Stacking the Shelves--The I was Left Unsupervised (again) During Multiple Sales Edition

 

Stacking the Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts, and of course ebooks! The meme is now hosted by Reading Reality.

What a week. I have to say...I was NOT good during all these book sales online! I am loath to willing buy books off Amazon but I will admit, I caved a bit. They had older titles I kept looking at there were marked down and then there was there Buy 2 get 1 free sale to compete with Target. I caved. I signed up for a free trial of Prime to get stuff quicker and to save a little more on top of it. I am looking at my stack of books on my desk as I write this and am inwardly wincing. In my defense I was left unsupervised! Lol. I even picked up a couple of movies that either finally went on sale or had a coupon to make them a nearly decent deal and then another was a part of the of the buy 2 get 1 sale. Not sure how it all worked out among 2 movies and several books!

I also went to a book signing on Friday night which was a lot of fun! Megan Bannen returned to St. Charles and I of course had to go to get a signed book to go with my first two! And I also got my Fairy Loot copy extra signed on the title page versus the signed tip-in page. Feel like I might be one of the only ones who does this. Just a weird tick of mine wanting it signed on the actual title page versus an add-in one. That was a lot of fun! Megan is so funny and I love listening to her stories about writing and other weird things!

So are you ready for this? Because I also (GASP!) bought ebooks because there were extra kindle points on these and I had a few I've been meaning to buy for ages so...yeah...but again...I was left unsupervised. Who in their right mind leaves an adult reader unsupervised during multiple book sales? 

Here's what I bought:

The House Where Death Lives edited by Alex Brown--this is an anthology that takes place in a haunted house and each author wrote a story that takes place in a different room! It sounded so cool and might have been a slightly impulsive purchase despite my eyeing it for months.
Bewitched by Laura Thalassa
Bespelled by Laura Thalassa--my sister had recommended these books to me and I had been eyeing another of her series. These older editions were on sale super cheap and were in the Buy 2 get 1 sale, so I was obligated to buy the first two books. Yes, I bought these two knowing I'd have a mismatching set when I buy the 3rd, but had to save money since I was going crazy, lol.
When Devils Sing by Xan Kur--this sounded spooky and delightful!
Predatory Natures by Amy Goldsmith--a preorder...so that was past me's fault! Lol.
Murder Land by Carlyn Greenwald--one that came onto my radar recently and yup, another sale on top of the B2G1!
Rose in Chains by Julie Soto--I forgot about preordering this one, but luckily it was a little bit on sale at B&N this week, so I picked up a copy!
A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan--another one that came onto my radar recently. I almost bought it last week but then Amazon had it on sale again! Can't pass up that price with a SE hardcover! I almost bought the pretty Walmart one, but they had an IRREMOVABLE sticker emblem on it and you know how much I LOATHE those! They are the DEVIL as Bobby's mama would say.
Terror at the Gates by Scarlett St. Clair--SIGNED edition! I was on the fence about this one, so I thought maybe I'll wait for the pb as I do enjoy St. Clair's writing! But then I saw B&N had signed stocked copies and yeah...another cave but it was a wee bit of a sale too, plus my 10% so that helped! Lol.
The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen--SIGNED!
The Other Side of the Mirror by Dana Evyn--I had been eyeing this one for awhile and while it wasn't so much on sale, it was another of those, just throw it into the car! There's an event I am lowkey hoping to attend if I can score tickets and Dana will be in attendance so hopefully I didn't jump the gun on buying this pretty book!

Then the ebooks I picked up were:

Trapper Road by Rachel Caine & Carrie Ryan
Darkwater Lane by Rachel Caine & Carrie Ryan--I thought I would just skip these last two but since I would like to see how the series would've ended I'd like to see what Carrie did with Rachel's story. Rachel was one of my fave writers and I miss her so much! But I had heard good things about how Carrie wrote these and I thought Rachel might have had some notes or something for Trapper Road at least, but I could be remembering that wrong.
The Witch's Christmas Catastrophe by Kristen Painter
The Gargoyle Beguiles the Beauty by Kristen Painter--I am SO behind on this series but I attempt to buy the books as they come along if I remember...which I clearly didn't get to these at release week, but at least I have them now! It's such a fun series I just need to remember that I have a kindle with books on it! Lol.

And then I got my Fairy Loot book for this month which was actually one I was kind of curious about, but as I look at my huge stack this week, I cannot say when I might read it! Lol. And no worries, no spoilers here, just an old picture of the box I use for these stand-ins!

And after over a year and a half (since my last win in late 2023) of entering Goodreads contests and never winning, I FINALLY won one! Then I had to wait 2+ months for this ARC, and yes it was driving me nuts, but it finally arrived and I should have enough time to work this into my reading queue before the author comes here on tour next month!

Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer (ARC)

THANK YOU Avon Books!!

Then I also picked up some fun swag at the Megan Bannen signing:

a bookmark
a postcard
a sticker

Then I found the coolest bookmark ever that I added to my never ending collection:

Then another item I picked up on Amazon and led me to start a trial of Prime was that a diamond art poster I was eyeing was on sale and there were only 2 left, so yeah...I caved. I know I said I was unlikely to ever do one of these again, but I HAD to get this one!

Yes, it's a JAWS diamond art poster! It's a whole lotta blue but luckily size wise, it is smaller than my last one and there does appear to be blank white space with no diamonds needed so it shouldn't be as hard as my last one! Lol.

And that, plus a few movies that were on sale that I wanted copies of, is what I got this week! I usually like owning DVDs of my favorite movies as I always get annoyed when they hop around between all the streaming services. I'm not likely to have one of those when I get my own place, so DVDs it is for my entertainment! Lol.

I'm wincing again at my pile but also in love with every book I got, but yeah...I was not very good this week. Lol. What all did you get? Did you do any damage during the multiple sales? We'll talk about my preorders at another time, I'm not ready to talk about that yet. Lol. Those at least I can cancel later if I have buyer's remorse!