My new job as a youth librarian doesn’t start until tomorrow, but Netgalley gave me the go-ahead to change over to librarian status week before last, and, uh… well. You’ll see. ?
(Click the titles for Goodreads links!)
NetGalley:
- Wicked Saints — Emily A. Duncan (april 2nd, 2019)
- YA gothic fantasy inspired by DnD clerics, involving assassinations, war, bloodshed, forbidden romance
- (I screamed a little when I received this blog tour email and literally feel this WEIGHT of gratitude in my chest every time I remember I have this waiting for me because WOW talk about anticipated releases ??)
- YA gothic fantasy inspired by DnD clerics, involving assassinations, war, bloodshed, forbidden romance
- Love Looks Pretty On You — Lang Leav (jan 29th, 2019)
- adult poetry collection, releasing
- Lang Leav is my #1 fave modern poet and I LOVED this so much
- adult poetry collection, releasing
- Child of the Moon — Jessica Semaan (jan 8th, 2019)
- adult poetry collection about abuse, healing, immigration, feminism, and self-love
- The writing was okay but the themes were WONDERFUL
- adult poetry collection about abuse, healing, immigration, feminism, and self-love
- Chameleon Aura — Billy Chapata (jan 22nd, 2019)
- adult poetry collection about love and loss from a Zimbabwean author
- You Are Here — Dawn Lanuza (feb 12th, 2019)
- adult poetry collection about self-love
- soft magic. — Upile Chisala (released)
- adult poetry collection about spirituality, gender, and blackness
- The Devouring Gray — Christine Lynn Herman (april 16th, 2019)
- YA urban fantasy about chosen ones and monsters, pitched for fans of The Raven Cycle + Stranger Things
- Waves — Ingrid Chabbert (may 7th, 2019)
- adult nonfiction graphic novel about two women and their struggles with infertility
- this DESTROYED me but it was soooo good!
- adult nonfiction graphic novel about two women and their struggles with infertility
- Bone Parish, Vol. 1 — Cullen Bunn (may 7th, 2019)
- adult horror graphic novel about a New Orleans family who makes drugs from corpse ash
- super creepy and gross, def recommend
- adult horror graphic novel about a New Orleans family who makes drugs from corpse ash
- Unfollowing You — Komal Kapoor (feb 5th, 2019)
- adult nonfiction poetry collection about the end of a “situationship”
- literally AWFUL and the entire thing was a build-up to an online dating site’s advertisement, yikes
- adult nonfiction poetry collection about the end of a “situationship”
- Somewhere Only We Know — Maurene Goo (may 7th, 2019)
- YA contemporary about a K-pop star and tabloid reporter falling in love
- also this title gets the Keane song by this name stuck in my head EVERY TIME I see it
- YA contemporary about a K-pop star and tabloid reporter falling in love
- We Hunt the Flame — Hafsah Faizal (may 14th, 2019)
- YA fantasy, reluctant royals, inspired by ancient Arabia (wow please & thank you this sounds so good I’m emotional?) and it has ELVES
- Girls on the Verge — Sharon Biggs Waller (april 9th, 2019)
- YA contemporary about a girl who enlists two friends on a road trip to get an abortion
- Never-Contented Things — Sarah Porter (march 19th, 2019)
- YA dark fantasy about cruel feyfolk
Edelweiss:
- Goodbye, Perfect — Sara Barnard (jan 29th, 2019; already out in UK)
- YA contemporary about a girl who must choose whether or not to rat out her missing bestie for her relationship with a teacher
- The Exact Opposite of Okay — Laura Steven (june 11th, 2019; already out in UK)
- YA contemporary about slut-shaming & misogyny
- Hello Girls — Brittany Cavallaro & Emily Henry (august 6th, 2019)
- YA contemporary about 2 girls on a road trip to run away from the sexist men in their lives
- Let’s Call it a Doomsday — Katie Henry (august 6th, 2019)
- YA contemporary about two girls—one who is a doomsday prepper and the other who has predicted the world’s end
- Missing, Presumed Dead — Emma Berquist (may 21st, 2019)
- YA paranormal about a teen who sees deaths before they happen and has to help one of “her” ghosts find revenge (confirmed f/f romance by the author, yes please give me queer ghost/human loves!!)
Misc. eARCs:
- Clouded by Envy — Candace Robinson (feb 19th, 2019)
- YA fantasy about fae siblings and curses
- thank you, Candace!
- YA fantasy about fae siblings and curses
- The Same Deep Water As You — Chad Lutzke
- YA/NA horror/dark fiction, releasing january 11th—I’m not even sure what this is about, but I love Chad’s writing so I jumped at the chance to read it!
- thank you, Chad!
- YA/NA horror/dark fiction, releasing january 11th—I’m not even sure what this is about, but I love Chad’s writing so I jumped at the chance to read it!
Kindle Sales & Gifts:
- GOTH — Otsuichi
- adult horror manga (I think this is also available in standard novel formatting)
- I read this and gave it 3.5 stars, it was pretty good
- adult horror manga (I think this is also available in standard novel formatting)
- The Restorer — Amanda Stevens
- adult paranormal, ghost hunter… falls in love with a ghost? maybe? PLEASE?
- Fortune Box — Madeleine Swann
- adult horror/bizarro about a company mailing out random disgusting/terrifying packages to unsuspecting strangers
- thank you, Harker!
- adult horror/bizarro about a company mailing out random disgusting/terrifying packages to unsuspecting strangers
- Fear the Drowning Deep — Sarah Glenn Marsh
- YA historical fantasy/paranormal, witches & dangerous sea things!
- thank you, Colleen!
- YA historical fantasy/paranormal, witches & dangerous sea things!
- Black Iris — Elliot Wake (formerly writing as Leah Raeder)
- NA contemporary about sex, slut-shaming, queer romance, and bullying
- thank you, Haley!
- NA contemporary about sex, slut-shaming, queer romance, and bullying
- Naked in Death — J. D. Robb
- adult mystery/romance, this book is the intro to a series that is currently 47 BOOKS DEEP, WHAT AM I DOING TO MYSELF
- thank you, Haley!
- adult mystery/romance, this book is the intro to a series that is currently 47 BOOKS DEEP, WHAT AM I DOING TO MYSELF
- Rolling in the Deep — Mira Grant
- adult horror novella, prequel to Into the Drowning Deep
- thank you, Jayme!
- adult horror novella, prequel to Into the Drowning Deep
- Collected Christmas Horror Shorts 2 — edited by Kevin J. Kennedy
- adult Christmas horror anthology
- free at the time I got it, but it’s now on Kindle Unlimited if you’re still needing some spooky holiday vibes!
- adult Christmas horror anthology
✩ Ashley ✩
January 1, 2019Good luck tomorrow!! You definitely have some new perks! ?
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 1, 2019Thank you, Ashley! I’m so nervous and I’m just ready for it to be over so I can know what to expect at this point haha.
✩ Ashley ✩
January 1, 2019You’ll do fantastic!! :):):)
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 2, 2019Thank you! ?
thecritiquesofafangirl
January 1, 2019I just bought one book in December
Best of luck for tomorrow, you’ll be great
I have one question, what exactly is net galley?
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 1, 2019Thank you! NetGalley.com is a site where bloggers, librarians, and booksellers can get ebooks of upcoming releases from publishers to read and review early. 🙂
thecritiquesofafangirl
January 1, 2019Okay that’s awesome
thecritiquesofafangirl
January 1, 2019Thanks, I’ll check it out
mybookworld24
January 1, 2019Great haul, how is Late-a-thon going for you?
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 1, 2019Thanks! I start my new job tomorrow so today has mostly been about spending time with family but I did manage to fit in the first half of one overdue ARC this afternoon. 🙂 Hopefully I can finish it tonight. How about you?
mybookworld24
January 2, 2019Finished two books
Harker @ The Hermit Librarian
January 1, 2019O.M.G. You have some truly stupendous titles to read. I can’t decide which is the one I’d read first! Wicked Saints? We Hunt the Flame? ??
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 1, 2019I knooooow, it’s so hard to pick! I’m trying to focus on titles that are releasing sooner rather than later right now, but I think I’m gonna cave and end up reading Wicked Saints either this week or next. 😛
Harker @ The Hermit Librarian
January 1, 2019That sounds like good logic. ?
Mandy R
January 1, 2019Congrats on the new joba
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 1, 2019Thank you!
Alyssa Cohen
January 1, 2019Omg so many great eARCs!! Good luck tomorrow, you will be a fantastic youth librarian!!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 1, 2019Thank you soooo much! I’m so nervous I’ve been a wreck all day, haha. I’ve wanted this job for so long that it feels surreal that I’ve gotten it and I keep worrying I’m going to walk in tomorrow and say one thing and they’ll realize I have no clue what I’m doing and send me home. ??
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
January 1, 2019That is the most awesome job perk! Gah, all self-control would have gone out the window if it were me, I actually think you showed great restraint 😀
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 2, 2019Hahaha thank you! There are so many more I was SO tempted to get, so I’m glad someone else agrees that I actually restrained myself a bit ?
Ellyn
January 1, 2019Ooh so many good books! I hope you enjoy them all!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 2, 2019Thank you so much, lovely! ♥
Kathy @ Pages Below the Vaulted Sky
January 2, 2019AHHH many congrats on the new job, Destiny! And that is the best perk. 😀 I totally would have gone on a wild request spree.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 2, 2019Thank you Kathy! Haha yessss, it’s super exciting 😀 Pay? Who needs pay?! I’ve got ARCs! ??
Fran (Ramblebee)
January 2, 2019Congrats on the new job and the librarian status!!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 2, 2019Thank you!!
Kayla @ Books and Blends
January 2, 2019number one, I’m so jealous that you have Somewhere only we know!
Also, I have Wicked Saints and Never Contended Things as well! I hope we both enjoy these.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 2, 2019Girl I flipped out when I realized they had auto-approved me and that was literally the first thing I ran to download!! I loved The Way You Make Me Feel so I am so excited. I hope you get an ARC of it soon!! And yes, I hope we both love those, too! ♥
Kayla @ Books and Blends
January 3, 2019I haven’t read that one yet! I’ve only read I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maureen. It was funny and really cute!
Laura Beth
January 2, 2019Congrats on the new job! I know you will be awesome!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 2, 2019Awwww thank you so much! I hope you’re right haha!
Alexa
January 2, 2019Wow, so much poetry! and it’s scary how many books you can get for free or super cheap. my TBR is crying.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 2, 2019Netgalley, yo! Andrews McMeel Publishing puts up soooo many poetry collections and they’re in “read now” status (at least on the US Netgalley, that’s the only one I’m familiar with). It’s awesome!
Alexa
January 3, 2019Have fun with them 😀
Annemieke
January 3, 2019On the up the In Death books are pretty quick reads. I read the first 4 now and they are nice inbetween books.
I’m curious what you will think of The Restorer. I’ve read all but the last one and enjoyed the series though it went a little up and down for me.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 3, 2019Oh, GOOD! That’s very good news on the In Death books being quick reads haha.
Kathy @ Books & Munches
January 8, 2019Ooh, I hope you enjoy The Exact Opposite of Okay! Read it, loved it and the author is lovely as well!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 14, 2019Thank you! I actually requested that one because I remembered you loving it!
Kathy @ Books & Munches
January 15, 2019I feel honored, haha!