In My Mailbox 10.9.11

In My Mailbox is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. For In My Mailbox, book bloggers post about the books they got that week in the mail, from the book store, the library, etc. Here's our IMM for the week of 10.2.11 - 10.8.11.




Won:
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce (signed)

Thanks to Jackson Pearce.

For review/giveaway:
In the Forests of the Night by Kersten Hamilton
If I Tell by Janet Gurtler
I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler
Going Underground by Susan Vaught

Thank you to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sourcebooks, and Bloomsbury Teen

Bought:
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan
Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
Modelland by Tyra Banks
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan


xoxo and love always,

Shelbie and Amanda

In My Mailbox 16 (Vlog)

In my mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at the Story Siren where book bloggers share what they got in their mailbox for the past week.

Here is Amanda's for this week! (Shelbie is out of town.)

Book covers not shown in video:

Bought:

The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab
Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnick

For Review:
Sinexia: The Mark of Perillius by Atonus L. Perry
Anathema (Cloud Prophet #1) by Meg Jensen (ebook)
Charlie Woodchuck is a Minor Niner by Dalya Moon (ebook)

From RAK:
The Demon's Covenant (Demon's Lexicon #2) by Sarah Rees Brennan + goodies!

Hereafter by Tara Hudson (ebook)
Ripple by Mandy Hubbard (ebook)
Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski (ebook)
The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter (ebook)
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (ebook)
Abandon by Meg Cabot (ebook)
Matched by Ally Condie (ebook)

From Paperbackswap:
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson

From Netgalley:
Ashfall by Mike Mullin (publisher is Tanglewood)
The Juliet Spell by Douglas Rees (publisher is Harlequin)
Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey (publisher is HarperCollins)
Tris and Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison (publisher is Egmont USA)

Thank yous and blogs/ sites mentioned:

Thank you to Meg Jensen and Dalya Moon for sending copies of your ebooks
Thank you to Tracee from Pump Up Your Book for sending a review copy of Sinexia

Thank you to Sarah @ The Book Life for The Demon's Covenant + goodies for RAK!

Thank you to Maricar of Darkplume and Alyssa for ebooks for RAK!

Websites/blogs:

Isalys and Vanessa of Book Soulmates: hosts of RAK
Paperbackswap
Netgalley

In My Mailbox(15) (Vlog)

In my mailbox is a bookish meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren. It's a fun meme for bloggers and readers to see what books everyone got in their mailboxes. Here's ours!



Bought:
Dark Parties by Sara Grant
Nine Lives Of Chloe King (The Fallen, The Stolen, The Chosen) by Liz Braswell
Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton (signed) + swag
Forever (Wolves of Mercy Falls #3) by Maggie Stiefvater (signed) + swag
Won:
A Girl Named Willow Krimble by Giuseppe Bianco (signed) - Thanks to Kelli and Natalie at I'd So Rather Be Reading
Paradise by Jill Alexander
My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody
The Girl is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines
Flirt Club by Cathleen Daly ---- Thanks to Macmillan for all of these.

** All book titles link to their pages on Amazon.

That's what we got in our mailbox, what'd you get?

xoxo and love always,

Shelbie and Amanda

p.s. Sorry the video isn't fancy this time, we were a little limited with our video editing software this week.

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enjoy your Monday :)

xoxo,

Shelbie

In My Mailbox 14

Hey everyone! It's Sunday, and time for what I got In My Mailbox, if you want to do this too link it at The Story Siren and make sure to comment below with links to your mailbox!

In My Mailbox

Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Goodreads/Amazon)

Bought

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare (who didn't?) (Goodreads/Amazon)

Aces Up by Lauren Barnholdt (Goodreads/Amazon)

Borrowed

- None -

That's it! I had a pretty chill book week this week. Make sure to comment below with links to your mailbox!

xoxo,

Shelbie

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Happy Monday!

xoxo,

Shelbie

In My Mailbox 13

Hey everyone!

It's Sunday, and time for what I got In My Mailbox, I actually have some interesting stuff this week, if you would like to do one also, link it at The Story Siren and make sure to comment below with links to your mailbox!

In My Mailbox

The Queen Bee of Bridgeton by Leslie DuBois (Goodreads/Amazon)

Borrowed

-None-

Bought

Red Glove by Holly Black (Goodreads/Amazon)
The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver (Goodreads/Amazon)

Hope everyone's mailboxes were hearty this weekend!

xoxo,

Shelbie

Teaser Tuesday 12

I'm trying to get back into the meme circuit with one of my absolute favourite meme's and that is Teaser Tuesday. If you haven't participated before the 23rd of November is a perfect day to start! Just go to the book you are reading at the moment, open to a random page and list two teaser sentances, then link below and Should be Reading but make sure to comment with links to your own Teasers or if you don't have a blog you can just post two lines in the comments!

