Stacking the Shelves: The November FairyLoot Edition

"Stacking the Shelves" is a weekly haul meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality. It allows book buyers to share their accumulation of books with the online book-loving community.

Well, Thanksgiving is over, and now I have to go back to working five days a week until Christmas time when I take a week-long vacation made up of unused personal days. I am so ready for it. Beyond ready. *sigh* Like most weeks this year, I've gone a little overboard in the book and fan art purchasing department. Thankfully, most of these were pre-ordered items that just arrived. Buuuuut I also ordered a few more things that won't arrive until next month. Oops.

I read Gild by Raven Kennedy for this month's book club, and we all decided to go ahead and read the sequels together as well. So I purchased books two and three. Unfortunately, I was stupid and bought the physical copies instead of the ebooks, which meant I spent $$$ on a couple of paperbacks, even using Amazon. While I very much like to support indie authors, I hate the expensive prices. I guess I just need to encourage myself to buy ebooks more often to save some money.

Up next, I have an order I made from A Touch of Magic Designs. They had a "Three's a Party" surprise pack of six prints of various trios. It included Will, Tessa, and Jem from the Infernal Devices trilogy; Silas, Nathaniel, and Elisabeth from Sorcery of Thorns; some Caraval characters I don't know the names of; Mal, Alina, and the Darkling from Shadow & Bone; Poppy, Kieran, and Hawke from FBAA; Chaol, Celaena, and Dorian from Throne of Glass. I also bought another FBAA print from them and received a free print for spending so much. It's of Lorcan and Elide, I believe, from the ToG series. I was a bit disappointed in this pack. I think I'll be getting rid of all of the prints except the FBAA ones, the trio ToG one, and the Sorcery of Thorns one. But even the FBAA print that came in the pack wasn't super great. I had some issues with Kieran's depiction. Namely, his finger is super long.

Next, I have a free ebook I borrowed from my library via Libby. It's Katee Robert's Neon Gods. I'm not sure if I'll get to this one soon, so I may need to renew my hold. I really do want to read it, but it seems like all my library holds come in at the worst time.

Here, we have a pre-order I've been anxiously awaiting. I've been collecting Sallteas's character pins over the past year. She's only released three sets of these so far in this style, but I've been buying each and every one. I pre-ordered Cardan, Jude, Reid, and Lou earlier this year and the pre-orders came with free stickers. To save a little money on shipping, I combined this order with my Kieran order I made in September. I also bought a Roth bookmark too. Additionally, I have the pre-order swag I got from C.S. Pacat for pre-ordering her book, Dark Rise.

And last, I have November's FairyLoot. Am I super impressed with this box? Absolutely not. I reeeeeaaallly need FairyLoot to hurry up with their book-only option. I think it's coming soon. Possibly. Which is great, because I'm tired of receiving a bunch of junk I have to try to sell. The travel mug and towel are just useless for me. Well, the towel isn't useless, but it's not my aesthetic. And, while I love FBAA, the reading journal is something I'm not sure I'll actually use. I also am not a big fan of the color palette of the book, Jade Fire Gold. Dark green and pink? Ugh. It would've been better if it was black and pink. Plus, the stencil design on the edges isn't great quality. However, I am really looking forward to reading this one. If I end up liking it, I may buy the U.S. edition.

What books have you bought/received lately?