IMM #9

Happy Sunday Everyone!!

It's time for another IMM for me!! It's already been a month!! Jeez lol, time flies!!

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.


Remember everyone, this is a MONTHLY IMM, not weekly!!


Wow! I got SO many books this month!!


Seriously!  And they were pretty much all hard copies! Which is awesome!! I even got a SUPER SPECIAL package from MEG Cabot!! So I'll be sharing the content of that! PLUS some AWESOME signed copies!!!! So excited to share with you all!
So here goes:

 Hard Copies first!!

From Author/Publisher for Review:


My Thrifting:
These book are ones I got at Thrift Stores, or used Books stores for great prizes!

Here's a pic of the store:
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It's a really awesome set-up!

Well anyway back to my lovelies:
  • One Day by David Nicholls (99 cents!! And even though I already own this one, I thought it was in perfect condition, and perfect for a future giveaway!!)
Other Purchased books:


Won:
A HUGE thank you to Jennifer at Some Like it Paranormal!! You're awesome!

Trade:


THANK YOU Montana!! I've been wanting to read this one for a while now!!)

Now to my MEG CABOT package!!!


  • Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot (SIGNED!!! Whoo-hoo!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!)
  • Foretold (which is actually an anthology featuring stories by Meg, Simone Elkeles, Richelle Mead, and MANY others!!) (ARC!!!!!!) (SIGNED by Meg too!!!!)
A HUGE THANK YOU to Meg!! Love you!!

Swag:
Some super awesome bookmarks from Miranda Kenneally (the author of Catching Jordan (which is one of my absolute favorite books!!! & the upcoming Stealing Parker!!!!)

THANK YOU Miranda!!!

So here's my overall haul in Hard copies:


 Pretty insane right??!! My bookshelves are breaking!! lol


Now to the ebooks:

Received from Netgalley:


The Heiress and Her Fake FianceDante's Girl


Lip ServiceSlammed (Slammed #1)
 
  How to Mend a Broken Heart
From Edelweiss:

Destined to Play

Bought/Free from Amazon:


So I believe that's everything!!

Except one other thing to share...

I got my Business Cards this week!!!
I got such a great deal on them, and I'm SOOOO excited to start passing these out at events!! :)

Now before I go, here's a recap of all my reviews from the past month:

Alright everyone that's it from me!!
I'm off to celebrate one of my friend's 21st birthday today!!

The Romance Bookie :)






Comments

  1. ExinaAugust 19, 2012 at 12:10 PM

    Hi Mandy, thanks for stopping by my blog!

    You surely had a great month! Congrats on the signed copies, and your business cards are really beautiful!
    I'm pretty jealous of the great prices of the Janet Evanovich books!
    And that bookstore is spectacular!

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    1. The Romance BookieAugust 20, 2012 at 8:37 AM

      The bookstore is definitely really cool! A bit pricey though, I will admit. For a used book store. I paid $4.50 for the pocket sized "Three to get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich, which I thought was a bit steep. :)
      Thanks for stopping by too! :)

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  2. BrittanAugust 19, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    Wow! Great Haul! You got a lot of books, and all the YA ones(I don't like adult books)look really good! I really want Babe in Boyland.

    -Brittan

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  3. AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 12:12 PM

    Thanks for stopping by my blog. Wow you really made out this week! Extremely jealous of the Meg Cabot books! I also received the swag from Miranda Kenneally I cannot wait to read Stealing Parker!

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  4. NajAugust 19, 2012 at 12:15 PM

    Oh woaaah ! Thats a lot of books and a lot of them are signed! Congrats and happy reading! :D

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  5. AlysiaAugust 19, 2012 at 12:49 PM

    WOW! You need to check out my post that is going to go up on Friday. TBR pile reduction challenge. LOL! I love your new business cards. Great new pile of books. I'm jealous!!!

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  6. MarAugust 19, 2012 at 1:28 PM

    OMG amazing haul!I seriously envy you! And your business cards are very cute by the way :)
    Happy reading :)

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  7. MorganAugust 19, 2012 at 1:36 PM

    Wow, you got some great books!! I loved Babe in Boyland! It's really cute!!

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  8. UnknownAugust 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM

    Thanks for stopping by my IMM! So many amazing books, can't wait to check out your reviews to see what you thought of them all!

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  9. Robyn @ Robolobolyn's UniverseAugust 19, 2012 at 2:09 PM

    Great mailbox week! I have to admit, I'm kinda jealous over Between the Lines, Babe in Boyland and Dante's Girl. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by my mailbox!

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  10. UnknownAugust 19, 2012 at 2:31 PM

    WOW Great haul! And that bookstore is so cool! I'm so jealous! All we have here is boring Barnes & Noble lol
    Thanks for the shout out! I really hope you enjoy the series! It is so good! Babe in Boyland sounds so fun! And signed! Awesome! I've only read the first 3? I think Stephanie Plum books but I have the series up to around book 14. They are fun. One Day sounds so romantic and I also have A Great and Terrible Beauty I still need to read. I have a few Jennifer Weiner books I need to try too! Thanks for stopping by!!!

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    1. The Romance BookieAugust 20, 2012 at 8:39 AM

      One Day is a GREAT book! Really gorgeous story! I personally, wasn't a huge fan of the movie, but the book was beautiful! :)

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  11. BraidenAugust 19, 2012 at 3:37 PM

    That’s a lot of this books you got! I’m particularly fond of Beautiful Darkness - it made me cry and I’M MALE! Go figure :P Also I still need to get around to the Gemma Doyle trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty) but I hope you enjoy it as I know many do.

    Thanks for dropping by my IMM :)

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    1. The Romance BookieAugust 20, 2012 at 8:41 AM

      Lol, I need to get my hands on "Beautiful Creatures" and read the one first! The series looks really good! And I read "Rebel Angel" the second book in the GD trilogy, and thought it was pretty good, but that was more than 5 years ago. I'm interested to see if/how my opinion changed on the books... :)

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  12. AnonymousAugust 19, 2012 at 8:14 PM

    WOW! So jealous! You got so many great reads and some signed too! Love that bookstore! Enjoy all of your books and thanks for stopping by my IMM! :D

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  13. Montana @ The Book BellesAugust 19, 2012 at 8:45 PM

    Great haul! That bookstore looks so awesome :) Also, Fury looks amazing! I can't wait to hear what you think of it!

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  14. April (BooksandWine)August 20, 2012 at 3:55 AM

    Wow, what a huge, great haul! I am particularly jealous of the signed Meg Cabot books.

    ALSO! Nice job thrifting, you got A Great And Terrible Beauty at a steal of a price. Same with Beautiful Creatures.

    Happy reading :-D

    My Mailbox

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  15. KrystiannaAugust 20, 2012 at 11:27 AM

    Great haul this week! Babe in Boyland sounds pretty good. I really need to get caught up in the Pretty Little Liars series. I've read the first 9. I recently read A Great and Terrible Beauty and I loved it.

    I hope you enjoy your books. :)

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  16. bookworm105August 20, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    Nice! Babe in Boyland sounds awesome. I've heard so many good things about the Caster Chronicles but haven't read it yet. I'm thinking of picking it up soon. And Between the Lines sounds really good.

    Hope you enjoy all and thanks for dropping by my
    HAUL! =D

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  17. JVAugust 21, 2012 at 8:06 PM

    Awesome, awesome, awesome haul! I'm so jealous of your signed copies... and all the swag! Beautiful!

    Enjoy them all! Happy reading!
    Thanks for stopping by.

    Janus @ The Blair Book Project

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