April's Balancing the Books with Bea

Inspired by Fantasy Is More Fun and The Geeky Blogger's Book Blog, I decided to start tracking my book expenses this year. I'll do a wrap up post at the end of each month.

I've given myself $10 real money each month to spend on books, whether for myself, as gifts, or blog giveaways. "Real money" being cash from my bank account as opposed to gift cards and store credits. I am counting money spent to ship giveaways and Paperbackswap.com books. Books from my personal shelves, borrowed from the library or a friend, and books received for review do not count against my purchases.

YEAR STARTING FUNDS

Cash - $120
Amazon Gift Cards - $105.80
Other Gift Cards - $55
Amazon Promotional Credit - $1
Audible Credit - $10
Paperbackswap.com Credits (PBS) - 16

APRIL STARTING FUNDS

Cash -$88.33

Amazon Gift Cards - $100.23

Other Gift Cards -$0

Amazon Promotional Credit -$0

Audible Credit -$0
PBS Credits - 18

SPENT/RECEIVED  

Cash - $0

Amazon Gift Cards Spent- $16.08

Amazon Gift Cards Received - $15

Other Gift Cards - $0

Amazon Promotional Credit - $0

Audible Credit - $0
PBS Credits Spent - 2
PBS Credits Received - 0

APRIL ENDING FUNDS

Cash - $88.33

Amazon Gift Cards - $103.15 (the math is off but I can't figure out where or why. Amazon says I have this amount so that's what I'm going with)

Other Gift Cards - $0

Amazon Promotional Credit - $0

Audible Credit - $0
PBS Credits - 16

BOOKS BOUGHT - PRINT & EBOOK

One Wrong Step by Laura Griffin (GC purchase)

Twisted by Laura Griffin (GC purchase)

No Place to Hide by Shannon Stacey (GC purchase)

Deception by D.B. Reynolds (GC purchase)

The Troublemaker Next Door by Marie Harte (GC purchase)

Bringing Home the Bad Boy by Jessica Lemmon (GC purchase)

The Red Book of Primrose House by Marty Wingate (GC purchase)

Only In My Dreams by Darcy Burke (GC purchase)

Foal Play by Kathryn O'Sullivan (PBS credit) 

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (PBS credit)

BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW- PRINT & KINDLE

The Case of the Invisible Dog by Diane Stingley
A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander
A Whole New World by Liz Braswell
Escaping Vegas by Danielle Bourdon
After the War by Jessica Scott
Shallow Graves by Christina Wolfer
Sharp Shootin' Cowboy by Victoria Vane
Musseled Out by Barbara Ross
Day Shift by Charlaine Harris
That Chesapeake Summer by Mariah Stewart
Flirting with Fire by Kate Meader
A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes
SEAL Wolf Hunting by Terry Spear

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY - PRINT & KINDLE

The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton

Mightier Than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer
Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb
Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti
Graveyard Child by M.L.N. Hanover (currently reading, due yesterday. Oops)
Festive in Death by J.D. Robb (not read yet)
Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti (not read yet)

FREE E-BOOKS

Hidden Prey by Cheyenne McCray

Coming Home by April Zyon

A Wing & A Prayer by Andrea Laurence

A Cold Dark Place by Toni Anderson

Single Wolf Female by Jessica Sims

Getting Out of Hand by Erin Nicholas

First Surrender by Katie Reus

Kodiak's Claim by Eve Langlais

Night with a SEAL by Cat Johnson

Boundary Crossed by Melissa F.Olson

BOOKS WON OR GIFTED

Fever by Jamie K. Schmidt
Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti

I acquired way too many books but I didn't spend very much money since most were freebies or for review. Of the books I bought, all were $2 or less except for one that was $6.15. I also read 10 of my own books last month plus 4 from the library. Overall, a very good month. :)