As much as I told myself that I was going to chill out on buying books this past month, that did not happen at all. Once again, I went overboard without meaning to. I have completely run out of shelf space and have been resorting to stacking books on the floor and on my window seat. I’m hoping that as I read through some of the older books I will find ones I don’t want to keep and slowly make space for the new ones.
The majority of my books this month came from Book Outlet. I had a couple of big purchases from them. Technically I bought most of them in December during the Boxing Day sale but since I didn’t get them in my hands until January I am counting them for this month. Growing up, I loved the Princess Diaries series and had books 1-4 in hardcover. Unfortunately my mom decided to give those away when I was off at college so I decided that I needed to get the series back. So I was really excited to see books 1-10 on Book Outlet.
How badass are these covers underneath the jackets??!!!!
From Amazon I got a few books that were on my wishlists but didn’t receive. I couldn’t wait any longer for these! I also got one of my 2016 preorders – Truthwitch by Susan Dennard.
From Book Outlet I got both The 5th Wave and The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey in hardcover and a paperback copy of The Humans by Matt Haig. From Amazon I got The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater and Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray.
January was the last month of the round of OTSP Secret Sister so I got my final gift from my sister and she also revealed herself to be Jessica @ Peace Love Books! She was such an awesome sister and I had a lot of fun writing letters back and forth with her. We had a lot in common so it was fun getting to know her. For the final package, she themed it Jane Austen! So I got some great books and goodies from her.
The January OwlCrate was pretty awesome with the one exception being the book included. I had read the book as an ARC and did not care for it much. I am going to give the book another chance before I decide to get rid of it though. And I got super lucky with the Funko Pop! They had 5 different Harry Potter Funkos that they sent out to people and I was nervous that I would get one that I already have (Harry in Quidditch robes, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, Snape, Hagrid) but I got Harry in his school robes so PHEW! I think my favorite things were the two pieces from Evie Bookish: a Throne of Glass quote print and Raven Boys bookmark (which of course I forgot to include in this photo).
One day this month I came home from work to find a wonderful surprise from my hubby. He knows I am obsessed with BB-8 from Star Wars: The Force Awakens so he got me a set of socks and the Star Wars book written by Claudia Gray!
I also won a fantastic giveaway on Twitter! I got to choose a book up to $20 on Amazon! I have been dying for a copy of The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff so I went with that one.
I won two other giveaways also. I got Perfect Days by Raphael Montes through Shelf Awareness and Never Tear Us Apart by Monica Murphy through LibraryThing. I will be reading both of these books for review next month.
I went to Half Price Books one day and found a few good things including some hardcovers of the Outlander series I wanted. I already had the original hardcover of Dragonfly in Amber but this one was in much better condition. I also had the Outlander cover but in the book club edition so it was smaller than this regular size hardcover. I also found a replacement copy of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. I had the movie tie-in edition and I hate those so I finally have a regular paperback. I used to have a copy of Mr Darcy Takes A Wife by Linda Berdoll (along with the sequel) but not sure what happened to them so I got this one on clearance. I was also recommended to read Evelina by Fanny Burney so I found a copy of that as well.
I love the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris but had a split set with most in mass market paperback and the newer books in hardcovers. I wanted to upgrade to all hardcovers which I started doing last month. I finished upgrading this month so I now have them all in hardcover, although oddly they are different sizes. I am giving my paperback copies to my friend who also loved the series but doesn’t own any of the books.
In February I will be cutting way down on my book buying to almost zilch. I have a couple of pre-orders coming out but other than that I won’t be buying any other books. I’ve got lots of things coming up I need to save for and I already have enough owned unread books to keep me busy for awhile.
Your book haul is insane, Maren!
We’re gonna be eating pizza and you’re going to be eating crackers in Cali if you don’t stop! 😛
Awesome haul though! I’m still pretty jealous of it, haha.
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Haha that was definitely the last big one. Gotta have pizza and Chinese food money in Cali!!
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Now I’m wondering if there’s going to be a Valentines day sale…
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Ah! I hope not. I need to unfollow Book Outlet on all platforms so I’m not tempted.
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That is a lot of books!!!
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So.. When can I vacation at your house? Great haul this month 🙂
Barry Lyga’s books under the covers is genius. I want to buy it just for that alone. I hope you have a wonderful time reading these.
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Holy epic book haul!! Wow, that’s so awesome! You got so many good ones this month!
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I just googled Book Outlet. There’s one in Canada. I think my daughter will be getting a bunch of new books soonish ;).
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