July 2022 Book Haul

 I've been doing really good about keeping my book hauls down. Like I think the only physical book I got last month was the Book of the Month pick...anyway in July I acquired 2 book: 

1. Upgrade by Blake Crouch - I already have two of his books and this one looked pretty good. I've read Dark Matter and half think I got Recursion as a different BotM pick, but I can't remember off hand. It looks brilliant. Kind of gives me the vibe of the beginning of the Borg or Cybermen. Like, you have no control over it. Normally I don't like science-fiction books, but this one just called to me. I'm hoping I'll like it. 

2. Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury - I made myself the promise that for every 6,000 words I completed toward my Camp NaNo July 2022 goal, I'd buy a new book. I hit the first goal on the 5th and ordered my book. I've been following Liselle on YouTube for a while and decided that this would make as good a choice as any other to pick up for my reward. I'm so beyond glad I did! I read the synopsis and this sounds simply amazing. I cannot wait to read it. 

3. Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson - I used to follow Ben on BookTube back when he was posting content. I'm not sure he still is, I'd have to go through my subscriptions. Now I follow him on TikTok and when I found this available on Kindle Unlimited, figured why not? I know it's an m/m Beauty and the Beast retelling and literally that's it. That's what I know. I am intrigued. 

4. The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan - I remember seeing this on PeruseProject's page...but that's it. It looked good and involved an Empire of the Wolf. I am looking forward to it after checking the synopsis. It's one of the books on my TBR for August for the Orilium read-a-thon Autumn Equinox Semester. 

5. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski - I bought this not because I needed to read it, but because it's a beautiful illustrated copy. I read the book last year in its paperback edition. But this one was just too gorgeous to pass up. I love the story. 

6. A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin - I remember this from BookTube again, but not where I saw it. I may have also seen it on Bookstagram. That's entirely possible. However, the idea of someone making up for something that they did as an accident that they had not intended it sounded amazing. The idea that the protagonist can only undo the accident by using the same medium that caused it in the first place? Wonderful! 

7. A Starless Crown by James Rollins - No idea. I saw it. It's the first and the cover looked pretty. Picked it up on the Buy-On-Get-One-Half-Off sale at Barnes & Noble. That's as much as I can say about it. I have no idea what the plot is. I have no idea what the series is, but that seems like as good an idea as any going in!!

8. Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao - Stumbled across it while scrolling through Bookstagram, and picked up an audio edition via my subscription to Audible. Had 3 credits I could spend, so this was one well spent. I read The Iron Widow and was excited to find more by Ms. Zhao. This is going to be good!