In My Mailbox - This month

What has been in my mailbox this month?

From the authors for review:
Danann Frost Embraces the Darkness by Joanne Valiukas

Rising: Freestyle by Vivian Arend

Dark Rising by Lacey Weatherford

Forts: Fathers and Sons by Steven Novak
Won:
Everlasting by Alyson Noel - won at Books Love Me
Bridger by Megan Curd - won at A Tale of Many Reviews
Spider Web by Earlene Fowler - won at Once Upon a Twilight
Accidental Abduction by Eve Langlais - won at Getting Naughty Between the Sheets
The Geek Job by Eve Langlais - won at Karissas Books
*****Thanks so much to the bloggers listed above!!!
Blog tour participation books:
Shifters of 2040 by Ami Blackwelder
The Day the Flowers Died by Ami Blackwelder
A Warrior's Witch by Stacey Kennedy
Save My Soul by Zoe Winters
Raven's Kiss by Toni LoTempio
Replay by Keira Lea
and of course there are the NetGalley books and all the books I have purchased...who ever invented the one click button for Amazon - shame!

I hope you are taking more books off your TBR mountain than you are adding to it! Happy reading!

Mailbox - - Christmas is gonna have nothin' on October this year!

I have been getting crazy amounts of books this month! 

 I have been super lucky.  On top of that, it seems like I find books to buy every where I go - 

I also went to Kid Lit Con 2010 and was lucky enough to meet some amazing authors 

and bought books there too!

Books I won:

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl - - won from Liz @ Consumed by Books

The Postcard Killers  - audio book - by James Patterson - - won from Gwendoyn @ A Sea of Books

(thanks to those great bloggers who hosted giveaways and sent me the books I won)

Books I got for review:

 Zan-gah: A Prehistoric Adventure and Zan-Gah & the Beautiful Country 

both by Allan Richard Shickman (Thanks Bonnie for sending them to me)

Books I bought:  

Dollar Tree Store (stopped for big mugs - found some awesome books too!):

Children of the Night: A Diana Tregard Investigation by Mercedes Lackey

The Faerie Wars Chronicles Book 2: The Purple Emperor by Herbie Brennan

Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep

Shadowsinger by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

The Dark Knight by Dennis O'Neil

Renfield: Slave of Dracula by Barbara Hambly

Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton

 

These are books that I purchased and got signed by the authors at Kid Lit Con 2010

The Cronus Chronicles: Book 1: The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu

The Cronus Chronicles: Book 2: The Immortal Fire by Anne Ursu

The Cronus Chronicles: Book 3: The Siren Song by Anne Ursu

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

Shiver and Linger (purchased earlier - but got to meet Maggie Stiefvater and have her sign these!)

Draw the Dark by Ilsa J. Bick

The Absolute Value of -1 by Steve Brezenoff

Split by Swati Avasthi

Faithful by Janet Fox

I also bought The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (but I didn't get to meet her or have my book signed)

I was fortunate enough to get a number of complimentary books:

The Buccaneer's Apprentice by V. Briceland

The Hole in the Wall by Lisa Rowe Fraustino (ARC)

Sugar and Ice by Kate Messner (ARC)

Finding Family by Tonya Bolden (ARC)

It's Monday!

(I grabbed this button/pic from a blog - thanks so much for sharing - it's awesome!!!)

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It's Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading! 

This is what has been in my mailbox since my last post!

Bought from Amazon:  Masques by Patricia Briggs, 13 to Life by Shannon Delany

and the latest in Heather Brewer's Vladimir Tod Chronicles Twelfth Grade Kills.

Won:  Secrets by Danielle Steel from Hott Books, Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe from Down the Rabbit Hole, and both The Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Capture and Wolves of the Beyond: Lone Wolf by Kathryn Lasky from Jenn's Bookshelves.

Thanks so much for the great books!

What am I reading? 

