the last book haul until who knows when

[@oddghoul]

I've been feeling super conflicted about ordering. In the last few weeks, I've been ordering a lot to help support my favorite small businesses whose only way of staying afloat right now is through online orders (and yes, totally using buying as a coping mechanism for my anxiety) but I definitely feel guilty about our mail people having to expose themselves daily 😭I don't know how to find a balance of support my favorite artists/small businesses without potentially making this harder on mail workers.

[@alliecollins9921]

Same. I am the only working at the moment due to my husbands job being shut down. I'm an independent consultant so my job depends on being able to order products and be able to ship them back out. I feel super conflicted bc this is our only means right now but I don't like that I am putting my mail lady at risk.

[@alliecollins9921]

Just to mention. We have been extremely careful, we have only left our home twice in 3wks for essential needs so we ourselves have been careful, I just worry and am concerned for everyone's safety

[@hardbackhoarder]

i would consider anything that is needed to be shipped for your job an essential! i am worried about the people who sit at home and order cute clothes and nicknacks just because :(

[@hardbackhoarder]

i don't think there is a /right/ answer. i'm just ordering as little as possible. I think it is still okay to order things. I've gone to order things but have asked companies if they can hold off on shipping until things have possibly cleared. A lot of small businesses are usually ok with that!

[@wapisiwak]

I recommend buying gift cards for small businesses! If they don't offer one on their site, most of the time if you DM them or email them, they can email you an invoice!

[@dg9531]

we do need to support small businesses, and also our post offices. My family is in the trucking business. If no one is ordering anything, businesses won't need the truckers. But we also all need to do what we feel is right for ourselves, so order or not, it is a personal decision.

[@hardbackhoarder]

my parents work in delivery and it has caused a lot of stress and anxiety in our family. i don't think people will stop ordering, and there will always be people buying things. I'm just choosing not to order anything unless i need to and not putting people at risk over a book just because lol

[@livpatrick99]

I love watching your videos because you expose me to book I would never have the chance of seeing otherwise. I love that your looking out for your community as well with no more packages. Keep up the fantastic work!!

[@kyra8138]

I love to see ebook hauls, they're very rare.

[@fancifulimpression]

Great haul. I absolutely loved monster she wrote and got so many reading suggestions from that book. Some authors I’d heard of and some I hadn’t.

[@fancifulimpression]

I’m now ordering from Bookshop.org since you can select an independent bookshop and a portion of the proceeds go to them. I’ve chosen different bookshops to support and discovered some great lists on there.

[@louissawells3782]

I finished Crescent City today. My first book by that author. Loved it!

[@meljstephan]

Time for us all to hit that TBR shelf 😂

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

SHADOWS BETWEEN US IS SO FREAKING GOOOOOOD YEAAAAS

[@unrevealedreader442]

*book about first-hand experiences with murder* Ali: this sounds so fun! 😂😂😂

[@Sarasstorytime22]

Your videos always bring a smile to my face.

[@MrRorosuri]

I'd love ebook n audiobook hauls :)

[@mariahw3041]

E-book hauls would be great! 💛

[@ZeeZeeDreaming]

Would definitely be interested in kindle hauls!

[@beamingforbooks]

Can’t wait to get my hands on Well Met! Also love your reasoning behind not ordering books ❤️❤️

[@charityyoder9028]

I didn't plan on ordering any books but I broke down. I also figured I could actually get the GRE book and use this time to study. Going to kick that out of the way when I can actually take the test! ... I took all of my library items back. I didn't check for what my library's policy was for this time. No need to risk being held responsible for 20+ books (Though I doubt I would have been). Besides, plenty of books at home. Despite my recent buying binge.

[@booksandteawithanna-marie6395]

Every single one of your intros makes me so happy 😂😂❤️ thank you for being so considerate and hilarious and also your hat is awesome!

[@thebookbella4764]

Well Met is amazing! I loved this one! It is hate to love, and it's so much fun! I really really really need to read Woven in Moonlight! So many good books in the haul!!!

