ApollyCon is in a few days, and I am freaking out. I'm just not ready. I need another week to mentally and physically prep myself. Sigh. But, I am looking forward to it. And, oddly enough, I'm really looking forward to when it's over, as then I can read whatever I want without feeling bad I'm not reading a book by an attending author. I can just flow wherever my desires take me.
For this week's haul, I have so much Blood and Ash stuff. Like an insane amount of it. I don't know why all these orders decided to come in at this time, but it makes me look insane. I had been contacted by someone wanting to trade my Prettygal Pin ACOTAR set for their Hungarian Blood and Ash books and Witch Crown Box dust jackets. I accepted. The only issue was it took a few months for everything to get done because the person was traveling all over Europe. But, I got my trades, and they're beautiful.
These are the Witch Crown Box dust jackets. The person I traded with just put them on the Hungarian editions, as they're about the same size as the German editions, which are what they're originally intended to go on. I think I'll try to locate some German paperbacks eventually. I can't afford to do it right now. Two book boxes dropped news about Flesh and Fire sets going on sale in April. That, plus ApollyCon, plus two FairyLoot sets for sale is going to really hurt me. I definitely need to sell some more books.
Next up, I have the Walmart/Target exclusive of A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire. It actually was at my Walmart on release day which I thought was amazing. Most of the time, my store doesn't get new books in until a week after. I also got lucky that, out of the two left, this one was in good condition, because the other had a printing error. It was misaligned. As for the other books, I bought them on Amazon as I was getting tired of my FBAA dust jackets being without books. There was also a sale going on for buy-two-get-one-half-off. So, I bought A Fire in the Flesh and two copies of A Light in the Flame. The FBAA paperback wasn't part of the deal, but I needed it for a dust jacket. Now, what's odd is both the ALITF copies came with textured/scaly naked hardcovers and gray paper, almost like recycled paper or newspaper. The publisher is looking into it. I'm thinking it's just an error the printer didn't tell them about, as it was sold by Amazon. (Me from the future: That's exactly what it was.)
Did you think I was done with the Blood and Ash stuff? Ha! My Iridescent Fairytales From Blood and Ash copy arrived on Wednesday. It's a very pretty dust jacket with gold, raised foiling on the front and back. It has sprayed/stenciled edges as well. There's a reversible dust jacket with character art, which I like too. I may need to track down another copy so I can display it. (Again, I sound/look insane right now.) The box came with some goodies, including a metal bookmark, a replica of Poppy's dagger, a sticker, and two page overlays that together make one scene.
And next, I have an order I made after I'd already bought a ton of stuff last Friday. I had no idea this thing was going to be available, and I don't regret buying it, but it is like the second- or third-most expensive FBAA book I own, simply because the seller is having financial problems and no one knows what the heck that means for these editions. And I don't even know how I missed the original sale for these. I follow the shop on Instagram and I get their newsletter, so I have no clue what happened. But, I got lucky and noticed someone selling a few Chest of Fandoms editions on Mercari. I contacted the seller to ask if she had this one, and she did! So, I bought the rare Chest of Fandoms German A Fire in the Flesh edition. Once I heard that I'd missed the sale for this and the seller was in trouble, I honestly thought I'd never get my hands on a copy. But somehow, someway, with a lot of money, it happened.
And lastly, I have the only non-FBAA books of the bunch. The new foiled paperback edition of Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti just came out. I'm going to have three sets of this series, and I don't know how to feel about that considering there are like nine books in the regular series with multiple novella collections too. I hate that the authors offer exclusive bonus content in these new editions. It's so annoying. If they ever release all extra scenes in a bind-up one day, I probably won't keep these foiled editions. Maybe... I'm not sure, as they also edited the first books a bit to give them a little more umph. But, hopefully, the editions the authors sold that I preordered last year also have the edits. That way I won't feel bad about getting rid of the foiled copies. Don't get me wrong, the foiled copies are pretty, but I have a sentimental connection to the original covers. I also decided to order the second book in Rina Kent's Legacy of Gods series, God of Pain, from Walmart online because I wanted the purple edges to match my other books in the series. I actually ordered the first book too, but my order was canceled since it was out of stock. Rude. I'll have to hunt it down resale.
Well, that's all for me. What books have
you bought/received lately?
