Videoing book hauls is a popular trend on Booktube. That’s where content creators highlight great sales and used book store purchases as well as kindle sales. I have always marvelled at the deals available to every reader on the planet except me. 🙂 I don’t have a used bookstore close by and I don’t read ebooks so drastic sales have never been a bookish thing for me….
Until…
AUDIBLE’S CRAZY HUGELY DISCOUNTED SALE!
I had heart palpitations this week when I checked my audible wishlist and noticed that every single book on my list (there are 420 of them!) was on sale. And the vast majority of them were like 80% off. Tons of audiobooks for $3 and $4 . Not yet releases for $8. I was flabbergasted and discombobulated and might have spent way too many hours over the next few days deciding what to buy.
True confession: I might have made purchases every day of the sale so far. Somehow it doesn’t feel as wickedly decadent to break down my binge buying into smaller hauls. 🙂 And the sale is on through to April 8th so there’s no guarantees that I won’t go back for more. (Don’t judge me.)
Anyway, I thought it would be fun to finally share my very own book haul. So here it is (so far….bwahahahahaha!)
If you are an audiobook fan, definitely check out this sale. It’s phenomenal!
Ohhhh, and I’d love to hear about one of your epic book hauls! Such a lovely bibliophile topic for a discussion.
Random Questions
The best thing about my Best Reads Besties is that you are a font of collective knowledge and I can always count on someone here to have the exact information I’m looking for so…I have some random questions:
Re: Gabrielle Meyer’s Timeless series:
Do the books have to be read in order? Do they have carryover characters or plots that over-arc between books that would make it confusing to read them out of order? And will the world building make sense if you pick up a book mid series? Important to know because they are all $3.47 right now on audible….eeeeeeppppp!
Re. Holly series:
I’ve picked up the rest of the Holly books I need plus the rest of C. C. Warrens’ books in the audible sale (eeeeepppp) but now I see where there seems to be a spin off series featuring Marx – Seeking Justice – and they also feature Holly. Curious to know how they fit in with the actual Holly series. Has anyone read them? Can they be read as standalones, or do they have spoilers? Trying to figure out if I should read all the Holly books and then the Seeking Justice books or merge them.
Looking for an Amish book about disasters:
I read a series — maybe three books? — about the disaster relief work the Amish and Mennonites do through the Mennonite Central Committee. The characters were a mix of Amish and Mennonite – young people volunteering after natural disasters. So they travelled away from home to serve. Disaster was a hurriance or flood? I read it quite awhile ago — maybe ten years even but I don’t know when the books were published. Does this ring any bells? I’ve a hankering to read the books again but I can’t remember author, titles, or any other useful information. Any ideas?
Now it’s your turn — do you have any bookish questions we can help you with? Today’s the day to find those answers!
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Hey, Kav!
Hmm, Audible sales. My mom and I have an Audible account but so far we have mostly relied on the free titles plus the monthly credit. This past month, I ended up buying extra credits, but I haven’t paid much attention to sales. I’m curious: It’s sounding like the sales may be more cost-effective than buying extra credits for $10+ a month? Has that been your experience?
I had an awesome “haul” last weekend! The local library does a periodic book sale where they charge $5 for a BAG of books! I snagged a mix of picture books and paperbacks, totaling less than 40 cents a book! Such a blessing!
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I am a longtime Audible member. They tend to do these sitewide sales twice a year. At least they’ve done that for the last three years or so. Once in the early part of the year and once in the later part of the year.. when they do the sitewide sale a lot of the books end up being three or four dollars apiece. If you can wait for one of the site wide sales and stock up then you can get quite a few books for what you would pay for the pack of extra credits. Now, not all of the books are that cheap during the site wide sale, but a significant portion are less than five or six dollars apiece. I spent $45 the other night and got like 17 books….
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Oh wow! That’s amazing! I think I have noticed more of the “free” titles during sitewide sales. I’ll search up authors I keep an eye out for and see titles added to the free section. But wow! Sounds like some awesome deals FOR SURE. Thanks so much for responding!
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Happy to help!
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I ended up nabbing like 13 books for $38
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Gabrielle Meyer’s Timeless series MUST be read in order. The characters are related and the story builds through the books. Each book is its own story, but you do not want to read them out of order…
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Woohoo on the book hall! The Seeking Justice Novels are from Marx’s perspective and fit in after Crossed Off and before Cross the Line. They cover Collin’s trial. I literally read them last week after I read the other Holly novels and would definitely recommend reading them before Holly #4 because there are a few spoilers. There is also a Christmas novella called Holly Jolly Christmas that is included with that series, but it’s not important to the plot of the whole series.
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Woohoo on the book hall! The Seeking Justice Novels are from Marx’s perspective and fit in after Crossed Off and before Cross the Line. They cover Collin’s trial. I literally read them last week after I read the other Holly novels and would definitely recommend reading them before Holly #4 because there are a few spoilers. There is also a Christmas novella called Holly Jolly Christmas that is included with that series, but it’s not important to the plot of the whole series.
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You might be thinking of Vannetta Chapman and Joshua’s Mission. Looks like some great titles you found. Notice several Sarah Eden and a number of interesting sounding cozy mysteries. We all love sales. I have picked up a couple of books on Kindle sale this week. Their daily deals listing is helpful.
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A blessed Resurrection Sunday to everyone!
I am 3 for 3 in not being able to answer any of your questions. But I am super excited about your audible haul! Yay Kav and audible readers with this great sale going on! I have tried numerous times to listen to audible samples but just can’t deal with the variety of voices. I have however been able to adapt to the voice of “Sallie” on my text-to-voice feature so I’m happy with that.
I guess my best book haul would be my Kindle Unlimited membership. I had KU 7 months last year (1 month free) so that was $72. Being the book and numbers nerd I am, I kept track of what each book I read would have cost. I read $777 worth of books! I never would have spent that much, but at 90% off, yes! Also, of the 60 new authors I read last year, the majority were read on KU, so it’s a great way to try new authors with no risk.
I’m off to a great start this year too. My first quarter, I’ve read $237 worth of books for $36, so I’m averaging 85% off this year. I keep telling myself I will only stay with KU as long as it covers the $12 a month cost. So far, I haven’t had any problems meeting and exceeding that, lol. Not every book I buy is on KU, but it sure helps keep my total book budget in a good place.
I hope everyone has a great day rejoicing at all Jesus has done for us!
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