Showing posts with label In My Mailbox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In My Mailbox. Show all posts

Sunday, October 3, 2010

In My Mailbox (29)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.


The Clockwork Three by Matt Kirby (signed!)
Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr

From the awesome Lena:
Firelight by Sophie Jordan (signed!)

Did you get anything exciting this week?

Sunday, September 26, 2010

In My Mailbox (28)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

From Around the World Tours:
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
You by Charles Benoit
Aces Up by Lauren Barnholdt
Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler

What did you get this week? Anything you're waiting to get this week?

Sunday, September 5, 2010

In My Mailbox (27)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

I apologize for the lack of picture, but the combination of work & lack of sleep means I'm being too lazy to round up all the stuff & take a picture & then upload.
From Around the World Tours:
Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel

Won from Bitten By Books:
Hex Hall book & T-shirt

Gift:
The Ghost & The Goth by Stacey Kade

Bought:
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Won from Maggie!!!:
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Won from Lisa Desrochers:
Personal Demons swag

What did you get this week?

Sunday, August 29, 2010

In My Mailbox (26)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

From Around the World Tours:
The Fire Opal by Regina McBride



Yep, that's it this week other than my textbooks.

Did anyone get anything awesome?

Sunday, August 22, 2010

In My Mailbox (25)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.



From Around the World Tours:
Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann



From The Fantastical Em:
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
Awesometastic bookmark
Season 1 of Bones (which is based on an Author & Forensic Philanthropist.)


What did you get this week?

Sunday, August 15, 2010

In My Mailbox (24)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

You get 3 weeks worth because I was camping.

Week 1:
Bought:
Keys To The Repository by Melissa de la Cruz
Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus
Princess & The Bear by Mette Ivie Harrison



Week 2:
From Around The World Tours:
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Matched by Ally Condie



Week 3:
Gift:
Kiss Me Deadly Antho
Bought:
White Cat by Holly Black

What did you get this week?

Sunday, July 25, 2010

In My Mailbox (23)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.


Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Monster High by Lisi Harrison

For review:
Passing Strange by Daniel Waters

Saturday, July 17, 2010

In My Mailbox (22)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

Pretty sure this was the most awesome week yet. Lots of pictures this week because I can.


From Natasha @ Maw Books (because she's awesome!)
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Won from Sophie Jordan:

You Wish by Mandy Hubbard


From the Absolutely Awesome Andrea:
Nightshade by Andrea Creamer
Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund
Red Glove excerpt
(& because she knows I love them)
an Extraordinary bookmark






Won from BuzzboSLC:
Twilight Saga prize pack

Can I say how awesome this week has been? I don't think I can.
I'm already excited for next week!

What did you get this week?
Anyone else get Crescendo or Desires of the Dead?

Added bonus if you read all the way to the end, if you would like some eclipse swag & possibly a bookmark or 2, please comment saying you want to be entered. I will pick one (maybe more) winner Tuesday. Please leave me a way to contact you.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

In My Mailbox (21)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

        

From Around the World Tours:
Friend Is Not A Verb by Daniel Ehrenhaft
One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt

Sunday, July 4, 2010

In My Mailbox (20)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.


Won from Shannon:
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Trade from Jessica:
You Are So Undead To Me by Stacey Jay

Bought at Gail Carson Levine's signing at The King's English:
Fairies and the Quest for Never Land  by Gail Carson Levine

What did you get this week?

Saturday, June 26, 2010

In My Mailbox (19)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

Here's what was in my mailbox this week:


Stuff I won from Kristina Springer:
The Espressologist (signed Hardcover)
Mr. Perfect
$25 Borders Gift Card
Signed Bookmarks (Stay tuned for a giveaway!)


The Mark by Jen Nadol
Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus
Claire de Lune - Christine Johnson


Bought from B&N:
Sea - Heidi R Kling
Perchance To Dream - Lisa Mantchev

What did you get this week?

Sunday, June 20, 2010

In My Mailbox (18)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

This week was actually a little slower, which was nice.



From Kelsey:

The Lonely Hearts Club - Elizabeth Eulberg

Swoon At Your Own Risk - Sydney Salter

An awesometastic laminated signed Shadow Hills bookmark

From Around The World Tours:

Sleepless - Cyn Balog

What did you get this week?

