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A Court of Thorns and Roses, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Champion, Cynthia Hand, Dangerous Deception, Dead of Winter, Forever, Half Wild, Illusions of Fate, Julie Kagawa, Kami Garcia, Kresley Cole, Let the Sky Fall, Linger, Maggie Stiefvater, Margaret Stohl, Marie Lu, Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, Prodigy, Richelle Mead, Rick Riordan, Rogue, Sally Green, Sarah J. Maas, Shannon Messenger, Shiver, Sword of Summer, The Dream Thieves, The Foretelling of Georgie Spider, The Forgotten Crown, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, The Raven Boys, The Raven Cycle, The Ruby Circle, Throne of Glass
New Bloggish Stuff
It’s January, which means it’s a new year! (In case you missed it, New Year’s Eve was on Wednesday). This means that I can finally implement the changes I’ve been planning since October!
First, if you look towards the left of the screen, you will notice that a rating system is being added. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while.
Also, if you look up, you’ll notice that I’ve created a review archive. That was fun to make.
And speaking of reviews, I have finally figured out a general format for them, which makes me happy.
In other news, Top Ten Tuesdays and Stacking the Shelves will continue on as usual. Sometimes there’ll be pictures or links, other times just a list because I’m lazy/busy.
I haven’t done one in a while, but my weekly wrap-ups, known as This Week in Books, will now be called This Week’s Adventures, and will hopefully start to become more elaborate.
Book Buying Limitations
As you can see here, last year’s book buying got a little out of hand.
To combat this, I’m giving myself a list of books I am allowed to buy. If it’s not on the list, I am not allowed to buy it.
Note: this list is still in progress, so it may change slightly in the near future.
Coming 2015:
The Ruby Circle, by Richelle Mead
The Last Time We Say Goodbye, by Cynthia Hand
Throne of Glass #4, by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas
Rogue, by Julie Kagawa
The Forgotten Crown, by Julie Kagawa
Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes, by Rick Riordan
The Sword of Summer, by Rick Riordan
Dangerous Deception, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Half Wild, by Sally Green
Dead of Winter, by Kresley Cole
Let the Sky Fall #3, by Shannon Messenger
The Foretelling of Georgie Spider, by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Raven Cycle #4, by Maggie Stiefvater
Already out:
Prodigy and Champion, by Marie Lu
The Raven Boys and The Dream Thieves, by Maggie Stiefvater
The Shiver Trilogy, by Maggie Stiefvater
Illusions of Fate, by Kiersten White
So, last year, by final count, I was buying an average of 9 books per month.
To keep this up, I have to buy an average of 2 books per month.
Bookish Bingo Challenge
So, Maddie over at The Girly Geek has created this marvellous challenge which basically consists of this bingo card:
Overall, there are 45 challenges, to which I say:
The Magical Adventures of Cassie the Weird 
YAAAAS I AM SO READY TO READ ALL THE NEW RICK RIORDAN NEXT YEAR. SERIOUSLY, HIT THEM BOOK AT MEH. ME WANTS ALL THE RICK RIORDAN BOOKS. Anyhow, I definitely need to stop with the book buying. I went crazy on boxing day so I’m currently on an indefinite book buying ban heh.
Lovely post, Cassie! <33
Ahh, yes, the horribly tempting Boxing Day sales.
I stayed far away from the internet on boxing day 🙂
And YES! ALL THE RICK RIORDAN!!
Though I haven’t finished Blood of Olympus yet…I just can’t bring myself to do it.
Hi Cassie! Happy New Year!
I’m actually the reverse of you (when it comes to book buying). I need to read *more*, and my Goodreads challenge is 35 books, so I’ve allocated $350 to spend this year – $10/book seems fair enough.
That bingo card looks really fun! Lots of challenges to accomplish there! 😀
Cheers!
Brett Michael
$10/book? In my experience, depending on where you go, books usually range between $12-$25. I rarely see $10 books. Even online.
Yeah, I’m probably being too optimistic. I read on Kindle exclusively, so most of the books are between $8 – $16. I wouldn’t pay more than about $12 on average, so my budget is probably more like $400.
Admittedly, some of the books I want to read this year I already own (such as finishing the Hitchiker’s Guide series), so I might save a few dollars there.
Any gif with Barney Stinson is kind of perfection! And I am so with you on the book thing! I was probably buying 9-10 books a month. I am trying to keep it to 5. But I don’t even know if I can do that. It’s bad. I think I have an addiction? The Book Bingo sounds really fun, good luck with it!
I think I have a book-buying addiction as well 🙂
I’m going to try really hard not to spend more on books than I earn this year…I did it last year, and ended up running out of money. If it hadn’t been for my tax return, I wouldn’t have been able to afford car rego
So, trying to avoid that situation this year 🙂
I’M DOING THE BINGO TOO. I’m excited! 🙂 It looks super uber fun. Also that is really good of you having a list….I never hardly ever buy books, but seriously, this year is already paining me with 2 Marissa Meyer books and 2 Sarah J Maas books, not to mention Golden Son, Ensnared, Half Wild and whatever Maggie Stiefvater coughs up because let’s face it: I’ll buy it.
I try really hard not to buy books often, but because I’m a massive rereader, I like to have all books on hand in case I get a craving for that book (it happens).
And yes, Sarah J. Maas is definitely on the auto-buy list.
Maggie Stiefvater is just on the auto-read…I don’t know why.
And OH MY GOSH YES Half Wild! So excited for that!!!
Ooh, the rating system on the side IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA. Because then people are able to easily refer to things. Especially as people’s rating systems can vary between reviewers. That’s also a really cool reading challenge thingy. No idea who I’d do for the ‘read a book by an author with your first name’ though. xD There’s not that many Karas out there. 😛 2015 is a pretty damn epic year for books, if you ask me! I MEAN LOOK AT ALL THOSE DELICIOUS BOOKS. Anyway, I know I’m a little bit late, but… Happy New Year! 🙂
There’s a Cara Lynn Shultz…sort of like Kara, just spelt differently. And her books are really good, like, seriously. Go read them.
And it’s never to late to wish a happy new year…and day could be considered a starting point. I’m considering moving my personal new year to March. That way, all the ‘numbered’ months (October, December, etc.) will be correct 🙂
Nice new changes! AHAAA!!! REVIEW ARCHIVE!!! Very niiiice. 🙂
Wow, that is a lot of books for The List. But I do approve of your The List!!!!
RAVEN CYCLE 4 AND RUBY CIRCLE ARE A MUST FOR MINE!!!
And they’ll probably be the only books I buy this year coz uhh hello year 12. EEEK!!