My Biggest Book Haul EVER || 120+ New Books || May 2024 [CC]

We have either reached new heights of bookworm behaviour, or new lows. To be determined 😄

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📚 The Books 📚

Jujutsu Kaisen vol. 0, 2-19 by Gege Akutami
Blue Exorcist vol. 1-23 by Kazue Kato
Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
Jazz by Toni Morrison
Love by Toni Morrison
Home by Toni Morrison
Paradise by Toni Morrison
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
Green Frog by Gina Chung
The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Calypso by Oliver K. Langmead
How Long 'Til Black Future Month by N.K. Jemisin
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Welcome to Forever by Nathan Tavares
The Whistling by Rebecca Netley
Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
Fragile Animals by Genevieve Jaggers
Where the Dead Wait by Ally Wilkes
How High We Go In the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Penance by Eliza Clark
Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Rogue by Mona Awad
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval
Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Foster by Claire Keegan
The Last House on Needless Street by Caitriona Ward
The Bees by Laline Paul
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Silas Manor by George Eliot
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
A Room With A View by E.M. Forester
Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Hans Christian Anderson's Fairytales
Dead Weight by Emmeline Clein
Black and British by David Olusoga
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Yours Truly by Abby Jiminez
Part of Your World by Abby Jiminez
By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey
Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
More Than A Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
Ghost Roast by Shawnee Gibbs and Shawnelle Gibbs
The Love and Lies of Rukshana Ali by Sabina Khan
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Heartstopper vol. 5 by Alice Oseman
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach
Golden Boys by Phil Stamper
Sh!t Bag by Xena Knox
Loveboat Reunion by Abigail Hing Wen
The Illustrated Twilight Guide
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
The Rose Society by Marie Lu
The Midnight Star by Marie Lu
Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
Like A Curse by Elle McNicoll
A Christmasaurus Carol by Tom Fletcher
Finding Bear by Hannah Gold
Juniper's Christmas by Eoin Colfer
Skandar and the Phantom Rider by A.F. Steadman
Fireborn: Phoenix and the Frost Palace

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Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university, and work in publishing (Pan Macmillan, Tor). I’m based in London, the UK but I visit The Netherlands where some of my family live from time to time. I love reading, writing, travel, yoga and working out, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x

[CaughtBetweenPages]

Ok but putting aside money for every book you unhaul is brilliant?? Like, I can't believe this has never occurred to me, because it makes so much sense?? Trust Olivia Savannah to revolutionize the TBR game 💅
The matching set of Toni Morrison puts my heart at ease in a way I didn't know I needed, and I've only heard the absolute best things about The Final Strife so my fingers are really really crossed that you love the series!! Sci fi novel in verse, you say?? I'm restraining myself from running to the bookstore at least until I hear your thoughts on it, but I've got a good feeling 😍
I love horror with a Frankesteiny, flora/fauna bent to it, and cannibalism is so spooky yet intriguing to me, so a whole lot your horror zone sounds fantastic.
YES MORE KILEY REID!!! It's going to be fantastic. No, I'm not manifesting. There's no need to, because anything Kiley Reid writes WILL be perfection.
Rouge is definitely literary leaning, but there's definitely some speculative stuff going on, too. Just so you're not blindsided when you pick it up!
I adore themes of religiosity in books. Maybe I'm biased as a religious person, but I feel like spirituality is so much at the core of the human experience that it's weird to me when I feel the absence of faith in a story?
I try so hard not to be an aesthetics snob for and then I see the Penguin clothbounds. They're just so beautiful!
I really love that you and your sisters talk books ❤ it's really sweet and I love families who read together!!
Strong Female Character resonated with me so hard. It's really fantastic. But I may be biased lol
All of these books sound so good and yet again my book buying ban is a thing I'm regretting 😭 I hope you love all of them when you get to them, Olivia Savannah!

[JashanaC]

That's such a cool, smart idea -- to set aside a little bit of money for each book read... ! Yay for all the new books!

[Catsandcamera]

Haha, I bet you're so glad the challenge with Hannah is over!
All For the

[louisity]

Thanks for introducing Genevieve Jagger, Cecile Pin, Jacqueline Crooks.
I haven't read Girl In Pieces too.

[the_creepy_geek]

The last things that arrived in my house was three volumes of Wandance and now I can continue that series and I am excited!!!

