In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is a weekly blog post hosted by Kirsti over at The Story Siren and inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie.

A decent IMM this week, good and bad since that just adds to my growing TBR pile! This week's Follow Friday really made me realize my TBR pile is out of control!

So anyway here's what I added to the hoard:

 Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead

Ghoul Interrupted by Victoria Laurie

Isle of Night by Veronica Wolff

Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer
Never to Sleep by Rachel Vincent*
Wicked Circle by Linda Robertson
Sins of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Charmfall by Chloe Neill
Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells**

*Now if only I could get my Kindle hooked back up to my wireless I'll be able to read Rachel's novella and knock off a book rather quickly from my TBR pile!

**Already read this one, but had to have my keeper copy and support Jaye! Here's my review if you were interested.

Then for doing Maria Snyder's book contest for her newest release, still holding my record for being the first one to enter, I got a special gift along with my signed bookplate:

No Man's Land edited by Mike McPhail

includes short stories by several authors including Maria's Godzilla Warfare! Thanks so much Maria!!

And that was my mailbox this week! Pretty damn good I thought! Of course now that adds 9 books to my TBR pile! Good and bad I suppose! :P

Friday Hops

This is a weekly blog meme hosted by Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read.

Here are the general rules to Follow Friday:

1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts and any one else you want to follow on the list

2. Follow our Featured Bloggers

3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing.

4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments

5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can

6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers

7. If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post!

8. If your new to the follow Friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

This week's question is: Go count the number of unread books sitting on your shelf. How many?

MY ANSWER: Ugh...I hate having to count!

I think I have around 52...a few of my books are compilations of 3 novels in 1 book. Which I know is probably not anywhere near as many as everyone else has!! But it is a lot to me! I am a little anal with books, yet when my dear dear Borders closed this past year I did go a little crazy and buy a few of the books I had been thinking about, when they're 50% off it's hard to say no!

Of course the number will likely be going up when or if I can find my books I need to buy this week. Counted the ones that will be in my IMM as well. Bad part is that one or two are Kindle books I bought but cannot read yet until I get my Kindle hooked back up to my wireless. My cousin should be coming out this weekend and hopefully he can fix it for me!

TGIF is a weekly feature created and hosted by GReads! that re-caps the week’s posts and has different question each week.

This week's question is: Reading Resolutions: What are some of your reading goals for the new year?

MY ANSWER: Ooh good one! I actually decided to take on 2 reading challenges this year and they definitely will present a challenge since I now have a job--part time, but still it takes up a good chunk of my reading hours! But anyways I decided to take on the 2012 TBR Reading Challenge and knock off about 21-30 books from 2011 and earlier!
 

My second challenge is The Jumbo Sized YA Reading Challenge where I plan to tackle at least 40 books in the YA genre! I may even be able to kill two birds with one stone and read a 2011 YA book! Not sure if I'll do that exactly! But we'll see how the year goes!! Those are my challenges this year!

Cover Copy Reveal--Jess Haines

Yay! Got this is my newsletter yesterday and since Jess has it up on her blog, I feel it safe to share now!

H&W Investigations is getting a new look! And I must say that I like it! Shiarra looks more like a person now rather than cartoonish as she did on the last covers--at least that's what I kinda thought!

Vampires, werewolves, mages–the Others are very real, and wreaking havoc in Shiarra Waynest’s life. But now, she’s returning the favor…

Once, she was one of the good guys–or as close as a New York P.I. can get. Then Shiarra Waynest was drawn into the world of the Others. Every faction has its own loyalties and agenda. And Shia’s recent betrayal by her ex-boyfriend means that she may be on the verge of becoming a rogue werewolf at the next full moon.

Of course, with all the threats against her, Shia’s not sure she’ll live long enough to find out. The enigmatic vampire Royce wants her back in his clutches, as do two powerful werewolf packs, along with the police. Instead of going into hiding, Shia is enlisting the aid of her enchanted hunter’s belt and every dirty P.I. trick she knows. If she’s going down, she’ll take out as many of her enemies as she can–and hope that in the process, she keeps whatever humanity she has left…

Stalking the Others releases July 3, 2012

Random Thursday

Okay, so you all know, or might know, that I love Disney movies! One of my recent faves was Tangled! I loved it! Having heard for awhile Disney was going to do a Rapunzel movie and hearing possible storylines for ages--one that included a version of the movie being half animated and half real starring two teens from the real world who get sucked into the fairy tale land--I was really anxious to see what Disney ended up doing.

And OMG how I loved it! It was funny and had a lot of Disney-isms! Singing princess, animal friends, she even had a spinning wheel in her tower--something I related to Sleeping Beauty. There were other little things like that that I noticed and related to other Disney movies too.

My fave character though was Maximus! He was the horse who was set to find Flynn Rider or Eugene Fitzherbet, and he soooo reminded me of one of our dogs! Our dog is even white too! Just Maximus' attitude, the way he gave those looks and things he did--like sniffing the ground--were so dog like! I loved that horse!

And next week, when Beauty and the Beast comes to theaters on the Big screen and in 3D, there's going to be a Tangled short! And it involves Maximus!! They don't show much, just that it's called Tangled Ever After or something like that. And Maximus and Pascal are in it. And at some point for some unknown reason Maximus gets a little "makeover". I sooooo want to see it now! And plus I totally love Beauty and the Beast as well! I am so like Belle!!

I don't want to create a super long post now, so I'll cut myself off. But yeah, just had to spread some Maximus love! Has anyone else seen Tangled yet? It's incredible! Totally a must see for all Disney fans! What are some of your favorite Disney movies? Or childhood movies if you aren't into Disney movies.