[@manuelita467]

You can still do ebooks ! Try Libby

[@hardbackhoarder]

yes! i am a librarian so i am familiar and love it!

[@WorldAccordingtoEmma]

I tell myself that I can't buy books unless I've read 3 books off my physical TBR. In the month of March, I was able to read 5 books and between Book Outlet and Amazon I bought 7 books! The book I'm most excited to read off that list is A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds.

[@vanessahernandez2010]

I took my acrylics off. Laque Nail Bar posted a good tutorial on Instagram on how to remove them safely. You can check it out @laquenailbar although if you aren't ordering things online you may not be able to get the supplies unless you already have them or they sell them at the market you go to.

[@CananS]

ur background is goals :)

[@FaeryLaume]

I think book orders probably lean on the safer side for delivery people who a) are taking precautions and b) have to be working whether you order or not. I did a Book Outlet order about a week ago, and laugh if you will but, I felt so anxious and overwhelmed that the idea that I was planning far ahead enough to read all those books felt like I had staked a claim to the world rolling on. It might roll on strangely, like one of the dystopian novels I tend to read, but.... And it gave me something to look forward to. We've been bringing our mail home and putting them in quarantine in the pick up for a few days (cause it's not like we're going anywhere in it) before opening them. Cardboard is one of the hardest things for the virus to live on. As for where I'm getting books to read while sheltering in place, uhm, ahem.... have you seen my shelves??? I have enough books to read here if the quarantine lasts decades. I also can access books from my library because I can call them and staff will set up a time to check them out for patrons and leave them on a table in the front of the building. Again, I quarantine them between picking them up and reading them. Although the only books and videos I've gotten from them were several that I was on a waiting list for. I also have an ebook lending library and books on my Kindle I've purchased but haven't read yet. So, finding books is not in my list of quarantine issues. My problem was I had trouble reading, my brain just couldn't settle, but I seem to have gotten past that, whew! I'm really loving the ebook from my lending library I'm reading at the moment, Sorcery of Thorns. I was expecting something that was light and entertaining but I'm finding it really page turning! Sorry to ramble on so long - you can have your life back now. Heh heh.

[@HeyUmmi]

Love your hair 💕

[@brewsbinds7975]

Life is Short and then You Die sounds like a good short story collection!

[@wendyvilla2904]

Hola! Chica I agree that unless you really really need it then order it other than that don't. I took my acrylics off to much weight at the top of of your nail is bad I think and hurts like a bitch when you break one. Great haul by the way!

[@ericab1302]

The baby pink 💕 Also: I'm still undecided about getting Chain of Gold - I loved The Infernal Devices so I'm intrigued, however I haven't read beyond Lady Midnight in that trilogy and I really don't want to ☠

[@Kuroshiro575]

Where did you get your wig? It looks so cute

[@hardbackhoarder]

everydaywigs!

[@CosaDeOcho]

I feel the same way, I really want to order Crescend City and read it but I feel it is unnecesary at the moment. My country has been in lockdown for a month so I didn't got the chance to buy it when it was relesead. I keep seeing booktubers talking about all the books that they are ordering and I'm a little scared of the lack of empathy some pople have honestly, it's like they have like a thousand unread books on their shelves, I'm sure they can find something to read during this time.

[@jamesbaird1342]

Powell's in Portland, Oregon is closed temp. I dont live there but I order books. Barns and Nobel closed about 2 thirds of there stores, I think for good

[@FaeryLaume]

Yes, Powell's sent out a long post saying they weren't sure if they would survive the shut down. Booklovers have responded and done a lot of ordering. I live close enough to visit in person a handful of times every year and although I know there are greater issues in the world than a bookstore, the idea of a world without Powell's quite honestly was a huge reality punch for me.

[@ericavandegrift6219]

I want the Fairy Loot edition of Shadows Between Us so bad! I gave that 5 stars and it super picky lol. My daughter is 15 and asked for her own copy in her Easter basket.

