I went on holiday in October to las Vegas with my sister- our first time abroad! yes we thought an 11 hour flight was a good idea for our first time but we made it and survived!
the most exciting activity I was most looking forward to doing was book shopping (obviously). i just think book shopping in shops we don't have here in the uk looks so much funner! i don't know why because dam its expensive in the US but they have the most beautiful sprayed edges! i came home with 8, if i could have packed more i would have!
I found barnes and nobles to be really expensive so only came out with 2 which was nothing like the movies and betting on you by lynn Painter. i read the first book which i loved so so much so saw these with the sprayed edges and just had to buy! i was hoping to come across the US sprayed version of Alchemised in this shop, i checked 3 book shops and didn't find it, was gutted!
I loved the little sections they had for fourth wing! they also had one for sarah j maas but completely forgot to grab a photo, i don't seem to see cute little sections like this in waterstones - well not in my local one anyway.
We also went into target- when i say we i mean i dragged my sister round to look at books! i got the rest of the books from here and my god it was so hard to leave so many books behind! i had so much fun browsing the books in this shop!
first books i picked up was fourth wing, iron flame and onyx storm. i was always going to bring these sprayed edge books home, i have a collection coming on with different editions of these books. so it was a must! i didn't care about the weight of them, i just needed them!
please tell me you all do this too!?
Then i got Rose in Chains by Julie Soto. I am in my dramione era, like obsessed. I've been told it was based on these characters/manacled. i read manacled last year and bloody loved it so much! i didn't think i would enjoy it, i never had love for draco's character in hP but manacled changed my life, i swear! and then recently read alchemised and was obsessed all over again. so yea, i saw this book and it was too beautiful to leave on the shelf and i had the last one, which was lucky!
i'm really, really excited to read this, i read the back and it sounds amazing, i am currently reading a dramione fanfic, the auction on my kindle which I'm 60% the way through so will start Rose in chains once finished.
The next book was bitten by Jordan Stephanie gray, this book has beautiful artwork on the inside of the book and dust jacket, i do have a video on tiktok showing this if anyone would like to see.
dark romance, captivity, morally grey characters and werewolves i am there!
The last book i picked up was A curse of shadows and ice by Catharina maura. again the sprayed edges and rose artwork inside in gorgeous, this is a beauty and the beast retelling about a cursed emperor living in shadows, a kingdom frozen and dying, and a princess who could set them all free. another one i am looking forward to reading and all these books are going to look stunning on the book shelf!
we defo have a fantasy theme going on here.
i did check out walmart, they didn't have a great selection, i did pick up bad bishop by L.J Shen with the most amazing sprayed edges of skulls, i was obsessed but when i got to check out it wouldn't scan, they said it might be banned but it also could have been it was on the shelf too early, it was my only walmart opportunity so i had no choice but to leave it- sad times.
that is everything i got on my first us trip! I've heard that Italy has a great selection of sprayed books so i defo want to check those out and its also a country me and my husband have been wanting to visit.
let me know if you like to check out the book shops when you are travelling!
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