December 2022 book haul

Hello friends!! Welcome to the December 2022 book haul!! A post where I talk about all the books that I bought and received in the previous month. AND we get to find out if I met my TBR goal for the year…

December was not bad considering that it was a gift giving month. Which usually means a chunk of books. But, this year was pretty restrained. I only got eight physical books between book boxes, some light online shopping and gifts, and one ebook. And I read the ebook. 🤦‍♀️ (I’m starting to see a pattern here…)

In saying that, in 2022 there is no shaming for buying excess than my haul goals. However, my haul goals this year are to only buy books I will read immediately, so that’s a step in the right direction. The main goal for the year, is to buy less books than I read. And I’m trying not to increase my TBR this year. And, as per my now-normal, there is a round up of TBR increase/decrease at the end.

So, let’s go see the books I hauled in December!!

December 2022 book haul

Book haul categories are as follows:

• book boxes (monthly/quarterly subscription or special edition book boxes)
• review copies (book mail, digital and gifts)
• book purchases (book mail, in-store and ebook*)

* Not counting Kindle Unlimited

I subscribe to a bunch of book boxes that I usually skip because 2022 is the year of cutting back.

In December, I had four books arrive:

• The Luminaries by Susan Dennard (Illumicrate YA book only sub for November)
• The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix (FairyLoot YA book only sub for November)
• The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim (FairyLoot special edition)
• The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber (FairyLoot special edition)

As always, photos link through to photo owner’s instagram and show extra details such as sprayed/stenciled edges, custom end pages, naked hardcovers, reversible dust jackets, etc.

During November, I received four physical books, and bought one ebook.

Bravely
Author: Maggie Steifvater
Series: N/A
Released: Apr 2022
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardcover (signed copy)
Read: No
Goodreads link

The Graveyard Book
Author: Neil Gaiman
Series: N/A
Released: Dec 2008
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Read: No
Goodreads link

The Feeling of Falling in Love
Author: Mason Deaver
Series: N/A
Released: Aug 2022
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Hardcover
Read: No
Goodreads link

I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Author: Mason Deaver
Series: I Wish You All the Best #1.5
Released: Dec 2020
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Read: No
Goodreads link

Witcha Gonna Do?
Author: Avery Flynn
Series: N/A
Released: Dec 2022
Genre: Paranormal
Format: eBook
Read: Yes
Goodreads link

I received zero review books in December!! YAY!! (Not that I’m not extremely grateful for review copies… I just have a lot on my TBR already.)

So… what does this all mean for my book buying limit for 2022? Well, because I apparently can’t count at all, I made a new row on my giant TBR spreadsheet to figure it out for me. So, the numbers now stand at:

• Commenced 2022 with physical TBR: 457
• Increased physical TBR in 2022 by: 78
• Subtotal physical TBR: 535
• Read physical books: 34
• Unhauled physical books on my TBR: 39
• TOTAL PHYSICAL TBR: 462
• TBR variance: +12

Ok, so… My goal was to keep my TBR at 450 or lower. I didn’t make it. BUT, it’s not over 500, which it easily could have been. So, I’m taking the win. Bring on 2023’s TBR!!

What was in your December 2022 book haul?