I’m addicted to 99p Kindle Books

I have so many unread eBooks on my Kindle it is becoming a problem. 📚📚

I love reading on my Kindle.

• Easier to hold – only needs one hand and your thumb to turn the page!
• More comfortable to read in bed with, laying on your side.
• Free hand can be used to fuss your annoying cat.
• You can prop it up and read while you eat.
• Smaller and lighter to carry, and won’t get bent and damaged in your bag.
• Instantly download books.
• Syncs with Goodreads so I don’t have to remember to update my currently reading.
• Highlights and notes are saved and you can sync them to Goodreads, into Obsidian.mb (with plugin), and your can get a PDF of them all emailed to yourself.
• Built in dictionary (surprisingly handy).

I love it even more now I realised how often books pop up on the Kindle store for 99p!

Kindle store watch list

These days I add anything I’m interested in reading to my “Reading List” on Amazon and then periodically check it to see if any are on a deal for that day.

OMG the RUSH when I see something I was excited about has been discounted!

I also signed up to the BookBub email list which sends me a daily email with a list of Kindle eBook deals. That only further escalated my book buying habit.

Latest additions to my TBR collection

I’ve added some Amazon Associate links to the books mentioned in this post. If you did click through them as an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.

These are some I bought in the last few weeks that had been on my list:

1. A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers – very intrigued by this one, but fear it could be crap!
2. You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry – loved Book Lovers!
3. Why Did You Stay? A memoir about self-worth Rebecca Humphries – the author was on the iWeigh podcast ages ago and I really enjoyed what she had to say. (Still 99p as of 7th July 2023)
4. Wool: (Silo Trilogy 1) by Hugh Howey [*] – I have the urge to re-read and maybe try the TV series.
5. Shift: (Silo Trilogy 2) by Hugh Howey [*] – I have the urge to re-read and maybe try the TV series.
6. Magic Bites: A Kate Daniels Novel by Ilona Andrews – There is a mid-to-high chance I won’t like this but I keep trying to find fantasy series to love!
7. Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield – sounds beautiful but this hyped books are hit and miss with me!
8. Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh – Loved, loved, loved ‘Eileen‘ and ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation‘ when I read them last year!
9. Idol by Louise O’Neill – sounds cool, and I didn’t realised when I bought it but I have read ‘Asking For It‘ by this author before, about 5 years ago, and it has stuck with me.

If I’m only paying 99p then I don’t feel annoyed if I end up not liking the book. I have taken a lot more risks in what I buy and consequently found some real gems I might not have if I’d had to pay £8 for it. It’s one thing if I bought a paper book and didn’t like it, as I could at least donate it to a charity shop or give it to a friend so something else might get something out of it – but if its just a digital file then it feels like more of a waste of money to me!

I still by the paperbacks if I loved them!

The ones that I do end up loving I will buy a second copy in paperback to keep on my lovely new library shelves!

I recently discovered Bookshop.org which is a great way to buy books online but also support independent book shops – you can even select your local one (if you have one) to receive 10-30% of the cover price.

I have an affiliate page where I’ve listed some of my favourite books for 2023, if you’re interested check it out (if you did purchase anything through this link I would receive a small fee).

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Footnotes

[*] I used to own both of these in paperback (found in a charity shop years ago). I loved them at the time, but gave them away when I had to downsize before a move, and now I really want to re-read them!