In My Mailbox (12)
This week’s IMM will be entirely in text, because of my internet connectivity issues. It’s been raining and overcast all week, which makes the satellite provider we use really funky. Combine that with my email troubles and the general connection slow-down, and you have a situation akin to hell for a blogger. HELL. In My Mailbox was started by Kristi at The Story Siren and Alea at Pop Culture Junkie. Love them both to bits and pieces, I tell you! I’ll also be linking to reviews I did over at Dear Author, since I find that making and reposting them over here later is really, really annoying. It also leaves room for other book reviews. I usually will only do one a week over there, so it’s not that big of a deal.
For review:
Forget You by Jennifer Echols (MTV Books: SO excited to read this. It’s also lovingly signed by Miss Echols herself, and came with a neato business card. Thanks, Jennifer!!)
Bewitching Season and Betraying Season by Melissa Doyle (Henry Holt/Square Fish: Melissa was kind enough to send her books as a little gift/review thing, and I’m so excited! They also came with a Season bookmark and Season door-marker. Thanks so much Melissa!)
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner (Also sent by Melissa – I didn’t expect this at all! Gay swordsmen FTW!! Thanks again!)
Firelight by Sophie Jordan (Harper Teen: Cannot wait to read this! Dragons! Sexy boys! It cannot be bad! Thanks so much to Melissa B. over at Harper Teen for sending.)
The Golden Web by Barbara Quick (Harper Teen: I requested this a while ago, and it finally came! So exciting!! Y’all know my love for historical fiction runs deep. Kudos to Barbara and her publicist!)
Bleeding Hearts, Reap the Whirlwind, and All Lost Things by Josh Aterovis. (PD Publishing: Gay teen mysteries. Genre fiction that I haven’t tried much yet. EXCITING!! Thanks to Linda and Josh for sending them. )
Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters (Disney/Hyperion: I finally get to read the second book, and soon the third book, in the Generation Dead series. The first one was tres excellent. Thanks to Daniel and Jen from Disney/Hyperion!)
Hero by Perry Moore (Disney/Hyperion: Again, thanks go to Jen. Gay superhero book ala Hayden Thorne’s Mask series? Count me in!)
At DA I reviewed:
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Later this week I will be hosting another contest from Scholastic for 2 copies of Stolen, including signed book plates! The book just one a prestigious children’s/ya lit award over in the UK, and it’s one of the best books I’ve read this year!
Also enter the contest with Eliot Schrefer if you haven’t yet! I’ll be giving away 2 copies of The Deadly Sister from Scholastic. :D
5 comments:
I've read Bewitching Season; it's a good book, and he others sound great, too.
omg i'm sooooo jealous of the melissa doyle books! i read the first one and loved it!!
i actually have Stolen. I bought it awhile ago...really need to read that one. haha
I have Hero too. ditto what i said above.
Oh, and I have Josh Aterovis' books. Read and reviewed the first two like...a year or so ago, and I have the third...will r/r that one for the new site!
-lauren
Swordspoint sounds interesting. Maybe I could borrow sometime?
Bewitching Season was a great book, but I have yet to read the sequel though I do own it.
Cannot wait to read Firelight- that's in my TBR pile. I read Josh's first book, and have the next two in my TBR pile. Hope you enjoy them too! Looking forward to your thoughts on them.
Also, I started Forget You a little bit ago, and it's so good!
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