The Story Siren‘s In My Mailbox meme: for book bloggers to share their book haul from the week, or month…or whatever. I was extremely busy last week, so I didn’t do an IMM. Actualy, I also busy this week…BUT I GOT SO MANY GOODIES, I couldn’t resist not showing them off sharing, including a brand new Kindle Touch I won from Jordan K. Rose‘s blog tour for her book Perpetual Light. (It was the grand prize and came with a copy of her book!) Seriously, sometimes I think I must’ve been a martyr in my previous life to be blessed with such luck… Finally my e-reader free days are over! But the feel of a physical book, the smell of a new book…will always be dear to me. Even if it’s heavier.
I just synced the Chinese edition of the The Hunger Games trilogy on the Kindle for my mom to read, since I can’t find a physical copy…online or off. She wanted to read the books after watching the movie, but I only have the English editions.
AND…another extra-exciting thing I received was Michael Olson’s Strange Flesh, a book I’ve been DYING to read since two months ago when I saw it on Goodreads. Simon & Schuster sent me the wrong book last week, and I admit I was disappointed: imagine ripping off a wrapping paper expecting the book you’ve been anticipating for weeks…only to get something else (granted, it was a free book, so I guess it’s a bonus?) I couldn’t help starting it even though I had exams and school projects to worry about. So far, I am only three/four chapters in, and it’s SOOOO GOOODDD. Now if only I can put down my Kindle long enough to continue.
ANDDDD…A gigantic box of desert goodies from Debbie’s. (I know it’s not book related, but I couldn’t resist) At first I thought it was board games, but it was 2 boxes of cakes, 1 box of brownies, and 2 bags of muffins. A wonderful surprise…and those blueberry muffins were delectable!
And now onto all the other goodies I received these past two weeks…
IN MY MAILBOX:
- Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes
(Thank you Kim @ Baggins’s Book Blabber!) - Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus by Deborah Jiang Stein
(Thank you, Deborah!) - Terminal Value by Thomas Waite
(Won from Shelf Awareness! Thank you, Thomas!) - Good Christian Bitches by Kim Gatlin (+ Essie Nail Polish, Nail Files!)
(Won from ABC’s GCB promotion!) - The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay
(Thank you, Zara!) - Slide by Jill Hathaway (signed!)
(Thank you, Jill!) - The Whisperer ARC by Donato Carrisi
(Thank you Martha @ Martha’s Bookshelf, Mulholland Books, and Little Brown & Co.!) - The Language of Flowers ARC by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
(Thank you, Lisa @ Books in the Burbs!) - Strange Flesh: A Novel by Michael Olson,
(Thank you Simon & Schuster!!) - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
(Thank you Kim @ Baggins’s Book Blabber!) - Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1) by Suzanne Fisher Staples
(Thank you, Sara @ So Simple Sara!) - The Anybodies (Anybodies, #1) by N.E. Bode (Julianna Baggott)
(Thank you, Sara @ So Simple Sara!) - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, #1) by Ann Brashares
(Thank you, Sara @ So Simple Sara!) - My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
(Thank you Melissa @
Melissa’s Midnight Musings!) - Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
(Thank you Melissa @
Melissa’s Midnight Musings!) - Living Proof
by Kira Peikoff
(Thank you Kira!)
Another book I was highly anticipating!
FROM THE LIBRARY:
- Croak (Croak, #1) by Gina Damico
Only one book this weeks since I already have a towering TBR list…but I couldn’t resist.
Holy Cow! You got some nice books this week!!
I look forward to reading Slide and Croak 🙂 (As well as half the rest of your list! *lol* )
Come see what I got In My Mailbox this week!
Thank you so much for dropping by and commenting!!
I started reading Croak (because it was a library book) and it’s a pretty interesting book…and then somehow I got distracted by my kindle and didn’t go back to it. *Sigh*
Lilian @ A Novel Toybox
Wow! You got some awesome books this week! Congrats on the Nook! I can’t wait to have a chance to read The Sense of an Ending! Enjoy!
I can’t wait either! It’s actually a tinier book than I expected…and I am curious about the ending (which I suspect might either make me enlightened..or frustrated). =)
Wow! That is some mailbox this week 🙂
That’s so awesome you won a Kindle Touch!! I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you so much for dropping by and commenting! =)
I am definitely enjoying the kindle..but I must admit I am now reluctant to pick up tat physical book…
How great that you won a Kindle! I love my Kindle, and now I think I need all my print books in that format, too. You got some great books this week, and I would have bragged about the Debbies, too.
Wonderful stack, I kind of don’t’ know where to start! I hope your mom enjoys The Hunger Games. I really want to read Croak myself, Slide was good, The Fault in Our Stars was better, and Shabanu was a decent story as well. I actually just finished TFiOS yesterday, and I’m still reveling in it a bit before I pick something else up. Happy reading!
You got so much stuff! And a Kindle (I’m slightly jealous, lol) I read Sense of an Ending a while back, it’s pretty good.
Wow, all those fabulous books AND a Kindle?!?! It’s going to be hard to top that! LOL!
Enjoy all your new books, and thanks for stopping by my IMM: http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2012/04/in-my-mailbox-april-15-2012.html
Awesome haul! I really want to read Croak as well, but my list is overwhelming right now! Here’s my IMM.
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