Book Haul #66: I’m Back

Hey peoples, I’m back!

I took a quick break from blogging because I felt like it, but now I’m back at it. You can expect to see posts whenever I manage to throw one up, and hopefully I’ll get some time this week to catch up on all your posts I missed out on.

My plan was to preplan posts for the week over the holiday, but that didn’t work out. So here’s a nice, easy book haul post! 😀

It’s quite long because it’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these.

Couple notes:
First, please let me know if you are using a mobile device to view this post because ever since WordPress switched to the block editor, my posts have been looking wonky on phones whenever I group images together.
Second, all links are to Goodreads unless otherwise stated.

Purchase

Physical

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

The Conjure Woman by Charles W. Chesnutt

A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

I’ve been so eager to get this book. I really enjoyed Makumbi’s Kintu, which was a really good read.

A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison

Oh! That beautiful cover. I’ve wanted to get this book for a long time now and finally gave in to the cover’s temptation.

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, transl. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Manor Black, Vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt, illus. by Tyler Crook

Justíne by Marquis de Sade

Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke, illus. by Angela Brooksbank

I’m SO happy to have this book! 😀 I mentioned it in my post “20 Picture Books by Black Authors.” It’s so cute.

The World Doesn’t Require You: Stories by Rion Amilcar Scott

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation recently had a web event featuring this author as well as Nisi Shawl and Margaret Atwood. It was a pretty cool event. When I heard Scott read from his book, I knew I had to get myself a copy.

The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling, illus. by various children

A Thousand No’s by D.J. Corchin, illus. by Dan Dougherty

 

E-books

Black Witch Magic by Mila Nicks

I read this book soon after purchasing it, and it threw me into a serious romance binge. I didn’t read THAT many books, but since I hardly ever read romance, it was a lot for me.

Lady S., Vol. 1: Here’s to Suzie by Jean Van Hamme, illus. by Philippe Aymond

Farmhand, Vol. 1: Reap What Was Sown by Rob Guillory (illus.), illus. by Taylor Wells

Dragon Age, Vol. 1: The Silent Grove by David Gaider & Alexander Freed, illus. by Chad Hardin

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

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Library

Physical

American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

I was trying to get this earlier in the month so I could read it for the Lit on H book club, but that didn’t work out. I still plan to read it before returning it to the library.

E-books

Blythewood by Carol Goodman

I enjoyed the Fairwick Chronicles, which the author wrote under the pseudonym Juliet Dark, so I went into this book with high hopes. Unfortunately, so far I’m bored and am considering to DNF it.

Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid

Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid

I really enjoyed reading these two Penny Reid books. I plan to read the entire Winston Brothers series. I didn’t realize Grin and Beard It is the second book, so I’m on hold for the first one at the library.

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

Our Stop by Laura Jane Williams

I’m actually not feeling these two, so I might DNF and return both to the library.

Audio

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold, narr. by Lloyd James

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey, narr. by Steven Boyer

The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey, narr. by Steven Boyer

These three were rereads by audio. I enjoyed them as much as I did the first time I read them — for The Curse of the Wendigo, more than I did the first time I read it. All three are linked to my reviews of them.

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Free

E-books

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

I think I got this when Tor was allowing free downloads of the e-copy a while back through its newsletter.

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ARCs

Physical

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Smash It! by Francina Simone

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THAT’S IT FOR NOW.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU’VE READ ANY OF THESE.