I am currently reading Minder by Kate Kaynak

Amazon product description:  

Sixteen-year-old Maddie Dunn is special, but she needs to figure out how to use her new abilities before somebody else gets hurt. Ganzfield is a secret training facility full of people like her, but it's not exactly a nurturing place. Every social interaction carries the threat of mind-control. A stray thought can burn a building to the ground. And people's nightmares don't always stay in their own heads. But it's still better than New Jersey--especially once she meets the man of her dreams...

I am loving it so far - I have been super pressed for reading time and so I haven't gotten as far as I wanted to get, but I am just over halfway and am looking forward to finishing and getting to the sequel!

Next I will be reading Adversary by Kate Kaynak.  

Mailbox - - it's still Monday - for a few minutes yet!

I continue to be fortunate with my books!  This is what has been in my mailbox since my last post!

Minder and Adversary by Kate Kaynak
Thanks so much for the opportunity to read your books Kate!

Foresight by Sherry D. Ficklin

The giveaway was hosted by Jessica B at Booksake!

The prize package was mailed out from the author - she added the button, hand sanitizer, bookmark, pen, calendar, and the great bag!!!

Thanks so much  much to both Jessica and Sherry!

I also won:

Deadly Fear by Cynthia Eden (The Minding Spot)

Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt (from Bibliophilic Book Blog) and

The Moment of Truth by Mark O'Neal  (from Dollyca's Thoughts)

Must Love Hellhounds was a gift from my friend Kathy.

Dragons of the Valley by Donita K. Paul

August 2010 Early Reviewers Group Book

Poisons of Caux by Susannah Appelbaum

Thanks goes out to Liz at Cleverly Inked for this one!

Burning Up - - - thanks to Danielle at Romance Book Junkies!

Hero by Cheryl Brooks 

Thanks to Paranormal & Romantic Suspense Reviews!

This prize package is from Sharon of Sharon's Garden of Book Reviews!

Included in her prize package was:  the great bag you see in the background, and five books!  The books are: Mistress of the Game by Sidney Sheldon, The Breach by Patrick Lee, The Geneva Deception  by James Twining,  Lincoln's Sword  by James Twining, and the final book being added is A Groom of One's Own by Debra Doyle.

Thanks so much to everyone who had a contest or a giveaway!

Thanks for the great stories!!!

Monday Sweet Monday!

In My Mailbox is hosted at The Story Siren.

I have finally admitted to myself (haven't been able to admit it to others out loud) that I have a book problem.  I am trying to NOT buy books, without actually banning them from my day - I have at least been able to not buy LOTS of books.  Instead I have started myself a blogger wish list at Amazon - I add books I find to this list instead of to my cart.  I also have a friend who lets me read A LOT of her books - I will NEVER say that she too has a book problem, but I read a lot of her books and I don't even dent the pile!  I am grateful for the chance to read without deadlines from a selection of books that rivals any I have ever seen!

So without further delay:  

I have fallen in love with the demon doctor! 

Also in my mailbox was a prize!  I won an amazing book cover from Bewitched Bookworms!

Monday -

Greetings! Wow - Monday again - where does the time go! What am I reading? What's in my mailbox?

What are you reading is hosted at One Persons Journey Through a World of Books and Mailbox Monday is hosted at The Printed Page.

Currently I am reading a few different books.  

I am listening to Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts while I am in my Jeep.

I am reading Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander on the Kindle.

I am reading  Wereling by Steve Feasey

I am reading Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu On-Line.

Dark Deceptions by Dee Davis is my purse book and I just started 

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer.

I have just finished reading: (I will post short reviews of these shortly)

Leader of the Pack: Tales of an Urban Werewolf by Karen MacInerney on the Kindle, but I was unaware until I was finished with it that it is book 3 in the series. So I will be going back to read the first two.  

Sanctuary Unbound: Red Rock Pass Book 4 by Moira Rogers

Short Stories from Red Rock by Moira Rogers

I have finally finished Even Money by Dick Francis.

