The Book Lode (14)

There are quite a few memes to choose from now for showing the books we've gotten recently, so I thought to be fair I'd link my posts up to a different meme each month. I'm grouping the posts under the name "The Book Lode," and this month I'm linking up to In My Mailbox. Credit for this meme goes to Kristi from The Story Siren and Alea from Pop Culture Junkie.



For review: 

The Wrap-Up List by Steven Arntson
Delusion by Laura L. Sullivan
Never by K.D. McEntire

Thanks very much to Thomas Allen & Son and PYR Books!

Purchased:

The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

 

The Book Lode (8)

There are quite a few memes to choose from now for showing the books we've gotten recently, so I thought to be fair I'd link my posts up to a different meme each month. I'm grouping the posts under the name "The Book Lode," and this month I'm linking up to In My Mailbox. Credit for this meme goes to Kristi from The Story Siren and Alea from Pop Culture Junkie.


For review:

Scorch by Gina Damico
The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle
The Suburban Strange by Nathan Kotecki
The Book of Styling: An Insider's Guide to Creating Your Own Look by Somer Flaherty
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst

Thanks very much to Thomas Allen & Son and Sarah Beth Durst!

Bought:

Safe House and Missing You by Meg Cabot
Abandon by Meg Cabot
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Social Suicide by Gemma Halliday
The Creek by Jennifer L. Holm
Virals by Kathy Reichs
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

In My (Masked) Mailbox (53)

In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren (and inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie), we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past few weeks.



Books bought:

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Books for review: (thanks to Macmillan, Prufrock Press, Thomas Allen & Son, and Strange Chemistry for these books!)

Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Wild Ink: Success Secrets to Writing and Publishing in the Young Adult Market by Victoria Hanley
Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls by Mary Downing Hahn
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink by Stephanie Kate Strohm
Shift by Kim Curran
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond

From the library:

Love Story by Jennifer Echols
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Frost by Marianna Baer
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab

Swag:

Fracture bookmark & bookplate and Slide bookmark (thanks, Megan!)
The Dark Light bookmark (thanks, Sara!)                  
John Green bookplate (thanks to John Green and Razorbill!)

In My (Masked) Mailbox (52)

In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren (and inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie), we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past couple weeks.

 

Books for review:

Physical copies:

Changeling by Philippa Gregory

Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult & Samantha van Leer (thanks to S&S Canada for these two)

Shooting Stars by Allison Rushby (thanks, Allison!)

E-books:

The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda (thanks to Raincoast Books & Macmillan)

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (thanks to Disney Hyperion)

In My (Masked) Mailbox (51) - Belated Birthday Edition!

In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past couple weeks.

 

Bought:

The Clearing by Heather Davis

For review:

Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame (thanks to Big Honcho Media!)

And thanks to my parents for the bookish items I received for my birthday — an awesome "Bookworm" mug and the DVDs of 10 Things I Hate About You (modern retelling of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew) and Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare again!)

In My (Masked) Mailbox (50)

In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past couple weeks.

I enjoy watching other bloggers' IMM vlogs, so for my 50th IMM post, I finally gave in and tried my hand at it! It is my first vlog so my apologies for any lighting/sound quality problems :)



Books featured:

Bought:

Zelah Green, Queen of Clean by Vanessa Curtis
Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald
River Secrets by Shannon Hale
Princess Mia by Meg Cabot
Where I Want To Be by Adele Griffin
Frostbite by Richelle Mead
Clarity by Kim Harrington
God Is In The Pancakes by Robin Epstein
The Naughty List & So Many Boys by Suzanne Young


For review:

Teenboat! by Dave Roman and John Green
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

Thanks to Thomas Allen & Son for these!


Gifted:

While I'm Falling by Laura Moriarty (thanks to my mom for this one!)


Bloggers mentioned:


Small Review


  

In My Mailbox (49)

In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past couple weeks.

For review:

Loss by Jackie Morse Kessler
Dead is a Battlefield by Marlene Perez
Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
Croak by Gina Damico

Thank you very much, Thomas Allen & Son, for the surprise package of books!

From the library:

Supernaturally by Kiersten White
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer (adult)
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick (adult)

The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman
A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander (adult)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

Bought:

As you know, I just can't resist library discards!

