All of my Black Friday purchases have finally arrived and it is time for my embarrassingly large haul for November! I am incredibly fortunate to finally be in the financial position to build the personal library that I’ve dreamed of since I was a little girl… and I definitely went a little overboard in November. Before I get into the haul, I do want to reiterate that you do not need to buy and own a lot of books in order to be considered a book blogger or lover. I am quite frugal with everything else so that I can buy them!
The majority of these books I got on BookOutlet for incredibly cheap, which stretches the money I set aside for books further. YAY! But since I have no self control I now have Book Outlet and Book Depository blocked via a Chrome extension, haha. But without further adieu, let’s see what I added to my shelves in November!
The Haul
- The Silent Companions by Laura Pucell
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
- Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
- Flawless (Pretty Little Liars, Bk. 2) by Sara Shepard
- Scorpion Shards (Star Shards Chronicles #1) by Neal Shusterman
- Scythe (Arc of the Scythe #1) by Neal Shusterman
- Shutter by Courtney Alameda
- My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies #1) by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
- Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns #1) by Kendare Blake
- This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) by Victoria Schwab
- Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Invictus by Ryan Graudin
- Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands #1) by Alwyn Hamilton
- The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
- Satellite by Nick Lake
- Roar (Stormheart #1) by Cora Carmack
- The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
- Now I Rise (The Conqueror’s Saga #2) by Kiersten White
- The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
- If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
- Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
- Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 20th Anniversary Slytherin Edition (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 20th Anniversary Slytherin Edition (Harry Potter #2) by J.K. Rowling
- Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire #1) by Natasha Ngan | Mysterious Galaxy Fantastic Firsts November
- Firefly: Big Damn Hero (Firefly #1) by Nancy Holder, James Lovegrove,
Kindle Deals
- Battlestar Suburbia: A hilariously subversive space adventure by Chris McCrudden
- Witching Hour Theatre by Jonathan Janz
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (free, $0.99 to add audiobook)
- Jade City by Fonda Lee
- Confessions of a Queen B* by Crista McHugh
- Blackmark (The Kingsmen Chronicles #1) by Jean Lowe Carlson
- Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
ARC Approvals
- The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson published on October 30, 2018
- Descendant of the Crane by Joan He publishes on April 2, 2019
- The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker publishes on January 15, 2019
That’s it for the books that I hauled in November! Are any of these on your TBRs, or have you read them? I’d love to hear your thoughts about them!
Let’s go on another adventure together!
Omg omg what a great haul… I loved it… In my country, we didn’t much deals on books…
I am eager to read Kendare Blake
Thank you, Shalini! I was really fortunate to nab some excellent online sales… and not have to leave my house! I was really disappointed with the Book Depository “Black Friday sale” and the only books I got from there were the Harry Potter books and Trail of Lightning.
Do you have access to good online shops for books where you live?
Amazon is my go to place for all my books… Since I don’t read many physical books, amazon works well for me… But I get deals on books by Indian authors not international ones…. So black Friday deals were not good for me
The Amazon book sales on Black Friday didn’t look that great from what I saw, at least on the US site. I was hoping to nab a few Kindle copies for books I’ve been wanting to read. I am glad Amazon mostly works for you, though!
Wow, Kaleena!! I need to go book shopping with you!
YES we would fill many a bag with the books! I have no self control and it is kind of a problem.
I’m the same way!!
I feel like a shopping excursion for us would literally be a giant Enable Fest, LOL
It really would! I would be saying “treat yo self!” the whole time lol!
This is an amazing haul😍😍
Thank you!
Oh my! Great haul <3
I read the Woman in Cabin 10 during summer. I really enjoyed it. Had some Agatha Christie vibes i found really cool.
Thank you Norrie!
And yay I am glad you enjoyed it! I saw a few positive reviews for one of her other books during the summer and thought this sounded interesting when I came across it for $3 on BookOutlet.
I can’t wait for us to read ‘My Lady Jane’! ALSO, major props for that H.P. Lovecraft!!
This is a beautiful haul! I’m glad you’re able to have the library that you deserve, m’love!
I figured I’d respond to Becca’s comment for a reason that will make itself clear by point 2:
1) How the HELL have we never discussed that you’re my Slytherin sister?? Here I was thinking I was all alone in the common room…lol
2) Just making a list because I feel like we should at some point (despite the fact that we could probably just name anything on our shelves and find a match)…but yeah Scythe, My Lady Jane, Three Dark Crowns, This Savage Song, Invictus, Reble of the Sands, Roar, If We Were Villains, Girls of Paper and Fire, Jade City, and Sawkill Girls…just saying…
3) So proud of you for sharing b/c this is epic and fun and the kind of content I love to read!!