[@KittyAndTheBooks]

I have thought about ordering from my local bookshop. Usually I don't buy there because English books are way overprised in store here... I am not sure yet. Also, I really do have enough books for the next 6-9 months. xD

[@kennedyparrish9092]

when you lend out books do you keep the covers with you? i have been lending out LOTS of books for all my non-reading pals in quarantine, but haven't been doing that and now I am FILLED WITH ALL KINDS OF REGRET, DON'T DENT MY COVERS

[@hardbackhoarder]

i keep the covers as more of a reminder that hey someone has my book lmao

[@passionatebibliophile844]

You are so funny ! Love your videos 😂♥️

[@bewitchinglyparanoid]

It has been A WHILE since I last ordered a good stack of books. Must be my sister who gifted me a couple on my birthday, and that was in February. Oh boy, what is wrong with me!

[@knigoholik9946]

I'm wondering if the Pirate Queen was inspired by the real Pirate Queen Ching Shih :) Yes, that with ordering is hard. I totally get why you do it. Over here - Bulgaria, some of the publishers (i can think of one) and media are posting in Instagram etc. to encourage us to buy so that the publishers/bookstores can survive the situation successfully. Since the quarantine I had only one order, but *sigh* I'm thinking of making one from one of my fav. publishers to support them.

[@cleg78]

I just posted my recent book haul on my bookstagram and it was pretty intense but I got some amazing titles and some at the most crazy prices

[@thefaeriewilds]

I want to read Chain of Gold but I don't want to read all the Lady Midnight books lmao. So Jesse used to live in a town named Crescent City and apparently he hated it there or something because whenever he hears that book title he yells "EW!". Monster She Wrote sounds really good.

[@Sky-fz7ku]

Paper Faerie chain of gold doesn’t follow lady midnight story line. So that isn’t needed in order to read chain of gold, it follows after the infernal devices.

[@thefaeriewilds]

@@Sky-fz7ku I'm considering jumping straight to it, but I know Cassandra Clare always intertwines things even across time, so I wonder if I'd still be missing something lol.

[@Sky-fz7ku]

@@thefaeriewilds I'm sure you will miss small nuggets, but honestly Lady midnight had like 200 pages of recaped information, and the second one is turing out to be the same, so I'm sure you would be fine reading chain of gold as long as you have read TID

[@thefaeriewilds]

@@Sky-fz7ku Maybe I'll give it a try then! Thank you for letting me know :D

[@ottoismy1dog]

I picked up a couple classics (for Free from Amazon) for my Kindle, but I'm still looking for my motivation to read 😒

[@TheBookishMom]

I'm trying not to buy any more books until the world opens up again too. Maybe ebooks though

[@amberinoface]

i really want to read Seven Deadly Shadows now

[@nouhakdim1425]

Very good books. 👍👍I'm from Morocco

[@booksandteawithanna-marie6395]

I’m so excited to see your thoughts on Crescent City!! I read it in March and really enjoyed it!! I posted some spoiler and non-spoiler thoughts on it, because there were some parts that I didn’t love, but overall I still stan SJM and love her books!!!

[@dixiewinxeqandmore356]

I suggest if you want to do book orders & want to make sure local(small) bookstores can get funds, I recommend the website bookshop.org

[@BlinkFly]

DixiewinxEqAndMore I’ve never heard of that site, thank you!

[@dixiewinxeqandmore356]

@@BlinkFly You are welcome!💜💚

[@kellybarrett1561]

Please check out Jakarta Pandemic by Steven Konkoly I read it 4 years ago and it is so close to what is happening now. You will not be able to put it down soooo good!!

[@kellybarrett1561]

Available on

[@bananamilk2263]

I don’t mean this in a meannn way I promise but you sound like Velma from scooby doo and I love that

[@beearedee]

I took my acrylics off. Wanted to cry a little. I don’t even recognize my hands anymore 😭