It's November. Wow. October was nuts, but it's time for a quiet fall month. I hope. Maybe. Ugh. It's getting scary out here in the U.S. Send help, international friends. Or take me with you. But anyway. Cheerier subjects, once again. Books. I've spent too much money on them lately, and FairyLoot keeps dropping special editions right before the holidays. What the heck, FairyLoot?! Grr.
As for books I actually received this week, I went nuts. Well, I went nuts months ago, and am now paying the price. By that, I mean my preorders went insane. I have the new deluxe Narnia omnibus edition, the B&N and regular edition of Bonds of Hercules by Jasmine Mas, and Beyond the Veil by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. I also have my FairyLoot edition of The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten that arrived. I'm very mad that it has a dent in the top of the spine, but FairyLoot won't replace it. It'll look bad sitting next to the two other books. I can deal with damage on the bottom of a spine and the back of the book, but if it's at the top of the spine and the front of the book, where it's noticeable, I get upset.
If my preorders weren't enough, I also went to B&N this week when I stopped by for a dentist appointment, and I bought four books. The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington and The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne were on a buy-one-get-one-half-off table, so I got those two. I also wanted a collection of Edgar Allan Poe's work, so I got that and Brandon Sanderson's Skyward, which I've been wanting to read for a while now.
And next, I received my preorder of the 3D-printed edge of From Blood and Ash that Acrylipics did. Now, I don't really care about the fancy 3D edge. I honestly only care about the dust jacket. I collect different covers of the FBAA books, for the most part, not the edges. I've already purchased book two, though, and I am hoping Acrylipics holds off on selling the rest of the series for a while, as I need to save some money.
And finally for the physical books, I received my preorder of Lily Mayne's Monstrous series. Or at least, it's the first five books in the series. I wasn't sure about buying these because the series was fun, but only one of the books is really one I think I'd like to reread. However, now that I've canceled Kindle Unlimited, I'm glad I did purchase them. Plus, these editions from Renegade Romance look way better than the original cover art. Not offense to the designer of the original covers, I just like this style of these more. The order also came with some cute couples bookmarks.
And, for the ebooks, I have one I bought only because I had some Kindle credit that was expiring at the end of December. It's the North Queen by Nicola Tyche. It was on sale for $0.99, so I got it for like $0.24. Now, normally I would have just read this on Kindle Unlimited, but, like I said, I actually decided to cancel KU. Amazon has some terrible business practices, and I'm kind of over it. I really wish B&N would make some competition for them in the indie/ebook space. And canceling KU also gives me the opportunity to read the books I already own.
Well, that's all for me. What books have
you bought/received lately?