In My Mailbox #51

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.

Hey, guys!  I'm on vacation, so I won't be responding to comments or visiting or announcing winners until I get back on Tuesday.  But I have posts scheduled each day, so you won't want for any of my [crazy] musings and ramblings.  :D 

Still trying to keep the influx of books to a minimum here at the end of the year, but I did get a few goodies this week...

For Review:

Midnight City by J. Barton Mitchell - ALIENS!!!  I actually confused this novel with another one when I requested it on Netgalley, but that doesn't mean I'm not excited about reading it.  :)

Purchased:

The Shadow Cats by Rae Carson, a novella/short story set in the Fire and Thorns world - So, I had decided after The Girl of Fire and Thrones that I wasn't going to read The Shadow Cats.  I don't know...there was just something about Alodia that rubbed me the wrong way, and I didn't want to read from her POV.  But after everything that happened in The Crown of Embers, I'm curious now. 

Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi, a novella/short story set in the Shatter Me world - I am so excited to read this story, which is told from Warner's POV.  His obsession with Juliette intrigues me in the most confounding way.  I mean, he's the bad guy, but I'm kind of rooting for him.  I just know there's so much more to his story. [ review ]

The Week in Review:

Reviews:  Send Me a Sign and Destroy Me

Current Giveaways:  Enter to win a PB boxed set of His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman in the Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop, which ends tonight at midnight.  I'm also giving away a SIGNED hardcover of Forever by Maggie Stiefvater in the Fangs, Fur & Fey Giveaway Hop, which ends on Monday.

Cover Reveal:  Jenny Plague-Bringer by J.L. Bryan

Also, I signed up for the Sweet Evil Read Along in October!  My Week 1 post went up on Monday.  I cannot wait for the rest of this read along...it's already been so much fun!

The Week Ahead:

The sixth post in my Sunday Symposium series will focus on retellings.

If I manage to get any reading in over my mini-vacation, I'll be reviewing The Shadow Cats and Crewel later this week.  =)

The Valkyrie Rising Blog Tour stops by on the 13th, and I'll have my review for you then.

Also, I hope you'll stop by and enter the giveaway on my stop of the Happily Ever After Giveaway Hop, which starts early next week.