In My Mailbox #85

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.

There's a lot of sickness going around the office and at home, so we haven't been very social this week, and we apologize for that.  Hopefully, we'll be able to recuperate over the weekend and will be back to our sparkly selves next week.  Jen did manage to organize her shelves last weekend -- and is planning on buying another set of shelves in the near future -- but even so, she discovered a lot of books waiting to be given away.  And you know what that means!  :)  In the meantime, here's what we added to our shelves:

For Review:

click on covers to be taken to the Goodreads page for each book

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas - This is one of my most anticipated sequels...I love the Celaena badassery and the path the story seems to have taken.  (Jen)

Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller - Yay, got one of my WoW picks!  Jen loved this author's first novel.  (Mendy)

Wild Cards by Simone Elkeles - Never read anything by Simone Elkeles, but her books all sound right up my alley.  (Mendy)

Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken - Looks like Mendy and I both have the WoW luck this week!  (Jen)

Antigoddess by Kendare Blake - So excited to see this package arrive in the mail this week!  I love Kendare Blake and I love mythology.  Can't wait to see the results of mixing the two!!!  Btw, met Kendare Blake recently at a signing, and she is uber sweet...and she knew who I was!!!!  =)  (Jen)


Audiobooks:

And this is the part where you guys host an intervention for Jen and her audiobook addiction.  :D

So, that's our haul.  How about you?  What did you get this week?

The Week in Review:

Reviews:

• The Shattered Mountain by Rae Carson (novella)
• Faking It by Cora Carmack
• The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler (audio)
• Born of Illusion by Teri Brown (tour)

Current Giveaways: the Spirit Blog Tour (sponsored giveaway), the Dance of the Red Death Tour (sponsored giveaway) & the Born of Illusion Blog Tour (sponsored giveaway)

Recent Winners:  The winner of the Elementals Read Along (signed set of the first three Elementals books) was Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl and the 2nd Blogoversary Bash winners are as follows:  Day 1 was Danielle Simmons, Day 2 winner was Barrie Mac and the winners of Day 3 were Ashley Morrow and Heather Cranmer, who chose The 5th Wave and Parallel as their prizes, respectively.

Promotional/Discussion Posts:  SYNC's 2013 Week 2 offerings have officially launched, with The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place and Jane Eyre up for grabs this week -- FOR FREE!  We also discussed reading slumps on this week's Sunday Symposium post.  We're also touring Dance of the Red Death and Born of Illusion this week.

Jen's Currently Reading/Listening:

LOVED Masque of the Red Death when I read the ARC last year, and I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced copy of the sequel, as well as help to promote the book during the tour.

I need to know what the fuss is all about!!!

Mendy's Currently Reading/Listening:

Almost done with this!!!  :P

Just finished E&P, so I can finally get to start Jellicoe Road!!!

The Week Ahead:

(Possible) Reviews of Sweet Peril (audio), Tiger Lily (audio), Reboot (audio), Eleanor & Park (audio) Wild Awake (audio), Dance of the Red Death & Of Triton (audio).....we'll see how the week goes before we make any promises.  :P  We say this every week.  Probably time to just do a few mini-reviews, huh?

We'll be discussing series on this week's Sunday Symposium post...specifically, why there are some that are easier to finish than others.

Jen cleaned her shelves, so be looking for some giveaways soon.  Maybe even a mystery box or two!  :D

June is Audiobook Month, so we'll be giving away some audiobooks from our shelves, as well.  Be sure to stop by on Monday to see what's up for grabs!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

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