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1. Stacked (19)


Stacked is our sister-site's weekly mailbox-sharing feature.

Crikey, it's been a while! I've only acquired a handful of books since last time, which is good for the hoard, but I do also have a ton of news. I'll try to bullet-point it and use lots of photos so you don't get antsy :) Sorry, not going to happen. I have a lot to say, I guess!

First off, I finally started hitting the bookstores near my parents' place in Manila. Did you know that in a recent study by the World Culture Score Index, the Philippines is the top 4 country in the world in terms of time spent reading per person? The US is #22 on that list, though only a couple hours less per week on average.

In the mall near my mom's house alone there are at least 4 bookstores, that I know of anyway. One is inside the supermarket. In some of the malls the bookstores take up 3 or more floors! There's even one mall where I was getting so confused because the same company would have a store on the ground level and one on the third floor. Not just one company, but two different ones with multiple locations in the same mall. It's pretty crazy.

Anyway, here's one shelf from a store called Book Sale. It's basically a used bookstore (they sell some new books from local presses as well as magazines and assorted stationery like gift wrap and notebooks) and they are freaking everywhere. I was too embarrassed to take a photo of the store to show you what one looks like (I was already kind of lurking and surreptitiously taking pics). They basically cram everything into a tiny space, pile books on the floor, triple-stack them on shelves and tables with no real order. You just have to pick through and find something you might want to read. I think it's pretty fun! I ended up with Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking and Ann Patchett's Bel Canto for about $2 each.


I also went to Fully Booked at the GreenHills Promenade. I like them because the interior is kind of cool, they face out a lot of their books (especially in arts and design, where it matters so much!) though this isn't one of their coolest locations. Their kids/YA section was in disappointing disarray, but at least they have some nice huge display tables for new and bestselling YA. I even found some sale books for half off!




The thing they really have going for them is their selection. I just have to stop myself from going in and re-organizing their shelves. I will be doing a Shop Hop post soon (yep, bringing that back) where I will go into more detail.




Next up, I finally freaking finished the Pasadena Teen Book Festival website! PHEW. I hope you'll take a look when you're done here.


Also, next weekend is the 3rd Annual Yarn Crawl LA--our friends at Unwind in Burbank will be hosting Salina Yoon on Sat, Apr 5 from 11am-1 pm. There will be storytime, crafting, and snacks. My cousin and epic-level cake popper Adri P. is bringing Penguin and Bootsy pops! Our very own Thuy is running the show. Salina will show kids how to do finger-knitting, even though she admits she doesn't know how to knit for reals, haha! Once Upon a Time Bookstore will be selling Salina's books, including the Penguin titles and her latest book, Found! Awesome yarnista and knitwear designer Heather Walpole of Ewe Ewe Yarns created a scarf and hat pattern inspired by Penguin in Love. You can peek at the samples here and pick up the kit at Unwind during the Yarn Crawl! Last but not least, our favorite photographer Katie Ferguson will be on hand to document the event. I can't be there, sadly, but maybe I can eat some cake pops while I look at the photos afterwards!


This weekend, I headed out to Glorietta Mall to meet up with some of the Filipino book bloggers (find them #PHYAbookbloggers on Twitter). Thanks Louisse (@louisse_ang), Kate (@BookishBlurber), and Jesselle (@_jessellev) for hanging out with me! They actually had to run off to Becca Fitzpatrick's blogger forum and OMG you have to go look at their photos because Black. Ice. ARCs. Who do I have to beg, bribe, or bake for at Simon & Schuster to get a hold of one of those?


My selfie skills were strained to the max, haha! You can see the rest of our photos on my Instagram feed @frootjoos. I totally missed Kai (aka @amaterasureads) but I still hope to meet up with her and get a #PHYAbookbloggers t-shirt because how cool is that?!


Anyway, about the signing. I didn't get to go because I was going to have to work at 11 pm (I know, time zone madness) and the signing was at 4 pm. So what, you say? That's plenty of time!

People, this was the line at National Bookstore at 8 am for this 4 pm signing:


This was the bottom floor of the bookstore (which has 4 floors I think, I didn't get to them all) at 1 pm:


Scheiße! American YA fans, you don't even know. I think we sometimes take these events for granted, since so many YA authors actually live there. On the other hand, publishers, this is where you should send YA authors. Pinoys read! They read widely. We love fantasy as much as we love contemporary. We love Andrew Smith as much as we love Cassandra Clare--yes, they've read and loved The Marbury Lens. We are equal-opportunity readers. We buy books (libraries aren't really a big thing here) and we wait patiently in massively mind-numbingly long lines. We fangirl like it's going out of style (you would know how over the top we go if you had been here the year Michael Jackson died--I swear I didn't enter a single mall, jeepney, or restaurant that didn't have MJ songs playing or being performed by avid karaoke singers).