Sunday, June 13, 2010

In My Mailbox (17)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

Books:


Swag:


From Around the World Tours I also got:
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (ARC)

From Kimberly Pauley:
A signed copy of Sucks To Be Me, & swag. (Its the stuff on the bottom of the bag.)

ARCs from Sharon:
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Crashed by Robin Wasserman
Wish by Alexandra Bullen

From Kelsey:
Rampant by Diana Peterfreund (ARC)

From Sherry:
Another Pan by Daniel & Dina Nayeri (ARC)

From Karen:
Vlad Tod bag

From B&N signing:
Wolves, Boys & Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler
(The stars are milk chocolate.)
The Princess & The Snowbird by Mette Ivie Harrison
The Adventures of Hashbrown Winters by Frank Cole

What did you get this week?

Sunday, June 6, 2010

In My Mailbox (16)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren& inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.



For review as part of an ARC tour from Around the World Tours:

Sing Me To Sleep by Angela Morrison
THE TRANSFORMATION
Beth has always been “The Beast”—that’s what everyone at school calls her because of her awkward height, facial scars, and thick glasses. Beth’s only friend is geeky, golden-haired Scott. That is, until she’s selected to be her choir’s soprano soloist, and receives the makeover that will change her life forever.
THE LOVE AFFAIR
When Beth’s choir travels to Switzerland, she meets Derek: pale, brooding, totally dreamy. Derek’s untethered passion—for music, and for Beth—leaves her breathless. Because in Derek’s eyes? She’s not The Beast, she’s The Beauty.
THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE
When Beth comes home, Scott, her best friend in the world, makes a confession that leaves her completely torn. Should she stand by sweet, steady Scott or follow the dangerous, intense new feelings she has for Derek?
THE HEARTBREAK
The closer Beth gets to Derek, the further away he seems. Then Beth discovers that Derek’s been hiding a dark secret from her …one that could shatter everything.

From Cindy:

Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
Avery Hood is reeling from the loss of her parents--and the fact that she can't remember what happened to them even though she was there.
She's struggling to adjust to life without them, and to living with her grandmother, when she meets Ben, who isn't like any guy she's ever met before.
It turns out there's a reason why, and Ben's secret may hold the key to Avery finding out what happened to her parents...
But what if that secret changes everything she knows about--and feels for--Ben?

Sincerly by Courtney Sheinmel

Two girls across the country from each other connect through letters in Sincerely: Sincerely, Sophie/Sincerely, Katie

Geek Abroad by Piper Banks
Summary (To avoid spoiling you.)

Take Me There by Susan Colasanti
In one short week . . . three lives change.
Rhiannon is devastated after the breakup with her boyfriend and wants him back. Nicoles ex is still in the picture, but she can't help having a new crush. James and Rhiannon are just friends, though he may try to take it to the next level. Will their desire to take a mean girl down a notch bring these three friends what they want . . . and more?

Burned by P.C. & Kristen Cast
Summary (To avoid spoiling you.)

The Six Rules of Maybe by Deb Caletti
Scarlett Hughes is overly involved in the lives of everyone around her, and exceptionally interested in the habits of her neighbors. But Scarlett is thrust solidly into her own life when her sister, Juliet, returns home from school—pregnant and surprisingly married to a sweet, handsome man whom she seems to have no interest in, but who is hopelessly in love with her. Forced to take a look inward for the first time, Scarlett discovers the necessity of dreams, as well as the necessity of facing reality and speaking the truth.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

In My Mailbox (15)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

I am not going to list each book this week, because it turned into an insane week.


As part of an ARC Tour hosted by Around the World Tours  I got:

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson

Something Like Fate by Susan Colasanti


I won Thirst book 1 & 2 by Christopher Pike from Fallen Archangel

Thirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood, Red Dice

Thirst No. 2: Phantom, Evil Thirst, Creatures of Forever


I won the paperback of If I Stay by Gayle Forman from Penguin on Facebook.

I also got 2 boxes of books from 2 very awesome bloggers as well.