[Nao_Craft]

So many wonderful books!! I broke my accidental book-buying ban last night and got myself a copy of the latest volume of Lore Olympus. And I’m currently reading The A.I. Who loved me by Alyssa Cole and I’m loving it so far 😍

[wolfme]

Bone Smith Fairy Loot Edition via Vinted before that I purchased Jurassic Park and The Lost World from The Folio Society. All three books are absolutely stunning 😊

[AbiofPellinor]

This is a HAUL and I’m here for it!!!
The mangas definitely help boost the numbers in this haul haha
I NEED to read The Battle Drum and I just have such high expectations for it! But I should really read it soon 😅
Calypso sounds fascinating. Sci-fi novel in verse?!?! Gimme!!
Neuromancer is one I’ve heard quite a bit about so I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts
Fragile Animals is one I’ve never heard of but omg that sounds great
How High We Go in the Dark - I need to hear your thoughts!!!
Chain Gang All Stars has been shouted about all over my bookternet and I need it!
Highly agree about Emezi’s covers, the US ones are always better!
The Bees! Lizzie has told me apparently I need this one. Excited to hear your thoughts!
Jane Eyre love 😍😍
Dead Weight has such a cool cover, and I hate that eating disorders are getting popular again
Black and British is a book I’ve heard SO much about!
Starfish has such a pretty cover 😍
One day I’ll read Heartstopper 😅
The City Beautiful, I think I need to pick that up!
I loved Amari! I need to carry on with the series!!
Wow what a wonderful haul! So many gorgeous and fascinating looking books!
I’m going to be doing a 6 month haul at some point and I will not have anywhere near as many 😂 my most recent are two kids books in Swedish I got while I was out there!!

[novellenovels]

Love this sooo much. My last book bought was the sun and stars and Dani sent me a Lucy score book which I’m super excited about 🎉🎉

[redheadreading]

I remember loving The Dispossessed when I read it 10 years ago but it's been so long, deffo time for a reread 😅 Certain Dark Things is cool! It's definitely very noir in its pacing and plotting which I think is where a lot of the struggle comes from, but it's still a very cool read 😊 Oh Black and British is BRILLIANT! Such a beast but soooo worth it, it's just a gem. This is such a fab selection of books, what a cracking haul 🤩

[booksandstick]

What a haul! Morrison is my favorite writer. "Hotel Du Lac" is the last book I received, it arrived yesterday and was published in 1984 and won the Booker Prize.

[rasaslase]

So many interesting books. I hope you'll love Soviet Milk. :)

[TheBookSanctum]

The last thing I got was You'd Look Good As A Ghost because it was on sale! And The Christmasaurus Carol and The Final Strife are SO good, you need to read them!

[literarydiversions]

PENANCE PENANCE PENANCE koffkoff… I also really love The Whistling but there is a problematic bit right before the end which feels clumsy and like something a sensitivity reader would have caught BUT The Black Feathers (her next one) didn’t have anything like that so I’m hoping it was just a blip! I have SO many of these on my TBR so we should really finally do a challenge with each others’ TBRs 👀

[knjigoloznica]

I adore Homegoing and I plan to read Transcendent Kingdom this year!

[OnlyIfForAPage]

The 120+ number started to look much more reasonable when you started showing all the sets :- D I liked Jane Eyre, Silas Marner and Lady Chatterlay in high school and college, no idea what I'd thought now :- D I guess at that time I liked how depressing Wuthering Heights was but I remember it was a nightmare you wanted to wake up from :- D

[awanderingmind]

Wow so many books!!! I want to read lessons in chemistry too and watch the show. You need to read homegoing asap!!!

[dompishere]

Not the JJK appearance 😂😂 Welcome to Forever seems interesting. Lol now I need to read Fragile Animals. Girl you need to read Homegoing!!! Why am I not shocked you read Wuthering Heights because of twilight 😂😂 NAME MENTIONED! The Illustrated Guide is by Meyer! omg I had no idea the Christmasaurus series has a 4th book!

[thefuzzybookdragon]

'Not Here To Be Liked' and 'Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers' were both fun reads for me. My last book purchase was 'Ocean's Godori' (my current read).

[CharlieBrookReads]

Wandering Souls is so good. It’s very short so not a ton of character depth but I loved it.

I want to read some Mona Awad.

The Death of Vivek Oni is my fave Emezi . Can’t wait for their new one out this summer I think it is.

I LOVED Transcendent Kingdom.

I love Elle McNicoll’s books… she can do no wrong ❤️

You have so many great books I hope you love them all.

I borrowed a book from the library today Good Girls:A story and study of Anorexia by Hadley Freeman ❤