May ’20 book haul
Good morning bookworms!!
It’s time for the monthly book haul!! We’re keeping on at reasonable numbers over here – I mean, I’m still gaining more than I am reading (please help me), but it’s not outrageous!!
Book haul categories are as follows:
- book boxes
- book purchases (book mail, in-store, digital* and gifts)
- review copies (book mail and digital)
* Not counting Kindle Unlimited
SYMBOLS
And, little icons as follows:
|
Symbol |
Key |
Symbol |
Key |
Symbol |
Key |
|
⚔️ |
fantasy |
⛱ |
contemporary |
? |
sci-fi |
|
? |
historical fiction |
❤️ |
romance |
? |
crime / mystery |
|
? |
classic |
? |
thriller |
? |
non-fiction |
|
? |
middle grade |
?♀️ |
young adult |
?? |
adult |
I subscribe to three monthly boxes: OwlCrate, FairyLoot and the book-only subscription for LitJoy. In April I skipped LitJoy and OwlCrate again. FairyLoot boxes are delayed, so I’m still missing the March and April boxes.
In May I ordered the LitJoy and FairyLoot book/boxes. Neither of which arrived. I’m also still waiting on my March FairyLoot box… but I did get a shipping notification for it last night!!
Ooof… so, we’re outside of my limit of 10 books… BUT one of them was a gift. So, I’m taking it!!
|
Book |
Author |
Series |
Release year |
Symbols |
Read? |
Cover |
| Ghosts of the Shadow Market | Cassandra Clare et al. | Shadowhunters |
2016 |
⚔️ ?♀️ ? |
|
 |
| Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy | Cassandra Clare et al. | Shadowhunters |
2019 |
⚔️ ?♀️ |
|
 |
| Don’t You Forget About Me | Mhairi McFarlane |
2018 |
⛱ ❤️ ?? |
 |
||
| The Wrong Side of Kai | Estelle Maskame |
2019 |
⛱ ❤️ ?♀️ |
 |
||
| The Stonekeeper’s Curse | Kazu Kibuishi | Amulet #2 |
2009 |
⚔️ ? ? |
 |
|
| The Flatshare | Beth O’Leary |
2019 |
⛱ ❤️ ?? |
 |
||
| Our Stop | Laura Jane Williams | 2019 |
⛱ ❤️ ?? |
|
 |
|
| Aurora Burning | Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff | Aurora Cycle #2 | 2020 |
? ?♀️ |
|
 |
| Wicked As You Wish | Rin Chupeco | A Hundred Names for Magic #1 | 2020 |
⚔️ ?♀️ |
|
 |
| Her Royal Highness | Rachel Hawkins | Royals #2 | 2019 |
⛱ ❤️ ?♀️ ?️? |
✅ |
 |
| Fix Her Up | Tessa Bailey | Hot and Hammered #1 | 2019 |
❤️ ?? ? |
|
 |
I have been getting the most adorable review books!! And one… thriller… (I just don’t understand why?!)
|
Book |
Author |
Series |
Release year |
Symbols |
Read? |
Cover |
|
Burn |
Patrick Ness |
|
2020 |
⚔️ ?♀️ |
|
 |
|
Battle Born |
Amie Kaufman |
Elementals #3 |
2020 |
⚔️ ? |
|
 |
Did you get any new books in May?
19 Comments
Greg
“I’m still gaining more than I am reading (please help me)” haha I have that problem as well, sadly. 🙂
I think those monthly boxes sound awesome, I always love seeing what goodies come with the books.
Hope you have an amazing week!
meeghan
Thanks Greg!! I need to come catch on Bookish Games!! I hope you’re still alive!!
evelynreads1
You got some good new books! I hope you end up enjoying all of them!
(www.evelynreads.com)
meeghan
Thanks Evelyn!! ??
Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.
New books are good for the soul, always! ? I can’t wait to read Wicked As You Wish, it’s one of my most anticipated ❤️✨
meeghan
I hope you get to it soon!! ?
Kristina
BOOKS!!
although our local bookstore is now open, i’m kinda on the fence about going now- as I need to bring my transplanted mother along and well.. even if we don’t have any cases around here right now, I still kind of don’t wanna take any chances.
A few of thoses i’ve been wanting to read- Don’t you forget about me, The flatshare, Fix her up.. but mostly, I want your thoughts on Our stop! I picked it up -quite a while ago now- last time I went but put it back down as per it’s goodread being mostly negative.
meeghan
We’ve definitely had a much easier time of COVID in Australia. Not as many cases, which I think has helped our stores open a little earlier. I’m trying to stay home still as much as possible as I’m immunosuppressed, but I did pop to the shops on a Tuesday at 10am and there was almost no one there, which was a huge relief.
Kristina
Yeah, our province only has cases in the north night now.. our area is being clear for now- but as my mother is immunosupressed aswell, im kinda effy about going anywhere I don’t need to for now xd basically only going to work and back with the petshop & vet clinic when needed for the dogs ..
lilisblissfulpages
Aaaah I’m so jealous with Burn and BattleBorn…Hope you enjoy all these books Meeghan. 🙂 🙂
By the way, I saw now that I wasn’t following your blog which is ridiculous because we met here. Hahaha. Must be a wordpress glitch or something. Anyway, I followed you again.
meeghan
Thanks Lili!! I think a lot of people dropped off when I moved to self-hosted in March. I followed all the steps to bring my old followers over, but I seem to be missing a lot of them. I must have done something wrong?! ?
lilisblissfulpages
Hehe. I’ve been planning to self-host my blog too but I feel too lazy to learn the stuff I should know. ??
meeghan
Hard saaaaaame!! ?
lilisblissfulpages
By the way, I love the aesthetic of your blog. I was actually going to ask you who made your graphics, logo and stuff.
meeghan
Kat @ Novels and Waffles did it all!! I love it so much. There should be a link to her site on my ‘about’ page. I still need to fix some things, like figure out where my ‘follow’ button went… ?
lilisblissfulpages
Hahaha. You’re so funny Meeghan. ❤️?
Sophie @BewareOfTheReader
I am always amazed that you subscribe to three book boxes Meeghan! I got Aurora Burning and the Flatshare too!
meeghan
Ha, I very rarely get the boxes these days. I skip a lot!! ?
theorangutanlibrarian
ooh hope you like flatshare! And I really want to read aurora rising as well!