December 2017 Book Haul

Living between Europe and the US has some perks... and some drawbacks. For instance, all my books are in the US (and I have a LOT of books). Plus for many sites where I find good deals, the shipping to Europe is outrageous.

So, basically, over the last year I've occasionally ordered books when I've found some great deals and had them sent to my address in the US. This means that I got to open ALL of them at once when I got here for Christmas!

I also had a friend get me five ARCs of various books, totally as a surprise!!

So without further ado, my book haul:

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

This includes Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Winter, and Fairest. BookOutlet had the whole series for massively cheap for Black Friday!

A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

Totally a cover buy (also BookOutlet)! And I've heard great things about the story ;)

A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab

I have this series in Kindle format and I NEEDED it in hardcopy... and I found a sale on BookOutlet!

A Darker Shade of Magic (collector's edition) by V. E. Schwab

It's BEAUTIFUL. And signed!

The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury

I read this book last year and it was one of my favorites! This copy was also ridiculously cheap on BookOutlet

No Good Deed by Kara Connolly

I got an eARC this summer and it is one of my favorites from this year!!! Got it used on Amazon, but perfect condition!

You Just Don't Understand by Deborah Tannen

Linguistics, yay! I studied Sociolinguistics and I love Tannen's work. This is one of her best books. Also got it used on Amazon.

Mother's Milk by Rachel Hunt Steenblik

Book of poems that's very popular in the LDS community. Black Friday sale!

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
I'd read this from the library and LOVED it, and so I got a past box from OwlCrate during a sale featuring this book!

The Divine Cities trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett

I won this trilogy from a publisher's sweepstakes, which included finished copies of the first two and an ARC of the third.

Special edition of Pride & Prejudice!

ARCs:

The Dark Intercept by Julia Keller

Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman

Whichwood by Tahereh Mafi

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

Unstoppable by Maria Sharapova

I'm so excited to bring these all back and fill out my bookshelves! Plus I'm excited to share all these books that I love with others!

Have you gotten any books lately that you're excited about?

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