In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by
The Story Siren (inspired by Alea at
Pop Culture Junkie) where you can show off the books that you got last week.
Whoops, I've been missing in action for quite a while, huh? I went to see The Hunger Games (twice) and pretty much have been in a knotted-up ball of squee since then. I was in a reading funk before and now I'm reading like there's no tomorrow and I have to finish ALL of the books RIGHT NOW!
Here's what I got in the last couple of weeks:
For review from the awesome folks at
Tor Teen:
Purchased at
Once Upon a Time in a moment of weakness, the book budget long forgotten:
I also bought a bunch of adult novels (for my new iPad 3!) and some borrowed some nonfiction from the library, that I won't mention here as they are irrelevant to this blog ;) I might dish about them over on
Nite Lite if I have time.
What's in your mailbox?
Last week I was lucky enough to make it the the Dark Days Event at Vroman's Bookstore. I got there about 15 minutes early and there was already a small crowd. I bought my books and waited for the fun to start. Lauren Oliver (Delirium, Pandemonium), Claudia Gray (Evernight series, Fateful) and Dan Wells (Partials) all came to talk about their new releases and answer questions from the crowd. I thought this was a really great event. The authors were well spoken, smart, and very funny. I may have bought too many books. :)
I am terrible at taking notes but here are some topics that were touched upon and what the authors had to say about them. (and this is all from memory so please don't quote me on this)
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| l to r: lauren oliver, claudia gray, dan wells |
Cliffangers (This question was directed to all the authors with a special nod to Lauren)
Lauren Oliver (LO): Lauren said that she doesn't plan for her books to be cliffhangers but that sometimes it's just the way the story needs to be told. She also said that a writer's job was to pose a question to the reader that only the writer could answer. Maybe that question would be answered in the next chapter and another question raised, and so on, so that the reader wants to keep reading
Claudia Gray (CG): Claudia talked about an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation she watched when she was younger before cliffhangers were popular in television. She talked about how she and all her friends gathered to watch it and were shocked by the cliffhanger ending. She said that it was hard waiting for the next season's episode but that the experience is one that she would not trade for anything.
Dan Wells (DW): Why is every episode of a television show now a cliffhanger? Because it works! Cliffhangers get readers to come back for more:
How do you write a good romance?
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You've got Partials! So jealous! I'm dying to read it.
I hope you will enjoy them all!
Agnieszka @ Nook of Books
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You've got Partials! So jealous! I'm dying to read it.
I hope you will enjoy them all!
Agnieszka @ Nook of Books
Here's my IMM. ♥
Partials is really good!
Shame you didn't make it to the event...at least you have friends that will go for you. I doubt mine would.
Enjoy your haul!
Nina @ Death Books and Tea
ahhh a temptation of angels! let me know how it is. i am trying not to buy too many books but this one looks good. :)
I goofed up and left it in Maria's car the other night XD I'll see her on Tuesday, can't wait to get it back!
What a nice haul! I may have to add some of these to my TBR pile.
Thanks for sharing your goodies!
Dani C
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Nice mailbox! Love Lauren Oliver, so hope you enjoy!
great books this week - I loved Pandemonium!
Happy Reading
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Great mailbox this week. I can't wait to read Pandemonium.
Book Sniffers Anonymous