In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by The Story Siren, which allows bloggers to share what books they’ve received in the past week. They can be from stores, contests, tours, publishers, libraries, borrowed books from friends, and the list goes
on! It's just a way of highlighting the books you received in the past week and making sure they're featured on the blog.So, this is actually my first IMM of 2012. And it's April.
Yeah, I guess you could say I kind of slacked off with this meme a bit! I've mentioned before that this last semester of school has been crazy busy for me, and the blog has suffered a bit because of that. But I was able to put together a new IMM for you this week!
I know that I'm going to forget to mention some books in this post, since some of these books are ones I received a couple days ago and some are from weeks ago. And I apologize for that!
Finished Review Copies
- Above by Leah Bobet ~ from Scholastic Canada for review
- Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls by Mary Downing Hahn ~ from Thomas Allen for review
- The Calling (Darkness Rising #2) by Kelley Armstrong ~ from Random House Canada for review ~ FOR DORIAN TO REVIEW
- Thief's Covenant (Widdershins #1) by Ari Marmell ~ from publisher for review
- Original Sin (Personal Demons #2) by Lisa Desrochers ~ SIGNED copy won from Lisa in Twitter giveaway
- Storm (Elementals #1) by Brigid Kemmerer (Release Date ~ April 24, 2012) ~ from publisher
- Dark Frost (Mythos Academy #3) by Jennifer Estep (Release Date ~ May 29, 2012) ~ from publisher
- A Breath of Eyre (Unbound #1) by Eve Marie Mont (Release Date ~ March 27, 2012) ~ from publisher
- For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diane Peterfreund (Release Date ~ June 12, 2012) ~ from HarperCollins Canada
- Of Poseidon by Anna Banks (Release Date ~ May 22, 2012) ~ from Raincoast Books
- Gilt (The Royal Circle #1) by Katherine Longshore (Release Date ~ May 15, 2012) ~ from Penguin Canada
- The Girl with Borrowed Wings by Rinsai Rosetti (Release Date ~ July 19, 2012) ~ from Penguin Canada
- When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen
- Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
- Jellicoe Road by Melinan Marchetta
- Partials (Partials #1) by Dan Wells
- Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen (read an e-galley of this one, but wanted a pretty finished copy!)
- Torn (Trylle Trilogy #2) by Amanda Hocking
- Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls #5) by Ally Carter
Anddd this is where the list gets HUGE. My Kindle has been getting a very good work out recently.
- Here (On the Otherside #1) by Denise Grover Swank ~ review copy for blog tour
- The Hunted by Kristy Berridge ~ review copy for blog tour - SEE MY REVIEW & BLOG TOUR POST HERE
- The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) by Julie Kagawa ~ Net Galley
- The Weepers: The Other Life (The Other Life #1) by Susanne Winnacker ~ Net Galley
- Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard ~ Edelweiss
- Innocent Darkness (The Aether Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Lazear ~ Net Galley
- This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers ~ E-galley directly from publisher
- Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama ~ Net Galley
- Dark Kiss (Nightwatchers #1) by Michelle Rowan
- The Lost Code (The Atlanteans #1) by Kevin Emerson ~ Edelweiss
- Auracle by Gina Rosatti ~ E-galley directly from publisher
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein ~ Net Galley
- Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) by Leigh Barudgo ~ Net Galley
- Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne ~ Net Galley
- Chosen Ones (The Lost Souls #1) by Tiffany Truit ~ E-galley directly from publisher
- Between (Crossroads Saga #2) by Mary Ting ~ E-book from author
- Lies Beneath (Lies Beneath #1) by Anne Greenwood Brown ~ Net Galley
- The Night She Disappeared by April Henry ~ Net Galley
- While He Was Away by Karen Schreck ~ Net Galley copy from publisher for blog tour
- The Summer of No Regrets by Katherine Grace Bond ~ Net Galley copy from publisher for blog tour ~ FOR DORIAN TO REVIEW
- The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda ~ E-galley directly from publisher
- ALIBI Volumes I-IV: The Complete Series by Annie Miles, John Byrne, Isabel Eckersley, and Sorrel Provola ~ E-copy directly from publisher
Feel free to leave me a link to your IMM in the comments! And if you've read any of these, then let me know your thoughts :)
25 comments:
Some of them are really interesting ( the calling, dark frost, the thief convenant) but a lot of other i only heard about them^^
Generally, i receive few or nothing ( my blog is too young for review so that what i win or buy)so i don't do a mailbox box once a week but more one a month that way i'm feeling less left out^^
Happy easter
isabelle(dot)frisch(at)gmail(dot)com
Great haul!!
