For those of you who are unfamiliar with my second-longest running video series on Youtube (the longest running being my weekly reading wrap-ups!), my Book Haul Revisited series is an attempt to ensure that I read all of the books I acquire within twelve months.
There are no hard and fast rules with this little experiment – if I don’t read the books I’m not necessarily going to unhaul them – but it does get me to really question whether or not I’m still interested in the books I bought 12 months ago, or whether it’s time to let them go to a new home. (But who am I kidding? I mostly force myself to read them, right?)
This video and blog post is my book haul revisited from September and October 2018, and over 40 books entered my life during those two months. Which is, admittedly, a lot of books. The good news? I’ve actually read the majority of them. To get all the details, watch the video above, and if you want more information about the books mentioned in the video scroll down for links for each one.
DNF-ed and Unhauled
Luna: New Moon Ian McDonald
Read and Unhauled/Returned
Perfect Ten Jacqueline Ward
Tales from the Dead of Night Cecily Gayford
Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy Mackenzi Lee
The Big Over Easy Jasper Fforde
Mirage Samaiya Daud
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Read and Taken to Classroom
Have Sword, Will Travel Garth Nix & Sean Williams
Let Sleeping Dragons Lie Garth Nix & Sean Williams
Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds Jeremy Lachlan
The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering War by Jaclyn Moriarty
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan
Read and Kept
City of Ghosts Victoria Schwab
The Screaming Staircase Jonathan Stroud
Muse of Nightmares Laini Taylor
A Curse So Dark and Lonely Brigid Kemmerer
What the Woods Keep Katya deBecerra
Escaping from Houdini Kerri Maniscalco
The Singing Bones Shaun Tan
And the Ocean Was Our Sky Patrick Ness
Meet Me at the Intersection Rebecca Lim & Ambelin Kwaymullina
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia Anita Heiss
Wildcard Marie Lu
Exit Strategy Martha Wells
The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
Vengeful V.E. Schwab
Steelheart Brandon Sanderson
Snapshot Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor’s Soul Brandon Sanderson
Legion: the Many Lives of Stephen Leeds Brandon Sanderson
Archangel’s Legion Nalini Singh
Kiss of Snow Nalini Singh
Shield of Winter Nalini Singh
Unread
Daredevil: the Man Without Fear Frank Miller
Daredevil: Born Again Frank Miller
Daredevil Vol. 1 Frank Miller
Adrift Rob Boffard
Traitor’s Blade Sebastien de Castell
Andromeda’s Fall William C. Dietz
The Company of Eight Harriet Whitehorn
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