Sunday, September 23, 2012

New Shelf Goodies and The Weekly Nutshell

For New Shelf Goodies, I'll be showing you what lovely books I acquired this week, whether from publishers, or the library, or from whatever half-crazed book-buying binge I happened to go on. :D (Inspired by Alea @ Pop Culture Junkie's This Week in Books & Tynga's Stacking the Shelves) The Weekly Nutshell will be just that...my week here at Stories & Sweeties, in a nutshell. (inspired by Ginger @ GReads and her recaps at the end of the TGIF posts) Note: This is not a meme, but I'll be hopping around to any other book haul-sharing posts I come across!

Just a little haul this time around, but I'm not complaining---SUPER excited about both books that came through my mailbox this week! 
For Review: 
AHHH! Ultimate happy dance! This is one of my most highly anticipated reads of 2013! Ready to fall back into Wonderland!!
A modern retelling of Frankenstein! This one definitely sounds disturbing!

Huge thanks to Abrams Books and Strange Chemistry for these! 

The Weekly Nutshell:

As you can see, I've been taking it a bit slow on the blogging lately---its been a mixture of traveling, not feeling too hot health-wise, and my older kids driving me a bit batty (yes, they've pulled the cliche move of throwing a party while we were away for the weekend..ugh).  I'll hopefully get back into the swing of posting a little more regularly soon.  Bear with me, dears! :)

Happy reading!    
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  1. ElodieSeptember 23, 2012 at 2:49 AM

    OMG You got a copy of Splintered !! I'm soooo jealous of you right now Becky !! I can't wait to know what you think of it !! Happy reading :)

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  2. Lucy PowrieSeptember 23, 2012 at 2:49 AM

    They both look really great! Happy reading! <3

    Here is my Stacking the Shelves: http://readwritesleepeat.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/stacking-shelves-1.html

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  3. UnknownSeptember 23, 2012 at 3:38 AM

    Splintered looks GORGEOUS! No idea what it is about, but will have to check it out now.

    Good luck with the older ones - tell them throwing a party over the weekend is so 1990s, it's not even vintage.

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    1. Little Miss BeckySeptember 23, 2012 at 10:42 AM

      LOL, not vintage. Oh I love that. All I think of when I think of kids throwing parties while the parents are away is the movie Sixteen Candles with Molly Ringwald. :D

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  4. DarlingNickeySeptember 23, 2012 at 4:05 AM

    Oh wow, you got a copy of Splintered! It's on netGalley but they won't let me have a copy :(
    I hope it's as awesome as it sounds!
    Enjoy!

    /Nickey

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  5. Tales of WhimsySeptember 23, 2012 at 4:34 AM

    A party?
    OH NO!
    How old is your kid?
    Any serious damage or major calamity?
    How was your trip?
    Where'd ya go?

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    1. Little Miss BeckySeptember 23, 2012 at 10:51 AM

      We went up to Oregon for the weekend. My two oldest are 17 and 18, and they were both in on it. Thank goodness no major damage and no one got hurt. Now we just have to put up with two very mopey, very GROUNDED kids. LOL

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  6. Kathy MartinSeptember 23, 2012 at 6:14 AM

    I have been seeing a lot about Splintered around the blogs today. I hope you enjoy it. My new book posts are at Ms. Martin Teaches Media and Inside of a Dog. Stop by if you get a chance. Happy reading!

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  7. Leanna ElleSeptember 23, 2012 at 6:45 AM

    Hope you feel better soon! I got a copy of Broken from Netgalley! Looking forward to it! :)

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  8. Grace FonsecaSeptember 23, 2012 at 8:50 AM

    Splinted looks so pretty. Great haul of books.

    Grace

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  9. UnknownSeptember 23, 2012 at 8:56 AM

    Splintered looks do good. I haven't heard much about Broken, but I love the cover. Hope you enjoy the books!

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  10. LaurenSeptember 23, 2012 at 9:45 AM

    Splintered looks so good - I've been seeing it everywhere! Hope you enjoy!


    My Stacking the Shelves

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  11. Carrie at In the Hammock BlogSeptember 23, 2012 at 12:53 PM

    Gorgeous covers!!

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  12. UnknownSeptember 23, 2012 at 1:17 PM

    Yayyy! You got Splintered!! Happy reading :P

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  13. JenniferSeptember 23, 2012 at 3:08 PM

    Broken and Splintered are SO pretty. Love those covers. Awesome haul and happy reading ;)


    Jennifer @ Dream Reads

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  14. roroSeptember 23, 2012 at 3:54 PM

    splintered splintered . iiiiiii aaaa ii

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  15. LivvySeptember 24, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    Splintered and Broken look so great. I adore the cover of Splintered and I'm soooo jealous.

    Enjoy! And thanks for stopping by! :)

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  16. AmberSeptember 24, 2012 at 7:05 PM

    Eek! Oh my goodness, I super want Splintered. I can't wait to find out how it is. Looking forward to your review. Enjoy them both!

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  17. Michelle @ Book BriefsSeptember 25, 2012 at 10:55 AM

    ahhh you got splintered!!! That is so epic!! I can't wait to see what you think of it. :)

    Happy Reading!

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  18. Lena1xoxoSeptember 26, 2012 at 5:19 AM

    Ahh, you got SPLINTERED! You must let me know how it is!!! :D

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