Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

I have been very good and haven't bought any books in a few weeks because of my tight living quarters & uber-tight budget. But I couldn't resist the dual coupons I had to Borders, so I treated myself to a little retail therapy. Hope you look forward to reading my thoughts and much as I look forward to writing them!

Review:
Fallout (Crank #3) by Ellen Hopkins HUGE thanks to Simon & Schuster!!
Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala Thanks to Around the World Tours

Bought:
Forget You by Jennifer Echols
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

Library:
Glass (Crank #2) by Ellen Hopkins (I'm rereading this since I got Fallout and I want to refresh my memory.)

That is the AMAZINGNESS that was my week. What loot did you score this week?

P.S. You might be able to score more loot for next week by entering my contests at the top of the page or the contests on other blogs on my sidebar. Good luck!

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Good week this week! I am so lucky to get such wonderful books from all over the place! :)


Review:
The Education of Bet by Lauren Baratz-Logsted (from Around the World Tours)
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (Thank you so much Simon & Schuster!!)
Virgin Territory by James Lecense (from Around the World Tours)

Library:
Glimpse by Carol Lynch Williams (love this cover!!)

So I think I had a fairly good week. Don't forget about the blogiversary giveaway! I now have 225 followers, so there are 2 books up for grabs to 2 lucky followers. Be sure to fill out THIS FORM to be entered to win a book worth up to $20 from the Book Despository. If I continue to gain more followers, there will be more prizes. Ends 7/30.

What loot did you score this week?

Bringing in the Loot & Giveaway Update

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Another pokey week, but that suits me just fine!

Review:
No & Me by Delphine de Vigan
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey

A big thanks to Around the World Tours as always!

So far, I'm giving away one book under $20 from the Book Despository. For every 25 more followers I get before 7/30, I'll add another winner of another book. All you have to do to enter is be a follower. So get those spread the word for more chances to win!

Bringing in the Loot & Giveaway Update

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Pretty slow week, but I did get one book I've been waiting on. No photo since I'm gone, but it's not the end of the world. Have a safe and happy 4th!!

Review:
Infinity by Sherrilynn Kenyon (Thanks St. Martin's Griffin!)
Sisters Red by (Thanks Around the World Tours) WOOT!!

I have officially reached 200 followers!! Thank you so much to everyone who has made that possible this past year! Since I have reached 200 I will officially give away 1 book. I'll probably let it be any choice of book under $20 from Amazon or the Book Despository. For every 25 more followers I get before 7/30, I'll add another winner of another book. All you have to do to enter is be a follower.

Bringing in the Loot & Upcoming Giveaway

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

All review books this week. No shopping allowed and nothing new for me at the library.

Review:Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison
The Tension of Opposites by Kristine McBride
Forget Her Nots by Amy Brecount White
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
Winter Longing by Tricia Mills
Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel

A big thanks to Around the World Tours for loaning me the first three and then returning the next two!

GIVEAWAY NEWS:
I'm planning a giveaway for my blogiversary on 7/30/2010. If I get 200 followers it will be 1 book, if I get 225 it will become 2 books, and so on (one extra book per 25). The winner will be randomly drawn from my followers. It's just a way to say thank you for supporting me this first year. Spread the love if you like. Good luck!

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

A slower week, thank goodness. Enough time to play catch up! I've read tons and have yet to get the reviews down. Look forward to those coming soon!!

Review:
Manifest by Artist Arthur
Poison by Sarah Poole
Plus by Veronica Chambers (return from Around the World Tours)
The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June by Robin Benway (return from Around the World Tours)
Library:
Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
This is What I Want to Tell You by Heather Duffy Stone (This is an Inter Library Loan. Woot!)

Bought:
Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs

I scored some pretty incredible loot this week! I'm really excited to dive in to writing my reviews (backlogs are not fun) and then devouring these new tasty morsels. What loot did you score?

FYI: I'll be celebrating my blogiversary next month and I'm only 14 people away form 200 followers. Who says giveaway time? If I make it to 200 before my blogiversary I'll give something juicy away. For every 50 people after that, I'll sweeten the pot. Stay tuned for more info!

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Lots of fun stuff this week. The ARC tours are picking up, but I'll manage. I'm excited about my loot this week and I hope you like it!!

Review:Party by Tom Leveen
Virals by Kathy Reichs
Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus

Library:
Heat Wave by "Richard Castle"
The Meaning of Wife by Anne Kingston

Bought:
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Witch Child by Celia Rees
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

Swag:
Thanks to Emily's Reading Room for the swag!!

That's the awesome loot that I scored this week. Looking forward to digging into these books! What loot did you get this week?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Sorry I missed last week, just kind of dazed out. Two weeks worth of books follow, although not all books are pictured this go around. Woo hoo!

For Review:
Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman
Jump by Elisa Carbone
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott
Bought:
Dark Life by Kat Falls
The Owl Keeper by Christine Brodien-Jones
Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
From the library:
Burned (House of Night #7) by P.C. & Kristin Cast
The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell
So Much to Tell You by John Marsden
Nomad : from Islam to America by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Time of the Witches by Anna Myers
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield

Lots of stuff to read and lots of reviews to come! Be sure to check out my reading challenge if you haven't seen that yet and thanks for stopping by if you're from the Hop. What loot did you score?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

I only got 2 this week and they're ones I have been waiting on.

Bought:Claire de Lune by Christine Johnson
My Soul to Keep (Soul Screamers #3) by Rachel Vincent

I think I've got a few coming from ARC tours this week, but in the mean time I'll keep enjoying the ones I've currently got. What loot did you score?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!
Back on track this week, I got a few fun ones!

