December ’19 book haul
Good morning bookworms, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
I’m gonna be honest, it feels kind of weird being New Years at the moment. Our fireworks got canceled a week ago because of the total fire ban in place with all of our bushfires.* We’ve had friends be evacuated from their homes yesterday and a lot of people spent the night at basketball stadiums and emergency evacuation centres. Highways have been closed, and it’s a little scary here. Certainly not the start to the 2020 that any of us wanted.
* If you’re not aware, Australia has been battling an abnormally high number of bushfires since 11 November 2019. There has been over 3.125 million hectares of land burnt. We’ve lost homes, people including some volunteer firefighters, and so much livestock and native animals. Despite what some ‘experts’ are saying, we haven’t ever seen bushfires like this in my 36 years, and I genuinely hope that we get rain soon – we’re also in a drought – so, it hasn’t been the best Christmas / New Year for some. The smoke from all the fires also means that the air outside is hazardous to breathe, and even with additional volunteer firefighters coming over from amazing countries like Canada, the sheer number of fires means that they have no idea when they’ll be able to get them under control. In terms of wildlife losses, there is a real possibility that koalas may end up on the endangered species list because they can’t move fast enough to get out of the way. Entire koala sanctuaries have been burnt to the ground.
Now that Debbie Downer has been to visit and ruined all your fun, let’s get into my book haul for December!
Book haul categories are as follows:
- book boxes
- book purchases (book mail, in-store, digital* and gifts)
- review copies (book mail and digital), and
- bookish items (book related, but not actual books).
* Not counting Kindle Unlimited
I subscribe to three monthly boxes: OwlCrate, FairyLoot and the book-only subscription for LitJoy.
- LitJoy’s December theme was Lost in Austen, and the book was Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance by Jennieke Cohen
- OwlCrate’s December theme was Tales of Trickery, and the book was The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White.
I cancelled my FairyLoot for December. (You’ll see this a lot for 2020!!)
This is definitely the smallest haul I got for 2019, and to be honest, this is the size I want to see moving forward for 2020!
|
Book |
Author |
Series |
Release year |
Genre |
Age group |
Cover |
| The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky | Mackenzi Lee | Montague Siblings #1.5 |
2019 |
Contemporary |
YA |
 |
| Burning Bridges to Light the Way | David Thorne |
2019 |
Humour |
Adult |
 |
|
| The Girl Who Speaks Bear | Sophie Anderson |
2019 |
Fantasy |
MG |
 |
|
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (illustrated edition) | JK Rowling | Harry Potter #4 |
2000 |
Fantasy |
YA |
 |
| Don’t Date Rosa Santos | Nina Moreno |
2019 |
Contemporary |
YA |
 |
|
| Queenslayer | Sebastien de Castell | Spellslinger #5 |
2019 |
Fantasy |
YA |
 |
Of these books, two of them were Christmas presents (HP4 and The Girl Who Speaks Bear) so I’m actually a little proud of myself!!
I did get three physical copy review books though… but I’ve already read one, so, WINNING!!
|
Book |
Author |
Series |
Release year |
Genre |
Age group |
Cover |
| Havenfall | Sara Holland | Havenfall #1 |
2020 |
Fantasy |
YA |
 |
| A Heart So Fierce and Broken | Brigid Kemmerer | Cursebreakers #2 |
2020 |
Fantasy |
YA |
 |
| The Night Country | Melissa Albert | The Hazel Wood #2 |
2020 |
Fantasy |
YA |
 |
I was gifted the Always Fully Booked planner for 2020 as part of my Christmas present this year. It’s amazing. Megan @ Little Inkling Designs does such a beautiful job with it each year, and I’m so pleased with it and the improvements she has made this year. It’s just lovely. These aren’t my pictures, but I’m sure you’ll see some during the year!
11 Comments
flowersinthebrain
Great haul!
Meeghan reads
Thank you!!
Holly
Oh my goodness, my thoughts are with you and your family!!! That sounds so scary!!! Wishing you the best in the New Year <3 <3
Meeghan reads
Thanks Holly, we’re all ok. Hope you have an amazing New Years!
suzannarivera
Fellow Australian here ?Hope you stay safe. My thoughts are with you and my family. I’m fortunate enough to be away from the main area but my thoughts are with everyone and the animals that have been affected ❤❤
Hope 2020 is a good year!
Meeghan reads
Thanks Suzanna! I hope you and yours are safe as well!! Happy New Year!! ?
silverbuttonbooks
I’ve been watching the fires in Australia in the news and hoping and praying that something works to stop it all. It is just tragic all the way here in America, I can’t imagine how hard it is to watch it happening at home.
Love your book haul and I hope you get to enjoy them all ASAP!
Meeghan reads
Thank you, lovely!! I kind of go on a bit of a *lengthy* chat about the fire in my monthly wrap-up tomorrow. I just can’t seem to stop talking about it!! ?
Fingers crossed that I do get to read the rest of them soon, and I hope you got some great books too!! ?
Amber
Holy wow Havenfall has such a beautiful cover! Oh my. It sounds amazing as well. I had to add it to my TBR list. I hope you enjoy all these books when you get around to reading them 😀
Amber @ Escape Life in the Pages
Meeghan reads
Thanks Amber!! I’m sure I will. I’ll have my review for it out either on release day or just before, in case you’re interested!! ?
Amber
YAY!