Hey all, Sam here.
So yeah, this post is about three weeks later than I had wanted to release it, but I mentioned before that the beginning of the month threw us a couple curve balls. We have actually been without hot water at our house for two weeks now, which has been frustrating, but we should finally be getting a new water heater installed in a couple days. It’ll be nice to not have to rely on friends to be able to take showers, and it would certainly make doing dishes a lot easier.
Anyway, I owed you all the final few months of book hauls from 2023, so let’s do a little breakdown of everything I picked up from September through December.
September
FairyLoot books: If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun and Sun of Blood and Ruin by Mariely Lares
Cincinnati Comic Expo Book Haul: Farther Side of Away: 10th Anniversary Edition by Signy Cullen, and Stone of War, Dance of Dragons, and Crystal Memory by Allison Rook
Obviously, I didn’t buy a lot of books in September. I only grabbed a few books while David and I were working the booth with Mousai Crafts at Cincinnati Comic Expo.
October
FairyLoot books: The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie and The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan, Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Save the Cat! Writes a Young Adult Novel by Jessica Brody, Gentle Writing Advice: How to be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself by Chuck Wendig, Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith, Ravenfall by Kalyn Josephson, A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid, Lore Olympus: Volume 5 by Rachel Smythe, The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub, Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle, Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis, The Quill and the Vial by Bree Moore, The Lady’s Last Song by Bree Moore, Raven Born by Bree Moore, Thief of Magic by Bree Moore, Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli, The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan, The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft, House of Marionne by J Elle, Spellbinders: The Not-So-Chosen One by Andrew Auseon, and Unholy Terrors by Lyndall Clipstone
October was clearly a good month for book buying. Probably my favorite purchase of the month was the books by Bree Moore. She is a local to me author who lives in the next town over, and I am happy to say that she has become a writer friend. We are in the same region for NaNoWriMo and have had a few write-ins at area coffee shops. I’ve read a few of her books so far and hope to have reviews start posting here on the blog soon enough.
November
FairyLoot books: The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker, Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard, Eragon: Illustrated Editions by Christopher Paolini, Murtagh by Christopher Paolini, Candela Obscura Rulebook by Darrington Press, an ARC for Evocation by S.T. Gibson, Ascension: Rise of the Phoenix by Jessi Lyn, The Darkness Before Them by Matthew Ward, Champion of Fate by Kendare Blake, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea by David R. Slayton, Tonight, I Burn by Katherine J. Adams, Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb, Gods of the Wyrdwood by R.J. Barker, and Barrow of Winter by H.M. Long
What’s fun about my November haul is that it includes a physical ARC from Angry Robot. I was very excited to participate in the cover reveal for Evocation by S.T. Gibson, and I’m definitely excited to read and review that. Expect my thoughts…probably in a couple months.
December
FairyLoot books: What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez, Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
The Book Loft Mystery Box: The Princess Beard by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne, The House on the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill, and Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Animorphs #4: The Message Graphic Novel by K.A. Applegate and Chris Grine, Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa, All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley, Lady of Darkness by Melissa K. Roehrich, Powerless by Lauen Roberts, To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn, How to Write a Successful Series by Helen B. Scheuerer, The Linchpin Writer by John Matthew Fox, A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic by J. Penner, The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford, Rain of Shadows and Endings by Melissa K. Roehrich, Blood of the Earth by Heather Peck Quass, and Lady of Shadows by Melissa K. Roehrich
I love getting Mystery Boxes from The Book Loft of German Village. It was one of my favorite indie bookstores to go to back when we still lived in Ohio, and I decided to get myself a box as a Christmas present. I gave them the prompt of cozy fantasy similar to Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree and Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne. I was pleased with the choices, but they were mostly books I had read or owned already, so I passed them on to fellow readers.
So December was definitely a good way to end the year when it came to both book buying and book reading. I read some absolutely fantastic books to end my year, and I can definitely say that trend has continued into January….so expect my January book haul and January wrap-up to be epic.
All right. That is all from me for today. I’d love to hear about some of your awesome book hauls from the end of 2023.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.
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