March 18, 2012

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It’s awesome. Every week, we all get a chance to tell everyone what new books we’ve gotten so that we can tell you guys and we can all drool and squee together! Huzzah for squees!

SO MUCH AWESOME in the mailbox this week, guys. In a nutshell, there was some of this: !@$%$@!!@&$#!. And there was some of this: !!!!!!!!!!!!SQUEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!. Also this: *happy dance* *flail*. Maybe for the same book(s). I admit nothing.

FROM NETGALLEY

Something Like Normal by Trish Doller (June 19, 2012 from Bloomsbury Children’s). This might have been one of the books for which there was MUCH ADO when I got my approval email from Bloomsbury. There was screaming, squeeing, clapping, shouting, etc. I’m STOKED about this book, guys. Confession: I LOVE war stories. I LOVE things about the military. I’m fascinated by PTSD. I don’t know if I could explain why any of these things appeal to me or interest me. But this book–about a young Iraq War veteran coming home and trying to deal–has been on my radar for a long time, and I have literally heard ONLY great things. WOOT!!

Burn by Heath Gibson (August 8, 2012 from Flux). I can’t resist stories about firefighters or cops; this book has the former. I can’t resist stories that take place in the South; BURN is set in Alabama. And I can’t resist main characters who are coping with expectations, family issues, and redemption; this book seems to have all of those things, too. I’m in!

Narc by Crissa-Jean Chappell (August 8, 2012 from Flux). More contemporary goodness, guys! This one is about a kid in Miami who avoids jail time by becoming a narc for the cops, who are looking for a dealer who’s selling to local high school kids. DRAMZ!!

Yesterday by C.K. Kelly Martin (September 25, 2012 from Random House BFYR). Guys, this one sounds like a LEGIT dystopian/science fiction mash-up, what with the seriously damaged future society and the time travel TO THE EIGHTIES and whatnot. Sounds action-packed and awesome.

Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein (May 15, 2012 from Entangled Publishing). I’ve already hinted at how cute and fun I think PRETTY AMY sounds, guys, so I was JAZZED to get it from NetGalley. It’s about a prom gone awry (we’re talking JAIL TIME here), and the things our girl, Amy, has to go through in the aftermath. It just sounds adorable, and I can’t wait to read it!

(Huge, major THANKS! to Random House BFYR, Flux, Bloomsbury Children’s, and Entangled Publishing for these pretties!)

LIBRARY

Spell Bound (Hex Hall #3) by Rachel Hawkins

Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky #1) by Veronica Rossi

Oh. My. Gods (Oh. My. Gods #1) by Tera Lynn Childs

The Demon King (Seven Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls #1) by Ally Carter

Poison Study (Study #1) by Maria V. Snyder

HOLLA at ALL of these library books, guys. ALL OF THEM. Seriously: IS there a dud in that pile? (That’s rhetorical, but feel free to tell me what’s up in the comments!)

That’s it for me this week, guys! Hope your mailboxes were FANTASTIC!!

March 11, 2012

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It’s awesome. Every week, we all get a chance to tell everyone what new books we’ve gotten so that we can tell you guys and we can all drool and squee together! Huzzah for squees!

Good mix of stuff this week, guys! A little YA action, a little historical romance action. Woo Hoo!

FROM NETGALLEY

Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan (September 11, 2012 from Random House BFYR). Sarah Rees Brennan’s Demon’s Lexicon series is still on my Pile of Shame–hopefully being conquered this year!–but that won’t stop me from CRAVING her new series, about a young girl who gets friendly with a voice in her head. But then all these mysterious things start happening in her town and the adjacent woods and, as they say, the ISH hits the fan.

The Summer My Life Began by Shannon Greenland (May 10, 2012 from Speak). Guys, if I haven’t mentioned it before, let me say now that I LOVE FOOD. And I love reading books about summertime. I also love cute contemporary YA. Add all those three things together and BOOM! You get THE SUMMER MY LIFE BEGAN. It sounds like I’m going to love it. Plus, look at that cover! If that doesn’t scream, “I am a girl at the beach having FUN!” I don’t know what does.

The Vicious Deep (The Vicious Deep #1) by Zoraida Córdova (May 1, 2012 from Sourcebooks Fire). YO. I have been pining for this book for awhile now. So when I had the opportunity to get it from NetGalley, I jumped on it. Because mermaids, guys. Mean, vindictive, back-stabbing mermaids in a battle for the throne of the ocean. YES. 