What did you get this week?

Sunday, May 23, 2010

In My Mailbox (14)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren & inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. Aren't sure which books to include in your IMM? Here's Kristi's explanation.

I sent some of my books to a friend so she could take them to signings I couldn't go to & they came back this week. With all sorts of swag included. (We share a bookmark habit as well.) Thanks Andrea!


Borrowed from Heather:
Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz (Book 2 in the Touch Series)
Last fall, sixteen-year-old Camelia fell for Ben, the mysterious new boy at school who turned out to have a very mysterious gift--pyschometry, the ability to sense the future through touch.  But just as Camelia and Ben's romance began to heat up, he abruptly left town. Brokenhearted, Camelia has spent the last few months studying everything she can about psychometry, and experiencing her own strange brushes with premonition. Camelia wonders if Ben's abilities have somehow rubbed off on her. Can the power of psychometry be transferred?

Even once Ben returns to school, Camelia can't get close enough to share her secret with him. Despite the romantic tension between them, Ben remains aloof, avoiding contact. Then when an unexpected kiss leads to a frightening argument, Camelia makes the painful decision to let Ben go and move on.  Adam, the hot new guy at work, seems good for her in ways Ben wasn't.  Adam is easygoing, and seems to really care about her.

But when Camelia and Adam start dating, a surprising love triangle results. A chilling sequence of events upturns secrets from Ben's past--and Adam's. Someone is lying, and it's up to Camelia to figure out who-before it's too late.
Darklight by Lesley Livingston (Book 2 in Wonderous Strange Series)
Much has changed since autumn, when Kelley Winslow learned she was Faerie royalty, fell in love with changeling guard Sonny Flannery, and saved New York City from a rampaging Faerie war band. When a terrifying encounter in Central Park sends Kelley tumbling into the Otherworld, her reunion with Sonny is joyful—but cut short. For they’ve been plunged into a game of Faerie deception and wavering allegiances in which the next move could topple a kingdom...or part them forever.

The fans who flocked to Lesley Livingston’s Wondrous Strange will fall hard for Darklight, the soaringly romantic second book in the trilogy. Breathless high stakes and vividly magical characters make this a can’t-miss fantasy for readers of Melissa Marr and Holly Black.
Won from Crystal during Cindy's Contest Craze:
20 Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
"Don't worry, Anna. I'll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it."
"Okay."
"Promise me? Promise you won't say anything?"
"Don't worry." I laughed. "It's our secret, right?"
According to her best friend Frankie, twenty days in is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy ever day, there's a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer romance. Anna lightheartedly agrees to the game, but there's something she hasn't told Frankie---she's already had that kind of romance, and it was with Frankie's older brother, Matt, just before his tragic death one year ago.

Beautifully written and emotionally honest, this is a debut novel that explores what it truly means to love someone and what it means to grieve, and ultimately, how to make the most of every single moment this world has to offer.

Books from Carol:The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (ARC) (Book 1 in The Darkest Powers Series)
Yes, I have this book & loved it. I was lucky to get the ARC. Now for the summary:
After years of frequent moves following her mother’s death, Chloe Saunders’s life is finally settling down. She is attending art school, pursuing her dreams of becoming a director, making friends, meeting boys. Her biggest concern is that she’s not developing as fast as her friends are. But when puberty does hit, it brings more than hormone surges. Chloe starts seeing ghosts–everywhere, demanding her attention. After she suffers a breakdown, her devoted aunt Lauren gets her into a highly recommended group home.

At first, Lyle House seems a pretty okay place, except for Chloe’s small problem of fearing she might be facing a lifetime of mental illness. But as she gradually gets to know the other kids at the home–charming Simon and his ominous, unsmiling brother Derek, obnoxious Tori, and Rae, who has a “thing” for fire–Chloe begins to realize that there is something that binds them all together, and it isn’t your usual “problem kid” behaviour. And together they discover that Lyle House is not your usual group home either…
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (ARC)
What if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?

Samantha Kingston has it all—looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12th should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it’s her last. The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. In fact, she re-lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she had ever imagined.
From Around The World Tours:
Forget You by Jennifer Echols
There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four-year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. With her life about to become a complete mess, Zoey fights back the only way she knows how, using her famous attention to detail to make sure she’s the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to ultra-popular football player Brandon.

