Talking with Autumn and Sara about Book Subscriptions

Forever Judging Special Edition Books by their Covers

Another book show! I know, I know, it's like I don't know what else to talk about these days. But hear me out! Or better yet, hear US out.

I'm joined today by Sara, whom you may recall, joined me on a previous show back in December. We knew we wanted to chat again because there's always something to talk about with so many books to be throwing money at.

But we're also joined by someone who is well known in the bookish community. Everyone's favorite Instagram book subscription sleuth, TheAutumnBookReads is chatting with us! See kids, this is what happens when you're not afraid to shoot your shots😂! And before you ask, no, this is not a trick and she is not AI generated lol. 

There was a bunch of stuff we talked about and it was a blast! Topics we went over include:

• The current state of book subs today
• The first book that made us get into this money pit of a hobby
• How many books we have in our collections (or "library" as far as Autumn goes)
• What subscription would we keep if we could only choose one

And so much more! 

I'm happy and proud to be able to have a conversation with these ladies and hopefully we'll be able to do it again in the future!

We discussed a bunch of different books and subs and I tried to have everything linked below. If I missed anything, reach out and let me know and I'll update it. 

Until next time!

Links and Info Discussed

• First and foremost, here are all the book subscription boxes I could remember at the time of writing this. If you're really curious, every site has a catalog/past book database where you can see the offerings they've had in the past. If you want to really dive into it and have more questions, the link to the discord is below. Every subscription is going to have a waitlist you have to sign up for, some of which could be as short as a few weeks to as long as 10+ months. So keep that in mind!
  • Fairyloot (Sara's favorite)
  • Illumicrate
  • Owlcrate (My favorite)
  • The Bookish Box
  • The Broken Binding
  • Moonlight Book Box
  • Eternal Embers
  • Eternal Embers ONYX (Autumn's favorite)
  • Mystic Box
• Fourth Wing was brought up a lot. So you can find more info on the book itself right here. 
• If you want to check out all the absolute madness that happened when it first came out, along with the first run copies that were going for over $500 (you know, the one I could've bought for $15 but I cancelled it..) Then go ahead and check that out right here. 
• And here is Sara's Fourth Wing collection! 
• Sara mentioned a copy of Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan that she just HAD to have, despite it being in Italian, a language that she does not even SPEAK lol. If you want to check out La figlia della dea della luna and see if it's worth it, you can do so here. 
• Here is Fairyloot's Daughter of the Moon Goddess that got Sara into special edition books. 
• Here is Fairyloot's Caraval that got Autumn into special edition books. 
• As well as Owlcrate's The Cruel Prince.
• Here's Fairyloot's Babel that got me into special editions.
• As well as Illumicrate's Babel. Oh my giddy heart.
• Here's The Broken Binding's Andy Weir collection that is the first set of books in their new sci-fi subscription. YES, I'm subscribed and the first book is on its way to me as you read this. I AM EXCITE!
• Here is