Shoved Through My Mailslot #1

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

 

Awhile back I entered in a giveaway author Tiffany Schmidt had to celebrate her new book, Send Me a Sign, getting a cover. And while I didn't win, Tiffany sent me this swag pack for participating in the giveaway. The bookmarks are signed, and the Born Wicked and right Send Me a Sign covers are stickers! I put them on my MacBook (as seen above), along with a The Vicious Deep sticker I got from the author, Zoraida Córdova (but that was back in March).

I also got an ARC of The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting in the mail from HarperTeen. I won the book in a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.

Last week: Bought

  

The Zombies vs. Unicorns anthology edited by Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier came out in paperback at the beginning of the month, and I was finally able to get my hands on it. Included are stories from Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, Diana Peterfreund, Scott Westerfeld, & more. The right pic is of the inside illustration, isn't it cool?

I went up north last weekend and bought The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting, Divergent by Veronica Roth, and Across the Universe by Beth Revis at Books-A-Million.

This week: Mail

I am apart of Bloggers of the Deep, which is the name of the blog tour for The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Córdova. I'm reviewing the book for my tour stop (which is May 22), so the publisher, Sourcebooks Fire, sent me this ARC.

  

I ordered these from The Book Depository last week and they arrived Monday (Gluttony) & Tuesday (Perks). I got Gluttony because I picked up Sloth a couple weeks ago, and decided to started gathering up the series. I also got the UK edition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, because, as I stated in this post, I like the cover better.

This week: Bought

  

Went to Barnes & Noble yesterday and bought Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting, and The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan.

So that's it for the first ever Shoved Through My Mailslot. 

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

I ♥ Trylle

I absolutely love this series by Amanda Hocking!!!! I first really discovered it when St. Martin's Griffin sent me an Advanced Reader's Copy of Switched. Before that the books were self-pubbed e-books, so they were on my to-read list, but pretty low on my want scale (b/c they were e-books, not b/c they were self-pubbed). I loved Switched, and my only disappointment was that, because I read an ARC, I had to wait longer before I could get Torn, which just came out today. I picked up Torn and am about 50 pages in, and so far I love it. I hope to finish it by the end of the day tomorrow, and then the wait for Ascend begins, which comes out April 24. A bonus is that each of the books come with an exclusive never-before-published Trylle short story. Also, aren't the covers just gorgeous!!

Description of Switched:

When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother might have been right.  She’s not the person she’s always believed herself to be, and her whole life begins to unravel—all because of Finn Holmes.

Finn is a mysterious guy who always seems to be watching her.  Every encounter leaves her deeply shaken…though it has more to do with her fierce attraction to him than she’d ever admit.  But it isn’t long before he reveals the truth:  Wendy is a changeling who was switched at birth—and he’s come to take her home.

Now Wendy’s about to journey to a magical world she never knew existed, one that’s both beautiful and frightening.  And where she must leave her old life behind to discover who she’s meant to become…

And if you want, you can read an excerpt of Switched on Amanda's website and Macmillan's website.

*The Amanda Hocking link goes to her website, all other links go to their respective Goodreads pages, with the exeptions of the excerpt links, which go to where the excerpts can be found.*

**Also, WOW! I don't I have included so many links in one post before, EVER! ANYWHERE!**