{"id":6505,"date":"2017-04-15T15:19:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T09:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=6505"},"modified":"2017-04-15T15:19:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T09:49:38","slug":"used-books-haul-indian-books-harry-potter-and-a-re-read-april-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/15\/used-books-haul-indian-books-harry-potter-and-a-re-read-april-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Used Books Haul- Indian Books, Harry Potter and a re-read (April 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! How are you all doing? In the beginning of this month, I went shopping and I came across a bookshop that had a lot of used novels in it and was selling them at a reasonable\u00a0price. I got 6 books from there which is the largest number of books I&#8217;ve ever bought together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-6554 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_143109.jpg\" alt=\"LRM_EXPORT_20170415_143109\" width=\"403\" height=\"538\" \/>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>These books are not in the best condition and some even have things written on them but I am overall glad that I bought these \ud83d\ude42 So allow me to share these with you.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>The Company of Women by Khushwant Singh<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-6555 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_144259.jpg\" alt=\"LRM_EXPORT_20170415_144259\" width=\"372\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_144259.jpg 1766w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_144259-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_144259-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_144259-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_144259-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_144259-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to read a book by Khuashwant Singh ever since I read his short story The Portrait of a Lady and I was really glad to find this. I am a little skeptical because the plot is very different than anything I&#8217;ve read before. Still, I&#8217;m excited to see how this book goes for me.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-6559 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_145313.jpg\" alt=\"LRM_EXPORT_20170415_145313\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most highly acclaimed\u00a0books of Indian Literature and I&#8217;m so glad I was able to get this book so cheap. \u00a0The cover is quite faded but the rest of the book is in tolerable condition. Arundhati Roy seems like a must read author and I have really high expectations from this book. It follows the struggles of\u00a0fraternal twins Esthappen and Rahel in 1969, Kerala.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy #1) by Amitav Ghosh<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-6560 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_145726.jpg\" alt=\"LRM_EXPORT_20170415_145726\" width=\"377\" height=\"502\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another Indian author whose books I&#8217;ve really wanted to read. I had no idea it is a trilogy though.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-6557 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_145031.jpg\" alt=\"LRM_EXPORT_20170415_145031\" width=\"383\" height=\"511\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Khaled Hosseini is one of my favorite authors. I have read all of this 3 published books including this one. I read this years ago and I didn&#8217;t own a copy of it but now I have the perfect opportunity to re-read it.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire &amp; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>by J.K Rowling<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6505 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/15\/used-books-haul-indian-books-harry-potter-and-a-re-read-april-2017\/lrm_export_20170415_145929\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_145929-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/15\/used-books-haul-indian-books-harry-potter-and-a-re-read-april-2017\/lrm_export_20170415_150030\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lrm_export_20170415_150030-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I have been slowly collecting the Harry Potter books. Last month I got Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone and this month I got these two. There are only 4 more books to go and I&#8217;m so excited to finally own my copies of this series \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! How are you all doing? In the beginning of this month, I went shopping and I came across a bookshop that had a lot of used novels in it and was selling them at a reasonable\u00a0price. I got&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/15\/used-books-haul-indian-books-harry-potter-and-a-re-read-april-2017\/#more-6505\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Used Books Haul- Indian Books, Harry Potter and a re-read (April 2017)<\/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":[1],"tags":[73,207,231,492],"class_list":["post-6505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book-haul","tag-harry-potter","tag-indian-books","tag-used-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7025,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/07\/my-biggest-book-haul-april-2017-l\/","url_meta":{"origin":6505,"position":0},"title":"My Biggest Book Haul- April 2017\u00a0","date":"May 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I said in my first book haul post that I don't do monthly book hauls because I don't collect a lot of books in a month That changed last\u00a0month. I accumulated\u00a0a total of 14 books in April. That in itself is more than the books I collected in the whole\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"IMG_20170507_010220_494","src":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/img_20170507_010220_494.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11768,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/24\/stacking-the-shelves-3-first-2018-book-haul-jan-april\/","url_meta":{"origin":6505,"position":1},"title":"Stacking the Shelves #3 ||First 2018 Book Haul (Jan-April)","date":"May 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! A book haul on this blog is long overdue. So today I'm sharing with you the books I acquired in the last few months. 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Lists&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Books I Read This Month","src":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/05\/books-i-read-this-month1.png?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6086,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/02\/first-book-haul-post-january-march-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":6505,"position":2},"title":"First Book Haul Post (January &#8211; March 2017)","date":"April 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone!! So I've never posted a book haul before but I've wanted to for such a long time. The thing is I only buy about 1 or 2 books a month, only sometimes more. I always thought I don't have many books to include in a book haul post.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_20170312_155239-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11177,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/09\/october-2017-wrap-up-and-haul\/","url_meta":{"origin":6505,"position":3},"title":"October 2017 Wrap-Up and Haul","date":"November 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! How are you all? (I've noticed none of you ever answer this :() October passed by in a blur for me and honestly, I can't even remember much of what all happened. Anyways, let's get started with my wrap-up. I managed to read 6 books and re-read 2\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/nf_parksandrec__span-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11823,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/stacking-the-shelves-4-first-2018-book-haul-may-july\/","url_meta":{"origin":6505,"position":4},"title":"Stacking the Shelves #4 ||May-July Book Haul","date":"July 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! How are you all? First of all, I'd like to apologize for not actively posting here. I didn'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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Lists&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Underrated Books","src":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/07\/underrated-books1.png?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9305,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/09\/july-2017-haul\/","url_meta":{"origin":6505,"position":5},"title":"July 2017 Haul","date":"August 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I acquired a lot of amazing books in July so lets get started! Click on the names of the book to go to their Goodreads page. 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