New Shelf Goodies, The Weekly Nutshell & ALAMW Favorite Finds!

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!

Wow, so it's been a while since I've done one of these posts! Today I'll be sharing what I got in the past couple of week and spotlighting a few of my favorite finds from ALA Midwinter! 

So here's my last few weeks of mailbox goodies:

For Review:

The Elite by Kiera Cass 

Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox

Neptune's Tears by Susan Waggoner

Ashes on the Waves by Mary Lindsey (Eeeee! So excited!)

Crash by Lisa Mcmann (was awesome--my review)

Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans 

The Gathering Dark by Christine Johnson

All of these look incredibly good!  

Huge thanks to HarperTeen, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster for these!!

And now for my Favorite Finds of ALA!  Amy & I were lucky enough to make it to ALA Midwinter in Seattle a few weeks ago, and it was another incredible conference, and also a fun visit to a new city for me.  I got to meet up with so many great people---bloggers, authors, librarians, & publishers.  It's always a great opportunity to chat and find out what upcoming books the publishers are really excited about.  While there were definitely alot less signings than at ALA annual, it was really nice to have time to just take it all in and not spend half the day in signing lines!  We came home with some really great books, but here are a few of my absolute favorite finds:

Born of Illusion by Teri Brown

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters (signed!)

Icons by Margaret Stohl

Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross 

Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan

 Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt

September Girls by Bennett Madison (thanks, Nancy!!)

When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears by Kersten Hamilton

The Originals by Cat Patrick

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

The Rules by Stacey Kade

Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson

The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett

The Beautiful and the Cursed by Page Morgan

Spirit and Dust by Rosemary Clemente-Moore

and now for...

 The Weekly Nutshell: 

{Monday} Cover story: Four from a few of my favorites!

{Tuesday} Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer 

{Wednesday} Waiting on Wednesday: The Clockwork Scarab

{Thursday} Review: Crash by Lisa McMann

{Saturday} THREE! 3 years blogging and a 3 ft giveaway!!

In case you missed it, Stories & Sweeties is celebrating 3 years running!! Click on that last link---you don't want to miss my blogoversary giveaway!  Big squishy hugs to everyone who has left such sweet comments and blogoversary wishes!! :D

 Have a great week, and happy reading! ♥