Showing posts with label Shoved Through My Mailslot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shoved Through My Mailslot. Show all posts

Monday, September 3, 2012

Shoved Through My Mailslot #10

Shoved Through My Mailslot is a bi-weekly meme here at A Book Lover's Ramblings, it's purpose is to showcase all the books (or bookish items) I got in the mail or bought over a two week period.

So sorry I'm late, you guys. I totally forgot about posting this week, because my calendar alert is automatically set for next week. Anyway, today's STMM is going to go a little different. Instead of spitting up the weeks, they are all going to be lumped together, with the only categories being Mail, Bought, and Swag. Yes, swag has it's own category because I got A LOT of it this past week. On to the pictures!

Mail
First, Just for Fins, Wake, and Tempest Unleashed came signed from Melania who runs Fangs, Felines, Fins, & Fun Fiction. Her two-year blogoversary was a couple of weeks ago, and she was giving away 2 prize packs, the 1st of which I was lucky enough to win.

Next, on Tuesday I went to B&N for Starling, among others, but they didn't have it, so I ordered it to be sent to my house. It came on Friday.

Also on Friday, I received Claire de Lune from Amber at Me, My Shelf, and I via the ARCycling program.


Bought
This is the reason I lumped everything together this week. I went to NYC two weeks ago, and came back with Rift, Throne of Glass, Bitterblue, Origin, Scarlet, Lips Touch: Three Times, Palace of Stone, Dance with a Vampire, Vampire Kisses, Nocturne, Echo, and Ascendant. Rift, Throne of Glass and Bitterblue are signed copies I got at the amazing Books of Wonder. I picked up Palace of Stone at Crawford Doyle Booksellers, and the rest I got at the Strand.

As soon as I got back from New York I went up to my aunt's house, and while up there we went to Books-A-Million, where I bought Onyx and Fathomless.

The day I got back from my aunt's(Tuesday) I went to B&N. I picked up Foretold, Innocent Darkness, Glitch and The Iron Legends.

Last but not least, on Thursday I drove with my cousin down to Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, IL for the 5 Great Reasons to Read event with Susan Dennard, Leigh Bardugo, Dan Krokos, Erica O'Rourke, and Veronica Roth. New Leaf Literary Agency, who represents all the authors, had exclusive content for anyone who bought 2 books for the event through Anderson's, so I bought Bound and False Memory.


Swag
Last week I entered in a photo contest Suzanne Lazear had for Innocent Darkness, so she sent me the ID postcard in the upper right corner, as well as the 2 bookmarks directly below it and a signed bookplate (not pictured).

Everything else came in the package of books Melania sent me (mentioned earlier).

 All of this swag came from the 5 Great Reasons to Read event I went to. The booklet and the Grisha poster was the exclusive content you received if you purchased 2 books trough Anderson's. There were two different posters available, First Army and Second Army, and I was given Second Army while my cousin got First Army (can be seen here). Veronica had faction temp tattoos as swag, while Dan and Erica had bookmarks, and Leigh had special Shadow & Bone nail polish. Susan offered up character cards and bookplates, but I had gotten all that at her signing in Grand Rapids at the end of July.

Now do you see why I split it up differently? :D
What did you get shoved through your mailslot in the past two three weeks?
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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Shoved Through My Mailslot #9

Shoved Through My Mailslot is a bi-weekly meme here at A Book Lover's Ramblings, it's purpose is to showcase all the books (or bookish items) I got in the mail or bought over a two week period.

Last week: Mail
I got nothing in the mail.

Last week: Bought/Received
On Tuesday, I went with my cousin to Schuler's Books in Grand Rapids for Anne Greenwood Brown and Susan Dennard's signing. While waiting for the event to start I browsed the used books section and came across a whole set of the Study books, as well as Prophecy of the Sisters. I also picked up The Goddess Legacy.

As previously stated, I went to Schuler's for Anne Greenwood Brown and Susan Dennard's signing, so I got their books, Lies Beneath and Something Strange and Deadly, as well as some swag.


This week: Mail
  
A couple weeks ago, I entered in Meagan Spooner's Sky's The Limit giveaway, and I won this signed and personalized Skylark postcard.

This week: Bought/Received
While at Sam's Club, I came across The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales, and I just had to get it.

On Thursday, my cousin Amanda found out that Jim C. Hines was going to be in Grand Rapids that evening to launch his new book, Libriomancer. We worked things out so we could go to the event, and go we went. (I totally didn't mean to rhyme there)

Yesterday, Susan Dennard had a signing in Holland, which Amanda and I went to, even though we had just seen her the week before. After we unveiled a secret project we were working on, and talked with Susan for about a half hour, she gave us these "Aim for the Knees" t-shirts. (Our project can be seen here, and on Tea for Three, hopefully soon.)

What did you get shoved through your mailslot in the past two weeks?
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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Shoved Through My Mailslot #8

Shoved Through My Mailslot is a bi-weekly meme here at A Book Lover's Ramblings, it's purpose is to showcase all the books (or bookish items) I got in the mail or bought over a two week period.

