Heartbeat Monthly (9): September 2018

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 6, 2018 | 0 Comments

September haul

Bought

September “Life in the Shadows” Shelflove Crate
September SJM Nerdy Post tee
Wildcard by Marie Lu (SIGNED)
Signed bookplates from Claire LeGrand, Heather Fawcett, & Tricia Levenseller
Pusheen enamel pin
Daughter of Smoke and Bone book sleeve
Magnetic bookmarks from Happy Hello Co: Red Rising set, LIFEL1K3 set, Illuminae sets

Freebies

Three Dark Crowns pin (pre-order promo)

Rep stuff:

September “Starcrossed Swoons” Fairyloot (code NOVEL5)
Magic and Mayhem special edition Illumicrate (code JESSI10)
Love You More Studio book sleeves (code (JESSI10)
MLC Co candles: Into the Woods and Reading Slumps Succ (code MLCNOVEL)
“I’d rather be reading” blanket from YA Reads (code NOVELHEARTBEAT15)

Promo/tours:

Black Wings Beating by Alex London (Storygram)
The Confectioner’s Guild by Claire Luana (Storygram)
The Geography of Lost Things by Jessica Brody (Royal Social Media)
The Brightest Stars by Anna Todd & matching Book Beau
Niva earbuds from Sudio

Thank you so much to Storygram Tours, Royal Social Media, Anna Todd, and Sudio for sending these! I also have a coupon code for Sudio, it’s NOVELHEARTBEAT! I am in LOVE with these earbuds – if you’re looking for an amazing pair you should definitely check them out!

September Wrap Up

Books I read

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (AUDIO) – ★★★★
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor – ★★★★★
Ash Princess by Laura Sebastion – DNF
The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli – ★★★★
Given to the Sea by Mindy McGinnis (AUDIO) – DNF

I also started several books and didn’t finish them, oops.

Pages read: 2,107
Average rating: 4.5
Favorite book read in September: Muse of Nightmares
Least favorite book read in September: Ash Princess

Books I reviewed

What I’ve been up to this month

I have been in an absolutely HORRIBLE reading slump!! I picked up probably 9 or 10 books that I couldn’t get into (which I talk about in this post). I blame Muse of Nightmares, which blew me away! I can’t seem to kick it. I’ve been wanting to re-read both Harry Potter and my fave Adult series, The Wayfarer Redemption, so after Horror October is over if I’m still in a slump I will probably try picking those up!