Saturday, December 1, 2012

In My Mailbox #58




In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.  It's a weekly meme where we all get to brag about the books and swag we got in the mail, for review, won in contests, etc.





I missed last week's post because of back problems, so this is a recap of two week's worth of books...

For Review:




Taken by Erin Bowman - Boys being mysteriously taken at midnight on their eighteenth birthday.  I'm all kinds of curious as to why.  Plus, it sounds like it's written from a male POV, which I love.

Thanks to HarperTeen & Edelweiss.






The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken - All I needed to hear was "frightening abilities" to know I wanted to read this book.  Plus, everyone I know has really enjoyed it.

Thanks to Disney Hyperion & Netgalley.






Poison by Bridget Zinn - POISON!  Traveling with her ex-boyfriend and a too-cute pig?  Sounds like fun times.  Can't wait to get started on this one!

Thanks to Disney Hyperion & Netgalley.







The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark - I'd seen a lot of positive feedback from friends who've read this one, so I decided to check it out myself.  Not YA but not far from my usual read, so I'm game.  =)

Thanks to Random House & Netgalley.






Not Exactly a Love Story by Audrey Couloumbis - I'm all about quirky little love stories these days, and this one sounds super fun!  And it's set in the 70s!!!

Thanks to Random House & Netgalley.





Won:



From the awesome Emily at Ed and Em's Reviews, I won signed finished copies of:

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo [my review]
Crewel by Gennifer Albin [my review]
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
Prized by Caragh M. O'Brien
Promised by Caragh M. O'Brien


Now, that's what I call a good week...or two.  =)




The Week in Review:

Reviews:  Reached (audio), Falling Kingdoms

Current Giveaways:  Dreaming of Summer Giveaway Hop & Christmas Books Giveaway Hop

Recent Winners:  Abbey Wells won the YA/MG box of books & Stacy Tessier won the Adult box of books in the Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop

Blog Tours/Promotions:  Cover Reveal for The Midnight Spell by Rhiannon Frater and Kody Boye


The Week Ahead:

Cover reveal for Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron

Reviews of the Poison Princess and Rapture audiobooks.

Book Lover's Holiday Giveaway Hop

12 comments:

  1. Some Nice titles there. I got Shadow and Bone also though with the Aussie cover and title(The Gathering Dark). Also heard good things about Crewel and Darkest Minds.

    You can check out what i got this week here: http://sapphireddragon.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/in-my-mailbox-43-bumper-november-edition.html

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  2. I really want to read not exactly a love story! Hope you enjoy it :)

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  3. You got some really great books. I want to read Taken, and have had my eye on The Darkest Mind. I have read the first book in The Birth Marked Trilogy, and it was good. Hope you Enjoy them.

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  4. I'm reading Darkest Minds now and recently finished Not Exactly a Love Story. Curious to see what you think about that one. It's like old-school contemporary YA -- no vampires or paranormal powers or swoony stuff. I enjoyed it!

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  5. OMG JEN TAKEN AND POISON!!! *lucky* I have also been interested in The Demon Lover. Also Congrats on winning all of those AWESOME books and Signed!!! @_@ Woah.

    -Keep on rocking,
    Lizzy @ Read-A-holicZ [My StS]

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  6. WOW, what a great bunch of swag you won! Shadow & Bone is outstandingly good and one of my 2012 favourites, I hope you like it too! :) Also, Taken's cover has me drooling and I love YA books from a male's POV. I hope you enjoy your goodies. :)

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  7. I wanna hug your face. I think you're awesome, too! Hope you enjoy those bad boys!

    Also - so jealous about Taken and The Darkest Minds. And I TOLD YOU you'd get accepted for The Demon Lover. ;)

    Emily @ Ed and Em's Reviews

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  8. I have Taken also! I need to read it soon.

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  9. Taken!!!! I am so jealous! I am dying to read that one. Awesome books to have won! I've only read The Shadow Society but I have been meaning to read Shadow and Bone and Crewel. Enjoy! :)

    You can see what I got this week here!

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  10. I love your haul so much!! I'm really, really jealous that you got Poison! I'm dyyying to read that book. I can't wait to see what you think of it. :) Also congrats on all those wins! Shadow and Bone and Crewel are both awesome!

    My Stacking the Shelves

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  11. Wow you got a lot of great titles this week. I've seen a lot of these around the blogosphere but haven't read any of them. Happy Reading!

    This Week's Book Haul on Melissa's Midnight Musings

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