Book Haul: September 2016

I think I was much more restrained this month than in previous months when it comes to my book haul. Even though I acquired lots of books, I only bought 14 of them! Which is still a lot… but it was my birthday this month and I didn’t buy as much as I thought I did. Book haul justified.

BOOK DEPOSITORY

• Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) – Leigh Bardugo
• The Thousandth Floor (The Thousandth Floor #1) – Katharine McGee
• Milk and Honey – Rupi Kaur
• P.S. I Like You – Kasie West
• Phantom Limbs – Paula Garner
• The One Hundred Nights of Hero – Isabel Greenberg
• The Encyclopedia of Early Earth – Isabel Greenberg

I love how Crooked Kingdom and The Thousandth Floor have the same pretty black and gold colour scheme! It’s soooo pretty. Half of these purchases from Book Depository were preorders. I preordered Crooked Kingdom, The Thousandth Floor and Phantom Limbs. Milk and Honey was a book that I picked up on a bit of a whim but I’ve since read it and absolutely loved it. I purchased P.S. I Like You because I love Kasie West’s fluffy contemporary romances and this one was just as good as her other ones have been. Finally, I picked up The Encyclopedia of Early Earth (which I used to have a copy of but gave it away to a friend who I thought would also love it) and Isabel Greenberg’s new graphic novel, The One Hundred Nights of Hero. I can’t wait to read it!

KINOKUNIYA

• Will Grayson, Will Grayson – John Green & David Levithan
• Are We There Yet? – David Levithan
• Embrace (The Violet Eden Chapters #1) – Jessica Shirvington
• Swarm (Zeroes #2) – Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan & Deborah Biancotti

On the first day of September, I went to the #YAFanFest, hosted by Allen & Unwin, to preview some upcoming titles. There were also some amazing Aussie YA authors there and books for sale by Kinokuniya. I ended up picking up a copy of Swarm 4 weeks before release at the event and got it signed by Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti. I also bought a copy of Garth Nix’s Goldenhand before release at the event too, which I gave away to a friend. The following day, I went to a Rainbow Rowell and David Levithan event at Kinokuniya and I picked up two David Levithan books that I don’t already own, Will Grayson, Will Grayson and Are We There Yet? Finally, for my birthday, I bought myself Embrace by Jessica Shirvington because I’ve really enjoyed the three books of hers that I’ve read so far, Disruption duology and Between the Lives.

DYMOCKS

• Graffiti Moon – Cath Crowley
• The Best of Adam Sharp – Graeme Simsion
• Words in Deep Blue – Cath Crowley

I’ve been saving up my Dymocks credit points since July so that I can spoil myself on my birthday. However, when I went to the store, there weren’t actually that many books that I wanted to buy. I ended up picking up Graffiti Moon and a finished copy of Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley. I also bought Graeme Simsion’s new novel, The Best of Adam Sharp, which was signed. Funny story, after I bought this book from Dymocks, I went to Kinokuniya to browse, and 5 minutes after I left Kinokuniya, I checked my Instagram feed and saw a picture of Graeme Simsion signing copies of The Best of Adam Sharp at Kinokuniya, posted 15 minutes ago. Totally could have gotten my copy personalised if I was paying more attention!

RECEIVED

• Frogkisser! – Garth Nix
• Open Road Summer – Emery Lord
• Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) – Sarah J. Maas
• The Diviners (The Diviners #1) – Libba Bray
• Witch’s Pyre (Worldwalker #3) – Josephine Angelini
• Replica (Replica #1) – Lauren Oliver
• Swarm (Zeroes #2) – Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan & Deborah Biancotti
• Cooper Bartholomew is Dead – Rebecca James

At the #YAFanFest event that I went to, there were goodie bags for all the attendees. In my bag, I received The Diviners and London Belongs to Us. Because I’ve already read and reviewed London Belongs to Us, I ended up swapping with Emily @ The Loony Literate for Cooper Bartholomew is Dead. At the event, I also won an ARC of Garth Nix’s Frogkisser! in a lucky dip that he was running. It sounds hilarious and I’m so excited to read it. From publishers, I received Swarm from Allen & Unwin, Replica from Hachette Australia, Witch’s Pyre from Pan Macmillan Australia, and Empire of Storms from Bloomsbury Australia. Empire of Storms actually came last month but I didn’t include it in my book haul last month. My coblogger Jeann @ Happy Indulgence sent me Open Road Summer for my birthday and I’m so happy to now have it in my hands!!

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Phew! All done! Which books did you purchase in September and what are you most excited to read?