At the beginning of the month I told myself, "Emilija, it's time for a book buying ban. You need to save money and get presents for your loved ones. CONTAIN YOURSELF, IT'S ONLY FOR A MONTH. YOU CAN DO IT!"

...

I failed. 

Somehow, I acquired 26 books in December. Some were bargains from Amazon. 2 of these were books I chose as xmas presents, some were boxing day sales bargains, others... were simply a catastrophe for my purse. Anyway, when you're done being dramatic, Emilija, get on with the list of books you got. 

Well, I don't know how about you, but winter evenings for me mean chill time to the max snuggled up in a blanket by the fireplace with a cuppa in my hands and a book in my lap. I have compiled the perfect playlist for these evenings to play softly in the background. 

I mean I'll be honest, Halloween has just passed and even though I love it, my favourite time of the year by far is the winter holiday period between Christmas and the New-Year. I don't care, I'm getting prepared for it now. I'll fight you if you have anything bad to say about this. 

Much love.

Em

I somehow managed to haul 18 books this month, even more than I did in September. 9 of these books were bought at a car boot sale and I paid like £7 for all of them so it's not as bad is it may look! One of these books I got from a subscription box, and one book not featured in the picture is It by Stephen King and it's an audiobook because I have an Audible subscription. It's almost 45 hours long, holy shit! I'm planning on listening to it when I finish The Name of the Wind. I have like 11 hours left and I am absolutely loving it. 

I've been really looking forward to doing this blog post for a while now. &book is a curated monthly book subscription box. Wow, what a mouthful that sentence was. Like many other subscription boxes out there, it has a different theme every month and the book along with all of the goodies in the box are according to the theme. The October theme was POSSIBILITIES. I was sent the October box because I took pictures for their IG feed for a while (which was amazing), and I held off doing an unboxing as soon as I got it because I didn't want to spoil the contents for others who still hadn't received their box. It's been a while now, so let's get to unboxing! 

(I want to preface this review by saying that Three Dark Crowns was my most anticipated read of 2016. I shit you not, I had hyped up this novel so much in my own damn head that when I pre-ordered the book it was all I could think about.) 

I'm deceased right now so I'm having difficulty putting my thoughts together, bare with me. 

ALRIGHT FAM, STOP WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE DOING AND GIMME LIKE 2.5 MINS TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU NEED THIS BOOK IN YOUR LIFE.

 
Do ya'll remember the masterpiece that was Imaginary Girls? Like, holy shit, I'm such trash for Nova Ren Suma and her writing style. I eat it up like it's cake of the highest quality. I shit you not, Nova Ren Suma does not disappoint with this novel. Omg can I say Nova Ren Suma one more time? Nova Ren Suma. Ok.