Stacking the Shelves: The First Book 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.

It's almost time for ApollyCon! AAAAAHHH! I leave this Wednesday and don't get back until Sunday night, which means my next StS will be written very early in the week, if I even get to it. I'd like to write/schedule one, since I know I have a couple of books that were delivered to my parents' house that they plan to drop off this weekend. I really don't want a backlog of pre-ApollyCon books to add to the stupid number of books I preordered there. I have a feeling it'll be bad enough taking pics of all the those suckers, so adding extras will just be too much for this tired gal. But anyway, enough whining, back to this week's haul.

First up, I have a sort-of, kind-of impulse buy. My original plan was to buy the Bookish Box edition of Untainted by Lilian T. James at their ApollyCon event, but someone was selling it on Facebook for $30, so I grabbed it. And boy, is it pretty! It's definitely going to have a place of honor on the shelves in my room, once I actually get around to moving them, that is. Yep, my shelves are still at my parents' house. I've been focusing on my trip, so a lot of new-home stuff hasn't been done and likely won't be done for a few more weeks. I also want to say that I loved this book. It gave me major SJM Heir of Fire vibes. It's my second-favorite read of the year so far, after Mysteries of Thorn Manor. Oh, and it's also the first book delivery to my new place. That's a big honor, but this book definitely deserves it.

Next are the ebooks. I downloaded three newbies from Kindle Unlimited in the hopes that maybe I'd feel the urge to read them and get out of my reading slump. Did it work? No. I'm still in it. I'm thinking I'll be in a slump until ApollyCon is over. Ugh. The horror! But anyway, I downloaded Blood Mercy by Vela Roth, Of Mist and Shadows by Jenna Wolfhart, and Violent Desire by Ariana Nash.

Well, that's all for me. What books have you bought/received lately?

Stacking the Shelves: The July Owlcrate 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.

By the time this pre-scheduled post goes up, I will be in the D.C. area for ApollyCon! So I will be physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausted. But, I'll have signed books! Woohoo! I'll be sure to share all about my experience once I'm back, though it'll be after my July Wrap-Up post so you'll have to wait a week or so. But anyway, let's get on to this week's haul.

 First up, I have the July Owlcrate box. After skipping Owlcrate for almost two years, I decided to get this month's box because there was an FBAA item included. Well, sadly, the FBAA item is not something I'm that excited about. The water bottle just isn't for me. One, I prefer sturdy, machine-washable bottles, and two, I already have reliable bottles that didn't come to me covered in dust. So I'm throwing it into my stack of FBAA swag to sell one day. As for the rest of the items, they're okay. The orange body spray does smell good, the pocket mirror (while a little thick) is useful, and the Daevabad pin is already on my pin banner. However, the Iron Fey bowl cozy... *sigh*. I still haven't used the last bowl cozy Owlcrate sent out. But the book is really pretty. It has an exclusive cover and foiled endpapers. That's right. FOILED ENDPAPERS! I'm currently reading it right now to decide if I want to skip another subscription box that's going to have this book in a future box. I'm hoping to finish it before I leave.

Next, I have the newest installment in AMillionWorldsDesign's FBAA dustjacket series. Unfortunately, I don't have an extra TWOTQ hardcover for this one yet, but I'm keeping my eye out for cheap copies online. This jacket isn't my favorite of the series, as I think the queen looks a bit too young and catty here, but I do like that there are some different characters on this one besides just Poppy and Hawke. And the background details and clothing! Those are stunning!

 I also have a Member's Day order from the Bookish Box Shop. I bought their Poppy and Hawke prints to match the Kieran one I got a couple of months ago. I think Poppy looks amazing in this art style! And while I do like the Kieran and Hawke versions, they aren't as amazing as she is. Just look at her!

 

And finally, I have another Prettygalpins tarot character card deck. This set is for the Kingdom of the Wicked series. These character decks are pretty expensive, and the shop artist keeps selling them like once or twice a month on top of some of the pins she also sells, so I'm not sure I'll be able to keep buying them. I'm going to have to start being picky about which ones I go for. I already know there's an upcoming deck that I won't be getting, but then again, I know of another one that's dropping super soon that I will need to buy. Yikes.

Well, that's all for me. What books have you bought/received lately?

Stacking the Shelves: The Bookish Box/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.

It's been an odd week. My parents and sister came to visit this past Saturday and then my parents showed up again on Tuesday. It's kind of thrown my week off a bit. I also haven't been reading a lot. I've finished one book that took me almost 2.5 weeks to read. I hate reading slumps, but hopefully, that's over now. However, I have ApollyCon next week, so who knows how I'll feel about reading after that. Haha.

Time to talk about this week's haul though. First up, I have a couple of things that aren't books, but they are book-related. I bought this B-E-A-UTIFUL FBAA Atlantia pin off of Etsy (NoOnedesignsShop). It's way larger than I thought it would be, and I love it. I'm going to have to rearrange my whole FBAA pin collection now, just to find the perfect spot for this piece of art. I also impulse-bought the ALITF pin that was on the JLA shop. Unlike the Atlantia pin, this one was smaller than I expected. Boo... It's ridiculously tiny, and I have no idea how it's going to look in my pin display.

Next, I have one of the most random purchases I feel like I have ever made. I bought some FBAA dustjackets a while back off of Etsy, even though I didn't have extra copies of the hardcovers. Well, my original plan was to wait for B&N to have that end-of-year-50%-off sale they had last year for their hardcovers and nab extra copies. But I was browsing eBay and I came across these used copies! They don't have dustjackets, so they're perfect! I've already put my others on, and they look fabulous!

And finally, I have the Bookish Box and FairyLoot books. The Prince's Poisoned Vow is Bookish Box's June adult book, and The Undertaking of Hart & Mercy is July's adult book. I think FairyLoot's copy is very cute, and I'm intrigued, even though its not a title I think I would normally gravitate towards. As for TPPV, I'm very interested in reading this one! However, I don't really care for BB's edition. I just started my subscription with them, but I don't think it's going to last long, honestly. I love the titles they pick, but their editions are so... odd. I might keep my sub until their Black Friday sale, just in case they put leftover Zodiac Academy editions up (after I see what they look like from other people's unboxings). But after that, I think I'm going to give up on BB and only buy their editions when its a title I really, REALLY, REALLY want.

What books have you bought/received lately?