At the beginning of July I decided to start a book budget. There is no shame in reasonable spending and I really need to develop this habit. In order to help keep myself in check, I’ll be doing monthly check ins. I missed doing August’s post so this is going to be two month’s worth. I know for a fact I went WAY over in August. I really have to stay away from those ebook “deals”.

1. $25.00 in new books per month.
2. Roll over any unspent money to the next month.
3. Read what I want.
4. Don’t buy it just because it’s on sale!
5. Try to read 3 books from the TBR each month.

I am an ereader with a big physical library. 90% of the time I will buy the ebook even if I’ve started the book in physical form. It’s far more convenient for me and I read faster. If I borrow an ebook from the library that I have a physical copy of at home, I’m still counting it towards my savings. It means that I didn’t spend the money on an ebook version and I knocked a book off my TBR!

Obviously any unowned borrowed books are going to be counted into my savings as well.

• If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins – READ – $8.99
• A Dangerous Liason with Detective Lewis by Jillian Stone – $1.36*
• Starlight by Carrie Lofty – $1.99
• Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira – $2.99
• Third Lies the Charm by Lisa & Laura Roecker – $2.99
• Pointe by Brandy Colbert – $4.53
• The Suffragette Scandal by Court Milan – $0.99
• Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins – Already owned physical copy – READ – $10.99
• Off the Page by Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer – $2.99
• Asylum by Madeleine Roux – Already owned physical copy – $1.99
• Looking for Alaska by John Green – $2.99
• Criminal Confections by Colette London – $1.99
• Just One Year by Gayle Foreman – $2.99
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline – $1.99
• How to Seduce a Duke by Kathryn Caskie – $1.99
• Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas – READ – $9.99
• The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan – $3.99
• Labor Day by Joyce Maynard – Already owned physical copy – $1.99
• Scandalous Season by Christi Caldwell – $1.13
• Entwined by Kristen Callihan – $0.99
• Maybe Note by Colleen Hoover – READ – $2.99
• Roar and Live by Veronica Rossi – READ – $2.99
• Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon – $0.99

Total Purchased: $76.82 /16 Books added to the TBR

These are more of a note for books I can read. My mom and I have the family lending going through Amazon. These books weren’t purchased with my money so they won’t count towards my spending. They also won’t count as additions to my TBR.

• Cowboy of Mine by Red L. Jameson – $2.99
• Duchess of Mine by Red L. Jameson – $0.99
• Highlander of Mine by Red L. Jameson – $2.99

*Notates book purchased with DOJ/Publishers Settlement.

• The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon*
• Lamb to the Slaughter by Karen Ann Hopkins*
• Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne*
• Twisted Threads by Lea Wait*
• Voice of the Gods by Eleanor Herman
• His Prairie Princess by Kit Morgan
• Enemy of Mine by Red L. Jameson

• Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
• Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins
• Stitch Me Deadly by Amanda Lee
• Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto
• Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins
• Firelight by Kristen Callihan
• New Orleans Requiem by DJ Donaldson
• Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
• Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
• The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J Maas
• Ember by Kristen Callihan
• Dark Witch by Nora Roberts

Nothing to report for two whole months!

Totals:

Budget Rolling into Next Month: $0.00
Total Spent to Date: $115.43
Total Saved to Date: $16.58
Total Books Read from TBR to Date: 16
Total Books Purchased to Date: 33
Total Free Books to Date: 10
Total Added to TBR to Date: 23 (10 Freebies + 33 new purchases – 20 Read)