Sunday, October 31, 2010

In My Mailbox (4)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi of The Story Siren with inspiration from Alea of Pop Culture Junkie.

The idea of IMM is to encourage blogger interaction and expose books to our readers' attention. IMM is a great way to spread the word of certain books that many readers may not have heard of. You aren't limited to books that you've received via mail; you can also include books you've bought or gotten at the library.



This is my haul for the past two weeks. I was kind of surprised - I wasn't expecting this much in the mail!

For Review:
The Riddler's Gift Part 1 & 2 Greg Hamerton

Bought:
(I actually bought the last three with a giftcard I won from Ashlie @ Page Turners Gone Wild)

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Minder by Kate Kaynak
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

From the Library:
(As you can see, the last three deal with witches. I WAS going to have a Halloween-theme -- witches, obv -- on my blog, but stupid midterms got in the way so I had to scrap that idea.)

The Body Finder by Kimerbly Derting
Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
War of the Witches by Maite Carranza
Witch Season: Summer & Fall by Jeff Mariotte

From Giveaways:
(I got these six in ONE DAY. It was the most I've gotten in one day, so I was super excited and did a happy dance!).

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini [Randombuzzers]
Reckless by Cornelia Funke [Won from JL @ An Avid Reader's Musings]
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride [Won from JL @ An Avid Reader's Musings]
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson [Won from Amber @ Just Your Typical Book Blog]
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (MY FIRST ARC!!!) by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan[Randombuzzers]
Vampire High: Sophomore Year by Douglas Rees [Randombuzzers]
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A Summer Court bracelet inspired by Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely series
An exclusive soundtrack CD for Michelle Zink's Prophecy of the Sisters and Guardian Gate
A Book Depository bookmark
(all three above are from JL @ An Avid Reader's Musings)

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare [Won from Amber @ Down The Rabbit Hole]
Gamer Girl by Mari Mancusi[Won from Amber @ Down The Rabbit Hole]
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White [Won from Lisa @ Read.Write. Repeat]
In a Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth [Won from Cindy @ Princess Bookie]
Lovestruck Summer by [Won from Cindy @ Princess Bookie]

I've already personally thanked you all via e-mail, but I'd like to thank you again for these books! :)

From ARC Tours:
All Just Glass by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Not pictured because I sent it off already)
You by Charles Benoit

So what did you all get in your mailbox this week? :)



Also, I'm making a mini-announcement. After today, I won't be on my blog until Friday. Well, I'll get on to check on how everything is and to leave a few comments to blogs I follow, and to respond to e-mails and such, but I won't actually be here most of the time. The reason is that my midterm for chemistry is this Thursday and my final grade in the class is riding on how well I do on my midterm. SO, I'm going all reclusive and studying my butt off. I have scheduled reviews and posts, though. I'm trying to type up all my posts before Sunday ends so I can go crazy on caffeine and hit the books. If you absolutely NEED to reach me or just miss me too much and crave talking to me, shoot me an e-mail! :) I will be actively checking that, since I'm also constantly checking for updates with my chem. professor.

So, I'll pretty much see you all next week! (Hopefully I'll still be alive... x_o)

Have a Happy Halloween!!

Since I won't be here to post my Katniss costume and my best friend as Peeta, I'll leave you with an old costume! I was the orange witch, and no I didn't use red contacts.

21 comments:

The Norwegian BookGirl said...

That was a lot of great book :) I have not heard so much about The Riddler's gift, will be great to see what you think of it.

Unknown said...

Wow!!! Stock piled! I hope you enjoy your sea of novels! Firelight is amazing!!! I love Sophie Jordan, and The Body Finder was awesome!

GreenBeanTeenQueen said...

Oh, I LOVED Lovestruck Summer-one of my favorite romances!

Megan Mack said...

I've really been wanting to read You. Let me know how it goes. I've heard great things.

Tara said...

Wow! What an awesome week :) I loved Nightshade and The Truth About Forever is my favorite Sarah Dessen book ever! And yay! I love to read books about witches :)And Speak is so good! And I really want to read Dash & Lily! And Paranormalcy is cute! Gah, okay, I could go on and on. Hope you enjoy them all :)

Here's what I got in my mailbox this week :)

Anna said...

Oh my gosh--you got so much good stuff this week! How will you ever decide what to read next? I love it :)

Ynysawdre Elderly Residents Association said...

Wow what a totally fantastic book week. I am in love with your library. Enjoy :D

Danna (Bananas For Books) said...

Ah Kristina!!! You got Nightshade! You were really lucky this week! I hope you enjoy all your fun reads! Congrats on your wins!
-Danna

Unknown said...

You've got some great books. I love nightshade, it's such a fab read. Happy Halloween :)
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Unknown said...

Quite the haul this week! I haven't read Nightshade yet but I will very soon! Happy Halloween!

Jennifer | Mrs Q Book Addict said...

Wow, lots and lots of books. I want your mailbox....


Enjoy all your new books. I have Nightshade on my wishlist.

Kristen said...

Good luck on your midterms! Lots of great books there! Enjoy!

Kim said...

I think you will really like Speak...it's the first book that made me cry in a long time.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Christina said...

The Truth About Forever is my favorite book of all time! I hope you enjoy it! :)

bibliophile brouhaha said...

WOW - that is an impressive list!! I have Nightshade waiting for me at the library! Can't wait!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linds, bibliophile brouhaha

Ashley @ Bookaholics Anonymous said...

Wow you got a butt load of books this week some of which I have mainly just Nightshade I think. and alot of others that look really good. :) Enjoy your reading time!

Trulyana said...

Congratulations you have won the Spooktacular Book Giveaway over at www.Crafting-Insights.com. I have emailed you already. :)

Claire (Cem) said...

Wow what an amazing haul of books!! Some great titles there!! I'm a little late stopping by, but thanks for stopping by my IMM yesterday :)

Happy reading!

Susan Kaye Quinn said...

Wow, that is a haul! And NO! I want to see Katniss and Peeta! Pretty please?:)

Christi said...

What an awesome list this week! You've got tons of reading to do! I really liked In a Heartbeat and the Body Finder. Jealous(!) that you got Dash & Lily's... and You is on my list but i haven't gotten to it yet!

Good luck on your midterm!

Michelle Santiago said...

thanks for stopping by our imm post. you have so many books this week--enjoy! i just read dash and lily's book of dares and i LOVE it.

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