2016!! New Year, new challenges!
This is a continuation of the purchase challenge I started in 2014, making this is the 3rd year of purchase tracking. The biggest goal of this Purchase Challenge is to control my book spending: no more than $20 per month.
I always start the draft for these monthly book purchase updates at the beginning of the month. It gives me a chance to look back over the previous month and encourage myself to do better throughout the coming month.
02-Sep-2016: I have a pre-order for September: Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews!! SQUEEEEEEE!
25-Sep-2016: Wow. So. I totally forgot about a local book festival and I ended up going with a friend. FUN TIMES! But not sweet for the wallet. IDK how I should categorize those purchases – still pondering that.
27-Sep-2016: Ok. I HAVE to stop spending money now. It’s like I realized I’ve been exercising restraint and thus lost it. O_O
Book: A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles #1)
Author: Amanda Bouchet
Cost: $8.47 (w/S&H)
Format: MMPB
Date Purchased: 01-Sep-2016
Notes: I’ve heard a lot of good things
Book: Magic Binds (Kate Daniels #9)
Author: Ilona Andrews
Cost: $20.97 (w/S&H)
Format: Hardback
Date Purchased: 20-Sep-2016 (pre-ordered 18-Feb-2016)
Notes: Squeeee!
Book: I’m Judging You
Author: Luvvie Ajayi
Cost: $18.02 (w/s&h)
Format: Trade Paperback
Date Purchased: 25-Sep-2016
Notes: Saw her in person at Baltimore Book Festival. Also received autograph!
Book: The Orc King (Transitions #1) (Legend of Drizzt #17)
Author:
Cost: $3.00
Format: Hardcover
Date Purchased: 25-Sep-2016
Notes: Baltimore Book Festival 2016
Book: Little Brother (Little Brother #1)
Author: Cory Doctorow
Cost: $3.00
Format: Trade Paperback
Date Purchased: 25-Sep-2016
Notes: Because reasons; also 2/3
Book: The Dragonlover’s Guide to Pern
Author: Jody Lynn Nye & Anne McCaffrey
Cost: $3.00
Format: Hardcover
Date Purchased: 25-Sep-2016
Notes: Because REASONS. I’ve been meaning to read Pern since forever.
Book: Shadow Raiders (The Dragon Brigade #1)
Author: Margaret Weis & Robert Krammes
Cost: $1.00
Format: Hardback
Date Purchased: 27-Sep-2016
Notes: Lack of restraint…
Book: Disciple of the Wind (Fated Blades #3)
Author: Steve Bein
Cost: $1.00
Format: Trade Paperback
Date Purchased: 27-Sep-2016
Notes: Lack of restraint… and 3/3! Only missing novellas
Book: The Rose and the Thorn (Riyria #2)
Author: Michael J. Sullivan
Cost: $1.00
Format: Trade Paperback
Date Purchased: 27-Sep-2016
Notes: Lack of restraint…
Book: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Author: Malala Yousafzai, Archie Panjabi (Narrator)
Cost: $3.95
Format: Audible Audio
Date Purchased: 28-Sep-2016
Notes: Lack of restraint… AND this is a GREAT deal!!
September 2016 Totals:
Total Books Purchased: 10
Total Amount Spent: $63.41
Special Purchase Books Purchased: 1
(SP) Amount Spent: $20.97
(R) Amount Spent: $42.44
(O) Other/Giftcard: $0
Potential Sales Abandoned: 0
Money Saved (Lost Sales): $0
September Budget Available (not including special purchases): -$22.44
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