Mine is from The Queen Bee of Bridgeton by Leslie DuBois

"Sasha chewed at the bottom of her lip as if searching for what to say next. "Everyone saw you at the party last night."

Pretty juicy huh?

Be sure to post a link to your teaser or post it below!

xoxo,

Shelbie

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:)

Enjoy your Monday.

xoxo,

Shelbie

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Hey guys!

I thought I would start a little thing to do on Mondays since they suck. If you want to join in then post a link in the comments and if enough people want to then I'll add a linky to it!

I was just planning on posting pretty pictures to make Mondays less sucky :) if you want to join in just post a link to your pictures in the comments!

Oh, and we need a name for this, the one I came up with isn't very good... post your idea in the comments too!

Have a good Monday!

xoxo,

Shelbie

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Guten Tag!

It's Sunday, and time for what I got In My Mailbox, I actually have some interesting stuff this week, if you would like to do one also, link it at The Story Siren and make sure to comment below with links to your mailbox!!

E-Books

The Julian Game by Adele Griffin (GoodReads/Amazon)

Cloaked by Alex Flinn (GoodReads/Amazon)

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (GoodReads/Amazon)

Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble (GoodReads/Amazon)

In My Mailbox

Haunted by Joy Preble (GoodReads/Amazon)

Griffin Rising by Darby Karchut (GoodReads)

Bought

-none-

Library Books

-none-

What's in your mailbox? Post a link in the comments below!

xoxo,

Shelbie

Booking Though Thursday 11

This is one of my favourite meme's to do!! If you guys want to join it too go to Booking Through Thursday and answer the question. Be sure to leave your responses in the comments below!

What magazines/journals do you read?

When I read magazines I usually love to read Lucky, Marie Claire, People Style Watch, InStyle and when I want something really fun, I love reading Architectual Digest... I'm a nerd I know. :)

What magazines do you like to reading?

xoxo,
Shelbie

Blog Hop 4

It's time for another weekend blog hop! I love the hop and I was really sad when I woke up on Monday and was like "Oh yeah I just missed the whole weekend. Dang" I must have just been checked out last weekend. I don't know what was up with me :)

The Blog Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books, and if doing the hop is something you think you would like to do go click the link and check it out! Also, leave a comment below this post with links to your post because sometimes I can't get to every blog hop link or I'll accidentally skip one or something.... sooo yeah, now that I've done my sufficient rambling.....

This weeks question:

Do you use a rating system for your reviews and if so, what is it and why?

Yes, we use one. We have an overall rating out of five stars for the overall enjoyment of the book and then we have a rating of out of five stars for four different categories, Cover, Characters, Plot, Writing and Ending. Why do we use it? I think just because it sort of evolved into what it is now, we used to only show the overall and then we just had Characters, Plot and Writing and then we added Cover and now we just added Ending, who knows maybe in a couple months we'll add something else. This is just what works for us at the moment :)

Like i said leave a comment with your posts I would love to read them!

Have an awesome weekend and make sure to put in your last entries for the CSN Giveaway which ends tomorrow. Don't forget about the Ultimate Swag Bag Giveaway either! Remember it ends at 11:59 on the 31st!

xoxo

Shelbie

Teaser Tuesday 5

I love Teaser Tuesday's! They are hosted by the lovely MizB from Should be Reading. This is going to me a little hard just because the book I'm reading is on my nook so I'm not sure how well that's going to work out but we'll see how this goes :)

This teaser is from The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

But it wasn't the chief's prescience that caught his attention; it was the ordinary-looking sedan that followed right behind it. Actually it was the passenger inside the sedan that had him on alert.

That was surprisingly painless! Comment with your teasers, they are my favourite meme to do and to read! So, yea please leave yours below :)

xoxo,
Shelbie

Book Blogger Hop (4)

Hey guys it's time again for another blog hop! I love the hop because I love looking at everyone's different websites and answers and stuff. It's tons of fun! Hosted by Crazy for Books if you wanna become a part of the hop, click the link sign the linky and comment here linking to your post because I love reading them!

This week's question:

How many books do you have on your 'to be read shelf’?

Shelbie's Answer:

Well, too many to count. But to give you more of an exact answer, according to Goodreads I have 63 books on my to read list, but there are some that I want to read that I didn't add or havent discovered that I want to read them yet :). The list is always changing too, like Amanda will find a random book at the B&N and I'll add it to my pile if it looks good. Books are also always being moved from TBR to Currently Reading to Read, because I am rarely caught not reading anything. So yeah, a long story short, apparently 63.

Amanda's Answer:

Well, in a few words, too many. It depends. There are the books I actually own
that need to be read, and then there are the ones that I've been lusting after
that I don't own because I don't want to go broke from buying books. The ones
that are actually on my shelf probably amount to about 15. And then there are
the ones I get from ARC tours, which move it up to about 17 or 18. And then
there are all the ones I lust after. I'd say that I'm lusting after about 25
books. So overall... that makes it about 42 books, give or take a few. And then
there are all the classics on my Nook that I'm saving for a rainy day, but I
won't even begin to count up those, because there's a lot. Again, all in all,
way too many. That's what happens when you're obsessed with books, and I am
totally okay with that.

