This was the first full week of work I've had for awhile actually! Lol. Trying to use up vacation days in the final countdown is always tough. But luckily we've a bigger team now so getting some days in hasn't been as hard as it was last year. I will likely only lose a few hours now when I get my last two checks for the year. Really ought to remember how many I get per check, but oh well. Working from home is nice, so if I end up losing some time off it's not a total loss. Work has finally slowed down and will likely remain steady until the next busy season, so that will be nice! Other than that things have been pretty tame! I went to a fun little author event that might finally be a regular thing for my area! It was a YA author event. Sadly, one of the two authors I was going to see cancelled but I still got to see Kendare Blake (again!) and get to tell her how much I love the Buffy books and she even recognized ME from past events! I forgot when she last toured here...I think it was with one of the Three Dark Crown books...and possibly even one before that too! AND I have another signing coming up this week with Renee Ahdieh! I will get to have all the copies of The Beautiful Quartet signed which is always nice for my OCD! Lol.
And uh, yeah, about that title up there...turns out I had a few more copies of ACFTL that I didn't anticipate getting so soon! But this should be the final part now. Until more international editions get published that I have to get for the rest of the sets I started! Lol!
Okay, so literally after I got this post scheduled the missing preorders magically arrived along with other goodies! I had written a whole paragraph about my tears that they did not arrive like usual, but then they appeared...probably the second I hit SCHEDULE! Lol. So this post just got a whole lot happier!
Okay, finally...here's what I got:
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber--sprayed edges from Bookish Signs & More!
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber--I had bought OUABH awhile back when I saw she had extras and really liked the purple at the time! So I thought why not complete the set? I especially love how TBONA looks!
Then I got my Fairy Loot copy of ACFTL!
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber--Fairy Loot edition! I kept seeing all the UK people getting their copies and was dying! I was trying not to look at all the pictures that showed off endpages or the hidden cover as I wanted that to be a surprise for myself at least! Hence, why I only shared the cover and edges! This purple is beyond beautiful though! I am in love with it!
Then I got my Indonesian copy of ACFTL as well! I just got the "standard" set that just came with a few extra goodies! I think a tote bag was another offer, but I have sooo many of those I didn't need another one! I tend to use the same 1 or 2 since they are of excellent quality!
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber--Indonesian edition
it came with a bookmark
a double sided postcard with Jacks & Evangeline
a doubled sided map from the second and third books
Then my preorders for Tuesday finally came! I was shocked that these hadn't arrived as I usually get preorders the week they release and was quite sad that these were supposedly coming later, but THEY ARRIVED!
To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn
Coaching Fire by Victoria Laurie--I STILL need to start this series, but I think I need to read at least 1 more Abby Cooper book (if I recall correctly) to be in the right timeline for this spinoff series! Again, it's likely I don't "have" to do this, but as I said with a previous discussion, this is just what I do! Lol.
And then my November YA Fairy Loot book arrived:
I'll admit, I wasn't too jazzed about this book choice. But since my skips are fairly low and I didn't get around to skipping it in time, I got it. Decided not to share it since I hadn't seen it around yet. I don't tend to share it unless I happen across it before my copy arrives. Lol.
Then my GRAND PRIZE for winning the 3rd Annual An Apple for Jacks Contest came in from Flatiron Books! I had won an Apple Pencil!
THANK YOU SO MUCH Flatiron Books!
Then I got my preoreder gift for The Hunting Moon! I ordered a signed copy from GC Reading and am still waiting for that one to arrive. Luckily, it was a keeper copy so I don't mind the wait!
THANK YOU Tor Teen!
And that was it for me this week! What all did you get?
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