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September 12, 2010 |

Welcome to this week’s In My Mailbox post! In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren in which bloggers talk about the books they received in the mail or checked out from the library over the week.

For review this week:

Star Crossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Scholastic, available now). Bunce wrote the book A Curse Dark as Gold. I haven’t read it but read a lot of rave reviews of it, but this book sounded a little more up my alley.

Allie Finkle’s Blast from the Past (Scholastic, available now). I have not read any of the entries into this series, but now that my job has expanded to covering more of this age range of reading, you bet I’ll be digging into this one!

From the library:

Same Difference by Siobhan Vivian. Since I really liked Not That Kind of Girl, I wanted to read this one.

H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villaianous Education by Mark Walden. This came highly recommended from a coworker, so I took it home!

What did you get this week?

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September 5, 2010 |

For review this week:

Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry, from Bloomsbury (October 2010). This one’s for a blog tour and Berry’s previous Amaranth Enchantment has been very popular at my library.

Hush by Eishes Chayil, from Bloomsbury (September 2010). Secrets are up my alley. This one’s also for a blog tour.

John Belushi is Dead by Kathy Charles (out now). I picked this up yesterday and finished it. I liked it quite a bit; the review will come soon!

Purchased:

The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger: I LOVED her Three Incestuous Sisters, and since this one’s based on the idea of book mobile of the mind and set in Chicago, I had to buy it!

Borrowed:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Since I’ll never be able to borrow it from a library, I borrowed it from the wonderful Jen Petro-Roy. Thanks for letting me know what the fuss is all about!

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August 29, 2010 |

I had a fantastic week this week when it came to books. Every day was a nice surprise in the mail. As far as books from the library, I suppose I should make my “big” announcement: I’ve accepted a new job and will begin my new life as a Youth Services Librarian next week. I’ve been avoiding checking out books from my current library to avoid the big return at the end, so no check outs this week. You might see a wider spread of reviews in the coming months as I learn the ropes of working with a wider range of youth and better learn the books for younger readers (and of course, teens are still a big part of my new job!).

On to the loot. . .

How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu: An adult contemporary fiction that sounds way different from my current reading but in a really good way. This one is from Riverhead and comes out in October.

Jane by April Lindner: A new take on Jane Eyre (which I read eons ago) that sounds right up my alley. This one is from Poppy and also comes out in October.

Dirty Secret by Jessie Sholl: This is a memoir of hoarder’s daughter. Given how much I adored the fictional take on this issue with C. J. Omololu’s Dirty Little Secrets, you can guess how I am interested in the real story here. This one’s for a blog tour in January, but the book is out by Gallery in December.

Purchased:

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. I have the other two books in the UK edition and bought this one from the UK, as well.

That’s all. I’ve got a few things up my sleeve in the coming weeks, so I’ve been reading like a maniac to get caught up.

What’s in YOUR box this week?

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August 22, 2010 |

My week was quiet on the library front, but I did get a nice box from Scholastic this week which included:

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel, which fits perfectly in my Orange Cover Theme, no?

The Fences Between Us by Kirby Larson. Larson wrote Hattie Big Sky, one of my all-time favorite books. This is part of the “Dear America” series, and it is set in pre-WWII Seattle. Should be great!

Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford. I am SO EXCITED about this one. How to Say Goodbye in Robot was in my top five books for 2009.

From the library, I checked out a couple of things:

Bruiser by Neal Shusterman — I loved Unwind and this one sounded pretty good.

Ivy & Bean (audio) — this one’s on one of Illinois’s middle grade reading lists.

The Giver (audio) — I want to revisit this classic

That’s all! What did you see in your mail box this week?

In My Mailbox (1)

August 14, 2010 |

This is my first In My Mailbox (IMM) post, highlighting the books I received for review this week, as well as some of the titles I checked out from the library. It is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.