In My Mailbox #87

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Gabrielle Carolina from The Mod Podge Bookshelf, originally created by Kristi from The Story Siren.

Hooray for this being the last week of my blogging slump!  I know I've let some of you down over the past couple months, but I fully intend to make up for that soon!  Expect to see some reviews and discussion posts, even a few giveaways here and there.  I've really missed blogging, and I can't wait to get back to sharing my opinions with the world!  It also really helps that I got a TON of incredibly exciting books for review lately!

Review

-Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller

-Dead Girls Don't Lie by Jennifer Shaw Wolf

(ARCs from Bloomsbury/Walker)

 

-The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine

-No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale

-Avalon by Mindee Arnett

 

-Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

-Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd

-Uninvited by Sophie Jordan

-Perfect Lies by Kiersten White

-Maybe One Day by Melissa Kanton

-Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens

-Ask Again Later by Liz Czukas

-Pretty Sly by Lisa Ludwig

-Elusion by Claudia Gabel & Cheryl Klam

  

-Dear Killer by Katherine Ewell

-Great by Sara Benincasa

-House of Ivy & Sorrow by Natalie Whipple

-Panic by Lauren Oliver (not pictured)

Thanks to HarperCollins and Edelweiss!  <333

-Endless by Jessica Shirvington

Thanks to Sourcebooks Fire and Netgalley!

Obviously, the book I'm most excited for is PANIC BY LAUREN OLIVER!  I honestly couldn't help but snag all of these new titles the moment I saw them online!  Almost makes me wish time would fast forward so I can read and review these right away!

Thanks for stopping by!  What have you received in your mailbox?

In My Mailbox #86

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Gabrielle Carolina from The Mod Podge Bookshelf, originally created by Kristi from The Story Siren.

I should have known that after such a great mail week last week, this time couldn't compare!  That's okay, though, because something happened yesterday at work that made me insanely happy.  Have you heard of Neon Trees?  Well they were set to play a concert here last night, but I wasn't going to be able to go.  I totally forgot that they were in town until the lead singer came into the store...and then he came in once again a few hours later!  And I got to make his drink!  Yeah, I'll be talking about this forever.

Enough about that...here are the review books I got this week!

-Northern Bites (Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter #2) by Nikki Jefford

(eGalley from Nikki Jefford)

-Fairy Tale Comics edited by Chris Duffy

(hardcover from First Second books)

Thanks for stopping by!  What have you received in your mailbox?

Waiting on Wednesday #87

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases we can't wait to get our hands on! 

Title: Split Second

Author: Kasie West

Release Date:February 11th, 2014

Publisher: HarperTeen

Life can change in a split second. 

Addie hardly recognizes her life since her parents divorced. Her boyfriend used her. Her best friend betrayed her. She can’t believe this is the future she chose. On top of that, her ability is acting up. She’s always been able to Search the future when presented with a choice. Now she can manipulate and slow down time, too . . . but not without a price. 

When Addie’s dad invites her to spend her winter break with him, she jumps at the chance to escape into the Norm world of Dallas, Texas. There she meets the handsome and achingly familiar Trevor. He’s a virtual stranger to her, so why does her heart do a funny flip every time she sees him? But after witnessing secrets that were supposed to stay hidden, Trevor quickly seems more suspicious of Addie than interested in her. And she has an inexplicable desire to change that. 

Meanwhile, her best friend, Laila, has a secret of her own: she can restore Addie’s memories . . . once she learns how. But there are powerful people who don’t want to see this happen. Desperate, Laila tries to manipulate Connor, a brooding bad boy from school—but he seems to be the only boy in the Compound immune to her charms. And the only one who can help her. 

As Addie and Laila frantically attempt to retrieve the lost memories, Addie must piece together a world she thought she knew before she loses the love she nearly forgot . . . and a future that could change everything.

I LOVED reading Pivot Point earlier this year and I can't get enough of Kasie West's writing style.  Of course, this means I can't wait to continue the series!  Her most recent release is titled The Distance Between Us, and believe me, I'm going to get my hands on it ASAP! 

What awesome title are you waiting for this Wednesday?

Most Anticipated: July Releases

July 2nd 

-Truly Madly Deadly by Hannah Jayne

-The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

-Awaken by Meg Cabot

-Shutdown by Heather Anastasiu

July 8th

-Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton

July 9th

-Right of Way by Lauren Barnholdt

July 11th

-The Theory of Everything by Kari Luna

July 23rd

-A Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard

-OCD Love Story by Corey Ann Haydu

July 30th

-Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike

-All Our Pretty Songs by Sarah McCarry

Which July releases are you looking forward to reading?

June Wrap-Up and July TBR

I'm so ashamed by the lack of books I've read lately!  For some reason, in May I was hit hard with a reading slump that I wasn't able to shake until the end of June.  I even had to lower my reading goal from 115 to 80 (and now Goodreads tells me that I'm right on track).  Since it's the beginning of a new month, I'm going to do everything I can in order to catch up.

The books I managed to read in June:

-Golden by Jessi Kirby

-How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

I've been a bad, bad blogger.  I only reviewed one book last month and as it turns out, not even one of the two books I read were books I've gotten for review!

The books I started in June but have yet to finish:

-Ink by Amanda Sun

-Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard

-The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

As you can see from my past two monthly wrap-ups, I've gotten into this horrible habit of starting books and not finishing them.  It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I keep getting distracted.  I will be starting this month by finishing Ink, at least.

The books I will definitely try to read in July (for review):

Hopefully I'll be able to get to at least two of these review books, if not all!  Maybe then I'd be able to try catching up on the review books that I've skipped over these past few months...if only I had infinite time (or at least a summer vacation!)

Though most of my posts in June were my weekly WoW and IMM posts, I also took some time to explain what was going on with me and why the blog hasn't been very active.

My birthday was also in June and I held a few giveaways to celebrate!  You can win a signed copy of The Rules by Stacey Kade (US/CAN- Ends July 17th) or enter to win a book of your choice or box of books (INT- Ends July 6th)

Finally, I just wanted to say thank you for sticking with me throughout my reading slump!  I'm sure you all know how awful it feels not being able to read/having the motivation to when reading is a large part of your life!  Hopefully July will be better!