Sunday, August 28, 2011

In My Mailbox (65)

Well, I failed again this week at my book ban. I blame my insane ability to set aside that voice in the back of my head that tells me I’m running out of shelf space. I also was able to meet up with the amazing NotNessie from Today’s Adventure and have a book swap. Turns out she’s a local blogger and is beyond nice. Seriously, I cried a little inside from all she gave to me (tears of absolute joy, of course).
So, without further ado, here is my IMM for this week. Oh, and I apologize if the photo quality isn’t all that spectacular – I’m still working out the kinks for posting photos this way! 

 
From NotNessie

At Grave’s End, One Foot in the Grave, Halfway to the Grave, Destined for an Early Grave all by Jeaniene Frost. I’ve been warned it’s very adult, so I’m thoroughly excited to read them! Has anyone out there read them already? What did you think?

The Karma Club by Farrar Straus Giroux
Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts
Exile by Anne Osterlund
Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter
Wonderous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Dark Souls by Paula Morris
Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti
The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman
Bumped by Megan McCafferty (The Book Depository)


 
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer ARCI covet this cover. That is all.
The Keeper’s Tattoo by Gill Arbuthnott
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by MichelleHodkin EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excited!
Eona by Alison Goodman
Forbidden Sea by Sheila A. Nielson
Possession by Elana Johnson
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan


Ordered from The Book Depository
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
The Last Olympian, The Battle of the Labyrinth, The Titans Curse, The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThree of these I was so not happy with. “hardcover” does not mean paperbound hardcover to me. So I’m going to give them to my cousin or someone as a present.
Rage by Jackie Morse Kessler

 
From used book shopping



Shug by Jenny HanI loved her Summer series so I knew when I saw this at Value Village that I had to have it to read!
Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty
Wish by Alexandra Bullen
Mostly Good Girls by Leila Sales

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
Bloody Jack and Curse of the Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer
Roswell High 2: The Wild One by Melinda MetzHURRAY!!!!!! I’m reading it right now and I’m so beyond happy that I found it!
The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. NelsonI read this in elementary school and loved it. It was also my first dystopian read ever!
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
The Grim Grotto, The Austere Academy, The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
All-American Girl by Meg Cabot

Well, that’s it for me this week. I picked up a few more books but they’re for gifts more than anything. Leave me a line and let me know what you got this week!


As always, IMM credit deserves to go wholly to The Story Siren. Check out her amazing site!

17 comments:

Ashley @ Book Labyrinth said...

Man, you have some crazy good luck with used book shopping! Whenever I go I rarely find anything that good... maybe I should check out Value Village.

Sash and Em said...

Go read The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer right now!! It was amazing.

Our IMM

Rachel said...

Wow, so many great books, I have lots of them on my TBR list :)

Have a great week,

Rachel @ Fictional Fantasy

PS - Come and check out my IMM if you get a chance!

BookStacksOnDeck said...

Got some good ones! I can't resist getting them either.. the book stacks have grown from the shelf to the floor ack..
My IMM...

Jamie @ Bumps in the Road said...

OMG! There are a ton of good ones in there! Most are on my wishlist! Happy reading:)

Here's the link to my IMM...

http://bumpsintheroad1.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-my-mailbox-august-28-2011.html

Unknown said...

WOW! You have had a really good week this week! I have read the Night Huntress series and I can tell you that it is AWESOME! It definitely isn't a YA book but I wouldn't say it is particularly explicit either, but then I am a complete smut queen so my view may be slightly skewed!

New followere here!

My IMM

Suzanne @ Under the Covers

Amber (Books of Amber) said...

Great haul! I don't have much hope for my book ban either, but I'll have to try my best. You made some awesome purchases - especially with Vampire Academy!

Enjoy!
Books of Amber

A Beautiful Madness said...

That's a lot of books! Hope they're all good =D
Loved Vampire Academy. I simply adore Richelle Mead.
Happy Reading!

Anonymous said...

You have a great stash of good finds this week. Happy reading. Here's Mine

DeniseF said...

WOW!! You picked up some great books this week!

Misty said...

Holy moly. Lots on here I want to read/get at some point. And I covet the arc cover of Wolfsbane, too. Don't think I'll get a finished copy, actually, because I want that cover.

Enjoy!

Unknown said...

OMG. You got The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer! I'm so jealous and I can't wait to read Wolfsbane either. Awesome IMM! Check out my IMM

Mia @ Gripped into Books

Claire @ YA Bookie Monster said...

Wow! You got a TON of books this week! I really loved Angelfire and Wondrous Strange, so I hope you do too! Enjoy all of your books :)

You can check out my IMM here!

Happy reading :)

Claire @ YA Bookie Monster

Madigan Mirza said...

What??? You have a book ban but got so many books. Wow, I thought I was bad. :o I didn't get anything new this week, but that's okay considering I already have a huge, huge number of books in my To Be Read pile. Got to get caught up somehow!

Kristin (Book Sniffers Anonymous) said...

You got a nice set of books. I really want to read Bumped.
Happy Reading,
Book Sniffers Anonymous

Patricia said...

Did you have to get a forklift to get all of the books out of your mailbox and into your house ;)
Looks like you are going to enjoy reading all of them.
Following you on GFC.

Wee Shubba said...

Awesome books. haunting violet is really good.

My imm http://totallybookalicious.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-my-mailbox-29.html