November 2019 Book Haul

With NaNo going on all month (post on that to come soon), I really didn't expect to be adding many books to my shelves this last month. November was already crazy, seeing as I had a newborn on my hands in addition to a one-and-a-half year old. Add in a busy week of being with family for Thanksgiving and an emergency appendix surgery for my hubby... yeah, November was nuts. Looking back now, I'm surprised I had any time to go shopping at all.

However, I will say that book mail is DA. BEST. Sometimes, you don't need time to go shopping. You just need to check the mailbox. *grins*

So, here's November's book haul.

Sorry for the dark coloring; I don't feel like editing the pic.

The Rope Trick // Lloyd Alexander - After reading the Prydain Chronicles and the Westmark Trilogy, you can bet I'll pick up any Lloyd Alexander book I can.

Writing Magic // Gail Carson Levine - Who knew that the woman who introduced the world to fairytale retellings also wrote nonfiction? I'm pretty excited about this one.

By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, #5) // Laura Ingalls Wilder - The ONE Little House book I didn't have yet. SCORE.

Florence Young: Mission Accomplished (Christian Heroes: Then and Now, #23) // Janet and Geoff Young - I remember reading a lot of missionary stories growing up, and these are the types of stories I want to be able to share with my kiddos.

The Princess // Lori Wick - A friend of mine a long time ago told me this was her favorite book, and I completely forgot about it until I came across this copy in a thrift store. I'm not familiar with the author, but it's definitely a score at a thrift store price.

A Walk with Jane Austen: A Journey into Adventure, Love, and Faith // Lori Smith - The title of this one jumped out to me. I've never read anything like this before, and it's Austen, so I'm pretty excited about it.

The Book Thief // Markus Zusak - I don't normally go for the books that have all the hype, but I've wanted to read this one for a while. And it was $1. It was a no-brainer.

Captive Treasure // Milly Howard - A book from my childhood. I grew up with a lot of books from BJU Press, and I loved them all. This one always reminds me of Lois Lenski's Indian Captive, as both books basically have the same plot.

Silas Marner // George Eliot - Classic in a gorgeous hardback. I'm always up for that.

Sew, It's a Quest // Do You Take This Quest? // My Kingdom for a Quest // Honor: A Quest In // Hair We Go Again // Kendra E. Ardnek - BOOK MAIL. MADE MY DAY. I just realized recently that I've only read the first two books in this series. *le gasp* Now, I can fix that! Super exciting.

The Dragon's Flower // Wyn Estelle Owens - Also BOOK MAIL. I'd completely forgotten I'd won this giveaway until this showed up in my mailbox. A Rapunzel tale worth the read. Review here on KiriBeth.

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And that's it, folks! What books did you add to your shelves in November? Any favorites in the ones I hauled above? Let me know in the comments!

God bless!

Merchant of Menace Cover Reveal

The Bookania Quests are growing yet again! We saw the lovely release of Kendra's Rapunzel-inspired tale earlier in August (Hair We Go Again), and now we're getting close to the release of book #6 in this fun, fairytale series!

This is me, shamelessly stealing pics from Kendra's blog.

Believe me, if you're into any type of fun retellings that make you laugh out loud and squeal in delight with all the fairytale references, this is the series for you. Make no mistake about that.

Merchant of Menace is more than just a mere fairytale retelling, however. Do you like Cinderella? Well, that's in here. Do you like Shakespeare? Well, that's in here, too. And guess what? We've also got bits of the Odyssey AND pirates! I'm really excited to see how she combines all of that into one story. And that, really, is what I love so much about Kendra's books. You jump in, thinking you know everything there is to know, but she takes you on the adventure you never saw coming. I mean, throw pirates in with any fairytale and I'M TOTALLY THERE. We don't have enough of those stories.


Anyway, you're here for a cover reveal, aren't you? Well, I won't be one of those bloggers who makes you scroll for an eternity before showing you what you want. *winks*

Here we go.

About the book: Robin has promised Meg her aid in rescuing her lost father and sisters, but that's easier said than done...  

Eep!! Don't you love this cover? The blues, the SHIP, the mysterious tones.... AH! Can't wait. *grins* *and grins some more*

This book does not have an official release date as of yet, but you can still get prepped for it by adding it on Goodreads or checking it out on Kendra's blog!

And, as always, the first book in this series, Sew, It's a Quest, is available for free on Amazon Kindle and Smashwords!

About the author: Kendra E. Ardnek has been writing her own stories since she was a toddler. She fell in love with books, drama, and fairy tales at a very young age - and has been filling notebooks with her stories for years. Joining NaNoWriMo gave her an opportunity to be a published author at 16.

She writes her own blog (knittedbygodsplan.blogspot.com), homeschools, cooks, knits, and crafts when she isn't writing stories and acting them out with her younger cousins and siblings.