Happy July 4th for those who celebrate. Personally, I think the nation isn't in the greatest shape to be celebrating anything about it, but I am glad people can have fun times together on a long weekend. Well, long weekend for some. I am not one of those some. I could've been, but up until Wednesday, I didn't know if I would have short work deadlines. Thankfully, I do not. Both projects were canceled. Huzzah! I'll be going on vacation this month too, so things are really just working out in July, especially compared to the chaos of May and June.
As for the books I received this week, I have many. Unexpectedly. I received two preordered books this week. One was Blood & Betrayals by Jeanette Rose and Alexis Rune via Barnes & Noble and the other was Queen of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti via their own publishing business. I also made a random B&N order even though I'm technically on a book-buying ban because I realized I hadn't received Father Material by Alexis Hall. I could have sworn I'd preordered it like two years ago during a B&N 25% off sale. Apparently, I did not. So, I made an order for it and I added two other books just because. Those books were Silk & Steel by Arianna Nash and The Proposal novella by Meg Cabot. I had like $20 in award credit, so I only spent $8 on all three.
Next up, I have a book I got from my local library sale. I rarely find anything fantastic at library sales, but usually there's one or two books I don't have that I end up buying. In this case, I managed to get a hardcover edition of Meg Cabot's Overbite. I have the first one, which I read years ago when it first released, but I have yet to read this one. I'll need to reread book one, but maybe I can do that this year. Vampire season is coming up soon.
Here, I have a book I've been waiting to get my hands on for months. The From Blood and Ash B&N edition came out in like January? I think? It was around the holidays, and I was super upset because it was mostly sold in-store. My friend picked one up for me, since I live hours away from a B&N, but she kept forgetting to bring it to me when she visited. I finally picked it up when I went to visit her in June. I was super close to just ordering another copy off of Mercari, but I'm glad I had the strength to wait. I already have too many JLA copies as is.
Here, I have something fun but a bit disappointing. I received my preorder incentive pin for Blood & Betrayals, but I got the one character I didn't want. I haven't read the book yet, so maybe she's great, but I just wanted one of the other options, as I think this is the main character's best friend. Sigh. Hopefully, she ends up being great, but I don't like randomized incentives. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful the authors/publishers do them at all, I'm just picky. Lol.
As for the ebooks, I have one: The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson. Ben Alderson is an author I've been wanting to read for a while. I just never really picked one up when I had Kindle Unlimited. However, this one was on sale for $0.99, so I bought it via Nook. I don't know if I'll get to it soon, as scary books normally aren't my thing. It might be another spooky season read.
Well, that's all for me. What books have
you bought/received lately?
