IMM #4 (April Fools Day Edition!)

In My Mailbox was originally started by The Story Siren and it's where anyone can participate and let everyone know what they got in books, and other book related things, throughout a given time.  Anyone with a blog can join in, and you can post once a week, once a month, or whenever you choose to.


Hey everyone!! HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!!! Can you believe it is ALREADY month FOUR in 2012!! Tomorrow is only 2 months until my 21st BIRTHDAY!!! Woo-HOO!!

So this past month was another exciting month in my mailbox :)

A few of them I am DYING TO READ!!! But unfortunately, when you make promises you have to keep those :)...not that it is unfortunate that I have other books to read!

But anyway, for books!!

Paper Books I got this month:



Borrowed:

  • Wonder Struck by Brian Selznick (I read this one last week, took me a couple of hours, and loved it!! Review HERE!) (Borrowed this one from a friend)
  • Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr (#2 in the Wicked Lovely Series).  I read the first one of this series last month, and really enjoyed it!  When I went to take my second Math test with a proctor a couple of weeks ago, I checked out #2 in the series right away :).
Bought:
  • Divergent by Veronica Roth (I have REALLY wanted to read this one, so I finally bought it last month for a really good price on Barnes and noble.com
  • Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (FREE!! Got this for FREE from a friend!)
  • Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (FREE!!! Same as above!) :)
WON!!:
  • Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery by Keren David (won this through LibraryThing!! Thank you Keren!!) This one was also SIGNED!!
  • AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IN PAPER BOOKS RECEIVED!! THE MAIN EVENT!! My PRIDE AND JOY OF THIS MONTH...AND ARC OF:
 A Midsummer's Nightmare by KODY KEPLINGER!!! AWWWW!!!!! SUPER EXCITED to read this!! I won this ARC through Kody, from her website!! And it was Personalized and SIGNED!!! :)


Now to the E-Books:

Bought:
  • Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (bought this for my Kindle, it was a really good price! I think like $4.99 or something. Definitely, under $5!)
  • Evernight  by Claudia Gray (It was onsale for like $3.99 on Amazon, and I've heard some great things about it!)
Received through NetGalley:











Comments

  1. Jessica (Peace Love Books)April 1, 2012 at 11:12 AM

    Wow, congrats on Wonderstruck! And I got Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery too! I can't wait to get into it :) And you're so close to 21! I've got 2 years to go :( haha, hopefully the time goes fast! I hope you enjoy everything you got :)

    Here's my IMM!

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    1. The Romance BookieApril 1, 2012 at 11:13 AM

      Thanks! It was a great book! Same with Hugo! And Congratulations!! I can't wait to read it too! It will probably be a little bit still until I do, but soon! :)

      And yes! 21!! Scary a little! But I have decided I am going to stop aging after I turn 21 LOL ;)

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  2. ellepauletteApril 1, 2012 at 3:21 PM

    What a nice haul! I may have to add some of these to my TBR pile.

    Thanks for sharing your goodies!
    Dani C
    http://paulettespapers.com/

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