Hello everyone! January was a pretty good book buying month for me. I have decided to abandon all pretense of not wanting to buy books or being ashamed of the number of books I buy in a month and instead have just embraced all the books I now have. I can't pretend anymore, I love buying books. I don't care what it does to my bank account, because books are the only thing I want to buy (and I don't have to pay bills or insurance or anything right now).
I bought a 13 books this month, woohoo. Christmas was at the end of December, and I had gift cards and money to be spent on books. Not to mention the fact that I got a job at the end of January (which I just started this week), which meant I didn't need to save my money as much. So, without further ado, here are the 13 books I bought this month (yes, most of these pictures are from my Instagram as I was too lazy to do a whole additional photoshoot)
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The first book I got this month was Trying To Live With The Dead by B.L. Brunnemer.
I found this book at the end of December (as an ebook) and read it so fast. I knew I needed the physical edition (if there was one) and by some stroke of luck, I found the paperback. It is one of my favorite books ever (and one of my top books of 2016 as well as the 100th book I read last year). The sequel just released in January (I read it in a day) and I'm excited to get the physical edition of that one as well.
For anyone wanting to know more about The Veil Diaries Series, here are my Book 1 and Book 2 Reviews, along with Goodreads and the Author's Website.
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The next two books I picked up this month were Finding My Pack and Keeping My Pack by Lane Whitt.
These are the first two books in a series that I absolutely adore. Like The Veil Diaries, I owned these two books on kindle before I bought them. I loved them and have read them multiple times, and knew I needed them in physical format, especially with such beautiful covers. Plus, I bought them from the author, so they came signed and with signed swag!
For more information on this under-rated series, here's my review for both books and the Author's Goodreads where both books are listed.
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Next I bought a completely unnecessary purchase (if you ask my mom) that I had been dying to get my hand's on for the longest time: the box set of the white paperback editions of The Twilight Sage, including Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, and Breaking Dawn, all by Stephenie Meyer.
I'm a huge Twihard. A diehard Twihard. I'm not ashamed, and I've long since stopped caring what other people think about Twilight and their judgements towards me. I understand problems people have with it, but I read this series at a very influential time in my life after going through some tough stuff. I fell in love and I've been in love ever since. I knew I needed to add these editions to my collection, and I'm so glad to finally have them! I think that means the number of Twilight editions I have is at 6.
I'm pretty sure nobody here needs links to information, so here's a smiley face :)
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Then I picked up a December release, Crystal Storms by Morgan Rhodes.
I read this series back at the beginning of 2016, and Frozen Tides left off on a terrible cliffhanger! I was excited when I was finally able to purchase this book at the end of December. Book Depository took almost 3 weeks to get it to me, though. I'm still excited to continue on in the series, but I may need to reread the last couple books before this one just to refresh my mind on plot points and characters.
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Next I picked up Jackaby by William Ritter
My school's library got this in about halfway through January, and what first drew me was the cover. And then I read the synopsis and KNEW I had to have it. At first, I bought it on BookOutlet, but they ended up overselling and not having enough, so I went and bought in on Amazon instead (there was a $1 price difference, so I'm not too mad). This book is gorgeous and sounds amazing. One of my dear friends read it and LOVED it. It was pitched as Doctor Who meets Sherlock Holmes, so I'm excited to dive into this book (hopefully soon).
Here's the Goodreads page if you want more information.
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Then I picked up The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles.
January 31st was the DAY of book releases (I had 5 that I wanted immediately, but could only get 3). I heard about this book from Christine on PolandbananasBOOKS YouTube channel, and it sounded so good that I preordered it. I'm still not 100% sure what the premise of this book is, but I'm excited nonetheless.
For more information, here's the link to Goodreads :)
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Next I snagged Caraval by Stephanie Garber, which also came out Jan 31st.
When I first heard about this book, I wasn't super interested in it, but about halfway through January, I reread the synopsis and a few spoiler-free reviews on the book, and made the decision that I NEEDED it. So I preordered it and then found out I could send in my preorder for some swag (also pictured). I could have been at a signing for this book less than 2 hours away from home (as I write this, actually) but I had training at work and had to make the executive decision not to fill my day with travel stress. I'm a little disappointed, but nevertheless, I"m still extremely excited to read this book soon!
And here's Goodreads information
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Lastly (also out Jan 31st), I picked up Long Way Home by Katie McGarry.
I found this series back in July, and fell in love. I was so excited for this book to release, as it was the story of two characters we've been seeing since the beginning of the series, and it did not disappoint. I won't go into too much detail, but I was very happy with this book's ending. It's my second favorite book I've read this year so far.
For my thoughts on this series, here's my review to Book 1, Book 2, and Book 3 (this book) and a link to the Goodreads page of book 1.
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Thank you guys so much for reading (especially if you actually read the whole post and didn't just look at the pretty at the top and called it a day). What books did you see that you want to read? Here's the link to my January Wrap-Up if you want more thoughts on January :)
xoxo
Lauren
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