I hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a wonderful and safe New Years!
True Places by Sonja Yoerg (Kindle First Reads)
Catwoman by Sarah J. Maas (Kindle Purchase)
His Fair Assassin Trilogy by Robin LaFevers (Kindle Purchase)
I decided on Sonja Yoerg’s True Places as my Kindle First Reads book for December after realizing she also wrote All the Best People which I really enjoyed. I have slowly been collecting the books in the DC Icons series so I had to grab Catwoman when I saw it for sale for only $1.99. I jumped on the His Fair Assassin Trilogy when I saw it was on sale for only $2.99. I have read and LOVED the first two books in this series and am eager to dive into the third. Sadly, the sale prices ended quickly and these prices are back to their original spot.
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown (Audible Purchase)
Kill Creek by Scott Thomas (Audible Purchase)
I decided to grab Iron Gold and Kill Creek during Audible’s current 2 for 1 sale. I am considering a few other books but am a bit short on credits so I haven’t decided yet.
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn (Won @ Waves of Fiction)
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly (Publisher – For Review)
I was excited to win a copy of A Curious Beginning from Rachel @ Waves of Fiction. I have read and enjoyed this book but didn’t have a copy of it so I am thrilled to have it on my shelves. I also received Song for a Whale for review from the publisher. I really like the sound of it and I want to read more middle-grade books so I am happy to have a copy – plus that cover is gorgeous.
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (Kindle Purchase)
A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir (Kindle Purchase)
Between Shade of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Kindle Purchase)
I just can’t resist a good sale! I couldn’t resist The Heart’s Invisible Furies for $2.99 since I have had my eye on this book since it was published. I already had the first 2 books in Sabaa Tahir’s series so I grabbed A Reaper at the Gates when it went on sale for $2.99. I was lucky enough to see Ruta Sepetys a few years ago and was very impressed. I was happy to pick up Between Shade of Gray for $2.99 this week. Sadly, these were all one-day sales and these prices have gone back up.
I'm glad to see that you had a nice few days of relaxation as you certainly deserve them!
It was wonderful, Chuckles!
I'm glad you had a good time and I hope you'll enjoy your new books too! Happy reading!
Thank, Melliane!
Nice! Glad you had a nice break in between the holidays! I'm hoping we're having a low key New Years too. We might be taking down on Christmas decorations, which is always a sad time, but they have been up since the second weekend of November, so we've had them up for over a month. But it always makes me sad to put them away! Lol.
Nice new reads! I still need to read Catwoman myself! Hope you enjoy all the new lovelies!
My STS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
My break was leading up to Christmas. Sadly, I had to go back to work the day after Christmas.
I went to the Columbus Blue Jackets vs Toronto Maple Leafs last night. Even though CBJ lost, it was still fun. My family are all several states away, so it was just me, Hubs and the dog for Christmas. It was nice to have a low key day. Happy New Years
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
That sounds like fun! My husband is really looking forward to going to the game. I like to stay home on New Years Eve but I am sure we will have fun.
Yay! I’m glad you had a relaxing Christmas. Enjoy the hockey game. Ooh, you got Song for a Whale! That’s my most-anticipated middlegrade book for next year. I hope it’s good.
Aj @ Read All The Things!
I can't wait to start reading Song for a Whale. It looks so good!
A low key Christmas sounds nice!! So many good books there!! There have been awesome sales as of late. Hope you have a great week and Happy New Year!
I have had a hard time resisting all the wonderful sales. I want all the books!
I'm with you. A few days to myself is worth more than some of the best material gifts out there. Ah, sweet of you to go be a date when its New Year's Eve. I've never been to a hockey game though I've hosted enough hockey play off parties. 🙂
Nice job catching the sales and some good giveaways. I heard of Song of a Whale involving a deaf girl, I believe, and it sounded good. I love LaFevres' series, too. I bought two books during Amazon's Digital Day sale yesterday, but didn't do the Audible sale though I was tempted.
Have a wonderful New Year's, Carole!
Quiet time at home to catch up on a few things is my favorite way to spend a day. Song of a Whale does involve a deaf girl and I think it sounds like a great read.
Being able to stay home and rest by yourself and relax is always nice.
It was great!
OMG relaxing xmas, I am so jealous! Awesome!
ALso, Curious Beginning is so fun
It was great! I really did enjoy A Curious Beginning when I read it so having a copy for a re-read is wonderful.
