We look back at our bookhauls from the previous year every month, but we also thought it’s be interesting to look back at a few years ago to see how much we’ve actually read. Hopefully this will also be motivation to pick up books we still haven’t read or maybe even do an unhaul. This will probably be a pretty long post, haha. Isabelle posted her 2018 bookhauls last week. Now it’s my turn. Keep on reading to see how many of the books I’ve read that were put in my shelves in 2018!
The month after Christmas can be chaotic, because I end up getting gift cards for Christmas, haha. I ended up adding 14 books to my collection this month.
Read
The Defiant – Lesley Livingston
Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
Unread
The Fandom – Anna Day
Everless – Sara Holland
Wires & Nerves Vol. 2: Gone Rogue – Marissa Meyer
Heart on Fire – Amanda Bouchet
Four Letter Words & Hit the Spot – J. Daniels
That Inevitable Victorian Thing – E.K. Johnston
Truthwitch & Windwitch – Susan Dennard
Unhauled
Zenith – Sasha Alsberg & Lindsay Cummings
Batman: Nightwalker – Marie Lu
This Mortal Coil – Emily Suvada
In February I added five books to my shelves, so not too bad! And I didn’t even buy all of these. Two of them I received in a bookish swap.
Read
Moonlight Sins – Jennifer L. Armentrout
Nevermoor – Jessica Townsend
The Cruel Prince – Holly Black
Unread
Heroine Complex – Sarah Kuhn
Goodbye Days – Jeff Zentner
March is a birthday month which also often means new books! It wasn’t as bad as I expected though. I added eleven books to my shelf that month.
Read
The Exact Opposite of Okay – Laura Steven
The Prophecy – Jennifer L. Armentrout
Obsidio – Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Chaotic Good – Whitney Gardner
People Like Us – Dana Mele
The Black Witch – Laurie Forest
Unread
Dangerous Girls – Abigail Haas
It Only Happens in the Movies – Holly Bourne
Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
The Pros of Cons – Alison Cherry, Lindsay Ribar & Michelle Schusterman
Unhauled
Romeo and What’s Her Name – Shani Petroff
April was a month I ended up adding six new books to my collection. That’s not too bad! Reading wise I only read one of them. Oops!
Read
The Wicked Deep – Shea Ernshaw
Unread
The Beauty That Remains – Ashley Woodfolk
Lullaby – L.R.W. Lee
Our Dark Stars – Audrey Grey
Snotgirl Vol. 1 – Lee O’Malley
Leah on the Offbeat – Becky Albertalli
May was a busy month book wise. Between a trip to London and getting signed books I ordered I ended up adding sixteen books to my shelves.
Read
A Court of Frost and Starlight – Sarah J Maas
The Magic Misfits – Neil Patrick Harris
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – Stuart Turton
The Belles – Dhonielle Clayton
Wilder – Rebecca Yarros
Full Measures – Rebecca Yarros
Unread
The School of Good and Evil – Soman Chainani
Flunked – Jen Calonita
Betty & Veronica Comic
Archie Comic
Jughead Comic
The Wishing Spell & The Enchantress Returns – Chris Colfer
The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
More Than We Can Tell – Brigid Kemmerer
Eyes Turned Skyward – Rebecca Yarros
In June I added four new books to my shelves. Not too bad! Hopefully I actually read a few, haha.
Read
Tell Me No Lies – A.V. Geiger
My Plain Jane – Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows
Reign of the Fallen – Sarah Glenn Marsh
Unread
Legendary – Stephanie Garber
In July I was proud of only buying three books. Unfortunately, I didn’t read any of them.
Unread
One Small Things – Erin Watt
Final Girls – Riley Sager
A Thousand Perfect Notes – C.G. Drews
August was a good month. I added one new book and three books I had read digitally, but decided to add the physical books to my collection.
Read
Mara Dyer Trilogy – Michelle Hodkin
Unhauled
Catwoman: Soulstealer – Sarah J Maas
September is always an exciting bookish month, because there are always a lot of fun releases. I ended up adding 6 books to my collection.
Read
Hocus Pocus & the All-New Sequel – A.W. Jantha
Two Dark Reigns – Kendare Blake
The Iron Flower – Laurie Forest
A Touch of Gold – Annie Sullivan
Unread
The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I – Carolyn Mackler
An Heir in Shadow – Sofia Drake
In October I bought two books when I visited the bookstore with Isabelle. I also received two books from a Halloween book swap I participated in!
Read
The Cheerleaders – Kara Thomas
Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan
Unread
Kingdom of Ash – Sarah J Maas (I know, I should’ve read this one already, haha)
All These Beautiful Strangers – Elizabeth Klehfoth
In November three books were added to my shelves. Which is definitely calm before the storm in December that’s called Christmas, haha. And I finally read all of the books I got in a month.
Read
The Light Between Worlds – Laura Weymouth
Girls of Paper and Fire – Natasha Ngan
Little White Lies – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
We’re at the last month of the year and I’m not looking forward to this one, haha. As expected I added quite a few books to my shelves. And I’m thinking I didn’t read many of the 17 books I added to my shelf. It says 19, but I only count 17. Maybe I’ll figure out what the other two were in the future, haha.
Read
One Day in December – Josie Silver
City of Ghosts – V.E. Schwab
Queen of Air and Darkness – Cassandra Clare
A Study in Charlotte, The Last of August & The Case for Jamie – Brittany Cavallaro
Beneath the Citadel – Destiny Soria
Unread
Archenemies – Marissa Meyer
The Reckoning of Noah Shaw – Michelle Hodkin
These Vicious Masks – Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas
The Storyteller – Traci Chee
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy – Mackenzi Lee
What If It’s Us – Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
A Poison Dark and Drowning – Jessica Cluess
The Caged Queen – Kristen Ciccarelli
Skyward – Brandon Sanderson
Unhauled
Odd One Out – Nic Stone
2018 Wrap Up
Read: 40/93 – 43%
TBR: 47/93 – 50.5%
Unhauled: 6/93 – 6.5%
If I’m honest there are less books that were added to my shelves than I expected! And I did a lot better than I expected as well. There are definitely quite a few books on here that I really want to read now that I’ve seen them again, haha. Have you read any of my unread books and think I need to pick it up immediately? Let me know in the comments! I’d love to hear from you.
What a fun and motivating post.
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I’m afraid to look back at my hauls. I know that I’m really bad at reading the things I buy right away.
This is a good idea, there are some gems that I’ve read in the past that I’ve forgotten about. Might need to look back at what I read!
Heroine Complex is one of my favorite books!!! So I would recommend picking that one up 😀
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