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Saturday, August 8, 2009

In My Mailbox - August 8th

In My Mailbox is hosted by the wonderful Kristi at The Story Siren.

I feel like these books come out of nowhere! I know that's not possible, but wow. Another good week for me.

Monday I received two packages, which contained these books:


I won ghostgirl and ghostgirl: Homecoming from Nadine-Stella over at Starry Night. Thanks! I'm so keeping these babies. The books are so gorgeous.

Then, the second package contained a book that the author asked me to review. Emily & The Silent King by Irven Keppen. You guys know I love my fantasy, so I just couldn't resist saying yes to this book!

Then I got two more packages on... Thursday? Yep, Thursday.



The first one was a box with my Borders order - which I had to use my giftcard right away. So I got the following:
Curse of the Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer
Under the Jolly Roger by L.A. Meyer
Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert

I've read all of the published Bloody Jack books and love them so much, I've decided to collect them in paperback. If you HAVE NOT read these books you need to! They're SO good!

And I couldn't resist the pre-order contests for Stephanie's book and well the book itself! :)

Then, for some reason, I figured it was free and I need to diet so I got this free book:


The Full Plate Diet - looks interesting. Although it's a thin book, but hey, who doesn't want to eat full plates of food and still lose weight? I know I do. :-D You can get one too! Try that link! :)

Just when I thought the week was over. I got a late night text saying a package came for me at my Mom and Dad's place. So I hunkered over there Saturday morning and guess what I got:


From Cynthia Leitich Smith's blog Cynsations, I received a copy of Sideshow, signed by Cynthia. I also got a signed Eternal bookmark, bat stickers, and a bookmark that displays three of her other books.

Then, I went back later to do some laundry and two more packages came!


I won Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress and The ABC's of Kissing Boys, both by Tina Ferraro, from Kay Cassidy's You 2.0 Blog.

Then, I got a copy of The Cave from author Steve McGill for review, which is signed! I'm looking forward to reading this one because well, it looks REALLY good. A historical fiction book set during WWI and possibly some paranormal elements to it - what's not to love?

Then, due to my new, long commute, starting on the 24th - I raided the teen section of the library for audiobooks.


The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (already on disc 5/7!)
Saving the World and other extreme Sports by James Patterson (Just realized this is #3, *sigh* I meant to grab #2)
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Hero-Type by Barry Lyga
Undercover by Beth Kephart
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
Blue Bloods by Melissa De la Cruz
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor by M.T. Anderson

That should make my commute tons more fun!

Wow. Lots of books again this week! I need to stop. . . hehe. My mom actually told me that I should stop entering contests when I picked up that last package. But how can I resist all of these contests? My fiance followed that up when I got those last two packages Saturday.

I should be getting one or two more gift cards soon, so *wiggles brows* what will I ever get next? :-D

Thanks again for tuning in!

47 comments:

  1. You got some awesome books! I hope your contest luck rubs off on me! :D

    TWO more giftcards? Oh SPLURGE! :D

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  2. You did have an excellent week! I have been entering contests too. So far no dice but I found a four leaf clover today so here's hoping. =)

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  3. ohh yeah u got ballads of surburbia and also abcs of kissing boys. yay, they both look good!

    I'm also from IL LOL

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  4. I got The Cave too. I have been meaning to start reading it, but keep getting distracted

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  5. Wow, what an amazing week! There's nothing like getting parcels in the mail, huh? Makes me so happy when we drive up the street and I see something sticking out of my mail box and squeal "Ooooh! A PACKAGE!". My husband just sighs and rolls his eyes. heh.

    I like how things came in three's. ;)

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  6. Looks likes you had a great week! Enjoy all of your amazing books! Happy Reading!

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  7. Sounds like you had a fantastic week in getting books! <3

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  8. What a great selection of books! Congratulations on the contest winnings Lucky Girl! The only book I'm familiar with is Ballads of Suburbia, so will look for your future reviews about the others. Enjoy! :)

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  9. holy wow! you got a TON of books this week! fantastic! happy reading!

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  10. Wow that's a lot of audio books. I have a hard time listening to those :( I suck.