Cover Art--Kelly Meding

No description yet, but Changeling is book 2 in the Metawars series! Looking forward to it!

Changeling releases June 26, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday

I hate waiting...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly blog post by Jill over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights releases we're eagerly awaiting.

A power she can’t deny. A destiny she’s determined to fight.

When Ari first arrived in the dilapidated city of New 2, all she wanted was to figure out who she was. But what she discovered was beyond her worst nightmare. Ari can already sense the evil growing inside her—a power the goddess Athena will stop at nothing to possess.

Desperate to hold on to her humanity and protect her loved ones, Ari must fight back. But Athena’s playing mind games, not just with Ari but with those she cares about most. And Athena has a very special plan for the brooding and sexy Sebastian.

Ari is determined to defeat Athena, but time is running out. With no other options, Ari must unleash the very thing she’s afraid of: herself.

Soooo can't wait for this one! I LOVE Greek mythology!


TITLE: A Beautiful Evil
AUTHOR: Kelly Keaton
GENRE: YA Paranormal
RELEASE DATE: February 21, 2012

It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true.

When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed him back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland—and a man Sunday’s family despises.

The prince returns to his castle, intent on making Sunday fall in love with him as the man he is, not the frog he was. But Sunday is not so easy to woo. How can she feel such a strange, strong attraction for this prince she barely knows? And what twisted secrets lie hidden in his past—and hers?

I sooooooo love fairy tales! Which makes me kinda twisted: love of paranormal, Disney, and fairy tales--which only touches the surface. But this one sounds so exciting! I really can't wait to read this one!

TITLE: Enchanted

AUTHOR: Alethea Kontis

GENRE: YA Fantasy

RELEASE DATE: May 8, 2012

Extra Tease!

Read this part just a few minutes ago and decided I had to do another Teaser! So here's an extra tease from Pure that had me dying with laughter!!

"'So...uh, you're a Team Edward kind of guy?'

"He snorted. 'No. I'm Team James or Team Tyler's Van, but apparently neither of them won by the look of it. She's still alive.'" p 122*

*This quote comes from my ARC, therefore it and the page number are not final.

TITLE: Pure
AUTHOR: Jennifer Armentrout
GENRE: YA Paranormal
RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2012

Teaser Tuesday

Here are the rules:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a page

3. Pick out 2 lines that are SPOILER FREE

4. Name the title, author, etc.

"I didn't think; I just launched my shiny red apple right at her face. A throw like that from a half-blood turned an apple into a serious weapon. It struck home with a loud cracking sound." p 14*

*This quote comes from my ARC, therefore it and the page number are not final.

TITLE: Pure
AUTHOR: Jennifer Armentrout
GENRE: YA Paranormal
RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2012

It's Monday! What are you Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. It's a fun meme where we gather to share what we've read last week and our reading plans for this week.

Last Week I Read:

Firelight by Kristen Callihan--Review to come later this month

DNF Review:

To Walk the Night by E.S. Moore

Currently Reading (or about to):

Pure by Jennifer Armentrout (ARC)

What I (might) Plan to Read this Week:

Bad Blood by Kristen Painter

Other Posts of Interest:

Waiting on Wednesday

Cover Art--Two Titles

Random Thursday

Friday Hops

Cover Art--Rachel Vincent

Happy New Year

In My Mailbox

Top 5 Sundays

Top 5 Sundays

Top 5 Sundays is a weekly blog meme created by Larissa at Larissa's Bookish Life.

Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my left sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:

1 - Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.

2 - Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.

3 - Fell free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)

4 - After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.

5 – If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)

This week's topic is: Most Awaited Books of 2012!**

*in no particular order

** so far, naturally!

THIRTEEN

 By Kelley Armstrong (July 24)

Soooooooooo soooooooooo soooooooo cannot wait to see how the series comes to an end! I've loved it from the beginning and as sad as I am to see it end, I truly can't wait!

THE IMMORTAL RULES

by Julie Kagawa (April 24)

Since around April of 2011 maybe, when I met Julie along with other authors in Ohio, she briefly mentioned this book that she was working on for the next year and I was excited then! So can't wait to finally read it!

A BEAUTIFUL EVIL

Kelly Keaton (February 21)

Totally LOVED the first book! It was probably one of the first Greek mythology type books I've read! Which are now getting really popular! Can't wait for this one!

GODDESS INTERRUPTED

Aimee Carter (March 27)

My other fave Greek mythology series from 2011! So can't wait to see what else happens in this series! The first one was incredible! Gonna be hard to beat I think!

DESTINY AND DECEPTION & RIVALS AND RETRIBUTION

Shannon Delany (January 31 & August 7)

Yes, I have 2 here! But you can see why, right? I mean when Shannon Delany's gonna have 2 books in one of my fave series, it deserves top nominations! And it will always have that at my blog! :)

In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is a weekly blog post hosted by Kirsti over at The Story Siren and inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie.

Was a little bummed this week since I couldn't find my books at Target--I have a gift card for them--and B&N didn't have a coupon this week so I couldn't go there either. Need to try to save money this year since I over did it at Xmas time. So this week I didn't buy any books and instead of feeling proud for not spending money--even gift card money--I feel dirty for not buying any books! :P

But anyways here's what I did get, from the publisher for review:

Pure by Jennifer Armentrout (ARC)

It also came with some swag for the book and other swag for other Spencer Hill books! Thanks again, Spencer Hill!

Then in a contest I won awhile back I got from Grace@Livre de Amour:

Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

Thanks again Grace, I can't wait to give this series a try!

Welcome 2012!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I hope the new year brings you many GREAT things, including GREAT books!!