It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet? [6]

Okay, this is going up later than usual, because the Book News section is really really really long and I didn't want to do it. (I know, bad me)

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"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.

Uggh! This book!! Almost every page hits me right in the feels. And I LOVE it (most of the time)!

I started this a day before Unravel Me came out and I started that, so I'm not very far yet, but oh my goodness I so badly want Bosque to go away. (Also, I love the book so far.)

I just got an ARC, and I am using all the willpower I have to not start this while I'm in the middle of two other books. So. Hard.

I was kinda meh about this book until I saw the trailer for it (released Tuesday, and included in Book News), and now I'm like, MUST. READ. NOW.

I re-read this for yet another time, and loved it just as much as the first time around! I can't recommend it enough, it's so AMAZING.

(Books/Stuff that came in the mail.)

That's me, trying to look excited for the picture.

Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers (signed ARC)

Dark Triumph came from Robin herself, because I won a trivia contest she held on twitter. (And she's holding another DT contest on her blog, ends Saturday, so go enter!)

(Books I bought.)

Once in a Full Moon by Ellen Schreiber
Torn by Erica O'Rourke
Chime by Franny Billingsley
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster
The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress
Witch World by Christopher Pike

Not Pictured
Salvation by Anna Osterlund

So my local indie was closing one of their stores, and having a big sale to get rid of stock, so I picked up The Friday Society, Witch World, Chime, and Once in a Full Moon at that store. Then I went to another of their stores so I could get Unravel Me and City of a Thousand Dolls, and while I was there I, of course, browsed the used books section and found Torn (which I bought because Susan Dennard rec'd it, and I have the third book sitting on my shelf), and Princess Academy. Then I got Salvation two days later at B&N.

Prepare yourselves, this week brought a bucket and a half of book news. And I put it under a cut, because WOW this section made the post long. (←And it's even longer than when I said that last!)

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?

Shoved Through My Mailslot #4

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.

6 weeks ago: Mail

  

In my STMM #2 post, I showcased a copy of Nightspell I received, but for some reason I didn't include the bookmarks I got along with it. I'm not really sure how I managed to completely forget them (I didn't even take a pic!), but I did, so here they are now.

Last week: Mail

I ordered Immortal Hearts over the weekend, and it arrived on Thursday. I started it Sunday and was able to finish it early on Monday. It was REALLY good.

Last week: Bought

I bought Gilt on Tuesday. Haven't read it yet, but I'm very interested in historical novels, so I hope to soon.

This week: Mail

I didn't get anything in the mail this week :(

This week: Bought

On Wednesday I went to B&N and bought Darkness Before Dawn. I'm reading it now, and I love it!

So it was a very slow two weeks, I'm hoping it will pick up in the next ones.

What did you get shoved through your mailslot in the past two weeks?