(CAPSLOCK THANK YOU to Random House BFYR, Penguin, and Sourcebooks Fire for this FABULOUS NetGalley haul!)

BOUGHT

A Rogue By Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels #1) by Sarah MacLean (February 28, 2012 from Avon). *SQUEEEEEE!!* I just recently read Sarah MacLean’s Love by Numbers series, and I ADORED them. This one is the first in her new series and just the fact that these books are going to be about scoundrels has me AMPED UP. Especially because I hear that A ROGUE BY ANY OTHER NAME surpasses the already-high expectations people have for Sarah MacLean’s excellent historial romances. 

FOR BLOG TOUR

Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson (March 27, 2012 from Shadow Mountain). Another historical romance, friends! And it sounds great! Pam over at Bookalicio.us is hosting this tour, and she says the heroine and the hottie are both legit. That’s all the recommendation I need, guys. My date for this tour is MARCH 30, so look for my review, a guest post from the author (hopefully!), AND A GIVEAWAY. I’m going all out! 

That’s it for me this week, guys! Hope your mailboxes were FANTASTIC!!

March 4, 2012

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It’s awesome. Every week, we all get a chance to tell everyone what new books we’ve gotten so that we can tell you guys and we can all drool and squee together! Huzzah for squees!

Ok. So, I’m doing something TOTALLY NEW this week with my IMM, guys. Yes. It’s a VLOG. (GAH! *crawls under the bed and dies*) It’s not hot. In fact, I toyed with not posting it because I look weird and I didn’t get to edit it the way I had hoped, but I’m completely new to the video thing on my Mac, and I wanted to rip that band-aid off. Gotta post the first video sometime, right? So, keep in mind my newbie-ness while you’re watching and remember that I WILL GET BETTER AT IT. I promise.

But enough about my video! There’s great books on there! That’s the important part, so let’s CHECK IT:

Shout out to: Shanyn @ Chick Loves Lit

Book Action!

Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6), by Richelle Mead. From the library. Holla!

Pandemonium (Delirium #2), by Lauren Oliver. Bought this one 🙂

Awkward, by Marni Bates. Blog tour! My review and a giveaway will be up on March 25!

UPDATE: Because I had my vlog on the brain, I COMPLETELY forgot to mention the two titles I got from NetGalley this week, which is sad because THEY ARE AWESOME:

Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1), by Robin LaFevers. YOU GUYS. This one was available on NG for only two days as a promo and I DEVOURED it right after I got it. This is one of my most anticipated reads of the year and it met my expectations AND THEN SOME. One of the best books of the year. WRITE IT DOWN. (Big thank you kiss to Houghton Mifflin! GRAVE MERCY is out April 3, 2012.)

Romeo Redeemed (Juliet Immortal #2), by Stacey Jay. Yay! Next book in the Juliet Immortal series! (Thanks to Delacorte BFYR!! ROMEO REDEEMED is out October 9, 2012.)

February 26, 2012

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It’s awesome. Every week, we all get a chance to tell everyone what new books we’ve gotten so that we can tell you guys and we can all drool and squee together! Huzzah for squees!

Got some FAB stuff this week for the Debut Author Challenge ARC tour and some SWEET deals for mah Kindle. Woot!

FROM THE DAC ARC TOUR

I have been SO LUCKY with the books I’ve gotten/will be getting for the DAC ARC tours. I’m seriously psyched about all of them, including these three!

Look at these beauties!!

Above World: Above World #1, by Jenn Reese (February 14, 2012 from Candlewick). Finished this one already, friends, and it was some SOLID middle-grade sci-fi/dystopian. Very clever and zippy. Review going up soon!

Unraveling: Unraveling #1, by Elizabeth Norris (April 24, 2012 from Balzer + Bray). Reading this one now and, guys? IT’S AWESOME. It sucked me right in. And according to the authoress herself, there will be MOAR. As much as I would LOVE to see a book like this as a stand-alone just for funsies, I can’t say that I’m not JAZZED to the extreme that there will be more Janelle and Ben. And I’m not even finished with it yet.

The Catastrophic History of You and Me, by Jess Rothenberg (February 21, 2012 from Dial Books). JUST got this one in the mail and YAY! I’ve been looking forward to reading this book about a girl who literally dies of a broken heart for AGES. Can’t wait!

Thanks LOADS to Tara @ Fiction Folio and Lisa @ Lisa Is Busy Nerding for organizing the tours for these books. Also for being FABULOUS.

