Shortly after having our first kid and it was clear that going back to work was not a gain for me (financially or otherwise) we downsized our expenses. Cutting out at MINIMUM $50 to $75 a month was an easy decision. We've come to a place where I could certainly afford to buy some books, but I am a creature of habit. Unless it's something that I want on my shelves FOR LYFE (the aforementioned yearly favorite or two, an illustrated Harry Potter or other beloved books for my kids), I usually don't buy. The last time I bought a digital book was when Allegiant came out and immediately went on sale for something like $6.99. I was getting ready for a rare bout of travel and immediately bought it for my Kindle.
The honor of my recent Kindle purchase goes to Before the Fall
I have been anticipating the release of this book, and put in what I thought was a pretty early hold on both the book and e-book. Alas, the holds were moving SO SLOW. And then, Amazon did it again. They put a sought after new release on sale - this time $3.99! And this time, yes, I thought it was worth the price of a cup of coffee. If you didn't catch this viral blog post on authors comparing the cost of a cup of coffee to the cost of books from Insatiable Booksluts (Ha!), I think I found it shared by Neil Gaiman on Twitter, it's worth a read.
Now, I CERTAINLY don't begrudge those who buy lots of books! I sometimes think about getting back to doing that and filling our shelves up with ALL THE BOOKS. And I've had my finger on the trigger of the Book of the Month club so many times. I love mail! I love books! I just can't bring myself to take the plunge - YET.
So! As for the books I got with my well spent tax dollaz this month... I had a vague familiarity with the title of Rebecca
New digital books in the library queue/ARCs:
I JUST GOT THE ARC FOR THE NEW ANN PATCHETT, COMMONWEALTH
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Shelter
Fool Me Once
The One-in-a-Million Boy
Jane Steele
Still in the queue:
Small Great Things
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
Homegoing
Bone Gap
Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
As always, I'm interested in any thoughts/if you've read the books on this list or others I should know about!
Oh, you have a ton of great books coming up!! I loved Shelter, Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Homegoing. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the library! I'm always shocked when I hear that people just "don't" use the library. I do NOT have enough money to buy all of my books (I mean, I cannot buy 150 books at approx. $20 each for hardback each year. I don't even want to do the math.) and I am therefore friends with my librarians. :-) However, I live in a small town, so my library does not always have the books I want, so I just buy the ones they don't have!
ReplyDelete-Amy