{"id":7878,"date":"2017-06-01T16:30:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=7878"},"modified":"2017-06-01T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T11:00:50","slug":"book-haul-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/01\/book-haul-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Haul- May 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! I acquired 9 books this month and I&#8217;m excited to tell you all about them \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171347b-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8135  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171347b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>The THC: Under a Gibbous Moon by Manoj V Jain<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342c-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8117  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342c-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I won this book in a giveaway held by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookgeeks.in\">Book Geeks India<\/a>. It follows the lives of three people who are dealing with psychological problems. This book sounds very interesting and has been getting great reviews. I&#8217;m really looking forward to reading it.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Sick Of Being Healthy by Monisha K. Gumber<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8118  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1.jpg 2001w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1-1230x1536.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1-1640x2048.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1-1200x1499.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342b-1-1980x2473.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book was sent to me for review. It is an illustrated book and follows the story of Tara as she deals with the problems that come from being a teenager.\u00a0I have already read it and I&#8217;ll do a review of it soon.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Quarter Life Crisis by Anshuk Attri<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342a-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8119  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book was sent to me by The Readers Cosmos for review. It is the story of Prachur, an engineering student hailing from Shimla whose life is turned upside down when his girlfriend gets pregnant. I have\u00a0already read it and reviewed it <a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/31\/quarter-life-crisis-by-anshuk-attri-book-review\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>The Rulebreakers&#8217; Club: The Ghost Who Wasn&#8217;t There by\u00a0Sowmya Rajendran<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8120  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I won this book in a Twitter contest held by Crossword Bookstore and it was sent to me by Penguin India. This is a short children&#8217;s book. It follows a group of kids who are trying to get rid of their annoying dog and get caught up in a bank robbery.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171341_hdr-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8121  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171341_hdr-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341_hdr-1.jpg 1968w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341_hdr-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341_hdr-1-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341_hdr-1-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341_hdr-1-1190x1536.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341_hdr-1-1586x2048.jpg 1586w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341_hdr-1-1200x1549.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got this book from an Instagram giveaway. I have previously read Coolie by this author and I really like it. I&#8217;m hoping to read this book soon.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>The Rise of Sivagami (Baahubali: Before the Beginning, Book 1) by\u00a0Anand Neelakantan<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8122  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1.jpg 1982w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1-1207x1536.jpg 1207w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1-1609x2048.jpg 1609w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1-1200x1528.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343_hdr-1-1980x2520.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I won this book along with Untouchable and I couldn&#8217;t be more happier! \u00a0haven&#8217;t watched the movie Bahubali but i&#8217;m still really excited to read this book as I haven&#8217;t read many Indian fantasy books.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>The Woman Behind the Waterfall by Leonora Meriel<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171343-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8123  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171343-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343-1.jpg 1954w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343-1-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343-1-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343-1-768x1005.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343-1-1173x1536.jpg 1173w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343-1-1564x2048.jpg 1564w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171343-1-1200x1571.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I won this book in a giveaway held by the amazing Celebrity Reads. A huge thanks to her and the author for sending me this beautiful hardcover. Hopefully, I&#8217;ll get to this book soon.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>The First Word by Husain Ali<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342d-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8124  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171342d-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342d-1.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342d-1-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342d-1-801x1024.jpg 801w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342d-1-768x982.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342d-1-1202x1536.jpg 1202w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342d-1-1602x2048.jpg 1602w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171342d-1-1200x1534.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another giveaway win, this is a ;poetry collection. I&#8217;ve been meaning to read a collection of poems for a long time now so I was very glad when I got this.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">The Tree With A Thousand Apples by Sanchit Gupta<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8125  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1.jpg 1982w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1-1207x1536.jpg 1207w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1-1609x2048.jpg 1609w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1-1200x1528.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0601171341-1-1980x2520.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book was sent to me for review by Writersmelon. The plot revolves around the state of Kashmir and I have really high expectations from this book. I&#8217;ll be reading and reviewing it very soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I hope you all enjoyed this post \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! I acquired 9 books this month and I&#8217;m excited to tell you all about them \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/01\/book-haul-may-2017\/#more-7878\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book Haul- May 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":[4],"tags":[69,73,83,99,286],"class_list":["post-7878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-book-collection","tag-book-haul","tag-book-recommendations","tag-books","tag-may-book-haul"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6086,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/02\/first-book-haul-post-january-march-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":7878,"position":0},"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":7025,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/07\/my-biggest-book-haul-april-2017-l\/","url_meta":{"origin":7878,"position":1},"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":9305,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/09\/july-2017-haul\/","url_meta":{"origin":7878,"position":2},"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. All The Ugly And Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood I\u00a0won a hardcover signed edition of this book in a giveaway held by the author.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Lists&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/img_20170715_201620_316.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11621,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/24\/stacking-the-shelves-2-december-2017-book-haul-hiatus-announcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":7878,"position":3},"title":"Stacking the Shelves #2 || December 2017 Book Haul &#038; hiatus announcement","date":"January 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! How are you all? Today I'm gonna tell you all about the books I got in the last month of 2017. 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10474,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/03\/book-haul-september-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":7878,"position":4},"title":"Book Haul- September 2017","date":"October 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone! I acquired 9 books in September and I am very excited for all of them so without further delay, let's get started. 1. How To Be A Bawse by Lilly Singh This has been one of my most anticipated reads ever since it came out and I was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"20171002_174647-1","src":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/20171002_174647-1.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11543,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/06\/stacking-the-shelves-1-november-2017-book-haul\/","url_meta":{"origin":7878,"position":5},"title":"Stacking the Shelves #1 || November 2017 Book Haul","date":"December 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! So my friend Mridula recently did this meme and I decided to get inspired by her (she's pretty inspiring :D) and do this as well. I also wanted to show the books I got in November and what better way than by doing this? 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