This is the epitome of SQUAD GOALS and I am here for it.
FELLOW SLYTHERIN YAAAASSSS!
Holy poop we got so many in common and it makes my heart soar at all the future buddy reads! Plus, tackling that owned TBR is so rewarding for me!
Right? I’m trying to find lots of reading challenges that help push me into my backlist AND ARCs with timed conditions. I feel like that helps. Also buddy reads because then I’m forced to be accountable lol!
I’ve gotten fairly good with balancing my ARC requests to no more than 4 releases per month, which gives me plenty of time for backlists…. which is good because the squad has so many in common it makes buddy reading easy!
Nice! 2019 is all about me getting more organized in my bookish/blogging and REAL life lol. Your spreadsheet and BRs are sure going to help with that! <3
YESSS. I don’t have If We Were Villains, but it’s a definite need! I love our squad!
The love is mutual ❤️
Ahhh I know, so many buddy reads for us to have and it makes me so happy, love! I AM EXCITED FOR LOVECRAFT. It’s been ages since I read anything and I have wanted to be more well versed. Couldn’t pass it up!
Thank you so much, love! The good news is that to make room I am unhauling a good amount of my books to donate to my local library, so it is a win/win really.
Gosh, SAME about Lovecraft! I definitely want to be well versed in his work & Poe’s!
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you have two positives when it comes to your book haul! <3
Poe is legit my favorite author *screams* I have a complete works of his that’s battered to hell.
Oh my goodness… so many books! I’m so jealous!! Book hauls are one of my favorite things to read (or watch on Booktube). I recognize a few of these, but there were a lot that I haven’t heard of yet. Can’t wait to see all of your thoughts!!
I KNOWWW I went overboard and am actually so embarrassed by all the books I bought! But I do like reading/watching hauls to see what people are picking up.
He he, loving the blocking idea. I need to do this to Amazon as I have been recently a bit casual with clicking on this and that and it’s getting a little bit out of control.
Lovely collection you got though. I have My Lady Jane on my shelf and am looking forward to reading it sometime soon too.
Blocking have saved my bank account so much, I have recently added Barnes and Noble to the list as I keep pre-ordering books, oops. I should probably add Amazon too, because this weekend was intense with Kindle deals!
Thank you so much, and I hope you enjoy it when you read it!
I love your disclaimer at the beginning that you do not need to buy or own a lot of books to be a book blogger and/ or book lover. Thank you for that. I happen to be someone who does own what I consider to be a lot of books, but I know there are bloggers and ‘grammers who own WAY more than I do. That all being said, its a commitment and a process. Sometimes we get lucky and find deals and get big hauls like this one. Sometimes its one a month if even that. Just my initial reaction. 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, and I definitely feel like that disclaimer is important for me to have because I don’t want to make anyone feel bad or less of a blogger. I am definitely in a different place in my life than some other bloggers (in my 30s and have a career), so I can afford to splurge now and then since I don’t spend my money on much else. And yes, some months I buy only a handful of books… or none!
oh my that’s a looooooot of books 📚 happy reading!
Oh Wow! I want to be Kaleena when I grow up 😛
Aww Hamad, you are too sweet.
You are too cool!
omg so many books!!!! I hope you enjoy them!!
I hope so too… and that I find the time to read them all!
Magnificent haul!! The Silent Companions is sooo good, and yay for Firefly!
Thank you! I am really looking forward to reading Silent Companions, I almost picked it up last night but went for Trail of Lightning instead (which is AMAZING). I started Firefly last month and am 90 pages in; loving it so far but I can only juggle one sci-fi at a time and I had to switch gears for a bit. Which is fine because that is a book I want to savor.
Omg😍 i want to grab all the books
Omg I love how many books you bought!! Good on you lmao! I really hope you love If We Were Villains, thats such an incredible book! I also have Girls of Paper and Fire, I can’t wait to read it! Here’s hoping we both like it! 💕
Thank you so much, and I have heard such amazing things about If We Were Villains and Malanie essentially was screaming about it to me the other day, so I am STOKED! Happy reading!
I’m so damn jealous of all these books, you have no idea! Unfortunately, Book Depository didn’t had a lot of Black Friday discounts so I ended up not getting anything D:
Ugh Book Depository’s Black Friday “sale” was kind of crap, I am so sorry that you weren’t able to take advantage of sales like I was. 🙁
THAT HAUL. <3
Now I feel less bad about mine – HA. [Although that's the December one.. so.. ugh.. we'll see.]
Girls of Paper and Fire and Illuminae though. <3 Hope you end up loving those!
