Ramblings of a Bibliophile

"In My Mailbox" is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren!


Book Blogger Holiday Swap:

• Nightlight: A Parody by The Harvard Lampoon
  -(From my Secret Santa! Thank you Ashley! ♥)

Won:

• Into The Path of Gods by Kathleen Cunningham Guler
  -(From the author via LibraryThing Member Giveaway)
• The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley
  -(ARC won via Goodreads - For review)

Purchased:

• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

I am yet again very pleased with this weeks loot. All new and all books I can't wait to get started on at some point! And let me tell you, that Leviathan cover? Absolutely GORGEOUS. It's even prettier in person. *_*

How about YOU? Get anything good in the mail? Tell/link me!

"In My Mailbox" is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren!

Mailbox:


I FINALLY GOT MY LOOT! I may have done a little dance. Not gonna lie. :)

• Fire by Kristin Cashore
• Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
• Wake by Lisa McMann (TBR)
• Lament by Maggie Stiefvater (TBR)
• Shadow's Edge (Night Angel Trilogy #2) by Brent Weeks (TBR)
• Soulless by Gail Carriger (TBR)
• Truly, Madly (ARC) by Heather Webber - (TBR; For Review)

Bought:

• Blue Moon (Immortals #2) by Alyson Noel (TBR)
• Catching Fire (Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins

Both up for grabs in my first ever giveaway! Make sure you sign up.

Library:

• Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

Although I highly doubt I'll have time to read this by the time it's due. So I may just return it since there is a waiting line. Don't want to be too selfish now.

How about YOU? Get anything good in the mail? Tell/link me!

"In My Mailbox" is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren!

Bought:

o1. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1)
by Patrick Ness
o2. Beyond the Shadows (Night Angel Trilogy #3)
by Brent Weeks

(Courtesy of the 'Buy One, Get One Half Off' coupon from Borders!)

Mailbox:
NOTHING. :(

And here is where my annoyance sets it. We have a new postal man working my neighborhood and instead of politely knocking on my door and letting me know he has a package for me...he leaves a NOTE claiming he knocked but nobody was home. FALSE. My house was occupied all day yesterday. Does this man not know how much I need my new books?! Seriously, I'm dying here.

So hopefully later this week I'll have a bran spanking new IMM post with shiny pictures and everything. Otherwise I'm getting to the point where I'm going to hunt this man down and shake my books out of him, haha.

How about you, got an IMM post? Link me!

"In My Mailbox" is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren!

It's my first time participating in this meme and hopefully not the last. I have a rather large haul to share today seeing as I clicked my way over to the bargain section on Barnesandnoble.com. Oh and of course I stopped by the book section at work, which I do about 2/3 times a day when I'm there. Highly unwise on my part since I keep telling myself to save money. Hah!



From the Mailbox:
+ Freaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates
+ Stormbreaker (Alex Rider #1) by Anthony Horowitz
+ Geek High by Piper Banks
+ Young Goodman Brown & Other Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne
+ Alice's Adventure In Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
+ Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol
+ The Naming by Alison Croggon
+ Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz
+ Looking For Alaska by John Green

Ahhh, gotta love bargain books!

Store Bought:

+ Evermore by Alyson Noel - I bought this on a whim after reading some strong reviews about it from fellow bloggers.
+ Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen - I loved Water For Elephants so I figured it was about time I read something else by Sara.

Phew! Definitely have some busy months of reading ahead of me.

This is a weekly book meme hosted by J. Kaye over at J. Kaye's Book Blog.

Ahhh, work has been kicking my butt as of late. Work and more work is leaving me a lot less time for reading, and this saddens my heart. Hopefully, once the holiday hours kick in, things will start to settle down. I went the entire weekend without picking up a book (up until Sunday night) and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that won't happen very often.

Completed this past week:

Life As We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Currently reading:

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart

Up Next:

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Max : a Maximum Ride novel by James Patterson
Fire by Kristin Cashore

What are YOU reading? Link me!

I reorganized my bookshelves! There's still no room for my recently purchased books from Barnes & Noble, but it's good enough till I can make another run to IKEA. I can't wait to get another bookcase and have everything looking organized and shiny.