap-up yet is that I read very less books in May and I thought I would just include those books in my June wrap-up. 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