Hahaha yea everyone’s Black Friday/November hauls seem to be in good company for those that have the expendable income. My December one is much better although I went a little crazy with Kindle deals over the weekend.
I just finished Illuminae on Monday and HOLY POOP. It is soooo good! Starting Gemina tonight!
We don’t really have Black Friday over here so I skipped that.. But with the boyfriend allowing me one “final huge splurge” book-wise before the little one is born.. Like.. I went nuts, okay. xD
I haven’t succumbed to Kindle deals! [yet..]
YAAAY! You’ll fly through them for sure then, haha
This is the most epic book haul I’ve ever seen!! You should be, at once, both proud and ashamed of yourself LOL
HAHAHAHAHA, oh believe me I am equal parts ashamed and proud!
So beautiful. Now this is a haul!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Haha yes, so many new books! I now just need to organize my shelves for them.
Ahh wow that haul, all the books, that’s SO amazing! I’m spotting Shatter Me (loved), This Savage Song (loved), My Lady Jane (really liked), I hope you’ll love these ones.. and all of the others, obviously 😀 Happy reading! 🙂
Thank you, Marie, and I am glad you enjoyed those books because I am really excited about all of them! I will be busy reading my physical TBR for quite some time, hehe!
Ughhhh I’m so jealous!
Aww, sorry to have made you jealous!
Haha it’s totally fine! I hope you enjoy them!
I’ve read a couple of these this year like Illuminae and Daughter of the Pirate King – great fun reads. I hope you enjoy them!!
I read Illuminae already and absolutely LOVED IT! Such an amazing read and I can’t believe I sat on the trilogy for so long. Excited to read Daughter of the Pirate King and I am glad you enjoyed it!
Ahh!! Gemina is my fave of the trilogy, so good luck with it next!!
I am LOVING GEMINA! I’m about 50% in now and it is so incredible. Gosh this series is so good
Oh, I will be here for you when you finish. I’m ready for all of the DMs!!
YES GOOD!
That is a pretty epic haul. I see some great books. 😀
Thank you so much, I definitely went a little overboard but I am excited to read these books!
Wow that is a lot of books!!! I am super jealous! I should have gone book shopping on Black Friday! I love the HP editions you got (tho I’m a Ravenclaw 😉 )
I paid full BD price for those HP books, which I am ashamed to admit! Once I went bonkers on BookOutlet I bought 3 books I really wanted but weren’t on sale. I do love the house editions of HP a lot!
DAMN, what a haul haha. I’ll see you in March 2019 when you unearth yourself from this monster pile 😉 I hope you enjoy all of these <3
I think March 2019 is a little optimistic given my current track record, but I hope I enjoy these as well! The couple I have already read I have absolutely adored.
WAHAHAHAHA! BLACK FRIDAY GOT US ALL lol. Instead of books, though, I bought tons of blogging tools like stock photos. Much needed and SO cheap. I did buy some books for presents. I loved Scythe–let me know what you think once you read it too. Girls of Paper and Fire were/are in my neglected Netgalley queue. I am so behind I don’t even know if my time has passed on it. Thanks for sharing your haul, and holy a gazillion comments on your posts. GO YOU!!! Love ya, book bestie!
Wow you were SMART with your Black Friday shopping! I literally thought of nothing but books, my eyes only saw books. Stock photos is such a good idea, though! I am really looking forward to Scythe, and I will DM you once I pick it up; I love Neal Shusterman so I am pretty stoked. I hope you are still able to read your ARC of Girls! I think so long as you downloaded it you can still read & review after it archives. xoxxo book bestie!
Thank you for the heads up on The Woman in White being free!! That one has been on my TBR for a while! Low key jelly of your new Shirley Jackson book, she has become one of my favorite authors this past year! Also big hype that you got Now I Rise, I absolutely love that series and still need to read the third book! Amazing haul, you’ll be busy for a while!
Ahhh you’re welcome, I was so excited when I checked and nabbed it… and then I added on the audio for 99 cents after getting the ebook (I’ve heard it’s full cast, and I love reading along). I need to read more Shirley Jackson and was so excited to get this book! I actually now own the entire series and haven’t read it yet oops. SOON!
So many good books! I’ve got quite a few of those on my TBR but haven’t dug in yet!
Thank you for stopping by, and happy reading!
You REALLY went overboard 😀 But, lol, who am I to stop you! In fact, hear me cheer! <3
I want to know your thoughts on Scythe! I read that recently and loved it 😀
I think I can hear you cheering in the distance, thank you for your support haha!
I’ll be sure to give you a poke when I get around to reading that one!