IMM & Week in Review: The Holy ARC-a-Moly Edition!

IN MY MAILBOX: 02.05.12

In My Mailbox was created by Kristi at The Story Siren because:

"I get books to read and then ultimately share my thoughts about with my readers. As much as I want to, I can’t possibly read every book I receive. Yet, I still wanted a way to feature those books on the blog, even though it might not be in the form of a review. Problem solved! Every week I'd share the books I received that week... ones I'd bought, or gotten at the library, and ones that I'd receive to review on the blog. That way I could mention titles that might not otherwise get some face-time on The Story Siren..."

I find the same thing happening at A Backwards Story. I'm so backed up on reviews atm... That's why I like these videos!

CURRENT GIVEAWAY:

*Enter to win one of THREE Kindles or one of TWENTY autographed copies of books in THE RIVER OF TIME series by Lisa T. Bergren.  ENDS TOMORROW

READING NOW:

*HERE by Denise Grover Swank (Interview here; review coming Thursday!)

[link to my GoodReads account so you can see my blurb feed as I read]

READ THIS WEEK:

*Um.............^^;;;............nothing?  Wellllll, four pages of HERE.  I really need to read this or else, on Tuesday, it will be two weeks since I read a book!!!

I just...haven't been in the mood to read, so it's all backing up now.  I'll sit and look at book and go, "Oh, I want to read you...but I don't feel like reading atm."  Argh!

REVIEWED THIS WEEK:

*I actually had ANOTHER review-less week.  I actually have two reviews started that were supposed to go up Friday and Saturday.  I just haven't had time to finish writing them.  So....look for a lot of reviews this week to make up for it :)

FEATURES THIS WEEK:

*Happy Book Day to Four Anticipated Books!
*Haunting Lead HUNGER GAMES music video debuts featuring Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars!
*Read HANA, a DELIRIUM novella from Lauren Oliver, FREE! 4 Days Only!
*Waiting on Wednesday: RENEGADE by J.A. Sounders
*Interview with HERE author Denise Grover Swank
*Exclusive First Look at BOURNE {RIVER OF TIME 3.1} by Lisa T. Bergren!

RECEIVED THIS WEEK:

YouTube Link

Loot:

The "Holy ARC-a-Moly" edition!

I cannot BELIEVE the amount of books I received this week, especially since I didn't give back by purchasing anything!  (Well, a dress for a wedding, but that doesn't count, right?)  Thank you to all of the publishers and authors this week.  I received some great surprises IMM!

PURCHASED:

Nothing this week, actually! *gasp*

The next couple of weeks, however..................

ARCs/Finished Copies:

*MISTWOOD by Leah Cypess  [Out now]
(Thank you to Leah Cypess! I was a runner-up in her NIGHTSPELL Blog Tour, so she annotated a chapter of my choice.  I asked Leah to annotate her favorite chapter.  She chose Chapter Fourteen.  (Go re-read that chapter right now to see why!  I also reviewed NIGHTSPELL during the tour and mentioned MISTWOOD a bit!)
*SHADOW AND BONE by Leigh Bardugo [Out June 05, 2012]
(Thank you to Henry Holt Books for Young Readers/Macmillan! I LOVE the alien blue-foil envelope!) 
[Designed by Rich Deas, whom I interviewed here in January for Marissa Meyer's CINDER Blog Tour!]
*STRIKE: THE HERO FROM THE SKY by Charlie Wood  [Out now]
(Thank you to Charlie Wood!  Charlie is awesome and sent me SIX copies, so we're going to have a massive giveaway soon!)

*AWKWARD by Marni Bates [Out March 01, 2012]
(Thank you to Kensington Teen and The Teen Book Scene for the finished copy! The Blog Tour will run from Feb. 27 ~ Mar. 23.  A Backwards Story will be participating in both a review and a guest feature, so stay tuned!)

*THE MASK OF DESTINY (ARCHER LEGACY Trilogy #3) by Richard Newsome [Out May 15, 2012]

(Thank you to Walden Pond Press/HarperCollins!)

LIBRARY:

*MY FAIRY FAIR GODMOTHER by Janette Rallison (Because Jen from Literally Jen reviewed it on A Backwards Story during A Week of Cinderella and made it sound AWESOME!)
*WISDOM'S KISS by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
*FINNIKIN OF THE ROCK by Melina Marchetta

NetGalley:

*WONDER by R.J. Palacio [JUST RELEASED 02.14.12]
(Thank you to Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers/Random House!)
*UNBIDDEN MAGIC TRILOGY by Marilee Brothers: [out now; book four, SHADOW MOON, released in Nov. 2011]
#1: MOONSTONE
#2: MOON RISE
#3: MOON SPUN
(Thank you to Bell Bridge Books!)

*MAGIC UNDER STONE by Jaclyn Dolamore [Out April 10, 2012]
(Thank you to Bloomsbury!) 
[I reviewed Dolamore's BETWEEN THE SEA AND SKY last year & interviewed the author during Splash into Summer.  Check both out while awaiting her newest novel! ^_^]

*THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED by April Henry [Out April 10, 2012]

(Thank you to Henry Holt Books for Young Readers/Macmillan!)

What did you get in your mailbox this week?