In My Mailbox #10!!

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!!

So I got once again some totally awesome books!!

This was actually also a super great month in great deals on E-books!

I have this policy where I refuse to spend anything over $2.99 on an ebook, why?  Well, because most of the time if the book is over that than it's between $7.99 and $9.99, and once in a while even up to $12.99!  When that's the case, well, I look up how much the hard copy costs on Barnes And Noble online, and usually it's around $10...so instead of paying $7.99 or $9.99 for an ecopy that I will never enjoy looking at the cover, I buy the hard copy that gives me the opportunity to add the book also to my beautiful book shelves! :)

Anyway, to this months books!!!

In Hardcopies:

Bought:
So this month actually I got all the books I bought at Thrift Stores!! :)


From Publisher:
A HUGE THANK YOU to Atria at Simon & Schuster!!  I'm super excited to own a finished copy of Beautiful Disaster and am very excited to read Lone Wolf!!

From Author for Review:




THANK YOU Nancy!!

From Library:
Here they are all! :)

Oh AND I got my Hunger Games dvd a couple of weeks ago!!! :)

The Three Disc Deluxe Edition from Target!! Which looks gorgeous!




OH AND AND!!! Here is something ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY AMAZING!!!!

Thanks to my Blogging Sister over at Little Pocketbooks! who works/ed on two of my absolute favorite TV shows!! This is SUPER AWESOME!!!


  • A Jane By Design Crews Only Jacket!!
  • AND a Switched at Birth T-shirt! 
HOW AWESOME IS THAT??!!!

I am still super bummed that Jane by Design was cancelled, but am also very happy to have a little piece to remember it by! :)

THANK YOU ALYSIA!!!!! :)



Now to the Ebooks:

Bought/Free on Amazon:

10 WeeksA Season of Eden 



 Wicked Werewolf Night (Werewolf Society, #1)Twelve Months 





 Frost Arch (The Fire Mage Trilogy, #1)         Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1) 
Bridesmaid LottoThe Not So Secret Emails Of Coco Pinchard
  

The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)Populazzi
  
  • The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han  (I believe only $2.99 on Amazon too! This book has been catching my attention for YEARS!! Can't wait to find out if it was worth it!)
  • Populazzi by Elise Allen  (Only $2.99 on Amazon! I've wanted to read this one since meeting Elise in February at Passion and Prose! Super excited to!!)
  Glimpse (Zellie Wells, #1)      Grace Doll 

The Trouble With Spells (Of Witches and Warlocks, #1) 


From Netgalley:

Point of Retreat (Slammed #2)Hollywood High 

Broken
Gorgeous Cover!!
The You Know Who Girls: Freshman YearOne Pink Line 

Eve and Adam

Ebooks Won!:

What I Didn't Say


THANK YOU to Jennifer over at Some Like It Paranormal!!

And then last but not least, I also got this gorgeous necklace from Derrolyn Anderson!!

Sorry not a great picture, I know! But pretty necklace!!

And Thanks to Derrolyn I'm actually giving one away right now, with Derrolyn's latest book!
All you have to do is fill out this Rafflecopter here:

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And now to my reviews for this past month!:
  1. The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner 
  2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 
  4. When We Touch (Whiskey Creek 0.5) by Brenda Novak 
  5. Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman 
  6. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer 
  7. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi 
Alright everyone, that's it from me for IMM this month! Can't wait to see what comes in my mailbox next month! :)

The Romance Bookie :)

 


Comments

  1. MorganSeptember 16, 2012 at 9:16 AM

    You got some awesome books!! Enjoy reading them!! :)

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  2. BrittanSeptember 16, 2012 at 9:33 AM

    Great Haul! What I Didn't Say is such a good book! I hope you enjoy all of your books.

