It's almost mid-May now. That's crazy. The year is going by so fast. I think it's because my work life has been pretty chaotic since February. But, things are slowing down now, so I think the summer will be pretty chill. *Knocks on wood.* Other than work, I've just being doing the same stuff. Eating, sleeping, working out, etc. I have been cleaning a little bit more than usual to try and catch up from how I was ignoring everything before ApollyCon. Hopefully, I can really get some organizing done over the Memorial Day holiday too. I'm excited to potentially have a clean house soon.
For this week's haul, I have a good amount of stuff. My April FairyLoot books arrived, and my dad brought them to me when we went to see the Thunderbolts* movie last weekend. It was pretty good, just FYI. I had fun with it, though the ending scene was a bit cliche. Anyway, the FairyLoot April Romantasy book was The Wind Weaver by Julie Johnson and the Adult book was This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara. I had barely heard of either of these books before I realized FairyLoot was doing them, but they are very pretty editions. I hope they're good.
I technically didn't buy these books, so yay for free! Well, not free. I did a trade, so I had to pay for the shipping to send them a PrettyGal Pin card deck. But in return, I got the Books Know No Age FBAA dust jackets, which I cannot find secondhand anywhere! This was a listing on Mercari that someone was selling for a ridiculous amount. Thankfully, the person I traded with was desperate enough to pay a lot for these, so they could get some SJM cards.
Next up, I have part of my Amazon order from last week. I think I mentioned that I had to do a return because one of the books came in damaged. It was this one, A Shaodow in the Ember, which I needed because it has the foiling on the hardback from the new print run. I now have my copy despite the damage setback, and it's in great shape, surprisingly, since it was left out in the pouring rain. It rains here all the time now, which is ridiculous and awful since I order so many books. Books and water don't mix. I don't know how exactly the Amazon box kept the book from getting soaked, but somehow, someway, it did.
And lastly, I have the ebooks. Two are from Kindle Unlimited, Direbound by Sable Sorenson and Empire of Flame and Thorns by Marion Blackwood. I've heard great things about both of them, and though I'm trying to focus more on my physical TBR right now, I do want to pick these up at some point. I also used some Kindle credits to purchase Forging Silver Into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer. I got it for like $1.99, I think. Also, why are Kindle books so expensive nowadays? They were supposed to stay under $10. I saw one for almost $20. It's nuts! But anywho, I think Forging Silver is technically a spinoff of another series of Brigid's, Cursebreakers, which I've only read the first book of, but I'm hoping I can go into this one without reading the other two books, as this one just sounds better to me.
Well, that's all for me. What books have
you bought/received lately?
OOh nice haul! Those dust jackets are insanely gorgeous! Glad you were able to make a successful trade for your collection! That's awesome! The FL books are new to me ones which was pretty much why I cancelled my adult subscription as they were beginning to be books I've never heard of, they didn't sound that interesting to me and they weren't super pretty either. Lol. I think I held on for awhile because I suspected one book might be a monthly pick but then it ended up being a non-subscription one so I just cancelled it.
ReplyDeleteI've read the Cursebreaker trilogy and Forging Silver into Stars--still need to read the sequel now that it's out and I think you'd be find reading this trilogy without finishing the first. It's been awhile since I read this one since the Defy the Night trilogy took precedence over this one, but I feel like they kind of recapped the important details of the Cursebreaker trilogy in terms of how it ended and how Tycho came to be where he's at. He's the returning character this time around and there's two new characters you'll be introduced to. You'll see some of the Cursebreaker characters again but they'll be side characters this time around. But from my sketchy memory I think you'd be fine if you didn't feel like finishing the first trilogy before diving into this one. :)
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DeleteThat's good to hear. I wouldn't mind finishing the first trilogy, but it's not a priority
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