In My Mailbox #88

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.

So, apparently it helps to vent.  Because after ranting a little on Monday, I feel soooo much better about this whole blogging thing.  Weird how that works, huh?  And I've been social!  I know, right?  ;0)  I reviewed a bit less this week, and I decided to keep the memes I already have going because they're fun and they kind of force me to visit everyone else, which I don't do enough of.  And I've taken on some new responsibility, but I feel less stressed about everything, and that's what really counts, right?

Now, if only I could stop acquiring new books and get caught up on the ones I already have.  *sigh*



For Review:

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

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - Dude, it's Holly Black.  After loving the Curse Workers series, you know I had to check this one out.

Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover - Omigodomigodomigod!  I absolutely loved Hopeless when I read it earlier.  Thank you to everyone who rec'd it...I'm just sorry it took me so long to get to it.  But now we get Holder's POV!!!!  I may forego everything that's on my schedule and start this one as soon as I'm done with my current read.  I'm THAT excited!!!!

More Than This by Patrick Ness - Okay, don't throw anything at me, but this will be my first Patrick Ness book.  I also have A Monster Calls on my TBR, as well as the Chaos Walking trilogy.  I just have to make time for them is all.  :P

Relic by Heather Terrell - High fantasy.  You know I'm all over that.

Gifted:

The awesome, the wonderful, the always sweet Sunny over at Blue Sky Bookshelf and I had been tweeting back and forth about the Fierce Reads tour for a bit and we were both super excited to see Leigh Bardugo.  But then I fell sick and didn't get to go to the stop near me.  And I was sad.  But then Sunny, being the super duper sweet person she is, offered to get me a book signed by Leigh Bardugo.  I know!  She said that Leigh even knew who I was when she told her who she was getting the book signed for.  How awesome is that?  I squeed my pants when I read that in her email....it was almost like I was there!  Except less awkward.  'Cause seriously, I clam up around authors.  They are my celebrities.  Anyway, I just wanted to share how awesome this girl is and how thankful I am to call her my friend.  I mean, when I asked her to see if she could nab me a "Let's All Privateer" button if there were any there, this was her response, "I will definitely try to snag a button even if it COMES TO THE DEATH". And that's a direct quote.  :D

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

The Week in Review:

Reviews:

• The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen (audio)
• Indelible by Dawn Metcalf

Current Giveaways: June is Audiobook Month giveaway

Promotional/Discussion Posts:  SYNC's 2013 Week 5 offerings are up for download, with Rotters and Frankenstein up for grabs this week -- FOR FREE!  I also helped to reveal the cover to the first book in Victoria Scott's new series.  And I had a mini-freakout on this week's Symposium...on a Monday.  :P

Jen's Currently Reading/Listening:

I just realized that both of my current "reads" are historical fiction.  Oh, well.  Good thing I like that sort of thing.  :P  I'm almost done with Belladonna so I'll probably pick up a contemporary after this.

This audiobook is great!  Even better than the audio for Gilt.  And I actually like the characters this time around.  Helps that it's about Anne Boleyn, though.  That story is rather fascinating to me.

Mendy's Currently Reading/Listening:

I've had a lot going on, so I haven't read very much of this yet.  Maybe over vacation.  :)

Jen just finished this and loved it, so I thought I'd give it a try.  I like the accents in the audio.

The Week Ahead:

Reviews:  Stolen (audio) & Belladonna (+ a giveaway!)

A special announcement regarding some fun summer blog hops!

The cover reveal for A.G. Henley's sequel to The Scourge!

And we're celebrating with a giveaway! Click image & enter to win!

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Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

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