Like I said comment with links to your post especially if you didn't sign up for the hop because I love reading them and have an awesome weekend everyone!

ps. if you wanna friend me on goodreads and see what exactly is on my TBR list go ahead! I would love to see what's on yours too! You can do that HERE

xoxo and Love Always,

Shelbie and Amanda

Booking Through Thursday (6)

As some of you know I was gone last weekend but I am gettin back into the swing of things with another Booking Through Thursday! If you want to join the fun, click the link and comment on the BTT website or comment below! I would love to read your answers!

Have your reading choices changed over the years? Or pretty much stayed the same?

Shelbie's Answer:

Essentially, yes. I mean I'm not reading books in the kid section anymore, but the overall composition of the story is the same. Does that make sense? Probably not. I have always been a sucker for romance, witty, sarcastic lines, a twist-y turn-y plot and a strong female heroine and that's something that I think I'll just always love even when I gear myself toward the adult section which wont happen for a while because I love YA so much :)

Amanda's Answer:

No, they are definitely not the same is before! Lets just say that I never truly knew what an AMAZING book was a few years ago. Yes, I would finish most of my books and be like "Wow, that was pretty good!" but I never truly understood what made a truly good book. Now I know that I love books that are totally unique, usually sci-fi or Fantasy, with a hint of romance, snarky comments, and a kick butt heroine. I'm big on books with deeper meanings too. Like... I don't know how to explain it, I like books where the character thinks they're doing something for one reason... but really they're doing it for a different more complex reason. So, long story short. I think I choose higher quality books now, and now I know what I actually like. So this would be a HUGE change I guess.

Please comment with your answers because this is a question where I would love to see if your answer is different or the same as mine! :)

xoxo and Love Always,

Shelbie and Amanda

Waiting on Wednesday (3)

Hey everyone this is the first time I know for sure what number it is!

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine so if you like this post go check that link for more like it! :)

This week I'm waiting on:

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

       Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

What are you waiting on? Comment linking to your post! I would love to read it!

xoxo,

Teaser Tuesday (4)

Hey Everyone it's time for another Teaser Tuesday! If you wanna join in the fun head over to Should be Reading, and sign up and check out other peoples TT! :)

My teaser this week is from the book Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin!

 "I shook my head. I'd cried so much my voice had faded, my sobs had become ragged, hoarse."

No idea what's going on but the main character definitely sounds upset... lol

Comment linking to your teasers I would love to read them!

xoxo,

In My Mailbox (5)

Hey guys! In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren! Go check it out!

This week we actually have books! Yay! And a really big moment of excitement for me, Amanda. (Several moments actually! Well, to the books!

Amanda's mailbox:

This week, I received my first ARC! AND Harlequin sent some awesome books for a future giveaway. :) Also, I have one more thing that I was really excited about, and I don't mean to brag about it! Well anyways, check it out!

From Harlequin:

My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent

My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent

ARCs (from Star Book Tours.):

Grace by Elizabeth Scott <----- my first ARC EVER!

Bought:

Forget You by Jennifer Echols <---- from B & N

And, the thing I told you I was UBER excited about! Okay, so.... the other day I went to B&N... and I bought a Nook! I LOVE it so far. And trust me, I didn't put this on here to brag. I'm just SO EXCITED! I swear, I am NOT a spoiled teenager. I did have to pay for part of it, and the cover, and I have to pay for the insurance when I decide to get it. I just posted this because I'm uber excited and I want to hear your guys' opinions on the Nook, Kindle, iPad, Sony ereader etc. Tell me what you think!

Shelbie's Malibox-

I got my first ARC's! and I also got a Nook! i feel like it's weird to write it again because I did a little vlog about them... but I'll do it as an offical IMM post too :)

From the Actual Mailbox:

Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

Matched by Ally Condie

E-Books:

( I just downloaded all the free classic books :) )

Room With A View by E.M. Forster

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

(Yep, all those books and didn't spend a penny. That is if you don't count buying the actual e-reader....)

Sorry we don't have a vlog this week! But due to the fact that Amanda is out of town, there is no vlog! And there is no vlog next week because Shelbie will be out of town that week!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend and Happy Fantasyfest!

On My Wishlist (4)

I think this is the fourth we've done but I can't remember, but I felt like doing a post and remembered we have a meme today! :) This particular one is hosted by Book Chick City :) so click the link to check out other Wishlists! :)

Shelbie's Wishlist -

1. The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
2. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

3. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

4. The Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink

   

    

Amanda's Wishlist -

I'm not sure if Amanda can make this post as she is out of town, but you never know! :)

Commment with your wishlist's and CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR THE FANTASYFEST KICKOFF!!

Hope everyone's having a good weekend!

xoxo,