BOUGHT

The Highlander’s Sword and The Highlander’s Heart: Highlander #1-2, by Amanda Forester. These were some cheap goodies for the kindle, and I can’t think of anything that sounds bad about either of them right now, mostly because THERE’S SCOTTISH MEN who wear kilts in them. My weakness for kilts and guys who say things like “och” and “aye lass” knows no end. I have high hopes for these two!

I hope you guys got some great things in your mailboxes this week!!

February 19, 2012

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It’s awesome. Every week, we all get a chance to tell everyone what new books we’ve gotten so that we can tell you guys and we can all drool and squee together! Huzzah for squees!

This week is about quality not quantity, friends. Check it!

FROM NETGALLEY

Kill Me Softly, by Sarah Cross (April 10, 2012 from EgmontUSA). Guys, I am SO EXCITED about this book. I’ve been waiting for it basically because it sounds like Once Upon a Time in a book, and THAT sounds BANANAS. 

(Thanks muchly to Egmont USA for this gem!)

FROM THE LIBRARY

Virtuosity, by Jessica Martinez. I love reading about young people who have creative talents like drawing or music or dancing, mostly because I can’t really do any of those things at all, so I get to pretend vicariously that I’m artistically gifted. This book is about a violinist who gets caught up in some relationship dramz that could affect her winning a major competition. VIOLINIST. #mydreaminstrument

Lady of the Forest and Lady of Sherwood: Sherwood #1 and #2, by Jennifer Roberson. ROBIN ‘OOD!! Maid Marian!! And a pox on the phony king of England, Prince John!! I love Robin Hood, and I’ve heard admittedly both good and not-so-good things about Jennifer Roberson’s Sherwood series, but I love the Robin Hood legend so much that I’m going for it. I had NO IDEA though that the first book is a DOOR STOP. Good thing I LOVE door stops!

How about you, my dears? Anything tremendous in your mailboxes?

February 12, 2012

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It’s awesome. Every week, we all get a chance to tell everyone what new books we’ve gotten so that we can tell you guys and we can all drool and squee together! Huzzah for squees!

SO. MUCH. AWESOME. I’m VERY excited about the books this week, guys. (Seriously, though, when am I NOT?)

FROM NETGALLEY

The Raft, by S.A. Bodeen (August 21, 2012 from Feiwel & Friends). If this book about a young girl who is stranded on a remote, possibly uninhabited island after a plane crash doesn’t sound EXACTLY like YA Lost, I don’t know what does. What are the odds on these kids finding a hatch? Smoke monster? Cave with two ancient skeletons?

Shadow & Bone: The Grisha, #1, by Leigh Bardugo (June 5, 2012 from Holt Books for Young Readers).  Guys, this book sounds like some VERY PROMISING fantasy about a young girl who has magical powers that may help save her war-torn kingdom from annihilation at the hands of flesh-eating beasts and other assorted enemies. YES PLEASE.

Struck, by Jennifer Bosworth (May 8, 2012 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Earthquakes, dystopian Los Angeles, CULTS, and doomsday prophecies??? SOUNDS SICK. I am in. 

Of Poseidon: Of Poseidon, #1, by Anna Banks (May 22, 2012 from Feiwel & Friends). Can’t lie, guys: I’m kind of really psyched about all the mermaid/mermen/Kings and Queens of the Sea business that’s coming out soon. OF POSEIDON sounds fun, PLUS–Jersey Shore (not the Snookie kind, but the actual real beach). REPRESENT!

The Treachery of Beautiful Things, by Ruth Frances Long (August 16, 2012 from Penguin Young Readers). Faeries and some enchanted woods and a missing brother and an enigmatic guy all sounds SOLID. Looking forward to this one!

The Garden Intrigue: Pink Carnation, #8, by Lauren Willig (February 16, 2012 from Dutton). You guys know that I LOVE the Pink Carnation books, so to say that I’m JAZZED to read the newest installment is an understatement. Seriously adore these books. 

(Thanks muchly to Macmillan Children’s, Penguin Young Readers Group, and Penguin USA for these FABULOUS books!)

FROM THE LIBRARY

Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, and Spirit Bound: Vampire Academy, #2-5. I’m catching up on this series fast, friends. Now, confidential to the dear patron who checked out LAST SACRIFICE before I did: I’m waiting on you, my dear! 

BOUGHT

Born Wicked: The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1, by Jessica Spotswood. This is one of my highly anticipated reads, guys, and I got my hot little hands on a copy RIGHT AWAY. I’m going to be diving into this one ASAP. 

