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Book Haul/// Treat Yo'Self Edition!

Hello! 

You might remember that I came down with the flu in the third-ish week of May. Sore throat, body ache and a high fever. All of that and the special Bombay May heatwave. NOT FUN! And when I fall sick I like to treat myself to a little something something. Let's just say I feel a little indulgent :) So I dragged myself out of bed and latched on to the laptop and a click here, a click there and I bought me some books! 

A happy ending to a sad story. 

And since I was treating myself...I actually got some books I wanted for a while but was holding off since they were a little expensive. 

I am very happy with this book haul and so excited for all my new books. 

I highly recommend doing something indulgent when you are feeling poorly. Get those books you wanted. Order that bag. Get those beautiful but impractical shoes. Just go ahead and Treat Yo'self! 

Let's see all the lovely books I added to my bookshelves! 






God! Isn't this book just the prettiest thing ever!?This was  a true treat for me. It was in my Wishlist forever and I just didn't want to shell out INR. 378 for it...but I am so glad I did. I love it.



The art in this book was just amazing. 











This gorgeous book was not part of my little haul. My sister had this on pre-order and we got in the mail around the time the rest of my books arrived. 
This is of course the third and finaly installment in the Ibis Trilogy by Amitav Ghosh. My sister is dying to read this but has been busy all of June and hasn't had time to delve into this book. 

I haven't yet started on the Ibis Trilogy which is crazyyyyy because I LOVE Amitav Ghosh! 
Need to start on these books soon! 



Books Bought: 

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Wolfe 
 Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe 
Land Where I Flee by Prajwal Parajuly 
The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner 
The Harappa Files by Sarnath Banerjee 
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 
Levels of Life by Julian Barnes 
The Bell Family by Noel Streatfield
In The Light of What We Know by Zia Haidar Rahman 
Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh 

Lots of happy reading in my near future. :) 

I haven't bought a single book in June...which is a good thing because May was an epic month of book buying! 

Happy Reading and I'll see you guys soon! 
 

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