I listened to Origin in Death by JD Robb in my Jeep on the way to a friends for a few days.

13 To Life by Shannon Delany

The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

The Mark by Jen Nadol

and Wings by Aprilynne Pike.

I also brought home - so not really my mailbox - the following titles from a friend's house!

13 to Life by Shannon Delany (which I have already read)

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer (which I have started)

Whisper by Phoebe Kitanidis

Deception: A Haunting Emma Novel by Lee Nichols

Blood Feud by Alyxandra Harvey (sequel to Hearts at Stake)

Assissin's Honor: An Order of the Sicari Novel by Monica Burns

and 

Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Monday - sweet Monday!

How many times can you really say that?!  I am on summer break from school, so I get to say that for a few weeks! 

I am pleased to say that although I have nothing in my mailbox for this week, I get get a bit of reading done! 

I finished Once Bitten by Kalayna Price: it wasn't what I expected, but I enjoyed the story very much.   I have put Twice Dead on my TBR list and will be picking it up as soon as I get some of my current summer reading list behind me. 

Amazon Product Description:

Vampires and Shapeshifters. A Fictionwise bestseller: No. 1 on the Fictionwise Dark Fantasy list in Feb. 2009 Kita Nekai, on the run and the smallest of her shifter clan-a calico cat among lions and tigers-is being hunted. She was expected to accept her role as her father's successor whether or not her cat was up to the task of leading the clan. She disagreed. Now she's less than a step ahead of the hunters, bone-tired, cold, and living hand-to-mouth in the city of Haven. And that's the high point of her day. She's also drugged, "accidently" turned into a vampire, and sentenced to death for recklessly creating a rogue shifter who tortures its human prey. She's got seventy-two hours to find the rogue, evade a city full of hunters, prove she's not responsible for the rogue, and keep the vampire council from killing her. All while sorting out an apprentice mage, a married ex-boyfriend shifter-hunter, and the vampire who made her.

I also finished reading Addiction by Sandra Marshall.  This was a great read.  I won the pdf version in a blogger contest from Sandra Marshall.  I sat down to read it this evening and stopped when I finished the story.  I decided early on who I thought the killer was and couldn't possibly put it down until I knew if I was right!  Love the characters!  Joley and Jake are my favorites, then the mom.  The mom only gets a little bit of print - but you instantly love her!  I could have done without the sister Mel - too snotty and spoiled little girl for me. 

I just got an email from Sandra Marshall and the book will be out in print this summer!  Please check it out!

I have started Wereling (The Changeling in England) by Steve Feasey and I am halfway through Even Money by Dick Francis. 

I did check out a huge stack of books from the MC at school for the summer, but I will list them as I read them.

Monday!

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. It is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page.  Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

This is what I got in my mailbox!

The Flanagan book is for my son - I have only managed to read book 1 is this series.  I enjoyed it so much I told my son he needed to check it out - now he is a huge fan and the newest Ranger's book is preordered as soon as possible! 

After the Darkness came from the Early Reviewers at LibraryThing.  I have always been a Sheldon fan so I am looking forward to reading this one!  It will be on the top of my TBR.

Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews has been long awaited - so this is my very next read!  This one won't even make the TBR, it went from the amazon box to my bag.  I plan to start it this evening!

Claire de Lune showed up in my mailbox and I am thrilled!  This one is on my summer read list (which is entirely toooooo long, but I can't wait to try to get them all read and reviewed).



It's Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey Through Books.

What I am reading:

I just finished reading Changeless by Gail Carriger.  It is the sequel to Soulless and I enjoyed it very much - although I was unhappy about the ending.  I will be impatiently awaiting book three so that I can find out what happens next!

I am also reading The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan - this is a great one, I am almost finished with it, as well as Mind Games by Carolyn Crane.

Next I am reading (as I said above) Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews.  I have been waiting for this one and am very excited!

What's on deck?  Addiction by Sandra Marshall - which unfortunately has been pushed to the NEXT pile a couple times already.