    ~Brittan

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  3. DaphneSeptember 16, 2012 at 10:06 AM

    Nice books! :D Shatter Me was amazinnggg! Following you back and happy reading! :

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  4. McKennaSeptember 16, 2012 at 10:08 AM

    Great haul! I agree with you on Shatter Me..sooo amazing! I read My Life in Pink and Green a while ago and remember really enjoying it! Eve and Adam was a bit of a bummer for me...I found the characters really hard to relate to. Hopefully you enjoy it more than me! Enjoy all of your awesome new books and super cool jacket! Happy reading! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

    McKenna @ Young at Heart

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  5. Ashna September 16, 2012 at 10:13 AM

    Great books! :D
    The books from the thrift store seem to be in such a good condition. I find it so hard to get the good ones :| And yeah, Meg Cabot books are overflowing here at thrift stores!

    I love Jodi Picoult. Will look for your review of Lone Wolf.. I want to read it!! :D

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  6. Kris @Imaginary ReadsSeptember 16, 2012 at 10:13 AM

    You have some wonderful books. Under the Never Sky and The Summer I Turned Pretty are two great ones :)

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2012 at 11:41 AM

    So many good books. How To Be Popular is one Cabot book I haven't read yet, but I do want to. I love Meg Cabot! I haven't read Allie Finkle's Moving Day yet, but I did read The New Girl, and it was adorable.

    Love all the Stephanie Plum books! I've read all of them but number 18!

    Happy reading! :)

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  8. Kimberly @ Turning the PagesSeptember 16, 2012 at 5:37 PM

    Great haul! I hope you enjoy all your new reads. I love the Stephanie Plum series by Evanovich!
    Check out my IMM post :)
    -Kimberly @ Turning the Pages

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  9. Liz ParkerSeptember 16, 2012 at 6:11 PM

    I need to not read your blog because now I want to read all these, lol. Lone Wolf was really good (as are all of Jodi's books, plus she's super nice - she's responded to some of my tweets/reviews) and some of the ones you listed I want to read now. My next read is "Becoming Clementine," it's an ARC I got. I have Beautiful Disaster to read as an e-galley too.

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    1. The Romance BookieSeptember 16, 2012 at 6:47 PM

      Beautiful Disaster is super good!! And I'm sorry!! :) lol

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    2. Liz ParkerSeptember 23, 2012 at 8:10 PM

      lol. I have like 10-12 NetGalley books to read ... I don't allow myself to go on that site anymore :P.

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    3. The Romance BookieSeptember 24, 2012 at 7:32 AM

      Yeah I haven't been on the site in a while either haha

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  10. Montana @ The Book BellesSeptember 17, 2012 at 9:14 AM

    I loved Shatter Me and both The Summer I Turned Pretty and What I Didn't Say look amazing! I hope you enjoy all of your books :)

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  11. Melissas Eclectic BookshelfSeptember 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM

    Wow what a haul! Hope you love everything! I can't wait to read Shatter Me...need to get that one soon!

    Thanks for stopping by My Added to the Bookshelf Post!

    ♥ Melissa @ Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf

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  12. AlysiaSeptember 17, 2012 at 12:53 PM

    LOL! Love the shout out! You are so welcomed!
    And girl have you hauled in a ton of books. Lord, when will you have time to get to them all. I have some of these titles on my TBR list too! Great haul!

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    1. The Romance BookieSeptember 17, 2012 at 7:02 PM

      ALYSIA!!! Thank you!! And yes, it's getting quite ridiculous keeping track of them all!!! Especially the scheduled ones!! UGH!! lol :)

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    2. AlysiaSeptember 18, 2012 at 6:31 AM

      Trust me I understand! I think next year I am not going to accept any books for review and only read books I have in the house and NOTHING ELSE! LOL!! We'll see!

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    3. The Romance BookieSeptember 18, 2012 at 7:29 AM

      Yeah I'll be making a couple more changes next year regarding the Romance Bookie :)

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  13. PaigeSeptember 17, 2012 at 4:34 PM

    Lone Wolf sounds pretty good, I hope you enjoy everything you got this week, and thanks for checking out my IMM =D

    Paige @ Comfort Books

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