
July 2021 book haul
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the July 2021 book haul!! A monthly post where I shame myself for never achieving my goal of buying less than I read, or sticking to my buying goal. Except in July, which is both, unprecedented and unexpected. In fact, this is going to be a pretty sad and sorry list…
June was my birthday month, so I usually get extra books in July as well, because international shipping is the pits. But… apparently I ordered all my birthday books early this year, because the only two I was still waiting for after June are pre-orders for November and December. Also, we’re in lockdown at the moment so no in-person book shopping. And the last two times I went to the bookstore to browse, I didn’t get anything anyway.
In case you aren’t aware (which, fair, because I never made an announcement post, although I do mention this every month) 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.
So, let’s go see all the books I hauled in July!!
July 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
SYMBOLS
Symbol |
Key |
Symbol |
Key |
Symbol |
Key |
⚔️ | fantasy | ⛱ | contemporary | ? | sci-fi |
? | historical fiction | ❤️ | romance | ? | crime / mystery |
? | thriller | ? | classic | ? | dark academia |
? | paranormal | ? | urban fantasy | ? | smut |
? | non-fiction | ? | humour | ? | autobiography / memoir |
? | BIPOC author | ? | own voices | ?️? | queer rep |
? | mental health rep | ♿️ | disability rep | ? | body positivity |
? | dark themes | ? | nerd references | ? | sports references |
? | middle grade | ?♀️ | young adult | ?? | new adult / adult |
? | hardcover | ? | paperback | ? | ebook |
? | graphic novel | ? | audiobook | ? | gift |
? | backlist title | ⏰ | ARC / review copy | ? | Aussie author / #loveozya |
? | signed / personalised | ? | multiple copies |
Emoji table for reference
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 July:
- ? = arrived in a previous month
- ✅ = arrived this month
- ? = in transit
- ➡️ = skipped
- ?️ = parked (not out yet)
- ❎ = did not switch to
- ❌ = confirmed that it was lost to the mail gremlins (but thankfully refunded)
OwlCrate | OwlCrate Jr | FairyLoot | Illumicrate | LitJoy | |
July | ➡️ | ❎ | ➡️ | ➡️ | (next quarter is August) |
Special Editions |
? ?️ |
? ?️ ?️ |
So… no book box books in July!! Which is great news, because I probably have way too many coming in the next few months with all of the above special editions. And, I totally forgot to skip all the August boxes… Whoops?!
So, here we are, new books for July!! What a list this is!!
Book |
Author |
Series |
Symbols and Year of Publication |
Read? |
Cover |
Any Way the Wind Blows | Rainbow Rowell | Simon Snow #3 |
⚔️ ? ?️? ? ?♀️ ? 2021 |
✅ |
|
Any Way the Wind Blows | Rainbow Rowell |
Simon Snow #3 |
⚔️ ? ?️? ? ?♀️ ? ? 2021 |
✅ |
|
Yep, I essentially got one book in July, but I got two copies. It was a big month for books ?
And finally, no review copies either!! (*phew* because I cannot keep up right now!!)
What was in your July 2021 book haul??


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dbsguidetothegalaxy
Amazingly I haven’t been picking up any review copies ? but I got the second last book in the House of Night series (a good cringe series?) and books 4 and 6 of VA!!!! Thankfully the VA covers were the nice ones with the person in the background ?
meeghan
I love the VA books. I read library copies, but I keep thinking I should buy them. Then they can live with my Bloodlines books… ?
dbsguidetothegalaxy
Well I won’t stop you from buying them ?