It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet? [7]

I skipped last week because I had family visiting and a book signing to go to, and I honestly forgot about this. Sorry.

"It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet?" is inspired by the #fridayreads 
Twitter meme, Book Journey's "It's Monday! What Are You Reading?", Should Be Reading's "WWW Wednesdays", Tynga's Reviews "Stacking the Shelves" and the various other book haul memes, and probably a few others I can't remember right now.

All covers/book title links lead to Goodreads.

(P.S. What do you think of my new little button ↑ ?)

I haven't gotten very far into it (like only 10 pages), but so far I'm liking it.

I still haven't finished this. And I probably will end up marking this DNF-For-Now.

 

As you'll see in "TBF Left Me Hanging," I just picked this up, and, knowing me, I'll get on another ContempRomance kick after Amy & Roger, so figured I might as well start this before I forget about it.

I still haven't read this, and I ended up *cringe* seeing the movie before reading the book.

Loved. It! Ugh, it was just so good, I don't even know what to say, other than Go. Read. Now.

This book. . .WOW. It was so amazing. I loved it just as much as Grave Mercy, which, while that's what I was hoping for, I didn't think it would happen, because I LOVE court intrigue, and this book focused more on Sybella's feelings than court politics.

(Books/Stuff that came in the mail.)

From Jessica P. via YA Book Exchange
Hidden by Sophie Jordan (ARC)
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans (ARC)

From Barnes & Noble:
Mind Games by Kiersten White

(Books I bought.)

Dance with a Vampire by Ellen Schreiber
Sticky Fingers by Niki Burnham
Sovay by Celia Rees
Summer Boys by Hailey Abbott
Undeadly by Michele Vail
Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter (signed)
Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty

Not Pictured:
Hooked by Liz Fichera

I am so happy about find Dance with a Vampire! Awhile ago I started collecting old editions of books that got their cover changed, and with DwaV I only need to find a hardcover of Vampire Kisses (book 1) to complete my Vampire Kisses collection. Also, I found it when I went to Ally Carter's signing in Lansing (which is how Perfect Scoundrels got to be signed), and I must say, Ally. Is. AWESOME!

This week I've just did a title and link to the various Book News.

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The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White cover reveal on Epic Reads

Divergent #3 by Veronica Roth release date reveal on Divergent Facebook

Teardrop by Lauren Kate cover reveal on Lauren's blog

Snakeroot by Andrea Cremer (NIGHTSHADE #4!!) cover reveal on Bookish

Resist by Sarah Crossan (Breathe #2) cover reveal on Sarah's Twitter

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner cover reveal on Pub(lishing) Crawl and various other blogs

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices #3) trailer reveal on EW's Shelf Life

Exciting Book Stuff! #2

So two AMAZING bookish announcements happened yesterday, and I just about fainted from all the excitement (the fact the I read them within an hour of each other didn't help). (Okay, I didn't come close to fainting, but I was a little lightheaded from squeeeeing.) On to the news!


For the past couple weeks Maureen Johnson, Cassandra Clare, and Sarah Rees Brennan have tweeting about a secret they had. Well, yesterday their secret was FINALLY revealed on EW's Shelf Life. Cassie, along with Maureen and Sarah, will be writing The Bane Chronicles, an e-serialization about Magnus Bane from Cassie's The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. Starting in February '13 one story a month will be released for ten months, and in 2014 all of the parts will be compiled into one print edition. Sarah talks more in-depth about it here.

Now that the important details are out of the way, I can get on with the fangirling. Magnus is my absolute favorite character ever, so I'm beyond excited that this is happening (like, he's my imaginary BFF, that's how much I love him).

Next, the reason I'm posting this today, and not yesterday when everything was announced. Hollywood Crush unveiled the cover for, and details of, Ally Carter's new novella "Double Crossed." The cover reveal's exclusivity ended at midnight, so here it is:

In "Double Crossed," when Macey McHenry (glamorous society girl or spy-in-training?) and W.W. Hale V (heir to an American dynasty or master thief?) meet at a society gala, the party takes a dangerous turn. Suddenly they're at the center of a hostage situation, and it's up to them to stop the thugs from becoming hostile. Will Macey's spy skills and Hale's con-man ways be enough to outsmart a ruthless gang? Or will they have to seek out the ultimate inside girl to help?

YES, Ally is coming out with a Heist Society and Gallagher Girls crossover story! The ebook-only novella comes out on January 22, and takes place in between GG 5 & GG 6. Not sure where it takes place in Heist, but I'm assuming in between books 2 & 3.

I love the cover, I think it's a PERFECT combo of GG's cover design and Heist's cover design. Below are the covers of GG 1 and Heist 1, for comparison.

 

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?