Every month we take a look back at our bookhaul from the month before to see if we actually read the books we buy. This week we decided to take a look back at a whole year. Yesterday Isabelle looked back at 2019, and today it’s my turn! What have I read from my 2019 bookhauls? Keep on reading to find out!
January
In January, I added 7 books to my shelves. Out of the 7, I bought 5 with gift certificates.
Read
Song of the Dead – Sarah Glenn Marsh
Click’d – Tamara Ireland Stone
Blood Laws – Lexi C. Foss
Unread
A Curious Beginning – Deanna Raybourn
Daughter of the Pirate King – Tricia Levenseller
The Serpent King – Jeff Zentner
Keeper of the Lost Cities – Shannon Messenger
February
In February I added 6 books to my shelves! One of them I received from the author.
Read
The Wicker King – K. Ancrum
On the Come Up – Angie Thomas
A Curse So Dark and Lonely – Brigid Kemmerer
King of Scars – Leigh Bardugo
Unread
Slayer – Kiersten White
The Pirate Princess – K.R. Martin
March
In March I added 8 books to my shelves. Seeing how it was my birthday month, that actually isn’t too bad.
Read
A Girl Called Shameless – Laura Steven
Truly Devious – Maureen Johnson
Unhaul
Enchantée – Gita Trelease
The Bone Witch – Rin Chupeco
Heart of Thorns – Bree Barton
Unread
The Triumphant – Lesley Livingston
Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee – Jeff Zentner
Two Can Keep a Secret – Karen M. McManus
April
In April 2019, I didn’t add any new books to my shelves. That’s actually pretty shocking for me. I think it’s the only time that’s happened in a few years, haha.
May
In May I added 3 books to my shelves. This year hasn’t been too bad so far!
Read
Aurora Rising – Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman
The Lovely and the Lost – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Unread
How to Make Friends with the Dark – Kathleen Glasgow
June
In June I added 8 books to my collection and 1 was a gift. When I wrote my bookhaul, I had already read two of them, so let’s see if I’ve read more.
Read
Killing November – Adriana Mather
The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James – Ashley Herring Blake
These Witches Don’t Burn – Isabel Sterling
Storm & Fury – Jennifer L. Armentrout
Unhaul
The Modern Faerie Tales – Holly Black
Vengeance of Hope – P.J. Berman
Unread
Dance of Thieves – Mary E. Pearson
Wizards of Once – Cressida Cowell
July
In July I added 8 books to my collection. Out of those 8, I received 2 of them as a gift. This will be an interesting month, because when we posted our bookhaul I had already read 6 of these.
Read
White Hot Kiss, Stone Could Touch & Every Last Breath – Jennifer L. Armentrout
Wilder Girls – Rory Power
The Binding – Bridget Collins
Crowns of Conspiracy – Kara S. Weaver
The Parallax – Morgan G. Farris
Unread
Pages & Co: Tilly and the Bookwanderers – Anna James
August
In August I added 13 books to my collection. I bought 5 while working at Castlefest and the other 8 I bought elsewhere.
Read
The Bridge Kingdom – Danielle L. Jensen
Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
The Unhoneymooners – Christina Lauren
Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir
Unread
Stolen Songbird – Danielle L. Jensen
The Screaming Staircase – Jonathan Stroud
Vow of Thieves – Mary E. Pearson
The Simple Wild – K.A. Tucker
Shadowblack, Charmcaster, and Soulbinder – Sebastien De Castell
We Hunt the Flame – Hafsah Faizal
The Whispering Skull – Jonathan Stroud
September
In September I added 5 books to my shelves. Not too bad!
Read
#MurderTrending & #MurderFunding – Gretchen McNeil
Pumpkinheads – Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks
Unread
Five Dark Fates – Kendare Blake
Darkdawn – Jay Kristoff
October
October had a big haul! It didn’t help that I got a couple of books back I bought earlier in the year that were brought to a signing.
Read
Bad for You – J. Daniels
Nightchaser – Amanda Bouchet
Unhaul
King of the Republic – P.J. Berman
Unread
Monstress Vol. 1 – Marjorie M. Liu
Night of Cake & Puppets – Laini Taylor
American Royals – Katharine McGee
The Places I’ve Cried in Public – Holly Bourne
Into the Crooked Place – Alexandra Christo
Wayward Son – Rainbow Rowell
Just One of the Groomsmen – Cindi Madsen
Top Secret – Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
November
I started off being good, but then there was a sale on Amazon and I want to Dutch Comic Con. So at the end of November I had added 9 books to my shelves.
Read
Girls of Storm and Shadow – Natasha Ngan
The Bromance Book Club – Lyssa Kay Adams
Get a Life, Chloe Brown – Talia Hibbert
10 Blind Dates – Ashley Elston
Unread
An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason – Virigina Boecker
Ship It – Britta Lundin
Not Even Bones – Rebecca Schaeffer
Call Down the Hawk – Maggie Stiefvater
Level Grind – Annie Bellet
December
We’ve arrived at the scariest month of the year, haha. Books are basically the only thing I add to my wishlist and I participated in a couple of book swaps. In December I added 26 books to my shelves.
Read
The Darkest Star – Jennifer L. Armentrout
Serpent & Dove – Shelby Mahurin
The Gilded Wolves – Roshani Chokshi
Tunnel of Bones – V.E. Schwab
Contagion – Erin Bowman
The Burning Shadow – Jennifer L. Armentrout
Now Entering Addamsville – Francesca Zappia
Little Moments of Love – Catana Chetwynd
Blood Heir – Amelie Wen Zhao
Unread
Serious Moonlight – Jenn Bennett
Heart of Iron – Ashley Poston
Sweet Black Waves – Kristina Perez
A Question of Holmes – Britanny Cavallaro
Supernova – Marissa Meyer
Honor Among Thieves – Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre
We Set the Dark on Fire – Tehlor Kay Mejia
Loki: Where Mischief Lies – Mackenzi Lee
Starsight – Brandon Sanderson
The Kingdom – Jess Rothenberg
Queenslayer – Sebastien de Castell
Thunderhead & The Toll – Neal Shusterman
The Beautiful – Renee Ahdieh
The Deathless Girls – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Paper & Hearts Society – Lucy Powrie
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill – Abbi Waxman
Okay, that’s 2019! I ended up adding a total of 96 books to my shelves. Up until now I’ve read 44 of them and I unhauled 6 of them. I should’ve read more of them, haha. I’m glad that I got to about half of them though. Have you read any of the ones I haven’t read? Which books should I prioritize? Let me know in the comments. I’d love to hear from you!
Darkdawn was a fun read the best I can remember lol.