September 2013 Book Haul (30 books!)

This is coming to you a little late this month, but it’s finally here! Time to show you guys all the lovely, beautiful books I bought this month…and then we get to find out how much money I spent!

I tried really, really hard to be reasonable this month. My plan was not to purchase any books at all, outside of any random 99¢ Kindle book purchases. But, I didn’t quite stick to the plan.

First of all, there was a surprise book sale at my library this month…I couldn’t not go! The paperbacks were only 50¢ and the hardbacks were $1, so I got a lot of bang for my buck at this one. It was totally worth it!

The second thing that happened was that I decided to take a bunch of my old, used books over to my local used bookstore and trade them in for credit. I just really wanted to get this errand over with, because I’d been carrying around a huge bag of books in the trunk of my car for too long. So I did end up purchasing some books at the used bookstore, but they were pretty cheap and most of what I spent was with the credit I earned.

So, overall, I think that I still did a REALLY good job, especially considering I was hit with two unforeseen book circumstances.

Books I Bought in September 2013:

1. The Light in the Wound by Christine Brae (ebook) — $0.99
2. Present Perfect by Alison G. Bailey (ebook) — $0.99
3. Killing Sarai by J.A. Redmerski (ebook) — $0.99
4. Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger (ebook) — $1.99
5. Hangman by Faye Kellerman (found at the dump) — free
6. Lost Lake by Phillip Margolin (found at the dump) — free
7. Prey by Michael Crichton (found at the dump) — free
8. A Thread of Sky by Deanna Fei (found at the dump) — free
9. Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane (found at the dump) — free
10. The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve (library book sale) — $0.50
11. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (library book sale) — $1.00
12. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (library book sale) — $1.00
13. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (library book sale) — $1.00
14. The Shack by Wm. Paul Young (library book sale) — $0.50
15. Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz (library book sale) — $1.00
16. White Oleander by Janet Fitch (library book sale) — $1.00
17. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead (library book sale) — $1.00
18. Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson (library book sale) — $0.50
19. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin (library book sale) — $1.00
20. A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks (library book sale) — $1.00
21. Naked Heat by Richard Castle (library book sale) — $1.00
22. Delirium Stories by Lauren Oliver (present from my boyfriend) — free
23. Waking Kiss by Anabel Joseph (ebook) — $0.99
24. Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan (ebook) — $1.99
25. Crank by Ellen Hopkins (used bookstore) — $1.42*
26. Graceling by Kristin Cashore (used bookstore) — $1.62*
27. Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead (used bookstore) — $2.12*
28. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (used bookstore) — $2.47*
29. Insatiable by Meg Cabot (used bookstore) — $1.67*
30. Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos (used bookstore) — $1.67*

Total Spent on Books in September 2013 = $29.41 

WOOHOO!!!! I’m so, so, so happy with this amount! After last month’s crazy total, $30 is amazing. Especially because I got 30 books out of that! That’s insane! Even though six were free, 24 books for that price is still a mind-blowingly awesome deal.

Next month, I’ll be (hopefully) sticking to my new budget of $50/month. I’m not sure how well I’m going to do, though, since I already know that I have two crazy used bookstore trips planned while I’m going to be in New York City this weekend! Maybe I’ll make a special October budget of $30 for online spending + whatever I end up spending in NYC. I think that sounds fair!

*price reflects the credit I received from donating my used books