In case you're wondering, here's who I heard they want to see the most: Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer E. Smith, and Leigh Bardugo.




I actually really wanted to see Kate Evangelista (Til Death, Entangled Teen 2014) but I had to work that day, too. Bummer! Her launch party looked like it was a lot of fun. I did buy her book at National yesterday.


National actually books auditoriums for some visits, where they expect way more people than will fit in their store. Example:


Anyway, I'm sad I didn't get to see Becca, but I have already met her 3 times, and hopefully she'll tour in SoCal when Black Ice when it hits the shelves on October 7, 2014.

Crap, I just thought of three more book-related things to tell you. But this post is way over tl;dr already so I'll just leave you with this:


Folks, I legit fell off a futon when I read the email telling me to expect one in the mail. Like I wasn't excited enough to get Ruin & Rising when it releases on June 17! Anyway, my husband took a photo of the package contents with my lil' Darkling-wannabe John Carter, but he refused to read me the chapter sampler over FaceTime. *frowny-face*

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Inspired by Pop Culture Junkie and The Story Siren, Stacked is our sister-site's weekly post where we share with you the books that we've bought, borrowed or received for the week.

This is actually an Unstacked post since the ratio for books bought to books given away was 1:50 this week. As you may have read recently, my mom had a stroke and I went home to the Philippines to help out. My dad, brother, and aunt all work during the day, and my little sister isn't 100% capable of watching over our mom and doing all the chores etc. (Though she is a hero, since she figured out how to call for help when Mama passed out in the hallway. For someone who is considered to be fundamentally a toddler all her life, she's one smart cookie.)

Anyway, I was checking on my mom when I happened to open my dad's closet and notice that there were a ton of dusty, moldy books in the back. The closet had been built on top of a bookshelf in my mom's signature, just put it on top of everything else style of interior decorating.

I was really sad to see lots of my favorite books pretty much begrimed and crumbly due to the terrible sun/air conditions in Manila, as well as my family's low-level hoarding tendencies, but what can you do? Keep them in plastic tubs? (Actually, that's a good idea, but plastic tubs weren't exactly common when I left the books here.)

Anyway, I figured now is as good a time as any to let some stuff go. You can see some of my favorites in the Unstacked image above. My uncle has a school in the province, and my aunt is coming by tomorrow and will be passing the school, so I'm sending them away. There's some great stuff in there: classics like P.G. Wodehouse, James Thurber, Douglas Adams, and Chinua Achebe; the occasional anthology, random old ARCs. I saved one book from the pile: A Woman Named Smith by Marie Conway Oemler. It's so old that the cover has long since disintegrated. It's a fun romance and it used to belong to my grandfather, so I'm hoping it's not too far gone to repair, or reproduce in some way. If you're curious, you can get the Kindle copy for free. (Yes, it's that old.)




The one book I picked up was actually an eBook, The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski. The Kindle edition was on sale for $2.99. Marie's new YA novel, The Winner's Curse, is out now. I didn't particularly enjoy it, but I recognize that there will probably be quite a few people who will like it a lot better than I did. I like her writing style, but I didn't care for the plot and characters in The Winner's Curse. I'm hoping that The Shadow Society will be a bit more like my cup of tea.

It looks like I will be here a while, so I'll keep you posted regarding further hoard management and possibly a YA author event or two I will be attending. Anyway, that's it for me and book acquisitions/donations this week. If you want to catch up with what I've been doing in the Philippines, follow @frootjoos on Instagram.

Last but not least, Pasadena Teen Book Festival is coming up! We are now on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and you can still get free tickets at Eventbrite. Blogger friends, more info on the upcoming blog tour is on the way, I promise! I was just really hard at work to get the tote bag design done so we can order them from the screen printers. The first 100 people to arrive at the event will get the tote for free :)

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Stacked is our sister site's mailbox sharing weekly feature.

