Used Books Monthly reviewsReviews

The Girl from Junchow not really Romance

5 days ago

The book was very difficult to follow/get into unless you have a strong understanding of politics in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

Unsatisfied this time around

Feb 10, 2020

I shared this subscription with a friend before loved It had to stop for a while decided to get my own this time but for whatever reason the books were horrible not a single one I liked/was interested in reading very disappointed this time :( hopefully next month is better

Mixed choices

Nov 02, 2019

Update: I had issues with the books I received and have attempted 3 times to contact the seller with not even an acknowledgment of my questions.

While I love the idea of getting a selection of used books every month, the books in my first shipment were meh. Blue Gold is a book I had already read and there's no way you could know that but it was in the large print version.

My biggest disappointment was in the book Lesser Evils by Erin M. Evans from the Brimstone Angels series by Dungeons & Dragons. This is not a book I would classify as "fantasy". It's definitely more on the occult side of the scale. I would suggest that this should be a separate genre rather than lumped in with fantasy or sci-fi.

I really appreciate the other two choices - Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell and Blood Orchid by Stuart Woods. Both seem to be books I will really enjoy. I've read other books by Stuart Woods so I'm particularly looking forward to that one. All the books were in great shape with little to no wear at all. Getting the chance to read books that are a bit older is appealing, not just the constant stream of new releases.

Another plus is the re-use of packaging materials. My shipment came in a box that had obviously been retaped and that was so great to see.

Over time I hope that the books sent will be narrowed a bit to my reading...

No books yet

Dec 30, 2019

Haven't received my order yet

Okay-ish

Oct 01, 2018

The subscription was decent considering the price. Most books received were close enough to the genre I asked for. Unfortunately my experience with their customer service was lacking. All I received from my August renewal was a packing slip. I notified them on 7 September, and was informed a replacement would be sent ASAP. 3 weeks have gone by, and there has been no replacement recieved and no shipment notification was provided.

Quality box,

Jun 29, 2019

It had good books, just not my type of books, will try another month

Picky

Jun 01, 2019

To start, I am a harsh reviewer and book picker but with the books I received, I wouldn't be surprised if I got the leftover stack. 3/4 books I don't know how they chose: a Christian fiction, a "Venetian goth" book, and some horrid mystery fiction. Not to mention, these three books are all part of a series and were not the first books. The fourth book, however, is a reasonable choice based on the description I left. I'm just left thinking how scarce their collection is that they would send these books and also just how picky/pretentious I am a reader! The price is great though so maybe this box/the picker just wasn't for me.

Disappointed in curation

Aug 29, 2019

not a great selection at all. sandra brown? the yaya sisterhood? i was quite disappointed.

Russian History and From Beirut to Jerus

Aug 19, 2019

I received two books. One book I already own. I wrote immediately to let you know but still have not heard back. Am I supposed to mail it back to get another one? The other book was ok, though I probably won't read it.

Not worth the Cost

Aug 11, 2019

I would really like to know why it takes two weeks to get, from the date it shipped, to get the books.

Aug 16, 2018

Sadly underwhelmed with my first box. One of the books has what looks to be coffee stains throughout and the others have bent pages and ripped corners. I’m sure it’s not a bad subcription but I believe my first box was a total flop and that wasn’t the greatest first impression.

Jun 15, 2018

I really wanted to like this box. I got a 3 month subscription and my first box was okay. But my second and third boxes are both awful. I could only read 1 book in my second box because the other 3 were all in the middle of different random series. My third box was filled with mostly mass market paperbacks that are again apart of different random series.