Anastasia’s Secret, by Susanne Dunlap. Snatched this one up for Le Kindle and it sounds SO up my alley: it’s about Anastasia Romanov during the last days of her father’s reign as Tsar in which she and her LOVER (!!) attempt to escape her family’s prison in Siberia.

Prisoners in the Palace: How Princess Victoria Became Queen With the Help of Her Maid, by Michaela MacColl. Have I ever told you how excited I get when the Kindle Daily Deals are awesome, guys? No? Well I do. This book–a historical fiction about a young Queen Victoria–sounds fab. 

What kind of fab stuff did you guys get this week?

February 5, 2012

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It’s awesome. Every week, we all get a chance to tell everyone what new books we’ve gotten so that we can tell you guys and we can all drool and squee together! Huzzah for squees!

This week is my lucky 13th In My Mailbox!! HUZZAH! This week, it’s ALL LIBRARY, ALL THE TIME. That’s right, friends. Only library books this week. WOOT!

FROM THE LIBRARY

Library haul!

Here’s What I Got

Vampire Academy: Vampire Academy, #1, by Richelle Mead. I KNOW. I know.

Bunheads, by Sophie Flack. Ballerinas, cutthroat dancing drama. Reminds me of Center Stage. YES PLEASE.

Dark of the Moon, by Tracy Barrett. More myths, this time a new spin on the Minotaur.

Die for Me: Revenants, #1, by Amy Plum. So, PARIS. Possibly my favorite city on the EARTH. Also, revenants. I’ve heard some good things and some eh things about this one, but I’m giving it a go.

Lips Touch, Three Times, by Laini Taylor. LOVE Laini Taylor, and am in the process of reading ALL OF HER WORDS. REALLY looking forward to this one.

Darkness Becomes Her: Gods & Monsters, #1, by Kelly Keaton. So, I’ve been meaning to read this one for awhile. Because post-apocalyptic paranormal New Orleans? MOS DEF.

Fateful, by Claudia Gray. So, I remember going to see TITANIC on opening night with a bunch of my friends and crying my little teenybopper eyes out. (I also remember that the ticket, for an evening show, was less than FIVE DOLLARS. I know.) I LOVE Titanic stuff. But this? Paranormal Titanic? Well, don’t mind if I do.

Starcrossed: Thief Errant, #1, by Elizabeth C. Bunce. I really enjoyed Elizabeth’s book, A CURSE DARK AS GOLD, and have been REALLY looking forward to getting started on her next series, a fantasy about a young thief who is masquerading as a ladies’ maid and becomes embroiled in magical rebellion shenanigans. HOLLA!

Goddess Boot Camp: Oh. My. Gods, #2, by Tera Lynn Childs. So, this one is a little snafu. I meant to grab the FIRST book instead because I haven’t read anything by Tera Lynn yet! And these sound fun. Obtaining OH. MY. GODS is priority #1!

Do you guys have any library lovin’ in your mailboxes this week?

January 29, 2012

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It’s awesome. Every week, we all get a chance to tell everyone what new books we’ve gotten so that we can tell you guys and we can all drool and squee together! Huzzah for squees!

Good stuff this week, my loves. Without further ado…

FROM NETGALLEY

I Am (Not) The Walrus, by Ed Briant (July 8, 2012 from Flux Books). I LOVE books about bands. Also, I love the Beatles. I AM (NOT) THE WALRUS is about BOTH, where the lead singer of a Beatles cover band goes on a search for his mojo so that he can sing about love from REAL LIFE. Sounds cute and music-geeky. Woot!

Hollyweird, by Terri Clark (May 8, 2012 from Flux Books). In which a HOT, young Hollywood star is also the son of Satan, and a young girl wins a date with him. Things become complicated, though, by an IRL angel, and thus a love triangle of good and evil is born! This one sounds fun! I like that it’s not a heavy take on angels. Or devils for that matter.

Ferocity Summer, by Alissa Grosso (May 8, 2012 from Flux Books). So, I’m a Jersey homer, guys. I always get a little extra geeky when I read books that take place here. Usually, they’re cute contemporaries or some other funny, lighter story. But FEROCITY SUMMER brings the serious: The main character, Scilla, is on trial for her role in a deadly speedboat accident, and her bff is falling into a downward spiral of drug abuse, using this new drug called Ferocity. There’s an FBI agent, too, looking to make THE big bust. I’m really looking forward to this one.