But then Zoey is in a car crash, and the next day there’s one thing she can’t remember at all—the entire night before. Did she go parking with Brandon, like she planned? And if so, why does it seem like Brandon is avoiding her? And why is Doug—of all people—suddenly acting as if something significant happened between the two of them? Zoey dimly remembers Doug pulling her from the wreck, but he keeps referring to what happened that night as if it was more, and it terrifies Zoey to admit how much is a blank to her. Controlled, meticulous Zoey is quickly losing her grip on the all-important details of her life—a life that seems strangely empty of Brandon, and strangely full of Doug.
That's what I got this week. What about you?

Sunday, May 16, 2010

In My Mailbox (13)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren

I had yet another fabulous book week. Or maybe I'm just easy to please.

   

I bought Spells by Aprilynne Pike for a friend (& one to giveaway.) It is book 2 so I'll link to the goodreads page so no one gets spoiled.

A Love Story: Starring My Dead Best Friend is one I got as part of an ARC Tour hosted by Around The World Tours.
For months, Cass Meyer has heard her best friend Julia, a wannabe Broadway composer, whispering about a top-secret project. Then Julia is killed in a sudden car accident, and while Cass is still reeling from her death, Julia’s boyfriend and her other drama friends make it their mission to bring to fruition the nearly-completed secret project: a musical about an orphaned ninja princess entitled Totally Sweet Ninja Death Squad.

Cass isn’t one of the drama people. She doesn’t feel at home with Julia’s drama friends, and she doesn’t see a place for her in the play. Things only get worse when she finds out that Heather Galloway, the girl who made her miserable all through middle school, has been cast as the ninja princess.

Cass can’t take a summer of swallowing her pride and painting sets, so she decides to follow her original plan for a cross-country road trip with Julia. Even if she has a touring bicycle instead of a driver’s license, and even if Julia’s ashes are coming along in Tupperware.

Totally Sweet Ninja Death Squad is a story about friendship. About love. About traveling a thousand miles just to find yourself. About making peace with the past, and making sense of it. And it’s a story about the bloodiest high school musical one quiet suburb has ever seen.
The Fabulous Lena let me borrow her copy of Sea by Heidi R Kling.

Haunted by recurring nightmares since her mother’s disappearance over the Indian ocean three years before, fifteen-year old California girl Sienna Jones reluctantly travels with her psychiatrist father’s volunteer team to six-months post-tsunami Indonesia where she meets the scarred and soulful orphaned boy, Deni, who is more like Sea than anyone she has ever met.

She knows they can’t be together, so why can’t she stay away from him? And what about her old best friend-turned-suddenly-hot Spider who may or may not be waiting for her back home? And why won’t her dad tell her the truth about her mother’s plane crash? The farther she gets from home, the closer she comes to finding answers.

And Sea’s real adventure begins.
The Swag:
The pin & wristband not on the paper, I got from Aprilynne Pike at the signing for Spells.
I joined the Splash Team. (The Street Team forForgive My Fins) The pin resides on my bag & the bookmark on with my collection. I think the mermark temporary tattoos are pretty fun!

What did you get this week?

Sunday, May 9, 2010

In My Mailbox (12)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren.

Another good book week for me.



Prize from YABC: Gone by Lisa McMann

OPEN YOUR EYES.


Janie thought she knew what her future held. And she thought she’d made her peace with it. But she can’t handle dragging Cabel down with her.


She knows he will stay with her, despite what she sees in his dreams. He’s amazing. And she’s a train wreck. Janie sees only one way to give him the life he deserves: She has to disappear. And it’s going to kill them both.


Then a stranger enters her life — and everything unravels. The future Janie once faced now has an ominous twist, and her choices are more dire than she’d ever thought possible. She alone must decide between the lesser of two evils. And time is running out....