The Plague by Philip Wooderson
The Karma Club by Jessica Brody

In My Mailbox (48)

In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past couple weeks.

For review:

 Embrace by Jessica Shirvington — thanks to Raincoast Books!

The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen — this one sounds like an adult novel with crossover potential, since its protagonist is a 10-year-old girl. Thanks to Henry Holt!

Fair Coin by E. C. Myers — thanks to Prometheus Books for this unsolicited review copy!

From the library:

Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
Bunheads by Sophie Flack
The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss (adult)

In My Mailbox (47)

In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past couple weeks.

For review:

A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton – thanks to Hachette Books UK (especially for sending a second copy when the first one never reached me!)

 Thief's Covenant by Ari Marmell — thanks to Prometheus Books!

From the library:

Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception by Pamela Meyer (yes, I do very occasionally read non-fiction books — particularly those relating to psychology in some way)

The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey

In My Mailbox (46)

In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past couple weeks.

For review:

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith - thanks to Hachette Book Group Canada!

Article 5 by Kristen Simmons — thank you, Tor Teen!

Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey — this was a complete surprise to me when it arrived! Thanks very much to Thomas Allen & Son for the unsolicited copy :)

Slated by Teri Terry — thanks so much to Hachette Children's Books UK for shipping this all the way over here!

Gifted:

Cinder by Marissa Meyer — thanks to Raincoast Books for this finished copy! I was able to take it to the author event at Chapters Metrotown yesterday and get it signed, which was awesome :)

I went to the event with one of my IRL friends who is an avid reader just like me, and it was so much fun! It was the first YA author signing I'd ever attended, so I was really excited, and Marissa was very friendly :) Definitely looking forward to going to more in the future! Apparently Tahereh Mafi is coming in March for her novel Shatter Me, so I might go to that one too...

A signed bookplate and bookmark for The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe — thanks, Megan!

From the library:

Draw the Dark by Ilsa J. Bick
Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee
Tweet Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick
The Glass Demon by Helen Grant
The Prince of Neither Here Nor There by Seán Cullen
Tell Us We're Home by Marina Budhos
Peak by Roland Smith

In My Mailbox (45)

In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past few weeks. 

For review:

Save the Pearls Part One: Revealing Eden by Victoria Foyt — thanks to Sand Dollar Press!

Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin, illustrations by Lisa Brown (thanks Sourcebooks!)

Getting Somewhere by Beth Neff (from the author — thanks, Beth!) She also included a hardcover copy for me to give away, so be on the lookout for a giveaway of that!

And a couple e-books:

Thanks to Callie Kingston and Meredith Zeitlin's PR rep for these!

Bought:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green — This was a pre-order of mine, and I was dismayed to see that it came unsigned! All pre-orders were supposed to be signed, but I think Amazon.ca screwed up. Did anyone else have the same problem? Anyway, the author has promised to fix it with a signed bookplate if you e-mail him with your information, so I've done that. *crosses fingers*

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares — got this as a library discard! I have the first two, so I thought it would be nice to continue the collection.

Gifted:

An awesome swag package for the book Sirenz by Charlotte Bennardo and Natalie Zaman! It came in this cute gauzy bag, and inside was...

...assorted swag, including a couple bookmarks, a sticker, and a button! Charlotte enclosed a nice card, too :) Thanks very much, Charlotte!


And a few books out from the library:

How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford
In the Shadow of the Lamp by Susanne Dunlap
Frostbite by Richelle Mead
The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong

In My Mailbox (44)

First IMM of the new year! In this meme, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren, we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library. This post covers the past few weeks. 

Gifted:

Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James — this was a belated Christmas gift from my parents!

Wanderlove and Like Mandarin bookmarks — thanks very much to the author Kirsten Hubbard for these! I'll be using them for giveaway prizes :)

For review:

Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran — thanks to Broadway Books!

The 58th Keeper by R. G. Bullet — thanks to SilverHouse Books!

From the library:

Knightley Academy by Violet Haberdasher
Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon
Girl Overboard by Justina Chen Headley
Sandman: The Dreamhunters (graphic novel) by Neil Gaiman, illustrations by P. Craig Russell
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Blankets (graphic novel) by Craig Thompson

Witchlanders by Lena Coakley
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
Deadly by Julie Chibbaro
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan