IMM #12

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!!

Hey Everyone!!

I got some awesome book this month!!

First off, before I begin, I would just like to apologize that a review hasn't been posted in a while.  I've been rereading a certain series, where a certain (final ;() film is coming out next Friday, and I want to do a conjoined review of all four books right before the movie is officially released! :)  So reviews will start coming again!

So first off for my IMM...

Book I Bought:

Goodwill Haul:

•  Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (I've been wanting to read this series for ages!  I LOVED Louise's Withering Tights, so I'm definitely looking forward to reading this one! :)) (This book honestly looks like it's never been read, and fresh off the shelves at Barnes and Noble, but only a buck at Goodwill!!)
• Nightlight (A Parody) by The Harvard Lampoon (Okay, so I hope you guys all know by now I LOVE The Twilight Saga, but I just want you all to know that I also have a serious sense of humor!  In fact, I also happen to love the parody movie Vampire Sucks, which pokes fun at the first two Twilight films!)
• Three Weeks with my Brother by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks (OMG, you have no idea how stoked on life I was when I saw this book on the Goodwill shelf!! I've wanted to read this one for ages!!) (Bonus: Hardcover!!)
• Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin (SO excited to have found another Emily Giffin book! Plus a gorgeous Hardcover!!)

Bought (from Amazon):

• Homecoming (Avalon High Coronation #2) by Meg Cabot and Illustrated by Jinky Coronado (OMG the SECOND Manga of Avalon High was on clearance on Amazon!!!) (I loved the first one, and have been dying to get my hands on this one!)
• Prom Nights from Hell (Anthology!) (On clearance on Amazon too!! This has stories from some authors including two of my absolute favorites: Meg Cabot (!!!!) and Stephenie Meyer!!!)

Gifted:

•  Shiver Trilogy Boxset by Maggie Stiefvater (SUPER excited about this gorgeous box set!! The teacher I volunteer for, bought me last month the first book in this series, and when she saw this boxset she just bought the whole thing for me! :)  I ended up giving her the other copy of Shiver for her to read)

For Review:

• The Dating Intervention by Lynn Ricci (Signed!!) (this looks super cute!! Can't wait to read it!)

A HUGE THANK YOU TO LYNN!!!

Borrowed:
I borrowed these awesome book from one of my good friends!! :)

• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (OMG I am SO excited to read this one! I LOVED the movie with Kristen Stewart when she was like 13 or something! Such a powerful movie!  I honestly didn't even know this was a book up until a couple of months ago when Kody Keplinger (the author of The DUFF) told me.)
• Bossypants by Tina Fey (Looks hilarious!)
• Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton (Nat, the friend who borrowed me these awesome looking books, has told me some rave reviews on this series, and gave me the first to try, so I'm hoping it will just as awesome as she says they are! :))

My overall hard copy haul:

 With my AWESOME new book ends!! My dad made me these! I bought these giant porcelain (or something close to it) chess pieces at Target for like $2.50, and my dad filled them with concrete for me!  I'm SOOOO excited to use on my new book shelves in my new room! :))

Now to the ebooks:

Bought/Free on Amazon:

 

   

• Collide by Shelley Crane
• Les Miserable by Victor Hugo (For Free on Kindle!!)
• Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer (I've heard some great thing about this one, so I'm definitely looking forward to it! Only $2.99 on Amazon this month!) 
• Beguiled by Shelley Workman

From Netgalley:

   

   

• Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey by Lori Perkins (Editor)
• Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy (A Parody) by William Codpiece Thwackery (Haha another hilarious looking Parody!)
• Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey by Lori Perkins (Editor)
• Who I Kissed by Janet Gurtler
• Rockoholic by CJ Skuse
• The Pretty One: A Novel about Sister by Lucinda Rosenfeld

Swag:

Rachel Harris, the author of My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century, hosted this event called The Flirt Squad! It was super fun, and in the end I did make it to that last level (5th Level), and earned some super awesome prizes, including this swag pack which includes:

• A Signed Rachel Harris Bookplate 
• "Super Sweet" rubber bracelet

• Two My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century trading cards (one has Cat on it, and one has Lorenzo!) 
• a Signed Rachel Harris Bookmark! 
• AND a Temporary tattoo which is the exact design that Cat has tattooed on her hip (I think it was the hip anyway)!

So those are my lovelies for this month! :)

Now to the reviews from this month:

• City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 
• My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris 
• The Reluctant Bachelorette by Rachael Anderson 

 Wow, just realized not many at all this month! So much going on right now with school and moving, so hopefully next month will be much more! :)

ALSO don't forget to enter my current giveaway for your chance to win a Paperback (US only) or an ebook copy (International!) of Christine Nolfi's Second Chance Grill !


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Happy Sunday Everyone! :)

The Romance Bookie :)