Thanks so much to Courtney Saldana from Ontario's Ovitt Family Community Library for inviting us to their annual Teen Book Fest! My friend David from YABC and I attended yesterday to meet Stephen Chbosky, Andrew Smith, Leigh Bardugo, Ann Stampler, Marie Lu, Gretchen McNeil, Lex Thomas, Morgan Matson, Sara Wilson Etienne, Jessica Brody, Jennifer Bosworth, and Carrie Arcos. Sadly Glenn Olsen could not make it, but he affirms that he'll be there next year! Traditionally published YA authors who are interested in attending next year's event should probably contact Courtney

I didn't get a lot of photos (the lighting was a bit dark in the auditorium), but David blogged about the event here.  


Gretchen McNeil, Jessica Brody, Lex Hrabe and Thomas Voorhies


Andrew Smith, Lex Hrabe, and Thomas Voorhies + moderator :) Just the boys!

I couldn't get the last panel photo with Suzanne Lazear, Jennifer Bosworth, Leigh Bardugo, and Lex Thomas -- the sun kept streaming through the window behind them and I couldn't make out the faces on most of the photos, so I deleted them. Sigh!

I came away with a copy of Winger by Andrew Smith--which won't be released until Tuesday!--Quarantine by writing duo Lex Thomas, and Jessica Brody's Unremembered. I also picked up Jessica's 52 Reasons to Hate My Father. I'm really glad they had the paperback--I hated the hardcover art! The paperback is way cuter... actually all of the new paperbacks of her books have better covers than before! If you're looking for summer beach reads, look no further. 


If you had to get just one book, I'd say go with Winger
Unless you don't like having feelings.


What's in your book stack this week?

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Stacked is our sister site's mailbox sharing weekly feature.

This week was really all about quality vs. quantity.

For review:


My turn with the YABC copy of Siege & Storm (The Grisha, Book 2) by Leigh Bardugo.
Can I get a SQUEE!?

This called for an awesome manicure with Shadow & Bone nail polish (two coats and a helping hand from nail expert Thuy because I can never get my left hand done correctly especially with an unforgiving formula like this blue-gray matte). Trust Leigh to have the BEST swag ever.


Another one of the most coveted ARCs of the year... 
Game by Barry Lyga (I Hunt Killers, Book 2)

Now Aly can send her copy to her dad back east and we can share this copy (what are work-wives for if not book sharing?). Thanks, Little Brown BFYR!

Netgalley:


I think this is one of those you-have-to-be-invited deals on Netgalley, so I want to thank Elizabeth Ross for the invitation to read her debut novel, Belle Epoque!

Won:


So I almost never win things on blog hops but not only did I win a copy of Born of Illusion by Teri Brown from Stories & Sweeties (thanks, Becky!), I also got Jersey Angel by Beth Ann Bauman sent to me from Little Library Muse (thanks, Latoya!). 

Outgoing:


Uh, giant piles of books to bring to the Sat, March 16 YA Book Swap.
More info at yabookcouncil.com!

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I took on a super-fun project last week for our librarian/author friend Tammy Blackwell.
I redid her website and she posted an interview about my methods/madness.

Do me a favor and leave her some comment love on her blog!

I downloaded her Timberwolves books (I'd already read the first one) from Amazon.com... visit her site and click on the covers in the fancy highlighted box at the top!

That's it for me this week. What's in your mailbox?


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Stacked is our sister site's mailbox sharing weekly feature.

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Got an email from Kaleb Nation last week offering his eBook, Harken, for review, but I figured it's only $2.99 on Kindle--may as well get it!

Netgalley:


I keep saying I'm not going to get much off Netgalley, but Brent asked me nicely so I got his new book. The first novel in the Russel Middlebrook series, Geography Club, is now in production under Huffington Pictures.

I'm going to try not to get anything else this week because omg SO much book buying last week. 
What I need is some time to read. 

What's in your mailbox?




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I know, I know. Super late. I have a good reason.

Stacked is our sister site's mailbox sharing weekly feature.

Signed:


I just went to three signings in three days. 
My new Barnes & Noble member card has just paid for itself.

The one most likely to make me cry: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Also the book that has most consistently saved my life since 1999. The brilliant movie version is now on DVD & Bluray! (I bought one of each but have to wait until Aly comes over to watch the film again because I know I am going to cry a lot during. If you haven't seen it yet, get ready to feel ALL the feelings.)

