Cliste Bella: Mail Time | It's finally here! PageHabit August Young Adult Book Box Review

My most awaited book box has finally arrived and I love it! I won this subscription box back in the beginning of August as PageHabit Book Clubs Pagey Master (see post here). Living in the Philippines, I would not really have access to this because the shipping itself would be as expensive as the box itself, if not more. So I am so so thankful to Pagehabit for giving me the opportunity to experience getting a book box even once in my life. This box had a little bit of adventure too. It was shipped from Pagehabit on Aug. 23 and arrived in the Philippines on Sept.12. I've been staring at the tracking number all that time to make it move faster. Haha. Then on the 12th I got a message from DHL that I missed the delivery and had to pick the box up at our post office instead. Wasn't sure if that was true but I had to pay Php112 ($2) to claim my box that was shipped for free. At that point I didn't mind the fee just so I could get my box.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Exclusive letter by the author
Donation in support of children's literacy ~ This specific box donates to Cameroon.
Delightful bookish goods ~ This came with the Cactus Pen, those bookish socks (I need to make a separate Bookstagram post for the socks alone..hehe), a PageHabit bookmark, and 4 cute magnetic bookmarks too.

Bonus curated YA short story from acclaimed authors *NEW*

A new release YA hardcover

The Rattled Bones
by S.M. Parker
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published August 22nd 2017 by Simon Pulse
ISBN1481482041 (ISBN13: 9781481482042)

Unearthing years of buried secrets, Rilla Brae is haunted by ghostly visions tied to the tainted history of a mysterious island in this haunting novel from the author of The Girl Who Fell.

Maine-bred, independent Rilla Brae is no stranger to the deep. She knows the rhythms of hard work and harder seas. But when she experiences the sudden death of her father, the veil between the living and the dead blurs and she begins to be haunted by a girl on a nearby, uninhabited island. The girl floats a song over the waves, and it is as beautiful as it is terrifying. Familiar and distant.
Then Rilla meets Sam, a University of Southern Maine archeology student tasked with excavating the very island where the ghostly girl has appeared. Sam sifts the earth looking for the cultural remains of an island people who were forcibly evicted by the state nearly a hundred years ago. Sam tells Rilla the island has a history no locals talk about—if they know about it at all—due to the shame the events brought to the working waterfront community. All Rilla knows for sure is that the island has always been there—an eerie presence anchored in the stormy sea. Now Sam’s work and the ghostly girl’s song lure Rilla to the island’s shores.
As Rilla helps Sam to unearth the island’s many secrets, Rilla’s visions grow—until the two discover a tragedy kept silent for years. And it’s a tragedy that has everything to do with Rilla’s past.