Sunday, October 9, 2011

In My Mailbox {87}

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren, where we all share what we got during the week!

Well, my mailbox was a bit monstrous this week! Lots of exciting stuff, though. If you saw my last post, I already showed a few of the books I bought at the Maureen Johnson/Steph Perkins signing, so I left those out! Ok...here we go!
Bought:
Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
Can. not. WAIT to read this! And very excited to hear the recent announcement that this will not be the last book in the series!
Library:
A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan
This one came in at work, and I couldn't resist it's gorgeousness. *sigh* The perils of working at a library.
For Review:
Destined by Jesse Harrell
Damage by Anya Parrish
On The Fringe by Courtney King Walker
All three of these look amazing...gods, creepy imaginary friends and ghosties!

For review: the Macmillan stack
Hades by Alexandra Adornetto (2nd copy, finished)
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The Humming Room by Ellen Potter
When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellison
Life is but a Dream by Brian James
Dreamland by Alyson Noel
Cinder looks awesome; The Humming Room is based on The Secret Garden which I love; When the Sea and Life is but a Dream are just gorgeous and both sound a but trippy; ah, and Dreamland...looking forward to seeing if life this better than Shimmer, because I loved Radiance!

For Review: the insane Random House box!!
Every You, Every Me by David Levithan
A Plague Year by Edward Bloor
Unforsaken by Sophie Littlefield
You Have Seven Messages by Stewart Lewis
My Beating Teenage Heart by C. K. Kelly Martin
A couple of these I wasn't excited about until I got them in hand and had a look inside them. A Plague Year is by Edward Bloor---who wrote one my favorite books, London Calling, so while I'm a bit apprehensive about the subject in this one, I'm willing to give it a shot. Unforsaken! Loved the first book so I was excited to get this.

For review: Random House (cont.)
Scored by Lauren McLaughlin
The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall
All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky by Joe R. Landsdale
Empire of Ruins (Hunchback Assignments #3) by Arthur Slade
The Lost Songs by Caroline B. Cooney
I hadn't heard of a lot of these until they came up for the What's New List. The Silence of Murder looks really good and All the Earth caught my interest because its set during the Dust Bowl (though you'd never guess that from the cover!). The Empire of Ruins looks fun and it doesn't look like the kind of series you have to read in order, so that's good!

Many thanks to Random House, Macmillan, Courtney King Walker, Flux Books, and Jessie Harrell for all of these wonderful books!

New on my Nook:


Touch by Jus Accardo
In the Forest of the Night by Kersten Hamilton
Had to have Touch after reading about it on The Reading Housewives of Indiana. SO excited for In the Forest...Tyger, Tyger was one of my favorites last year!
Thanks to Netgalley, Clarion, and Entangled Publishing!

So that's what I got...I need to get reading! Guys don't forget to check out the other cool things going on at Stories & Sweeties! Right now, I've got some cool giveaways going on---check the upper right hand column for the list. And I would love to have more participants in the Spooky Reads Challenge!! So if you're planning to read you spookiest books for Halloween, please visit this post and sign up!

Have a great week, everyone! And Happy Reading!

35 comments :

  1. I love the way you set-up these shots - so arty! Books look good, too :-)

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  2. wow!! so many awesome books this week. i really really want to read cinder and when the sea is rising red

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  3. Whew! Great books you got this week. A Long, Long Sleep looks good and the eyes of the guy on the cover of Touch! *melts*

    Thanks for stopping by. ^_^

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  4. Wow, you had a brilliant week! I'm super excited about When the Sea is Rising Red so I really hope you enjoy it. Happy reading!

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  5. What an awesome IMM. There are so many fantastic looking books I haven't come across yet. Cinder, A Long, Long Sleep, Damage.. so many books to add to my Goodreads account LOL

    Happy Reading!

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  6. I really want to read Cinder and A Long, Long Sleep. Happy reading!

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  7. wow you got some really great books this week! that stack from Macmillan is ace! I hope you enjoy them all! :D

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  8. Wow that's a huge great haul! I can't wait to read Destined. Touch was awesome, hope you like it too.