The debut: Jessica Khoury's Origin which incidentally looks amazing with Thuy's hands. (ARC)

The sequel: Was Marie Lu's Legend this steamy? Because Prodigy is... whooo! (Bought)

The one I didn't want to put down even though page 70 is missing from the ARC:
Rift -- the sequel is Rise -- by Andrea Cremer. (Bought the latter)
I don't think I can actually read faster than she writes; she has 4 books coming out this year.

Missing from this photo: Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff because I already loaned it out.
The Space Between and The Curiosities made it home. Dunno where The Replacement went!
I think I loaned it out last year and never got it back. Maybe next time. (Bought PV)

And Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter. (Bought)
Now if I can just figure out where I stashed the first two books I'll be all set. -___-


Middle Grade:

Jungle Jenny by Jane Hancock (Ordered from publisher)
My English teacher from 9th grade--who inspires me still!

Vanishing Acts by Leslie Margolis (Bought from Once Upon a Time)
(and I just realized I'm missing one)

The Aviary by Kathleen O'Dell (Bought at OUaT)

The Wig in the Window by Kristen Kittscher -- not out until June! From the author.

The Fellowship for Alien Detection by Kevin Emerson (ARC from the publisher)

The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner (Bought at OUaT)


These were all the amazing authors who were so kind to help us with our mystery event, Get a Clue!
The shop still has signed copies and will ship, so give them a call at 818 248 9668. 

Missing from this photo: The Wizard of Dark Street by Shawn Thomas Odyssey
and its sequel The Magician's Tower because it won't be out until February 26.

But I want it now!

For review:


Hysteria by Megan Miranda

This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black

These look scrumptious. And I may have dropped a cat treat in their general vicinity.


Illustrated by Francesca Carabelli

This was, in fact, in my mailbox--if you review picture books and would like to be on the blog tour, please let me know! Email frootjoos at gmail dot com.

Downloaded from Audible:


Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Read by Rebecca Soler

Ok, I know I keep telling people I hated Cinder. I did! I threw my iPod across the room a few times. (Good thing it's so tough.) It was a good book though... and it had a good reader, so I'll listen to the sequel. 


City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster
Read by Shannon McManus

They had me at the title. I don't actually know what it's about. This better be good!



All right, I think I'm done for the day. What did you get in your mailbox?


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Hey y'all!

Stacked is our sister site's mailbox sharing weekly feature. 

My pre-order of The Madman's Daughter arrived, but I had no time to read it! We were just really busy with Get a Clue, which was a blast. 


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I got Elizabeth Fama's Monstrous Beauty from Audible. Katherine Kellgren won an Odyssey Honor at the YMA's for this audiobook. Yay!

For Review:


Tor sent me Laurence Yep's City of Death, the last book in his City trilogy. I haven't read the first two, but I'm looking forward to digging in to this epic series.

That's all for me this week. I'm going to be slowly buying up the Get a Clue books at Once Upon a Time in Montrose. 



What books did you get this week?

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Hey y'all!

Stacked is our sister site's mailbox sharing weekly feature. I hope you are all having a marvelous week. I had an extra day off to get some reading done, so we have lots of reviews lined up--almost too many! But we'll keep some of them brief so we don't clutter up your reader feed.



For review:




Thanks so much to Egmont for including us in the publicity tour for this book. Ellison debuted last year with The Butterfly Clues and I think her sophomore novel will be even better! Keep your eye out for a review and giveaway for both books sometime in the next couple of weeks.



Pinned by Sharon G. Flake

I'm going to be writing a review for ALAN -- And probably doing a giveaway as well since I already had one, and they sent me another! I listened to Sharon read at one of Scholastic's Readers Theatres last year (authors dramatize an excerpt from each others' work and perform it for an audience). She was brilliant and I can't wait to dive into Pinned.



Bought:


The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Eeeeeeee! It's here. My pre-order was waiting on the doorstep on Tuesday.



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I can't resist a Kindle sale. I nabbed The Declaration by Gemma Malley, Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee, and Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller. 

Candlewick granted me Netgalley access to Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond (illus. by Dave McKean). Looks fantastic!

On Audible I picked up Ashes of Twilight by Kassy Tayler, Colin Fischer by Ashley E. Miller & Zack Stentz, and Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride. I actually already have it in print, but I have the audio for Hold Me Closer, Necromancer also and it's too fun to pass up.

Hey, I had a lot of credits to burn through :)

What about you? Anything cool pop up in your mailbox this week?




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Hey y'all!

Stacked is our sister site's mailbox sharing weekly feature. We got a ton of great stuff from Netgalley this week.


Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers - You have no idea how excited I was when HMH followed through and let me download this one. It will be out on April 2 and I'm hoping Robin will come down to LA again for LATFoB so I can buy a signed copy. I've already read it and am contemplating reading it over again. It was so good! The full review will come out closer to the publication date.

Hey, if I get lucky I'll buy two and raffle off the 2nd one to you guys! ;)




The Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist - I loved Dahlquist's adult fantasy novel The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters (well, part one, anyway--part two was really hard to get into). He's got one hell of an imagination. I hope I will like his YA debut, too. It looks... different.




Peregrine Harker & The Black Death by Luke Hollands - I don't pick up small press books very often, and frankly the "blurbs" for this book are a little heavy-handed with the comedy. 

 “Somebody give the boy a medal!” – King Edward VII
“What a brain! Never have I seen such an ego.” – Sigmund Freud
“A little too revolutionary for my liking.” – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia 

And so forth. You get the picture? Still, the synopsis sounds pretty good:

MURDER. SPIES. EXPLOSIONS. REVENGE.
Peregrine Harker is about to learn you're never too young to die.
London 1908: A secret society stalks the murky streets, a deadly assassin lurks in the shadows and a series of unexplained deaths are linked by a mystery symbol…
When boy-detective Peregrine Harker stumbles across a gruesome murder he sparks a chain of events that drag him on a rip-roaring journey through a world of spluttering gas lamps, thick fog, deadly secrets and dastardly villains.
They had me at "MURDER." I'll let you know if it lives up to its own hype. Bonus points for having a cover that does not make me want to claw my own eyes out.



That's it for me this week. What did you get? Share links in the comments below.

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Hi everybody!

Thuy over at our sister site started doing "Stacked" last year instead of "In My Mailbox"--it's essentially the same thing but we have our own cute graphics ;)

I got a crazy lot of books in December but it's too much to recount now, I'm just going to tell you what I got recently.

Bought:


Splintered by A. G. Howard - As an Alice in Wonderland fan, how can I pass this by? I don't care much for the cover but it's very striking.

Netgalley:

I was trying to cut back but there was so much new stuff! I got Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci, Snorkeling with Sea-Bots by Amy Lemke, Change the World Before Bedtime by Mark Kimball Moulton, Luz Makes a Splash by Claudia D'avila, Cow Boy by Nate Cosby, and The Archived (sneak peek ) by Victoria Schwab. I've read all of them already and I have to say they're all pretty good! I will be posting reviews for each of those books this week. I also got but have not finished Bad Machinery: The Case of the Team Spirit by John Allison.

That's it for me for this week. Did you get any books you're excited to read?



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Sooo... It's been a while since I did one of these, and I was going to wait until after ALA to post, but, well, I kind of went a little crazy with books the last couple of weeks and it's just going to be too much for one post.

So this is just a teaser before The Big One!

Traded: 


The Game of Sunken Places by M. T. Anderson
Book 1 in the Norumbegan Trilogy - used up my last credit on Paperback Swap

Borrowed:

The awesome costumes some of the Shadow and Bone partiers wore inspired me to go look up Russian art and design, so I requested these books from the library: Russian Art: From Neoclassicism to the Avant-Garde and Cultural Atlas of Russia & The Former Soviet Union. They are both huge and I'm so glad the Pasadena Public Library had them. I also got Shape Shape and One Drawing a Day because usually I regret it when I buy an art or craft book without perusing it first

Bought:


Cinder by Marissa Meyer - I think you know what that looks like already, so here's a photo of the author looking like she's in the middle of a fairytale (appropriately, it's a bookstore called Once Upon a Time). Read Thuy's event recap 6 Comments on In My Mailbox (12), last added: 6/17/2012
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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.

Yikes, it's been a while.

Here's what I've gotten since my last IMM

Borrowed:


Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard

Been lusting after this one! Thanks to Jane from Young Adult Book Council, I can cuddle up to it tonight.

Downloaded:


My Audible credit this month went to another Katherine Kellgren audiobook--Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen. I love it so far!

Bought on Kindle:


Thuy signed us up to be a street team for Jennifer L. Armentrout's #DaemonInvasion, so I downloaded Obsidian while waiting for my local bookstore to stock it. I've already read it! Definitely a book that makes your skin tingle. I may have to go jump in a cold pool just thinking about it... *fans self*
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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.