Last week: Mail
Rebel came from The Book Depository on Monday.

On Friday, the YA Saves shirt I ordered from DFTBA Records came.

Also on Friday, the books I ordered from Oblong Books & Music came. Last Sunday, Cassandra Clare, Holly Black, and Sarah Rees Brennan had a signing at Oblong in Rhinebeck, NY, and I pre-ordered signed and personalized copies of City of Bones, City of Ashes, Red Glove, The Demon's Lexicon, and The Demon's Covenant.


Last week: Bought
When I went to my local indie, The Bookman, I was pleasantly surprised to find that they actually had a YA section, and it was stocked with fairly-new releases. I picked up Before I Wake, and Cleopatra Confesses, which I think sounds really interesting.

I again stopped in The Bookman, and picked up Uncommon Criminals, because I had just finished Heist Society.

On Wednesday I went to Barnes & Noble to get A Million Suns, but they didn't have it. Instead they had Endlessly, a week early.

Wednesday I special ordered A Million Suns from The Bookman, and it came in on Friday, so I went after work to get it.


This week: Mail
At the beginning of the month I ordered The Book Thief, and it finally came on Wednesday.

This week: Bought
Went to Barnes & Noble after lunch today (that's why this post is late—sorry!), and bought Once.

What did you get shoved through your mailslot in the past two weeks?
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Shoved Through My Mailslot #7

Shoved Through My Mailslot is a bi-weekly meme here at a Book Lover's Ramblings, it's purpose is to showcase all the books (or bookish items) I got in the mail or bought over a two week period.

Last week: Mail
The week before, I won an ARC of Fins Are Forever + some Just for Fins swag, and I got it on Monday.

On Tuesday, I received a necklace I ordered awhile ago. The necklace is made from the covers of hardback books, which is why I'm including it in STMM.

Last week I won a signed The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer from Midnyte Reader, and it came on Thursday!

A week or two ago I participated in the #BlueBloodsCoverHunt on Twitter, and I was a runner up so I won a signed copy of Lost in Time. It came on Friday along with some unexpected goodies, two Silver Blood pouches and a poster for Cinda Williams Chima's upcoming The Crimson Crown.

At the beginning of the week I ordered Beauty for reasons I can't remember, but I'm super excited it came.


Last week: Bought
When I went to B&N Tuesday for Team Human they didn't have it in, yet, so I got Journey to the Fringe instead.

On Wednesday, because everyone in my family was off work for Independence Day, we went to Grand Rapids and stopped at Barnes & Noble where I was able to get my hands on Team Human, The Near WitchRuby Red, and a signed The Goddess Test.

Thursday I went, again, to B&N where I got Eve and Juliet Immortal.




This week: Mail
I ordered Finding Sky and Stealing Phoenix a couple weeks ago, and they finally came.

  
For Blood Moon's release Alyxandra Harvey gave away stickers and tattoos to anyone who sent in a picture of themselves with their copy of the book. (Left pic is my entry)

Awhile ago I entered in a giveaway at Mrs. ReaderPants for a signed ARC of Sweet Shadows, and I won. The book came on Saturday.


This week: Bought
I went to Schuler's Books on Tuesday and found Vampire Academy, Shadow Kiss, and The Coffin Club with their original covers in the used books section. I'm so happy I found them! Awhile ago I found VA #2, Frostbite, with it's old cover in my local used bookstore, and have been looking for VA and SK ever since.

On Friday I went to Barnes & Noble and bought Heist Society and the House of Night: Legacy graphic novel.

  
Saturday I went to my local used bookstore and found Weetzie Bat and Kiss of Life.

A very large haul for the last two weeks. Wasn't expecting it to be this big. :D
What did you get shoved through your mailslot in the past two weeks?
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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Shoved Through My Mailslot #6

Shoved Through My Mailslot is a bi-weekly meme here at a Book Lover's Ramblings, it's purpose is to showcase all the books (or bookish items) I got in the mail or bought over a two week period.

Last week: Mail
I'm apart of the Just for Fins "Splash Team", so Tera sent me bookmarks and tattoos to hand out and spread the word about Just for Fins. I also got a Splash Team Official Member pin.

Last week: Bought
  
Went to B&N on Tuesday to get Blood Moon for a contest the author, Alyxandra Harvey, was having. (I mean, the contest is why I went on Tuesday, instead of Thursday, when I get coupons.) While I was there I decided to also pick up Siren.


  
I went to a flea market on Sunday, and at the book tent I found a brand-new copy of The Hobbit and a slightly-used copy of A Game of Thrones for only $5, so I just had to get them.



This week: Mail
I ordered Fins Are Forever because I wanted to be able to go straight from ending Forgive My Fins to starting Fins Are Forever. When I was taking the pictures for this post, I took FAF's dust jacket off, only to discover that there were TWO jackets on it, both for FAF (below).

This week: Bought
I didn't buy any books this week.

I had a pretty good two weeks, though I suspect the next STMM will be packed full. :D
What did you get shoved through your mailslot in the past two weeks?
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