In My Mailbox #97

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, this happened this week:

Katie's 1st day of Kindergarten!!!

And so I didn't get much reading done, nor have I been able to visit blogs much lately, but I'm working on that.  A solid three-day weekend should set me right again.  :D  But now I have even more to read...

For Review:

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

Finding It by Cora Carmack - I can't wait to read Kelsey's story!  These books are sooo much fun!

The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman - Was surprised that Random House finally approved me for this on Netgalley, but oh so happy, too!  I loved her last book, and I'll be fitting this one into the schedule momentarily.


Purchased/Audiobooks:


click on cover to be taken to the Goodreads page for each book
The DUFF:  Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger - As soon as I finished listening to Shut Out, I knew I wanted more from this author, so I immediately downloaded the audio for The Duff.  I wish I could find the audio for A Midsummer's Nightmare because I've had that book on my shelf for ages, but no such luck.  :(

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson - I'm already listening to this one, and why did I not pick up this book sooner?!?  I know why...because I thought it was going to be a grief book, full of sadness and I'm rarely in the mood for a book that's going to make me cry.  But this is so not that book.  It's about a sister's grief, yes, but it's funny and poetic and clever and just so REAL.  Definitely going on the favorites shelf.

my Half-Price Books haul

Included in my HPB haul:

• ARC of Delirium by Lauren Oliver - I already have this entire series, but I love having different covers for books I loved, so I had to pick this up.
• Paper Towns by John Green - *sigh* I've only read The Fault in Our Stars, but after that, I'm a fan for life.  And a brand new PB for less than $5?  Must collect them all!  =)
• The Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy by Carrie Ryan - I've been wanting to re-read this series for awhile, but my Nook Color went kaput and so went all my books.  I gave the thing to Katie to play Angry Birds and stuff on when it does work, but it's useless to me because it won't DL anything anymore and it only works when it wants to.  And right before it became an obsolete toy, I'd already switched to a Kindle, so yeah, I'd just rather have hard copies of the books in this series now.

Expect a big HPB haul next week, too, because they're having a big sale for Labor Day weekend.  Had I known that, I probably wouldn't have gone last weekend, but hey, more books, right?!?  :-P

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

The Week in Review:

Reviews:

• The King's Guard by Rae Carson (novella)
• The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (audio)
• The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

Current Giveaways:  So Many Books So Little Time Giveaway, in which I make some room on my bookshelves!!!

Promotional/Discussion Posts:  On Monday, I admitted my disbelief that The Book Thief is already a movie and I still haven't read it yet.  I teased Haze by Paula Weston on Tuesday and now I want to smack myself for reading it when the series isn't finished yet...oh, the inhumanity of it!  And I'm waiting on World After by Susan Ee this week, as you probably all are. =)  Plus, we discussed the effectiveness of blurbs on Thoughtful Thursday.  Elizabeth Miles stopped by for the Forgiveness or Fury Tour in which she dropped some knowledge on us in celebration of the release of the final book in her Fury trilogy.

Jen's Currently Reading/Listening To:

From angels to zombies. :)  But I love zombies, and I love this series.  Ilsa J. Bick is brilliant.  This is long, and there are so many POVs but it's going to be worth it in the end. I'm only 10% in but it's already pretty epic.

I am absolutely freaking loving this book.  It's just so real.  It's not just about grief but how you handle it and how you handle the guilt that comes from moving on with your life.  So. Effing. Good.

The Week Ahead:

Reviews:   Shut Out (audio), The DUFF (audio) & Haze



On Monday, April Genevieve Tucholke, author of the gothic horror novel Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea -- which I LOVED -- stops by for a guest post.


On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, I'll either be discussing the evolution of my bookshelves (if I get them organized enough to take a picture this weekend!) or I'll be ranting about the judgmental nature of some bibliophiles.

Win ARCs of Teardrop & The Eye of Minds - Ends Thursday

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Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!