IMM & Week in Review: The Giveaway 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:

*Win an ENCHANTED goodie basket from Alethea Kontis, complete with a signed, finished copy of ENCHANTED! (Co-hosted on The Book Rat, and Basically Amazing Books.  You have THREE chances to win!!!)
*Win THE FORGETTING CURVE by Angie Smibert!
*Win THE FAIRYTALE KEEPER: AVENGING THE QUEEN autographed bookmarks from Andrea Cefalo!

READING NOW:

*I was up late finishing BITTERBLUE yet, so I haven't started anything new, and I haven't even thought about what's next.  Most likely a review ARC, quite possibly STRUCK by Jennifer Bosworth?  ORDINARY MAGIC, by Caitlen Rubino-Bradway!


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

READ THIS WEEK:

*THE HERO'S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM by Christopher Healy
*GRACELING by Kristin Cashore {Re-read}
*FIRE by Kristin Cashore {Re-read}
*BITTERBLUE by Kristin Cashore

REVIEWED THIS WEEK:

*ENCHANTED by Alethea Kontis {With Giveaway!}
*THE FAIRYTALE KEEPER: AVENGING THE QUEEN by Andrea Cefalo {With Giveaway!}
*THE HERO'S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM by Christopher Healy {With exciting movie news!}

FEATURES THIS WEEK:

*Character Interview: Nieve [From Zoraida Córdova's THE VICIOUS DEEP]
*Designer Interview & Giveaway: Christine Kettner [Alethea Kontis' ENCHANTED]
*Interview & Giveaway: Angie Smibert [MEMENTO NORA and THE FORGETTING CURVE]
*Waiting on Wednesday: COLD HANDS, WARM HEART by Jill Wolfson
*Word Count Wednesday: It's over.  But also only just beginning...
 

RECEIVED THIS WEEK:

Loot:

The Giveaway Edition!

I have a lot of giveaways going on now!  Most of them are for Fairy Tale Fortnight, so check them out if you love fairy tales as much as I do!


And, um, did you SEE how many books came out this week??  I can't believe just how many I had to own!  Thank goodness for pre-ordering and paying in advance, or my wallet would be hurting so badly now!

And now, the books!

YouTube Link

 ARCs/Finished Copies:

*THE FORGETTING CURVE postcards and autographed bookmark swag from Angie Smibert! {Enter now!}
*TWO AND TWENTY DARK TALES bookmark/postcard swag {Thank you to MISTWOOD/NIGHT SPELL author Leah Cypess!  Giveaway this week!}
*WHAT'S LEFT OF ME by Kat Zhang  [Out Sept. 18, 2012]

{Thank you to HarperCollins!  I'm really excited!  I've wanted to read this since upcoming THRONE OF GLASS author Sarah J. Maas announced her friend Kat's book deal.  It sounds soooo good!}

*GODDESS INTERRUPTED by Aimee Carter  [Out now]
{Thank you to Harlequin Teen for the finished copy!  This is the sequel to THE GODDESS TEST, which I reviewed last year.  I'll be reading and reviewing this, and when I do, Harlequin will generously be hosting a giveaway here, so look forward to that!}

*BETWEEN HERE AND FOREVER by Elizabeth Scott  [Out now]
{I won this from Basically Amazing Books and author Elizabeth Scott.  Thank you so much!  I'm eager to read my first novel by Elizabeth Scott!}

 Purchased:

*THE SERPENT'S SHADOW by Rick Riordan 

{The third and final book in Riordan's Egyptian THE KANE CHRONICLES Trilogy.  I don't like it as much as I do his PERCY JACKSON books, but I still enjoy them a lot!}

*THE VICIOUS DEEP by Zoraida Córdova 

{I really enjoyed reading this and look forward to the sequel.  I'll be reviewing this one soon, and I interviewed the character Nieve this past week for Zoraida's blog tour!}

*WRECKED by Anna Davies 

{Look forward to more on this one during Splash into Summer!}

*INSURGENT by Veronica Roth

{Even BETTER than DIVERGENT, and that was pretty darn good!  So far, I like this MORE than THE HUNGER GAMES, though I'll reserve final judgement until the trilogy concludes next year.  Definitely my favorite dystopian series so far!}

*BITTERBLUE by Kristin Cashore

{I was up late finishing this one, and my thoughts are still too raw to put into words, but...it's Kristin Cashore.  And the long-awaited BITTERBLUE!!}

 Borrowed:

*REVIVED by Cat Patrick

{I'm so excited to read this.  I've wanted it since first hearing about it, and I really enjoyed FORGOTTEN last year!}

 e-books:

*THE UGLY DUCKLING DEBUTANTE by Rachel van Dyken 

{Thank you to Rachel van Dyken!  Won from The Fairy Tale Giveaway Hop!  I love fairy tales ^_^}

*THE MAGICAL MISPERCEPTION OF MERIDIAN by S. G. Rogers
{Thank you to S.G. Rogers!  Won from The Fairy Tale Giveaway Hop!  I love fairy tales ^_^}
*EVEN VILLAINS FALL IN LOVE by Liana Brooks 

{Thank you to Liana Brooks, and also to Anna Banks (Author of the upcoming mermaid novel OF POSEIDON.  If Anna hadn't tweeted about Liana's contest, I wouldn't have known about the book--OR won a copy!!}

*THE ASSASSIN & THE UNDERWORLD by Sarah J. Maas

{This is the third novella leading up to THE THRONE OF GLASS.  I was lucky enough to read THE THRONE OF GLASS last month, but it wasn't Cinderella-like enough anymore for Fairy Tale Fortnight.  I'll still be doing something with it--AND the novellas soon, so no worries!}

*PRINCE CHARMING MUST DIE by Isabella Fontaine 

{I saw the ad for this one on The Book Rat's blog during Fairy Tale Fortnight, and since Amazon is giving away a FREE ebook copy right now, I thought, "Why not?"  I think Calibre will let me convert self-published Kindle formats to my nook!}

*SUPER ZERO by Rhonda Stapleton
{Another FREE ebook from Amazon.  This is another super hero novel!}

*LEGEND OF THE ELEMENTALS: REINTRODUCTION by Kyle Timmermeyer
{Yet a third FREE ebook from Amazon!  I met Kyle when I was living and working in Japan via the JET Programme as an English teacher a couple of years ago, and was excited to see that he'd written a book!}

What did you get in your mailbox this week?