Sunday Post. Did I Buy Too Many Books?

Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviews.

When I wrote, "see you next Sunday," I was naive and had too much hope. 😋 I still have to perfect my blogging schedule. I just spent a long time without blogging, and I need to learn how to balance work, life, and blogging again. It might take me longer than I want to, but I will do it! 🤞

What has been happening in my life:

🌻 Happy Halloween month! Like last year, I'm currently watching one spooky film per day until the end of the month. 👻💀🎃🍂 So far, I've only watched two films that I had watched previously (Corpse Bride and House of Wax), and it had been such a long time since I last watched them that I could not remember most of the story. Now, what should I watch today?

🌻 My PhD and other research activities are taking most of my time (I'm writing this post while working on a paper). But it's okay when you do something you love (even if I constantly doubt myself -- you know, the famous impostor syndrome).

🌻 I have read three books since the month began. I'm currently reading The Undead Truth of Us -- I was expecting to love it a bit more. However, I really want to understand the "zombie mystery," so I cannot put it down.

🌻 My Scribd subscription ends this month. If you know someone who wants to subscribe to it, here's my link. Although I'm more financially secure due to the researchship, books (and life in general) are more expensive than ever, so I use Scribd for research and blog purposes.

✨ I did not think I still had it in me to write discussion posts, but I did it! This week, I wondered if my favourite book and my comfort book are all the same.

 

Jeff Bezos is evil, and Amazon is a capitalist/consumerist hell. Nevertheless, when you do not have that many places to buy books from (there is not a single bookshop where I live, and an up-to-date library that harbours English books is non-existent), it's hard to resist their book sales. I got Janella Angeles's When Night Breaks, Rose Szabo's What Big Teeth, Ryan Douglass's The Taking of Jake Livingston, and Sherri L. Smith's Orleans. I will have to order from other places to redeem myself -- any bookshops with free European shipping that you can recommend besides Book Depository? 

 

After a very nice e-mail from the publisher and me asking how I could request the book since NetGalley only let me "wish" for it, I received Moniquill Blackgoose's To Shape a Dragon Breath. It is my first 2023 ARC, and I can't wait to read it.

How have you been? What have you been up to? What are you currently reading

 

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