    Great week! ...I had something else to say, but forgot. lol

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  11. Wow! What a great week in books. :D I'm thinking of starting to use audio. I've never listened to one really before, so I think it might be interesting. I'm not much of an audio person though, more visual. Anyway, happy reading!

    - Alex

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  12. Wow you did get a ton of books this week and a ton of audio books. No matter how hard I try I just can't listen to them. Oh well. Enjoy all your lovely books!

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  13. Great week! I love the Bloody Jack series! I've read all of them- I can't wait to read Rapture of the Deep!! (:

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  14. lucky with all the giftcards! I like the Bloody Jack series, but I'm so behind. I'm on the 4th one, I've got to get to it!
    I've never listened to an audiobook but I want to read The Astonishing Life of Octavia Nothing and Chains. Can't wait so read what you think!

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  15. Great books you got this week. Blue Bloods is a really great book. Hope you enjoy reading all your books.

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  16. I just finished Ballads! I cant wait to see what you think of it!

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  17. Wow, you got some great books! I have book envy. :D I can't say anything about the amount, I am a compulsive collector.

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  18. Wow, looks like you got some great books there. I'd say you had a great week.

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  19. How long is your commute? I have to drive about 25 minutes to my elementary school. Are you excited for your new job? I'm feeling good, but overwhelmed. Excited, too though.

    Great week of books!! Enjoy!

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  20. The ghostgirl books are cute.

    I like the diet book :P You'll have to let us know how its working out for ya. :)

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  21. so jealous! i want to read ghost girl!

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  22. Wow, lots of books! Lucky girl! I didn't do too bad this week either so pop by and take a look HERE :)

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  23. wow! i enter tons of contests and NEVER win...but I've not really won anything my whole life so I guess I have bad luck...

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  24. Great books! Those ghostgirl ones sound like an interesting read.

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  25. I love Tina Ferraro's books and Ballads of Suburbia looks great. Happy reading!

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  26. Oh my God. How many books did you get, you lucky woman?!?

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  27. Read em soon:) So that I can get to read the wunnerful reviews.

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  28. All I can say is W.O.W!
    You have a full plate there :D
    Can't wait to see what you have to say about all of em!

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  29. I love audiobooks for long trips too (I have about...6 gigs worth downloaded on my computer from audible and graphic audio). But you definitely have a full plate XD yes my pun was bad. it runs in the family

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  30. You're so lucky you're winning a lot of books! :)

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  31. Congratulations on your wins! You ended up with some fabulous prizes!

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  32. Wow, you got a lot of great books this week! You're apparently also really lucky, since you won various different contests. Happy reading

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  33. Fabulous haul. It must have felt like Christmas in your house.

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  34. Wow that's one crazy week kristen!
    Where do you find the time to read all those books? *stunned*
    Hope you have fun!

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  35. you had a fantabulous library binge!

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  36. YOWZA!!! what a fantastic amount of books, my head would be spinning with joy. Enjoy your books :)

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  37. I have never heard UNDERCOVER in audio; I would love to know how it sounds! Thanks for giving it a try.

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  38. I got the Cave this week too!
    Happy reading!

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  39. That's a ton of books you got there! Lucky!

    -Briana

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  40. A ton of books! And way to be for checking out all those audio books. A great way to pass the time during a long commute.

    Good luck on the new job and happy reading!

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  41. Wow, you got a TON of books... I'm jealous of a lot of them! Enjoy :)

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  42. If you go on like this you'll have more books than that my neighborhood's library!

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  43. I have Ballads of Suburbia and I can't wait to read it. Ghostgirl sounds like a good book.

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  44. Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress is already on my list. It sounds so good. Hmmm, I've never tried listening to an audio book. I guess its just because actual books so much. Plus I like being able to imagine the character's voices in my head.

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  45. I have yet to Ballads of Suburbia but I really want to. I've entered some contests for it so we'll see what happens.

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  46. I really need to try one of those audio books some day!

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  47. I need to read the Ghostgirl books. I have seen them so much recently but I never checked them out. I will soon. =]

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