It was another meh week. I started my new program at work. Really it was just sort of another orientation day. I suspect sometime this week we'll try getting into the nit and gritty of it where I meet with my mentor and team through Teams and whatnot and try to figure out how we want to do things. This first week was more about getting introduced and working on our personal action plans. So we'll see where this goes! I'm excited and apprehensive just because last year two of team members did this and got promoted, so I don't really think there's going to be promotions all around when we each take our turn at this because then what? I don't know. I'm trying to keep an open mind. The weekend was filled with a bit of woe since Apollycon was happening and all the instagram posts were just reminding me that I failed to get tickets. I was on the site super early, I was ready to click as soon as the clock struck and I was immediately ejected! I know the site was overloaded but man...this sucks. I've tried a few years now and have failed each and every time. So yeah, seeing all the posts is really giving me the KOMO. Then apparently other events were happening around the country this weekend and next, so it's just wave after wave of sadness. I did go to my favorite Indie bookstore for Indie Bookstore Day yesterday. I give the occasional glance around for the Audiobook Golden Ticket, but since I don't care for audiobooks, I'd rather someone who loves them finds it! I would just pass it onto a friend anyway! Lol. And naturally, my Tuesday releases that I preorder did not arrive on Friday. I do not know what B&N is doing these days and it is seriously driving me insane! I wish I knew who I could write to about this because this is absolutely ridiculous! I do my due diligence and preorder books for authors as that's always best, and yet, B&N is determined that I DO NOT GET THEM during release week. And this sucks!! And now, my bad luck is stretching out to other orders! I ordered something from Kohls last weekend online and ALL WEEK LONG it's been waiting for the carrier to pick it up! I was like are you kidding me?! It's not a book! I should have this already! So yeah, it seems USPS is working against me these days.
Anyway, here's what I got this week:
The Study of Magic by Maria V. Snyder--SIGNED keeper copy! I forgot to include in my notes that while I didn't personalization that I still would like the usual quote! I didn't think to do it honestly. I have been trying to do less personalized books lately unless I felt like I REALLY REALLY needed it personalized. Lol. I have so many personalized from Maria I thought I could do without one this time around but didn't think I needed to inclue "fun message" that Maria usually includes. Oh well.
Hunted by Bella Higgin--I still need to start this series but since this last book wasn't in HC I decided I better pick it up stat before it becomes too hard to find!
That's Not My Name by Megan Lally--this is what I picked up at my indie store as I couldn't find Higgin's book there. Sigh, I knew I should've called them last week but I didn't think they'd be totally out! But I did have "rewards" dollars so this only cost me like $3!
Then what I love about my favorite indie store is that they do the "blind date with a book" with every purchase on indie day. But as you know I HATE these kinds of things because I either get a book I have zero interest in or I get one that I already have! This year, sadly, it seems my store was giving even LESS hints. They just wrote genres on there and I was like oh crap. So basically if it just said YA, I said NO! I knew it would likely be a contemporary novel. I debated about a regular fantasy, but was squirming because I was thinking there's too many out there for adults! So I went back to looking at YA genres. I was debating about a YA fairy tale retelling and YA horror. I was almost leaning towards the fairy tale retelling but then felt too hesitant so I went with YA horror and here's what I got:
The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington (ARC)--I was seeing this one around a bit lately and kind of threw it on my backburner list. Like let's look at this if it ever comes up somewhere I am at kind of thing. Lol. I might try reading it before its release date as it says horror so hopefully it will live up to it!
Then I won a contest on Instagram from Maureen's Books! I was able to get a book of my choice so I went with this one as it was right at the top of my Goodreads list and I thought why not? This way I have the duology at the ready and can give it a binge!
Silence and Shadow by Erin Beaty
THANK YOU Maureen!
And then I got my cupcake pin from A Touch of Magic Designs! I think this was Narnia this time around! They're all so cute! I wish they could've put the title on the back of the pin to help with memory issues...like mine! Lol.
And that was it for me this week! What all did you get? Did you go anywhere for Indie Bookstore Day yesterday?
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