Today I will be talking about what I added to my backlog in January.
My first purchase for the year was Pokemon Blue. The last of the Gameboy Pokemon games that I needed to complete the Gameboy portion of my collection. I still need to get the most recent DS games, and I am still deciding if I will add the Pokemon Let’s Go Games to my Pokemon collection.
The next purchase for the month was the Song of Ice and Fire series. I went to the bookshop looking for something else they didn’t have, and this set was on sale. I have the first two books from the series already, so two of them don’t count as adding to my backlog. I purchased this set because it was cheaper to get the first two book again then it was to buy the other five books separately.
You won’t be seeing me read the Song of Fire and Ice books anytime soon. I am waiting for Game of Thrones to finish airing so I can fully separate the two. I want the full enjoyment of the TV series without looking at the books and comparing the two.
The next item I purchased I had previously listened to on Audiobook, and it was something that I felt that I needed to reference in paperback. It was only when I got home that I realised I had purchased the wrong book. I purchased Barefoot investor for Families when I was trying to purchase The Barefoot Investor, which I went back and purchased a few days later. I completed these books during January and have a video posted with my thoughts on these two books.
Over Christmas, I read Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake, and after completing book one, I wanted to jump right into book two so attempted to track down a physical copy. Everywhere I went they were sold out, so in the end, I purchased One Dark Throne on Kindle. The third book I didn’t have the same problem with I was able to pick up Two Dark Reigns easily enough.
I had originally planned for this video to come out last weekend. However, the DVD’s I am about to talk about hadn’t arrived. If the DVDs hadn’t arrived this week, I was just going to add them to my February video.
The following of what I ordered is all anime. I like to keep an eye out for Madman sales, and during January they had some very nice reductions.
I got eight volumes of One Piece, volumes 29 – 36
Volume 25 of Bleach. I am going to have to remember I don’t have volume 24, that it is not misplaced. The Bleach individual volumes look to be out of print now otherwise I would of picked up that volume as well.
Code Geass Akito the Exiled Episode V To Beloved Ones. I’ve been waiting for this volume to drop in price. Now I have all of them I’ll be able to watch. I’ll probably follow it up with a re-watch of Code Geass as either a refresher or to wipe this out of my mind if it ends up being something I don’t like.
The final Item I added is the series Rin-ne Season 1 and Season 2. Only season 2 is in my backlog. I watched season 1 on Crunchyroll when it was airing. I would of brought this series blind even if I hadn’t seen it since the manga author is Rumiko Takahashi who wrote Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2 two series that I have and love.
While I added 12 DVD volumes to my collection, most of these are pre-existing series I already have and would be added to as I got up to so this is only 1 TV series added to my backlog this month. One game and nine books.
I didn’t stay ahead of my collection this month adding the same amount of series as I completed. And adding more books then what I read for the month of January. And I added a game but didn’t complete a game.