Borrowed from Heather: Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken

Sydelle Mirabil is living proof that, with a single drop of rain, a life can be changed forever. Tucked away in the farthest reaches of the kingdom, her dusty village has suffered under the weight of a strangely persistent drought. That is, of course, until a wizard wanders into town and brings the rain with him.
In return for this gift, Wayland North is offered any reward he desires—and no one is more surprised than Sydelle when, without any explanation, he chooses her. Taken from her home, Sydelle hardly needs encouragement to find reasons to dislike North. He drinks too much and bathes too little, and if that isn’t enough to drive her to madness, North rarely even uses the magic he takes such pride in possessing. Yet, it’s not long before she realizes there’s something strange about the wizard, who is as fiercely protective of her as he is secretive about a curse that turns his limbs a sinister shade of black and leaves him breathless with agony. Unfortunately, there is never a chance for her to seek answers.


Along with the strangely powerful quakes and storms that trace their path across the kingdom, other wizards begin to take an inexplicable interest in her as well, resulting in a series of deadly duels. Against a backdrop of war and uncertainty, Sydelle is faced with the growing awareness that these events aren’t as random as she had believed—that no curse, not even that of Wayland North, is quite as terrible as the one she herself may carry.

Received from Around the World Tours: Beautiful Dead: Jonas by Eden Maguire

Something strange is happening in Ellerton High. Phoenix is the fourth teenager to die within a year. His street fight stabbing follows the deaths of Jonas, Summer and Arizona in equally strange and sudden circumstances.

Rumours of ghosts and strange happenings rip through the small community as it comes to terms with shock and loss. Darina,Phoenix's grief-stricken girlfriend, is on the verge. She can't escape her intense heartache, or the impossible apparitions of those that are meant to be dead. And all the while the sound of beating wings echo inside her head! And then one day Phoenix appears to Darina.


Ecstatic to be reunited, he tells her about the Beautiful Dead. Souls in limbo, they have been chosen to return to the world to set right a wrong linked to their deaths and bring about justice. Beautiful, superhuman and powerful, they are marked by a 'death mark' - a small tattoo of angel's wings. Phoenix tells her that the sound of invisible wings beating are the millions of souls in limbo, desperate to return to earth.Darina's mission is clear: she must help Jonas, Summer, Arizona, and impossibly, her beloved Phoenix, right the wrong linked to their deaths to set them free from limbo so that they can finally rest in peace. Will love conquer death? And if it does, can Darina set it free?

Traded with Cindy:

Mistwood by Leah Cypess

The Shifter is an immortal creature bound by an ancient spell to protect the kings of Samorna. When the realm is peaceful, she retreats to the Mistwod.
But when she is needed she always comes.


Isabel remembers nothing. Nothing before the prince rode into her forest to take her back to the castle. Nothing about who she is supposed to be, or the powers she is supposed to have.


Prince Rokan needs Isabel to be his Shifter. He needs her ability to shift to animal form, to wind, to mist. He needs her lethal speed and superhuman strength. And he needs her loyalty--because without it, she may be his greatest threat.


Isabel knows that her prince is lying to her, but she can't help wanting to protect him from the dangers and intrigues of the court . . . until a deadly truth shatters the bond between them.


Now Isabel faces a choice that threatens her loyalty, her heart . . . and everything she thought she knew.
 
Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

Love can be a dangerous thing....



Hanna simply wants to be loved. With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet stuffed with frilly, violet dresses, Hanna's tired of being the outcast, the weird girl, the freak. So she runs away to Portero, Texas in search of a new home.


But Portero is a stranger town than Hanna expects. As she tries to make a place for herself, she discovers dark secrets that would terrify any normal soul. Good thing for Hanna, she's far from normal. As this crazy girl meets an even crazier town, only two things are certain: Anything can happen and no one is safe.


Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

 Adopted by the Alpha of a werewolf pack after a rogue wolf brutally killed her parents right before her eyes, fifteen-year-old Bryn knows only pack life, and the rigid social hierarchy that controls it. That doesn't mean that she's averse to breaking a rule or two.


But when her curiosity gets the better of her and she discovers Chase, a new teen locked in a cage in her guardian's basement, and witnesses him turn into a wolf before her eyes, the horrific memories of her parents' murders return. Bryn becomes obsessed with getting her questions answered, and Chase is the only one who can provide the information she needs.