Bought:Feed by Mira Grant
Little Vampire Women by Louisa May Alcott & Lynn Messina
Mistwood by Leah Cypess

I have made myself a deal. I am only buying the books that my library will not be ordering or carrying. This will force me to wait on the waiting lists instead of spending my money on something I can get for free. Working on my restraint. :)

Review:
Lost for Words by Alice Kuipers (Big thanks to Around the World Tours for this one!)

That's all for this week. Most of the major packing and moving is done, so I'm hoping to be back full-time now. I've missed getting to tell you all my thoughts about bookish stuff, so I'm glad to be back on track. Until then, what loot did you get?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Somehow I managed to go an entire week without getting a SINGLE book. Whoa. That hasn't happened in a while. Hopefully I'll have some cool stuff to show y'all next week.

Our packing and move is going well. We should have it all done by this time next week. Then I'll be back to book reviews and news! I really miss it right now, but there's just not enough time in the day. Can't wait to come back, but until then...

What did you score in loot this week?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Fun stuff this week! My husband let me use my HUGE 40% off coupon at Borders, so I got some stuff I've really been wanting to pick up that I can't wait for at the library. Woo hoo!

Library:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Leviathan
Heist Society by Ally Carter


Bought:
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Going too Far by Jennifer Echols

Whatcha think? Good stuff, right? :D Remember, posting is light while I'm packing and moving, but I'll be sure to have some extra fun stuff when I get back! What loot did you score?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Not too terribly much, but some fun stuff this week.

For Review:
The Mark by Jen Nadol
Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
Lifted by Wendy Toliver
A big thanks to Around the World Tours for all these!

Won:
Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas (Thanks to Princess Bookie's Contest Craze and the donor)


Things are going to be a bit slow around here for the next few weeks as my husband and I are packing up our apartment and moving. I'll still post, but it may not be as frequent. I promise I'll be back asap after the move. Til then, what loot did you score?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Decent week this week. Fun times. Hope you enjoy my loot as much as I do!
Library:
The Marvelous Effect (Marvelous World) by Troy CLE
For Review:
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (Thanks Penguin!!)
The Line by Terri Hall (Courtesy of Around the World Tours)

I got an e-mail about Troy CLE's work earlier this week and decided to pick one up. I scored a personal copy of Nightshade which is nifty and am in the process of reading The Line. What loot did you get this week?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

I had a GREAT week. I got a few, but man were they the ones I really wanted!

For Review:
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater (I literally squeed out loud when I opened the package!)
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles (A surprise from BookDivas!)
Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey (From Around the World Tours)
The Pack by L.M. Preston (Thanks L.M.!)

From the library:

The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
Changeless by Gail Carriger

I had a BUSY week!! Who knew I would get so much?! Either way, I'm hoping to plow through most of the books I already have before heading on to most of these (except the tour books of course!). Now that you've seen my loot, what did you get?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

So after the avalanche of last week, this week has been much calmer.

For review:
Taken By Storm by Angela Morrison from International Book Tours

Also, my copy of The Secret Year by Jenifer Hubbard was returned to me from an ARC tour. You can read my review here.

That's all for this week. What loot did you score?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

I got TONS of stuff this week. So exciting!

For Review:
Courtesy of ATWT:
The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove by Lauren Kate (Returned to me; read my review here)
Whisper by Phoebe Kitanidis
Runaway (Airhead #3) by Meg Cabot
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Courtesy of Penguin:
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller (Sending out on tour through ATWT)
The Evil Within: A Possessions Novel by Nancy Holder
Paisley Hanover Kisses and Tells by Cameron Tuttle

Courtesy of Random House:
A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley
Will by Maria Boyd
Three Rivers Rising: A Novel About the Johnstown Flood by Jame Richards

Won:
Quirk Classics Prize Pack including
(forgive my ancient camera for this awful photo, but you get the idea):

• An advance copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
• Audio Books of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (top row)
  
• A Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Journal
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Postcards
• A Dawn of the Dreadfuls Poster
• A password redeemable online for sample audio chapters of Dawn of the Dreadfuls (not pictured)
  

Wow! Talk about a busy week! I got something everyday. Woo hoo. So now that you've seen my loot, what did you get?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Just one book this week, but it's a good one!

ARC Tour:13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison (Thanks Around the World Tours)

So what loot did you get this week?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Finally slowing down around here. Thank goodness. Had a GREAT trip to Charlottesville to meet Maggie Stiefvater yesterday and met some TERRIFIC bloggers. But enough already, I'll tell you all about that later, for now, here's what I got this week.

Won:

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuess (Thank you Random House Kids on Twitter)
The Life of Glass by Jillian Cantor (Won from Goodreads. Thanks for the personalization Jillian!)

ARC Tour (Around the World Tours):

Inside Out by Maria Snyder

That's all I got this week. What loot did you score?

Bringing in the Loot

This is part of the In My Mailbox series hosted by The Story Siren. This meme allows book bloggers around the web to showcase what awesomeness we bought, swapped, borrowed, or got this week. Check out my loot below!

Great stuff this week. Hope to catch up on my ARC tour books first and then who knows!!

Library:

The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Why I Let My Hair Grow Out by Maryrose Wood (Inter-Library Loan)
Finding serenity : anti-heroes, lost shepherds, and space hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly (Inter-Library Loan)

Bought & Won:
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (bought @ Ed McKay Used Books)
The Life of Glass by Jillian Cantor (won from Goodreads & signed!!)

ARC Tours from Around the World Tours:
Jonas (Beautiful Dead) by Eden Maguire
Queen of Secrets by Jenny Meyerhoff
My Invisible Boyfriend by Susie Day
Stalker Girl by Rosemary Graham (not picutred, already packed for shipping)

Whew! Lots of stuff. So now you've seen mine, what's in your loot?