
December 2021 book haul
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the December 2021 book haul!! A monthly post where I usually shame myself for never achieving my goal of buying less than I read, or sticking to my buying goal.
In case you aren’t aware (which, fair, because I never made an announcement post, although I do mention this every month โ and I WILL be making a 2022 post for this) my goal for each month is to only purchase 7 books, split between purchased books and books from book boxes. So, 7 paid books in total. But also I need to read more books than I collect each month, including review books. So it’s kind of a 2-part goal. That I very rarely meet. But, rules are made to be broken!! When it comes to book hauling anyway…
So, let’s go see the books I hauled in December!!
December 2021 book haul
Book haul categories are as follows:
- subscription boxes
- book purchases (book mail, in-store and ebook*)
- review copies (book mail, digital and gifts)
* Not counting Kindle Unlimited
Emoji table code
SYMBOLS
Symbol |
Key |
Symbol |
Key |
Symbol |
Key |
โ๏ธ | fantasy | โฑ | contemporary | ๐ | sci-fi |
๐ฐ | historical fiction | โค๏ธ | romance | ๐ | crime / mystery |
๐คก | thriller | ๐ | classic | ๐ | dark academia |
๐บ | paranormal | ๐ | urban fantasy | ๐ | smut |
๐ชด | non-fiction | ๐ฅธ | humour | ๐ | biography / memoir |
๐ค | BIPOC author | ๐ฃ | own voices | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | queer rep |
๐ง | mental health rep | โฟ๏ธ | disability rep | ๐ | body positivity |
๐ | dark themes | ๐ฎ | nerd references | ๐ | sports references |
๐งธ | middle grade | ๐งโโ๏ธ | young adult | ๐ฉโ๐ฆณ | new adult / adult |
๐ | hardcover | ๐ | paperback | ๐ฑ | ebook |
๐ฅ | graphic novel | ๐ง | audiobook | ๐ | gift |
๐ | backlist title | โฐ | ARC / review copy | ๐จ | Aussie author / #loveozya |
๐ | signed / personalised copy | ๐ช | multiple copy | โ | read |
Emoji table for reference
Book boxes continue to be the bane of my existence… I subscribe to three monthly boxes: OwlCrate (which I sometimes skip and sometimes swap to OwlCrate Jr), FairyLoot and the book-only subscription for Illumicrate. I also subscribe to the quarterly book-only option for LitJoy. Plus I sometimes buy the special edition books they put out, but only if I loved the series, or I got the special edition of book 1 as part of the monthly box.
So, here is where I’m up to as at the end of December:
- ๐ = arrived in a previous month
- โ = arrived this month
- ๐ = in transit
- โก๏ธ = skipped
- ๐ ฟ๏ธ = parked (not out yet)
- โน = did not switch to
- โ = confirmed that it was lost to the mail gremlins (but thankfully refunded)
I know January hasn’t happened yet, but I’ve started to forget which books I got and which ones I skipped, and I have to keep looking it up… So I’m adding it in early.
the books
FairyLoot |
OwlCrate |
OwlCrate Jr |
Illumicrate |
LitJoy |
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September | ๐ | โ | โน | ๐ | (next book November) |
October | ๐ | โก๏ธ | โน | โก๏ธ | (next book November) |
November | โก๏ธ | โก๏ธ | โน | โ | ๐ |
December | โก๏ธ | โก๏ธ | ย โน | โ | (next book February) |
Special Editions | ๐
ฟ๏ธ The Righteous โ
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January (for laters) |
๐ ฟ๏ธ | โก๏ธ | ย โน | โก๏ธ | (next book February) |
All of which means, I am caught up on Illumicrate (yay!), and my September OwlCrate finally arrived. Plus I got a special edition book. Which gave me a grand total of:
- Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone (โ )
- Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
- Girls of Fate and Fury by Natasha Ngan
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
Considering I had 4 book box books arrive in December… this could have been awful. But I’m pleasantly surprised to say that it wasn’t!
I only bought 5 other books in December, however, one of them was a special edition of a book that I probably own too many copies of. So really it’s more like 4 books… ๐
Title |
Author |
Series |
Year published + symbols |
Cover |
Twice Shy | Sarah Hogle | 2021 โฑ โค๏ธ ๐ฉโ๐ฆณ ๐ |
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The Priory of the Orange Tree | Samantha Shannon | 2019 โ๏ธ ๐ฉโ๐ฆณ ๐ ๐ |
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This Poison Heart | Kalynn Bayron | The Poison Heart #1 | 2021 โ๏ธ ๐ค ๐ฃ ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐ |
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If This Gets Out | Sophie Gonzales / Cale Dietrich | 2021 โฑ โค๏ธ ๐ฃ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐ ๐จ |
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Carry On | Rainbow Rowell | Simon Snow #1 Waterstones Edition |
2015 ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ง ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐ ๐ ๐ช โ |
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And once again, no review books in December!! Fingers crossed I can retire this section in 2022, because I have not requested any books in months.
What was in your December 2021 book haul??


7 Comments
evelynreads1
I hope you will enjoy all of them!
meeghan
Thank you!! ๐ฅฐ
dbsguidetothegalaxy
If This Gets Out is SO GOOD. I finished it on Jan 1st and it’s so cute!
meeghan
Ahhh, yay!! Iโve loved both of Sophie Gonzalesโ other books, so Iโm sure Iโll love this too!! ๐
dbsguidetothegalaxy
I still need to read her other books and Cale’s ones, but I really loved their joint book! Definitely tell me your thoughts when you’re reading the book!
meeghan
I will!! Also, I keep meaning to post a review for Perfect on Paper. But itโs amazing. 5 stars. I loved it.
dbsguidetothegalaxy
Good to know! Need to get to that! And also I really wanna read The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich!