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I liked how I formatted last month’s eARC haul by age range, so I decided to do that again this month. Let me know if you like this layout!
adult/new adult:
- The Unhoneymooners — Christina Lauren
- Enemies-to-lovers and fake dating IN THE SAME BOOK?! *explodes*
- Dear Mother — Bunmi Laditan
- Poems about motherhood… meh
- A Walk Through Hell, Vol. 1 — Garth Ennis
- A slightly confusing and very weird and kinda awesome horror graphic novel
- Servant & Lord — Lorinell Yu
- An employer/employee (sort of?) romance manga that had potential to be hella swoony and instead was… problematic and boring and weird
- Her Infernal Descent, Vol. 1 — Zac Thompson
- A horror graphic novel about a woman going into Hell to find her family; should’ve been awesome but instead was awful
- Growing Things and Other Stories — Paul Tremblay
- *screaming forever* AHHHH HORROR SHORT STORY COLLECTION FROM PAUL TREMBLAY AHHHHHHHHH
- The Mermaid’s Voice Returns in This One — Amanda Lovelace
- Poetry collection, maybe the best in the trilogy? DEFINITELY better than #2
- Safely Endangered — Chris McCoy
- Just a super bizarre, unexpected, random collection of hilarious comics that were mostly great
- oh no — Alex Norris
- A humor comic collection that was… not for me
- Our Super Adventure, Vol. 1 — Sarah Graley
- A humorous nonfic comic collection about the author’s relationship… I will probably buy a physical copy of this just to flip through every time I need a pick-me-up
- Naturally Tan — Tan France
- Tan from Queer Eye is writing a memoir about being gay, Muslim, a POC, and more ♥
- A Prince on Paper — Alyssa Cole
- Romance, #3 in the Reluctant Royals ‘series’, enemies-to-lovers, celebrity prince hero
- The Right Swipe — Alisha Rai
- Book #1 in a new rom-com series about online dating, features a second chance romance?
- The Takeover Effect — Nisha Sharma
- Romance featuring arranged marriages, POC cast, and what sounds like a super tough heroine and hero
- Dream Daddy — Leighton Gray
- Rom-com graphic novel; based on the game and apparently queer AF
- Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune — Roselle Lim
- A romance I requested 25% based on the gorgeous cover, 25% on the Asian rep, and 50% on Helen Hoang’s recommendation
ya:
- House of Salt and Sorrows — Erin A. Craig
- *sing-song* Give me all the gothic fantasy forever please~ ? Described as ‘The Twelve Dancing Princesses’ meets ‘Crimson Peak’
- Wilder Girls — Rory Power
- Feminist horror with queer girls. Just… just leave me here to weep tears of joy, I beg of you
- Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom — Kelly Thompson
- It’s Nancy Drew, but SUPER DIVERSE?? And pretty awesome
- Dealing in Dreams — Lilliam Rivera
- A super diverse dystopian novel that I expected to adore and instead DNFed very quickly because the writing was… not there for me ?
- Pumpkinheads — Rainbow Rowell
- Contemporary graphic novel about pumpkin patches, friendship, and Halloween ?
- If it Makes You Happy — Claire Kann
- Do you see this cover? This is a contemporary story featuring a beautiful fat queer black girl as the MC. THANK YOU, UNIVERSE
- Storm and Fury — Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Paranormal/urban fantasy about ghosts, demons, gargoyles… all the best things
- Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee — Jeff Zentner
- Girls bonding over… horror films?! What sort on-brand sorcery is this??
- In the Neighborhood of True — Susan Kaplan Carlton
- A hist-fic about hate crime and a Jewish girl growing up in Atlanta in the 1950s. I haven’t even started it yet, but ow, my heart
- Star Collector, Vol. 1 — Sophie Schonhammer
- What a cute, soft, gay little manga and I adored this ♥
- Aurora Rising — Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
- My fav writing duo is back and I was so excited to get approved for this I literally started it within 10 minutes of getting the email ?? but I’m reading it SO SLOWLY to savor it!!! IT IS FLAWLESS
- Here There Are Monsters — Amelinda Berube
- Horror pitched as ‘The Blair Witch Project’ meets ‘Imaginary Girls’, featuring creepy woodland entities
children’s/mg:
- Song for a Whale — Lynne Kelly
- Contemporary MG about a girl who wants to communicate with the world’s loneliest whale, 98% certain it’s going to make me regret everything ?
- Hooray for You! — Marianne Richmond
- A cute little kiddos’ book I wanted to check out for our library~
- Wish — Chris Saunders
- children’s picture book about kindness, friendship, and cute bunnies
Kindle Sales & Gifts:
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2018 — Jane Yolen
- An anthology of SFF stories
- Drive Me Wild — Julie Kriss
- Tattooed romance heroes! *nod nod* Plus, it was (is) free on Kindle
- Dead Mountain — Donnie Eichar
- A nonfiction book about Dyatlov Pass, which has always intrigued me
SHA @ Book Princess Reviews
February 28, 2019I feel the need to say “OMG a House of Salt and Sorrows I’m so excited!!!” every time I see that book. I only heard about Wilder Girls yesterday but I want to add some horror to my reading list. (and f/f, hmmm, yes please.)
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019Yessss, I need more f/f horror in my life!! Wilder Girls sounds so good, and so does House of Salt and Sorrows!
Diana @fortunatelythebook
February 28, 2019Just yesterday I bought Song for a whale, I think I will cry all my tears. Great haul, a lot of interesting titles!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019Thank you! I hope you enjoy Song for a Whale!
Malka @ Paper Procrastinators
February 28, 2019I am so excited for Pumpkinheads!! And while I did buy a few kindle books this month I honestly haven’t kept track of them because I tend not to view my e-books as part of my TBR. I still only buy them if I want to read them, but I also don’t pressure myself to read them soon after I buy them like I do with my physical books. I guess it’s out of sight out of mind for me! But I do remember getting The Foxhole Court and I’m super excited to read that series after hearing all the hype!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019Pumpkinheads looks so cute! I can see what you mean about ebooks. 🙂 I count them on my TBR and in my hauls but I never feel nearly as pressured to read them, unless they’re eARCs, of course!
MetalPhantasmReads
February 28, 2019I loved that GIF at the beginning lol. Makes the 90’s kid in me smile. I hope so many of these are good ones for you 🙂
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019Hahaha thank you, I was hoping at least one of my fellow 90s kids would love it! ?
MetalPhantasmReads
March 4, 2019Heck yes! 90’s kid forever
softheartandwarmeyes
February 28, 2019wow thats a lot!! i’m so excited for so many of them –> especially: the unhoneymooners, growing things and other stories, the right swipe, house of salt and sorrow, wilder girls + pumpkinheads and aurora rising!! so hypedddddddd.
i’m astonished at how many earcs THAT areeeeeeeee. also: the cover for wilder girls is so so so pretty! and i love it very much. Good luck with all of those!! xx
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019Thank you!! All of them sound soooo freaking good :3 We’re getting blessed with all of these amazing new releases this year haha!
yarnowlreads
February 28, 2019If you want a buddy read HERE THERE ARE MONSTERS I’m very game.
Also, I cannot wait for Wilder Girls. I can’t even.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019I’m super down for buddy reading Here There Are Monsters! ♥
kkaylanicole
February 28, 2019There are so many titles on this list that I want!!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019I hope you get to read them all soon! 😀 ♥
rachel @ typed truths
February 28, 2019oh no! i’m sorry dealing in dreams wasn’t for you. it sounded so good
i can’t wait for wilder girls and aurora rising and here there are monsters and if it makes you happy, which i just- endlessly *weeping* over the cover.
the new nancy drew was so cute! and i’m so here for queerifying our childhood favourites.
i head so much about dead mountain on booksandlala’s channel that i have it on my priority-tbr and future library hold lists even though i NEVER read nonfiction.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019Aw thank you! It’s okay, I think Dealing in Dreams will work for a LOT of people but sadly it just was meh for me. 🙁 I think it was just the writing style itself.
Yoooo the If It Makes You Happy cover killed me!! It is SO FREAKING GOOD and I’m just hoping the story is just as beautiful ?
✩ Ashley ✩
February 28, 2019I’ve seen a lot of love for The Unhoneymooners so of course I have to add it to my TBR! Sounds so fun!! (Also the GR description is a hoot)
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019The goodreads description would honestly have totally sold me on The Unhoneymooners all on its own! But on top of that, I’ve found their other books that I’ve read SO much fun that I have high hopes for this one too! I hope you like it as well 😀
evelynreads1
March 1, 2019House of salt and sorrows sounds so good! I also cannot wait for aurora rising!
(www.evelynreads.com)
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019They all sound so amazing!
Sofii @ A Book. A Thought.
March 1, 2019So many INCREDIBLE ARCs, super excited to know your thoughts on all of them, especially about Wilder Girls!!, I can’t wait for that book ?
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 4, 2019Thank you!! Wilder Girls is one that I’m so freaking pumped for I can’t imagine myself being able to make myself wait until its release to read it! I want to pick it up literally right now. ?
Deanna
March 5, 2019Okay, I feel wayyyy better about the state of the earcs in my queue right now!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
March 6, 2019Oh gosh, I should do an updated version of that “what’s on my ARC shelves” post I did a while back. I think you guys would run screaming (and probably me right along with you all). ?