November 2020 book haul
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the November 2020 book haul!!
I was SUPER WELL BEHAVED in November. For the first time this year since January, I actually stuck to my 10 book limit!! Even with two review books!! HOORAY!!
Book haul categories are as follows:
- subscription boxes
- book purchases (book mail, in-store, digital* and gifts)
- review copies (book mail and digital)
* Not counting Kindle Unlimited
SYMBOLS
Symbol |
Key |
Symbol |
Key |
Symbol |
Key |
| ⚔️ | fantasy | ⛱ | contemporary | 🚀 | sci-fi |
| 🏰 | historical fiction | ❤️ | romance | 🔍 | crime / mystery |
| 🤡 | thriller | 🎀 | classic | 🎓 | dark academia |
| 🖤 | BIPOC author | 🗣 | own voices | 🏳️🌈 | queer rep |
| 🧠 | mental health rep | ♿️ | disability rep | 💥 | graphic novel |
| 📔 | hardcover | 🗒 | paperback | 📱 | ebook |
| 💥 | graphic novel | 🎧 | audiobook | 🎁 | gift |
| 📚 | backlist title | ⏰ | ARC / review copy | 🐨 | Aussie author / #loveozya |
Emoji table for reference
I subscribe to four monthly boxes: OwlCrate, FairyLoot and the book-only subscription for LitJoy and Illumicrate. International shipping is still an absolute shit show… but it is getting better… Maybe. So, here is where I stand with books that arrived in October:
- 💟 = arrived in a previous month
- ✅ = arrived in October
- 🚚 = in transit
- ➡️ = skipped
- 🅿️ = parked (not out yet)
- ❌ = confirmed that it was lost to the mail gremlins (but thankfully refunded)
| Owlcrate | FairyLoot | LitJoy | Illumicrate | |
| October | ➡️ | ➡️ | ➡️ | ✅ |
| November | ➡️ | ➡️ | ➡️ | 🚚 |
| Special Editions | 🚚 How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories |
✅ 🅿️ 🅿️ 🅿️ |
🅿️ Daughter of Smoke and Bone |
Meaning, the following books arrived in November:
- The October theme for Illumicrate was Life and Death and the book was The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
- I also got my special FairyLoot edition of Blood and Honey by Shelby Mahurin
I was SUPER well behaved in November!! Like, I am honestly just so proud of myself!!
Book |
Author |
Release year |
Symbols |
Read? |
Cover |
| Vassa in the Night | Sarah Porter | 2016 | ⚔️ 🧘♀️ 📔 📚 |
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| Among the Beasts and Briars | Ashley Poston | 2020 | ⚔️ 🧘♀️ 📔 |
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| Slayer | Kiersten White | 2019 | ⚔️ 🧘♀️ 🗒 📚 |
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| The Faithless Hawk | Margaret Owens | 2020 | ⚔️ 🧘♀️ 📔 |
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| A Deal With the Elf King | Elise Kova | 2020 | ⚔️ ❤️ 🧘♀️ 📔 |
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| How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories | Holly Black | 2020 | ⚔️ 🧘♀️ 🗒 | ✅ |
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I have already read How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, and LOVED it. But if you’re not a fan of Cardan from The Cruel Prince, this probably isn’t the book for you.
I only got two review copies in November, which was actually really nice (as opposed to the SIX I got in October). I am also super far behind on review copies which is the worst… 👀
Book |
Author |
Publisher |
Symbols |
Read? |
Cover |
| The Memory of Souls | Jenn Lyons | Pan MacMillan | ⚔️ 👩🦳 🗒 |
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| Defending the Galaxy | Maria V. Snyder | Harlequin Teen | 🚀 🧘♀️ 🗒 |
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Did you get any new books in November?
8 Comments
evelynreads1
ooh way smaller haul than normal! Good job hahah! I hope you will love all of these!
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meeghan
Thanks Evelyn!! I’m pretty proud 😂😂
Sophie @BewareOfTheReader
What? Smaller haul? Woman how much do you spend on books???? Don’t answer this was a rhetorical question from one bad bookworm to another baddie LOL
meeghan
I plead the fifth!! No comment!! 😂😂
dbsguidetothegalaxy
Don’t worry, our postal service is even worse 😭😭 I still need to read Slayer and The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow first, though).
I got some books on sale at the library! A copy of Dracula (finally!) and some more Stephen King to add to my growing collection 😅
meeghan
Yaaaaay!! Growing collections are awesome!!
dbsguidetothegalaxy
They are! And I need to redo my bookshelves anyway 😄
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