BOUGHT

Everneath: Everneath #1, by Brodi Ashton (January 24, 2012 from Balzer + Bray). Been waiting on this one, friends. I’m a sucker for myths of ANY culture, and I’m just as big a sucker for retellings of those myths. EVERNEATH is a reimagining of the Persephone story and sounds AWESOME. Like a paranormal mythological mash-up. Can’t wait to dive in!

Did you guys get anything awesome in your mailboxes this week?

January 22, 2012

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It’s awesome. Every week, we all get a chance to tell everyone what new books we’ve gotten so that we can tell you guys and we can all drool and squee together! Huzzah for squees!

I got some things this week, guys, that I am positively GIDDY over! GIDDY. Woot!

FROM NETGALLEY

This Is Not A Test, by Courtney Summers (June 19, 2012 from St. Martin’s Griffin). So. ZOMBIES. I’ve made a pledge to myself that this year I’m going to branch out and read things that I usually bypass. Zombies are perennially at the top of that list. They’re just not really my thing. But I’ve heard great things about this book–it basically sounds like a zombie-pocalypse Breakfast Club, where six kids are trying to stay alive by holing up in their high school while the zombies try to bust their way in–so I’m giving it a go. Amy + Zombies is going down, guys.

The Académie, by Susanne Dunlap (April 10, 2012 from Bloomsbury). Let me just get this right out in the open: I’m big fan of books set in boarding schools. Something about unsupervised kids running amok really appeals to me. I’m also a big nerdy fan of French history (seriously, the DRAMA is outrageous). This book combines those two things, with an added dash of Napoleonic family bickering and scheming rich girls. Sounds juicy! I really can’t wait to dig in to this one. 

Unbreak My Heart, by Melissa C. Walker (May 22, 2012 from Bloomsbury). I haven’t read anything by Melissa Walker yet, but this one sounds like a good, dramatic contemporary that also touches a little bit on the double-standard between guys who cheat and girls who cheat. That’s always good and infuriating. Also, I really love the idea of the story partially taking place on a boat. Close quarters and all, plus lots of time to spend with family and a new love interest.

Daughter of the Centaurs: Centauriad, book 1, by Kate Klimo (January 24, 2012 from Random House). This one sounds really intriguing. It’s about a girl who is a horse wrangler/hunter and the last human on earth who leads a band of horses. She’s eventually captured by centaurs and then things get down to business. All of that sounds really fresh, and I love reading about horses. (Centaurs! Firenze! This could rock my world. Can’t wait to see the mythology behind them here.) But what interests me the most about this book is that it’s actually not meant to be a fantasy, really, like you might expect. The Goodreads synopsis makes it sound dystopian, saying that the story is set in a future Earth. Really interesting. I hope this is a great start to a new series.

BOUGHT

Witch’s Brew: The Spellspinners of Melas County, book 1, by Heidi R. Kling (January 17, 2012 from Coliloquy). So THIS BOOK. I’ve been waiting and waiting for this one to come out for AGES, and it was finally released this past week. I snapped it right up. Because this isn’t just any old book. It’s kind of a choose your own path sort of story about witches and warlocks and forbidden love and prophecies. I’m reading it right now and it’s FAB. PLUS! This is only the first of TEN BOOKS in this series. Ten! It’s like hunkering down to watch all three extended Lord of the Rings movies back to back to back: I’m giddy with anticipation of the HEAPS of awesome coming my way. 

Arcania: Trial By Fire, book 1, by Liz Maverick (January 17, 2012 from Coliloquy). This is another interactive book from Coliloquy that sounds geek-fabulous. It’s a book about a young girl with “gifts” who gets sucked into this magical MMO-style game while investigating the truth behind her sister’s death. I read a snippet of this one a little while back, and it definitely whet my appetite. Looking forward to this one. 

The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: Throne of Glass, novella 1, by Sarah J. Maas (January 21, 2012 from Bloomsbury). GUYS. It’s highly possible that Sarah J. Maas’ THRONE OF GLASS is near the very top of my most anticipated reads of 2012. Every time I read about it–it’s an epic fantasy retelling of Cinderella, with our girl playing the role of an assassin who gets into a whole heap of drama trying to serve out a sentence for a crime–I just get this feeling that I’m going to love it so hard. I’m excited too that the publisher and the author are putting out two novellas this year featuring Celaena, and one of them–involving a pirate and slave trading and other assorted badassery–just came out today. I can’t WAIT to read it and get myself even more psyched for THRONE OF GLASS to come out in August. Woot!

Did you guys get anything squee-worthy in your mailboxes this week?