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Written by: Kelly on March 6, 2011.

Welcome to another edition of In My Mailbox, a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. This is a weekly look at the items received for review, purchased, or picked up at the library.

For review:

Illusions by Aprilynne Pike: This is the third book in a series, I believe. I haven’t read the first or second ones yet, but I know the covers pretty well.

Blood and Flowers by Penny Blubaugh: I think this one is about fairies. I’ll be passing it on to my book club kids since it’s not really my genre.

Purchased:

The Girl Who Couldn’t Come by Joey Comeau: A collection of short stories about sex. That’s all it is. They’re bizarre and funny and sad. I read this one really quickly and liked it quite a bit.

Fart Party 2 by Julia Wertz: I loved the first one so much that I had to pick up the second edition. So far, it’s not disappointing me!

I Saw You . . . Comics Inspired by Real Life Missed Connections by Julia Wertz: The title pretty much gives the description. I am on a comic kick, actually.

Recovery Road by Blake Nelson: What I am loving about my nook is the ability to have the book when I have the unquenchable desire to read something right now. Friday night I decided I couldn’t wait any longer for the new Nelson book, so I bought it and read it straight through. This is a book about a recovering party girl, Maddie, and the way she beats her addictions. I’ll be reviewing it soon — it is incredible.

It’s Too Late to Say I’m Sorry by Joey Comeau: Another collection of Comeau short stories. I love these so much.

From the library:

Essex County by Jeff Lemire: After the CBC/Canada Reads discussions, this book really piqued my interest. Perhaps it was the drama over the idea of a graphic novel having literary merit or value. This looks really good!

The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter: This creepy looking (in a good way) book is one I want to read for my middle grade book talks and as part of the Cybils reading challenge.

Yummy by G. Neri: This graphic novel is based on the story of Yummy, an 11-year-old in the south side of Chicago who got caught up with the Black Disciples. I read this one in one sitting and know it’ll go over really well in my book talks with the high schoolers.

Comments

  2. I am so jealous that you received Blood & Flowers. It looks like a really great book. i cant wait to hear your review.

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    happy reading!

  7. What a great bunch of books =)
    Hope you enjoy them all, can't wait to see what you think of Illusions!

    Feel free to check my IMM *winks*
    Tynga