ARCs Received:


I'm on the blog tour; so excited that it's my turn to read! For more info click the widget on the sidebar.

I also volunteered for a friend and was rewarded for my troubles with the ARCs below. 



Borrowed:


This looks adorable. I don't know if you can see: it says "translated from the Rabbit by Polly Horvath". Haha!

Netgalley:


It's been so difficult to get review copies from Disney-Hyperion so I'm glad they occasionally release titles to everyone. I'm very likely going to end up buying this an

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14. In My Mailbox–April 15th Edition

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme, and it is hosted by The Story SirenGo here for a full description of IMM.

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I received a ton of surprises in my mailbox this week! That always helps the week fly by.

New Arrivals at the Café:

The Voyage of the Sea Wolf by Eve Bunting (I LOVED The Pirate Captain’s Daughter, so I was so excited to get this!)

Arise by Tara Hudson (For {teen} Scene Book tour)

Blood of the Wicked by Karina Cooper (From Avon Addicts!)

A Secret in her Kiss by Anna Randol (Also from Avon Addicts!)

The Night Sessions by Ken MacLead (This is a total surprise)

The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich (I enjoy historicals, so I’m looking forward to reading this)

I Only Have Eyes for You by Bella Andre (I am on a contemporary romance kick!)

Monster High 4 Back and Deader than Ever by Lisi Harrison (Wanted to see what this series is all about)

Revived by Cat Patrick (I love this cover!)

The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi  (Now I have an excuse to read Ship Breaker!)

The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze (I thought that the premise sounded interesting – I like the cover, too!)

Rules of the Game by Sandy James (Another contemporary romance Smile  )

Surrender to the Roman by M K Chester (I love stories set in ancient Rome)

Desert Blade by Ella Drake (This looks really good!)

Serious Play by Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee (More contemporary romance!)

Zero Gravity Outcasts by Kay Keppler (I haven’t been reading enough science fiction lately)

Aidan Loyal Cowboy by Cathy McDavid (I love this author!)

Night’s Engines by Trent Jamieson (I have The Roil in my TBR, so I figured this would be a good time to catch up on the series)

Muse by Rebecca Lim (Had to order this from the UK – still no US release date Sad smile  )

A great big thanks to the publishers for thei

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15. In My Mailbox-April 8th Edition

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme, and it is hosted by The Story SirenGo here for a full description of IMM.

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Happy Easter if you celebrate!  Happy Sunday if you don’t!  I am hanging with my family today, and then trying to catch up on a few reviews.  Have a great day!

New Arrivals at the Café:

Touched by Jus Accardo

Untouched by Jus Accardo

A Hint of Frost by Hailey Edwards

Commercial Breaks: Famous for Thirty Seconds by P G Kain – Thanks to PG for arranging to have another copy sent to me after USPS destroyed the first one

Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin

Rohan at the Louvre by Hirohiko Araki

Sports Illustrated Kids: Pro Files: Baseball

Skies of Fire: The Ether Chronicles ($1.99 – I couldn’t resist at that price)

Exile by Rebecca Lim – I loved Mercy and got tired of waiting for the US release of the sequel.  I purchased this from Totnes Books in the UK and received it in about a week – I love the internet!

A great big thanks to the publishers for their continued support!

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16. In My Mailbox (7)


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 from Vroman's Bookstore (I couldn't go to the event, but luckily I had friends who attended the Dark Days signing):





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?

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17. In My Mailbox–April 1st Edition

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There were many awesome Kindle sales at Amazon last week, and it was hard to resist, so I gave myself a budget of ten bucks and and scored a couple books I have been wanting to read.  The weather has been stupid again, too – 80s one week, rain, sleet and snow the next.  My sinuses do not like the variety!

New Arrivals at the Café:

Commercial Breaks: Famous for Thirty Seconds by P G Kain (This, sadly, came in pieces.  Thank you USPS for your careful package handling)

Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn

Drops of God Vol 3 by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto

Compromised by Kate Noble

 

Can’t Buy Me Love by Maggie Marr

Horse Camp by Nicole Helget

The Wreck of the Nebula Dream by Veronica Scott

Darkest Knight by Karen Duvall

Hereafter by Tara Hudson

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

A Week to Be Wicked (Spindle Cove) by Tess Dare

EQUS Polo Wraps – I picked up a new set of polo wraps for my girls, because they deserve little presents, too!

A great big thanks to the publishers for their continued support!