    Giselle
    Xpresso Reads

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  9. I thought The Long, Long Sleep was perfection. I hope you enjoy it!

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  10. Great group of books :) Happy reading! Can't wait for the reviews.

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  11. you got so many books this week!! silence-i'm jealous!

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  12. What a great group of books you have! Love the bookshelf set up.

    New follower. Check out my IMM: http://sarahsbookslife.blogspot.com/2011/10/imm.html

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  13. Wow! How many books did you get! Amazing :D I'm dying to know whether Scored is good or not so hope you do a review of that one :D Enjoy all your pretty new books!

    MyIMMthis week

    Amy @ Turn the Page

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  14. Wow, so many review books. How awesome! And they are so good too. :) Happy Reading.

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  15. Wow loads of wonderful books! There's so many I want to read. I like the Dreamland cover.

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  16. Wow, you got a lot of books this week! Super jealous you got Cinder, Destined and When the Red Sea is Rising! The Silence of Murder sounds really creepy! Happy reading this week :)

    Crystal @ Elegantly Bound Books

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  17. Wow you got a ton this week! Lucky you. I think the ones I would be the most excited about would be Destined and On the Fringe. Both sound so good!

    Stop by my IMM if you've got a moment: http://amandalynsbooks.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-my-mailbox-no-6.html

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  18. Wow! So many fantastic books for you this week! I am really excited to read YOU HAVE SEVEN MESSAGES so I'm looking forward to your thoughts!

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  19. Wow you such amazing books! Hope you enjoy them and happy reading :D

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  20. WOW. A lot of awesome books. I see all of them and go want, want, want, want now. LOL. Old follower saying hello.

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  21. New follower! You got so many great books this week. Love all the cupcakes! Come visit me at Reading Vacation.

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  22. Wow, so much awesome this week!! I am so curious about Life is But a Dream, and I feel so lame that I haven't bought Silence yet.. Can't wait to see your thoughts on all of these. =D

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  23. Great Mailbox. I have Halo and Hush Hush on my tbr list. happy reading!

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  24. Awesome mailbox! So many great books, I wouldn't know which one to read first. A Long Long Sleep was good, but the cover for Damage is really cool! Maybe In The Forests of the Night since Tyger Tyger was so good? Good luck, and enjoy!

    Alexia's Books and Such...

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  25. Hi Becky! Thanks for stopping by today. I am soooooo jealous of your book haul! Wow, so many great titles. My Beating Teenage Heart, Damage, Scored....

    I have to admit I'm a little afraid to read Silence. I was disappointed in Crescendo, and I've heard some of the same compliants (of mine) about Silence... but then I've heard good things too. Hmmm.... I look forward to reading your review!

    Here's my IMM post! ~ Jen @ A Book and a Latte

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  26. I really want to read A Long, Long Sleep! Touch was amazing and I got Silence too! :)

    My IMM this week!

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  27. What a lovely mailbox for this week. I, too, am plagued by too many books on my shelf from working in public libraries. Here's my IMM.

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  28. What a yummy stack of books. I'm so jealous! I'm new to your blog and really love it. Thanks for the great work!

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  29. Yay! Macmillan was good to you, too! Honestly, I'm in love with your mailbox - enjoy :)

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  30. Wow what a great IMM!!! Silence is an incredible read so I hope you enjoy it. You have a beautiful blog. New Follower!!!

    Check out my IMM:
    http://seeitorreadit.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-my-mailbox-2.html

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  31. Fabulous new collection of books to keep you happily reading! I'm looking forward to Scored and Cinder, especially. Enjoy!

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  32. W.O.W. What an amazing mailbox! When The Sea Is Rising Red sounds really good and it has such a creepy cover, lol. Happy reading, Becky! :)

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  33. Wow! Amazing (and huge) haul. Happy reading!!( Awesome pictures, btw)

    My IMM: http://www.storiesandsweeties.com/2011/10/in-my-mailbox-87.html
    -C

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