Happy Thursday and happy February. I don’t know about you, but for me January went by in a flash! My daughter celebrated her birthday, and we had a wicked snowstorm/blizzard right at the end of the month with 23 inches of snow! It was super cold and the perfect time to snuggle up and read, which is exactly what I did! Let’s take a look at the books I hauled. As always, if you are interested i n a book and click on the image, it will take you to Goodreads.
NetGalley:
I’ve read 14 of these books already, but I really need to calm down with NetGalley. I can’t help requesting all these amazing-sounding books, and then they all get approved at the same time, and I’m swamped!! lol
Publisher Bookmail:
Special thanks to Forever Publishing for sending these fantastic reads!! I’ve read three of the four and enjoyed them all!
From the Author:
I read The Starlight Blade and In a Dark, Dark Wood and loved them both!! This week, I hope to read Iron & Fire, which I received in the mail on the last day of January.
Purchases:
I admit, I have no self control, and I bought a bunch of books this month, and I only read one.
How was your haul in January? Did we get any of the same books? Comment below!
I think the only one I bought was Bound by Firelight since I preordered it. I have tried to lessen my spending because my physical tbr has not budged, haha.
I feel this one so much! I see people go on book-buying bans, but I just can’t do that. I feel like that will make me want to buy books more. So rather than go on bans, I just make a more conscious effort to pay attention to how much and how often I’m buying.
Yes! I used to just buy a lot and realized I either ended up not liking the book or never getting around to it. I try to use my library as much as possible and preorder books I have read as an arc or an anticipated read that has a special copy or through an indie store. Otherwise, I wait until a sale, lol.
hahaha – I have no self control! lol
I love the way you organize your book haul! I have the Jennifer Estep books! I bought them last year or the year before! I think I actually won the third book and bought the first two. It’s been on my tbr list since then!
Oooh, maybe that could be our next buddy read!
I’ve got By Any Other Name on my NetGalley shelf, too!
Nice! I hope you enjoy it!
Nice haul!
If I shared my hauls you’d all think I was crazy- I can’t help it, I want all the books! Plus I have a second job working at a bookstore and I get a killer discount so how can I not buy books?? Impossible.
Oooh, jealous! I would never leave work with a paycheck. It would be spent before I left the store. lol
Excellent haul! So many look fun and swoon-worthy.
Thanks! 🙂