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18. In My Mailbox- March 25th Edition

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Weird weather continues to be the norm here in usually chilly Michigan.  My cherry blossom tree is blooming, and it’s still March!  It is amazing how quickly all of the flora bursts back to life after a stretch of warm weather.  The world is starting to look green instead of brown.  I am enjoying the change of scenery!

New Arrivals at the Café:

Believe It Or Not by Tawna Fenske (Won this at Romance at Random)

Nice Girls Don’t Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper

Lockwood Lions: Always Upbeat and All That by Stephanie Perry Moore and Derrick Moore (Flipbook)

The Start-Up by Sadie Hayes

Borrowing Abby Grace by Kelly Green

Jack of Ravens by Mark Chadbourn

The Burning Man by Mark Chadbourn

Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill (99 cents for the Kindle version!)

Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch (This was 1.99 for the Kindle)

Stepping on Roses Vol 7 by Rinko Ueda

A great big thanks to the publishers for their continued support!

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19. In My Mailbox–March 18th Edition

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The weather has been so wacky that I can’t restrain myself from discussing it again.  It was in the 70s most of the week, and next week it is supposed to be more of the same.  My poor flowers have started bursting out of the earth, and the trees are starting to bud.  It is the middle of March. MARCH!  What is going to happen in August?  Will it be over 100 degrees?  There has already been a lot of destructive storm activity, too, so I am very curious about what the weather will be like this spring and summer.  Are the temps out of control in your area, too?

New Arrivals at the Café:

The False Prince by Jennifer A Nielsen  (I loved the Elliot books)

Goddess Girls: Medusa the Mead by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams (For a blog tour)

Wicked as They Come by Delilah S Dawson (I want his jacket!)

Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs by Molly Harper (These look like a lot of fun)

Nice Girls Don’t Date Dead Men by Molly Harper

Nice Girls Don’t Live Forever by Molly Harper

Dororo Omnibus Edition by Osamu Tezuka (This is a great series, bound together in one convenient volume)

Holiday Affair by Annie Seaton (I am addicted to series romance)

Blackmailed by The Billionaire by Nina Croft

Weekend Agreement by Barbara Wallace

Ever Shade by Alexia Purdy (This was free for the Kindle last week)

172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad (This looks creepy)

Belles by Jen Calonita

Chosen By Sin (Para-Ops) by Virna DePaul (This was free for the Kindle)

Gone by Michael Grant ($2.99 for the Kindle!)

Shadow’s Son by Jon Sprunk

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

Santina Crown series (my first purchase from Mills & Boon.  The exchange rate kind of sucked, but it was a very pleasant shopping experience.)

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20. In My Mailbox–March 11th Edition

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I am chomping at the bit to read The Immortal Rules – it looks fantastic!

New Arrivals at the Café:

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa (I am so excited to read this!)

Starters by Lissa Price

Triggers by Robert J Sawyer

Shadow’s Master by Jon Sprunk

The Last Real Cowboy by Donna Alward

The Werewolf’s Wife by Michele Hauf

Rake with a Frozen Heart by Marguerite Kaye

Not Just Friends by Kate Hoffmann

The Marked by Inara Scott

The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross

Summer Days by Susan Mallory

Big Sky Country by Linda Lael Miller

GTO: 14 Days in Shonan Vol 2 by Toru Fujisawa

Twin Spica Vol 12 by Kou Yaginuma

Trouble in a Pinstripe Suit by Kelly Hunter

Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater  (Ebook – 3.99!)

A great big thanks to the publishers for their continued support!

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21. In My Mailbox (6)


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.

I only got 1 book in my mailbox last week, but it's very exciting!


Between You and Me by Marisa Calin
From Goodreads:

Phyre knows there is something life-changing about her new drama teacher, Mia, from the moment they meet. As Phyre rehearses for the school play, she comes to realize that the unrequited feelings she has for Mia go deeper than she’s ever experienced. Especially with a teacher. Or a woman.  
All the while, Phyre’s best friend—addressed throughout the story in the second person, as "you"�stands by, ready to help Phyre make sense of her feelings. But just as Mia doesn’t understand what Phyre feels, Phyre can’t fathom the depth of her best friend’s feelings...until it’s almost too late for a happy ending.  
Characters come to life through the innovative screenplay format of this dazzling debut, and unanswered questions—is "you" male or female?—will have readers talking.