Yes I had a similar lovely Christmas and am happy to be getting to things I wanted to do for awhile. There have been a bunch of good sales yet. I got a couple on the Audible 2-1 but will probably get a few more. I just got my credits from my annual plan so I have lots. I'm so careful I have some left over from the year too. I already had Iron Gold but I'll look at Kill Creek. I also chose True Places for my Kindle first read. I need to start putting those into my reading schedule. I think I have only read ONE from last year. I have lazy plans again to read all day on New Year's Day. Anne – Books of My Heart
I think that I have only read one of my first read picks over the years. I do hope to get to others someday.
I had my eye on Songs for a Whale. It sounds wonderful! I am all about the low-key holidays. I am pretty much about every day being low-key, actually. I hope you have a wonderful New Year!
Low key everyday sounds perfect to me.
I love a quiet Christmas and this year no traveling was involved so it was nice! Glad you had a nice Christmas too! And the Blues game sounds fun! Hope you have an awesome New Year's Eve. 🙂
Catwoman looks fun to me.
Staying home is wonderful. I am glad you had a nice Christmas, Greg!
My Christmas was nice and quiet too. The day before, Noche Buena, was filled with family, little kids, and late night church. Hockey on New Year's Eve – be careful and have fun!
Grave Mercy was a really wonderful read. I'm planning on rereading it and finishing the series next year. I just got Iron Gold for my brother on Christmas. I've only read Red Rising but he has read the whole trilogy and really liked it. Song for a Whale looks really cute. I got two books for Christmas – one is a budget friendly cookbook (my brother knows me well) and a Japanese one.
I am so happy to hear that you had a nice Christmas, Adriana! Enjoy the books you received as gifts.
Between Shades Of Gray is amazing. I loved reading this book!
I remember getting great 2-for-1 offers when I had an Audible membership, in fact so many audiobooks I got swamped! That was a while ago though so maybe I'll think about restarting this year
I am really looking forward to reading Ruta Sepetys. I am kind of swamped with audiobooks right now and plan to take a break from having a membership once my current annual plan comes to an end.
Nice line up of books. Glad you got them on sale. I read Grave Mercy and really enjoyed it. I am not sure why I didn't continue the series – which I really want to do. I hope you have a great New Year!
Mary
I loved Grave Mercy and the second book was even better. I can't wait to read more of the series. Sales are always a good thing!
A low key Christmas sounds lovely. That was kind of how mine was. I don't really have plans for New Year's Eve, so we'll see what happens. Might see a movie or something. lol Have fun at the hockey game!
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
I love low key days! We did have fun at the hockey game even though our team lost.
I hope you enjoy all of your book. Happy New Years!
Happy New Year to you!
I alllllmost grabbed Kill Creek during the audible sale! I ended up getting Into the Drowning Deep and The Andromeda Strain 🙂
It is so hard to choose! I hope you enjoy the books you decided on!
Enjoy your time at the hockey game, you might become a huge fan 😉 Between Shade of Gray is a wonderful book, it's one of my favorites. Enjoy all your new reads.
Happy New Year!
I like hockey but I would have rather watched the game on TV instead of dealing with the New Year's Eve crowd. I am really looking forward to reading Between Shades of Gray.
It is so nice to have time away from the chaos of every day and work! Glad to hear you had a quiet Christmas, and I hope you have fun at the game with your husband.
I read the first two books of His Fair Assassin too, but never did get to the third one. Must do that soon. I'm happy A Curious Beginning found its way onto your shelf, being a fan! Yay!
Thanks so much for sending the book, Rachel! I am really looking forward to starting that third book in the Robin LaFevers series.
A few days to yourself with no massive chores id definitely the perfect Christmas gift! My Christmas gift to myself was spending all Christmas day in pajamas. It was heaven! I loved A Curious Beginning and that's a series I really plan on continuing with this year. I can't believe it's taken me this long to read book 2!
It really was the best gift, Katherine!
'The Heart's Invisible Furies' was probably my favourite book of 2018. It takes a lot to actually make me cry at a book and I was literally sobbing at this. Hope you enjoy!
I am really looking forward to reading The Heart's Invisible Furies!
The cover for A Curious Beginning is very nice! ?
I am planning on reading more MG this year, too. ?✨
A lot of bloggers had lowkey holidays this year. I did as well. It seems to be the new thing. ?
Happy New Year. ?
Maybe it is the new thing 🙂
I am glad you had a good Christmas and were able to rest and relax at home 🙂 I hope you love Catwomana and His Fair Assassin series. I have heard great things about those and I want to read them because of that. I really love Ruta's book Salt to Sea so I hope you will enjoy Shades of Grey as well.