But in her drive to find the truth, will Bryn push too far beyond the constraints of the pack, forcing her to leave behind her friends, her family, and the identity that she's shaped?

The Espressologist bookmark & Sticker

Bought: The Golden Spiral by Lisa Mangum

His eyes. His touch. His kiss. Dante was unlike anyone Abby had ever met. Now he’s gone, and Abby will do anything to get him back…
The hourglass door has closed behind Dante, sending him back in time to hunt down Zo, Tony, and V. Abby knows that Dante, as a Master of Time, is the only one who can stop them from destroying time itself. She also knows that he will need her help. But almost immediately, things start to change and Abby’s worst fears are realized when Zo begins targeting her past specifically.
With each new change that ripples into her present, Abby’s life continues to spiral out of control. Her relationships with Jason, Natalie, and even her family, are threatened to the breaking point – and beyond. Zo’s power is greater than Abby ever imagined, and as she struggles to free Dante, she receives help from an unexpected – and unlikely – ally.


As Abby’s world fractures around her, she must face a terrible truth: either Dante didn’t make it through the door, or he is lost forever. So with Dante’s blueprints in hand, she begins construction on a new door, a new time machine that will either save Dante – or doom him.


The river of time is running wild, churning up secrets and betrayals, revelations and promises. With each new turn of the river, Abby faces a new challenge. Who can she trust? And how many more changes can she survive?

The bank is eroding, the barriers are thinning. And time is running out.

What was in your mailbox?

As an added question, do you prefer me just listing or this way where there's a summary?

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

In My Mailbox (11)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren

This week is late, I got books from a combination of places:

I bought from B&N:



Kiss of Death by Rachel Caine
Vampire musician Michael Glass has attracted the attention of a big- time producer who wants to cut a demo and play some gigs-which means Michael will have to enter the human world. For this, he's been assigned escorts that include both a dangerous immortal as well as Michael's all-too-human friends. And with that mix of personalities, this is going to be a road trip from hell...
  
Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr
Hunger for nourishment.
Hunger for touch.
Hunger to belong.
Half-human and half-faery, Ani is driven by her hungers.
Those same appetites also attract powerful enemies and uncertain allies, including Devlin. He was created as an assassin and is brother to the faeries' coolly logical High Queen and to her chaotic twin, the embodiment of War. Devlin wants to keep Ani safe from his sisters, knowing that if he fails, he will be the instrument of Ani's death.
Ani isn't one to be guarded while others fight battles for her, though. She has the courage to protect herself and the ability to alter Devlin's plans—and his life. The two are drawn together, each with reason to fear the other and to fear for one another. But as they grow closer, a larger threat imperils the whole of Faerie. Will saving the faery realm mean losing each other?
 
I borrowed from Lena:



Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words.
Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.
In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.
 
I got from Little & Brown

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris-- the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring and slaying the wolves. She's determined to protect other young girls from a grisly death, and her raging heart will not rest until every single wolf is dead.

Rosie March once felt her bond with her sister was unbreakable. Owing Scarlett her life, Rosie hunts fiercely alongside her. Now Rosie dreams of a life beyond the wolves and finds herself drawn to Silas, a young woodsman who is deadly with an ax-- but loving him means betraying her sister and has the potential to destroy all they've worked for.

Twenty-five-year-old Jackson Pearce delivers a dark, taut fairy tale with heart-pounding action, fierce sisterly love, and a romance that will leave readers breathless.

What did you get this week?

Sunday, April 25, 2010

In My Mailbox (10)

IMM is brought to you by Kristi at The Story Siren.

This week was particularly a good week for me.

The 1st book I got was Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins.
I won it from her on her blog. Its personalized & I love that.



The next package I got was 4 books & 2 very cool bookmarks I traded Cindy for.



White Cat by Holly Black
Forgive my Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr
Yes, that is Linger by Maggie Stiefvater.
The awesome booksmarks are for Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus & Sea by Heidi R Kling.

The same day I got that package of awesomeness, I also got one more book:


Angel Star by Jennifer Murgia
This one is not mine to keep.
It was sent to me as part of an ARC tour hosted by Around the World Tours.

What did you get?