Book Haul: Books of December 2014, Part- II.

Boo Yeah I bought some books! :)

All of these books were bought on Amazon during the Great Online Sale Festival (GOSF) that was happening here in India in the second week of December. Basically a ton of online shops were on minimum 30% off and I decided to get on it! And do what I do best...buy some books!

Happy news: Most of these books were on 70% off! Whaaaaaaaaaaat? How could I possibly stop myself...not like I wanted to in any case. I got a good mix of Indian books, stocked up on some Agatha Christie books and two modern classics. What fun!

But here is a list of all that I got my grubby hands on during the GOSF sale.

1. 1/7 Bondel Road- Gautam Benegal

2. The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk and Other Stories- Sudha Murthy

3. Manhattan Mango- Madhuri iyer

4. Black Rose- Buddhadev Bose

5. Lucky Jim- Kingsley Amis

6. Tiya- Samarpan

7. The Prime of Miss. Jean Brodie -Muriel Sparks

8. Mansfield Park- Jane Austen

9. The Mysterious Mr. Quinn - Agatha Christie

10. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - "

11. Dead Comes As The End- "

12. The Secret of The Chimneys- "

I am so happy with these books!

My first Muriel Sparks in a gorgeous edition!

Mansfield Park in a pretty as peach edition!

My first Kingley Amis!

Good Times are ahead guys.

Happy Reading!

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