It’s been a few months since my last unhaul so it seemed time to scan those shelves again! I’m still doing my ten-out, one-in book buying ban and I bought a new book prematurely. I couldn’t help myself, I needed some Kitty Norville in my life. This unhaul will hopefully make me feel less guilty as I’m truly trying to own less stuff.
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
I have two copies of these two- that’s literally it! I have two copies and that feels unnecessary considering that I didn’t much like The Bad Beginning. And now that I’m done with the Wuthering Heights part of my degree course, I don’t need this specific edition anymore. I’m not a big collector of multiple copies, I can only think of a couple books where having two copies isn’t just an accident!
American Housewife by Helen Ellis*
I read this in March and immediately put it on the pile of books to unhaul. You can read my wrap-up review here but in short, I’m never going to read this again and don’t feel the need to keep it on my shelf until some unguessable future when I will take it off and unhaul it.
Popular: A Memoir by Maya Van Wagenen
While clearing out my shelves, I pulled this out and had a flick through since I have literally no idea where it came from. It looks like a fine book but I’m twenty-four now and really have little interest in going back to the horrors of school. I bet a teenager will get a kick out of it though so I’ll take it to my local charity shop.
The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension and The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Remember when everyone and their mother was reading this series?! I jumped on that dang bandwagon and actually really enjoyed book one! But here’s the thing, I tried book two. I did. I got maybe 100 pages in, then tried again with the audiobook, but the writing quality just wasn’t there for me. I did think I might give it another go but then I saw Lianne’s video where she unhauls Sandersons books and she gave me the push I needed.
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid*
I think the moment I decided to unhaul this was when I saw the sequel available from my library and realised I didn’t want to continue the series. I did a whole review and I think I should’ve just donated this then and there!
The Widow and The Child by Fiona Barton*
I liked The Widow but The Child kind of let me down and since I rarely re-read thrillers anyway, I’d rather let these go and free up some space on my ever-overflowing bookshelves! I’m learning- and I love that my shelves are starting to reflect books that I adored, rather than just everything I’ve read.
Imogen's Typewriter. 