I've heard wonderful things about Storm by Brigid Kemmerer and I really loved When the Sea is Rising Red. I'm eager to see what you'll think of them.
I'm glad you're continuing with Amanda Hocking's series. I really love it.
The Immortal Rules I'm sure is also awesome.
ccfioriole at gmail dot com
Wow. You got so many books. Great haul.
Grace
I read The Calling and as always in Kelley Armstrongs writing, I loved it! I hope you enjoy it too! Here's my IMM!
http://paigebradish1996.blogspot.com/2012/04/in-my-mailbox-29.html
~Paige @ Comfort Books
Eek gads..lovely haul. I have read and reviewed quite a few, and pre-ordered others! Enjoy :) My IMM will post tomorrow!
I'm the same, I only just posted my first IMM for the year. It's just gone by so fast!!
All of them are on my TBR list! Great IMM!
Here's my IMM :)
-Kimberly @ Turning The Pages
You got a lot of nice books this week. So lucky to have the Calling. I cannot wait to get my hands on it.
Book Sniffers Anonymous
Holy haul, what a great selection of books! Pretty much all of them are on my TBR list, lol. I am particularly excited about Of Poseidon, though - I just adore the cover!
New follower here :).
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I'm not even going to try to comment on anything in particular, because you could just give me all of these books and I'd be a very happy person. :D A wonderful IMM and I really hope that you're enjoying everything! :)
Carina
Fictional Distraction
Wow! Lots and lots of lovely lovely books! So many of these are on my TBR list...Partials especially is one I want to read!
New follower :-) Your blog is so gorgeous!
My IMM: http://www.pocketfulofbooks.com/2012/04/in-my-mailbox_07.html
wow it's really impressiove, a lot of amazing books. A lot I would to read as well. ENjoy them all!
My IMM
You have so many awesome books to read! Oh, ABOVE is finally out? Nice! I'm super excited about STORM! I still need to read DARK FROST and SCARLET!!! I still have to review the new Ally Carter, but it's my favorite so far! Ah, FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS, I've wanted to read this since the deal broke in 2010! Not much longer now! I'm holding off on OF POSEIDON until Splash into Summer and still have to make time for WHEN THE SEA IS RISING RED! Enjoy everything!!!
Holy crap. O_O I just . . . I just can't even . . . there is just so much awesome in this mailbox that I have lost the ability to can. Above, Storm, Scarlet, Partials, Jellicoe Road, For Darkness Shows the Stars, When the Sea is Rising Red, Gilt, SS&D, Shadow & Bone, Innocent Darkness, Auracle . . . o_o I just. Wow. Awesome, awesome, awesome haul. I seriously hope you love these.
My IMM
What a haul! There is just so much awesome in this post I can't even stand it! Enjoy everything!
Shortskie @ Rondo of a Possible World
My Mailbox
That's a worthy IMM at least. So many amazing books. Above is on my wish list since ages. Did you like it? And I bought The Calling last week and couldn't resist reading it immediately. It's even better than the first book.
Have fun reading!
My IMM post
Ah! You've received so many good books! I hope there will be a review of Gilt in the near future.
angkarina_angkasuwan at hotmail dot com
Dark Forst and For Darkness Shows the Stars? Lucky!! Of Poseidon was really good ;)
My IMM
JELLICOE ROAD, JELLICOE ROAD, JELLICOE ROAD!!! Have I mentioned that I am SLIGHTLY (read:VERY) obsessed with Melina Marchetta?? Because I am!
I'm going this week to Barnes and Noble to get a copy of Out of Sight, Out of Time. I hope you like it! (: Scarlet looks great, too.
Happy Reading and thanks for stopping by my blog!
I massive haul! <3__<3 I am so jealous. I would love to hear your thoughts on Above and Partials.
stella(dot)chen1994(at)hotmail(dot)ca
Ooooh! All of them look interesting. I hope you enjoy Out Of Sight, Out Of Time by Ally Carter; Gallagher Girls is one of my favourite serie.
Hope you enjoy reading all of these book and lookng forward to reading theirreviews!
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Loved the first and this book continued right from the first. Again very well developed characters and was able to keep the story going and keep me intrigued by details in her writing. Story well written, the only knock was the loss of a couple characters that were hardly even mentioned who i grew to like from the first, but still this book will not stop one from finishing the trilogy!
Great books! I'm sure you'll love On the Jellicoe Road! Marchetta is one great YA contemporary author!
franchie15_nina@yahoo.com
Seriously, where do you get the time to read all these? And how big is your bookshelf? It must be pretty big to fit all these books you receive every week!
rachchan2006@yahoo.com.au
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