The reason I'm so thrilled to get it is because I got it from Marisa herself--I'll be designing an author website for her next month! So, yeah, if you go look for her website, you won't find anything for a couple of weeks XD I haven't started it yet! But you can go to Goodreads and find a short teaser video on her author page, as well as add the book to your shelf. Between You and Me (Bloomsbury USA) releases on August 7.

Thanks to Ann Stampler for introducing us! Speaking of Ann, Where It Began com

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22. In My Mailbox–March 4th Edition

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We had another week of crazy weather, so I know I’m still in Michigan.  Highs of 50 one day, snow the next.  Only 16 more days until spring!

New Arrivals at the Café:

Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris

Storybound by Marissa Burt

A Breath of Eyre by Eve Marie Mont

Girl Genius: Agatha Awakens by Phil and Kaja Foglio

GTO: The Early Years Volume 11 by Toru Fujisawa

The Life She Left Behind by Yates, Maisey (Free!)

The Legend of Diamond Lil by Doreen Cronin  (I love JJ!)

A great big thanks to the publishers for their continued support!

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23. In My Mailbox (5)

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren and inspired by Pop Culture Junkie.

I only had 2.5 books on last week's IMM. Which was totally fine because I knew I was going to have a crazy, mind-blowing, I'm-not-even-bragging-just-stating-facts bonanza of books this week. Let's go in chronological order...

Wednesday (Bought)


Bridge to Books threw our first Teacher/Librarian Schmooze of the year at Once Upon a Time in Montrose. Katherine Applegate, author of The One and Only Ivan (did you know she's married to Michael Grant? YES, The Michael Grant) spent the whole day with Alyson (KidLitFrenzy), first at her school and then at the bookstore for a signing and workshop on Literacy Cafes. 

We gave two dozen teachers and librarians the Bridge to Books treatment:


Tasty (and healthy!) treats
Ideas and information
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24. In My Mailbox–February 19 Edition

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Last week will go down as the week that I ate the most Mexican food in my life.  If I wasn’t feasting on tacos from Burrito King, I was munching on chips and salsa at El Patio.  Mexican cuisine is one of my weaknesses, and last week I had no will power what so ever! I will have to turn twice the number of pages as normal to try to work off some of these extra calories!  When it comes to food, what is your Achilles Heel?

New Arrivals at the Café:

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Finished copy!)

No Longer Human Vol 3 by Osamu Dazai and Usamaru Furuya

The Comet’s Curse by Dom Testa

The Web of Titan by Dom Testa

The Cassini Code by Dom Testa

The Dark Zone by Dom Testa

Cosmic Storm by Dom Testa

The Galahad Legacy by Dom Testa

Kiss and Make Up by Faye Robertson

The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst

Rules of Negotiation by Inara Scott

Kidnapped by the Greek Billionaire by Rachel Lyndhurst (I just finished this – it is like cotton candy; fun and sweet but without substance – Review scheduled for next month)

Half-Breed Vampire by Theresa Meyers

The Returning by Christine Hinwood

Rock On by Denise Vega

Alien Velocity by Robert Appleton

Gentlemen Prefer Nerds by Joan Kilby

Beauty in the Beast by Christine Danse

Heart of Perdition by Selah March

A Kiss in the Wind by Jennifer Bray-Weber

Gate to Kandrith by Nicole Luiken

Ride the Wind by Lucia St Clair Robson 

I also received this wonderful piece of artwork from my niece.  It is now hanging in my office at work:

 

A great big thanks to the publishers for their continued support!

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25. In My Mailbox (4)


In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren and inspired by Pop Culture Junkie.

This week we got some great books from Lee and Low & Albert Whitman.


First up is Vodnik by Bryan Moore. This is an intriguing paranormal set in present-day Slovakia. Thanks to Lee and Low for this advance reader copy.

From Goodreads:
When Tomas was six, someone — something — tried to drown him. And burn him to a crisp. Tomas survived, but whatever was trying to kill him freaked out his parents enough to convince them to move from Slovakia to the United States.  
Now sixteen-year-old Tomas and his family are back in Slovakia, and that something still lurks somewhere. Nearby. It wants to drown him again and put his soul in a teacup. And that’s not all. There’s also the fire víla, the water ghost, pitchfork-happy city folk, and Death herself who are after him. 
If Tomas wants to survive, he'll have to embrace the meaning behind the Slovak proverb, So smrťou ešte nik zmluvu neurobil. With Death, nobody makes a pact.
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