Book Haul

Today I picked up three new books:

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry is a companion novel to The Giver. I read The Giver when I was a junior in high school. It was required reading, but I found that it really resonated with me. I've already started to read Gathering Blue, and it seems like it is going to be such an amazing read. 

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare is the second book in the Infernal Devices trilogy. I just finished the first, Clockwork Angel. It was incredible, so I couldn't help myself when I saw the second. I like to give myself a bit of time before reading the next book in a trilogy series, so I've decided to read this one after Gathering Blue (if I can stay committed to that because it's difficult to not want to devour it). I recently did a review of Clockwork Angel on this blog.

I also picked up from Aiden a copy of a book that helps you learn Esperanto. Esperanto is an international language that is spoken by approximately 2 million people. It's an easier language to learn than most. I've studied French and will again, so I think that this will be helpful in learning another language. 

What have you picked up recently?