Hi peeps! Did you miss me last week? I was at Denver Comic Con all last weekend, and was (am) still recovering from BEA week so I decided to lay low and not post a “Sunday Post” last week. Sorry about that! This week’s will be a bit long since I’ll be covering 2 weeks…
Weekly News
In case you missed out, here’s a list of posts for the week of July 11, 2012:
- Interview with Kim Purcell, author of TRAFFICKED
- Top Ten Books I’d Recommend As Good Beach Reads
- My WoW Pick of the Week: What Happens Next
- Audiobook Review: READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline (so much love for this book!)
- Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- Recap: BEA Bloggers Conference 2012
Book Haul
(aka Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews)
I have a HUGE fantastic book haul to share with you, since this is a rack up books I’ve received in the past 3 weeks, including my BEA haul! I’m sorry for not including the book covers for all the books in this haul… but I simply don’t have the time right now. OK, so here we go…
First, in case you haven’t heard, Diana Peterfreund has released a prequel novella called Among the Nameless Stars and it’s FREE on EpicReads! I’m so excited to read For the Darkness Shows the Stars so I was excited to find out about the prequel – I LOVE novellas!
I had a fantastic couple of weeks on NetGalley, thanks so much to the publishers for these titles:
- Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill
- Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo
- Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett
- Every Day by David Levithan
Many thanks to Brilliance Audio for sending me an AWESOME package of audiobooks last week! It included:
- Letters to Elise (My Blood Approves prequel) by Amanda Hocking
- The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg
- Draw the Dark by Ilsa J. Bick
So, I went to the library earlier this week to drop off a book and found myself in the audiobook section. I’m proud of myself for walking out with only 2 audiobooks! I picked up:
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
- Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
Last but not least, here, finally, is a list of the books I received from BEA! I debated doing a vlog, or a slideshow, or something creative but yeah… that never happened. These are in no particular order.
Books from BEA:
- Rift by Andrea Cremer (ARC, personalized)
- The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa (Hardcover, personalized)
- Matched by Ally Condie (Paperback)
- When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle (Hardcover, signed)
- Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Paperback, personalized)
- Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout (ARC)
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (ARC)
- The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielson (Hardcover)
- The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova (Hardcover, signed)
- TEN by Gretchen McNeil (ARC, personalized)
- Black City by Elizabeth Richards (ARC)
- False Memory by Dan Krokos (ARC)
- The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver (ARC)
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (ARC, personalized)
- The Curiosities by Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff (ARC, personalized by all!)
- Fathomless by Pearce Jackson (ARC)
- Every Day by David Levithan (ARC, personalized)
- Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr (ARC, personalized)
- Beta by Rachel Cohn (ARC)
- The Diviners by Libba Bray (ARC)
- SKYLARK by Meagan Spooner (ARC, personalized)
- What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang (ARC)
- Venom by Fiona Paul (ARC)
- Scorch (Croak #2) by Gina Damico (ARC)
- The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (ARC)
- The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron (ARC, personalized)
- Return to Me by Justina Chen Headley (ARC)
- Red Rain by R. L. Stine (ARC)
- Soul Screamers Vol. 1 by Rachel Vincent (Paperback, personalized)
- Prodigy (Legend #2) by Marie Lu (ARC)
- Son (The Giver #4) by Lois Lowry (ARC)
- In a Glass Grimmly (A Tale Dark & Grimm #2) by Adam Gidwitz (ARC)
- Origin by Jessica Khoury (ARC)
- After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia by Ellen Datlow (ARC, signed)
- 34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodrigues (ARC)
- Narc by Crissa-Jean Chappell (ARC)
- Breathe by Sarah Crossan (ARC, personalized)
- Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian (ARC)
- Speechless by Hannah Harrington (ARC)
- Gods and Warriors by Michelle Paver (ARC)
- What Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt (ARC)
- A Mutiny in Time (Infinity Ring #1) by James Dashner (ARC)
- The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer (ARC)
- Choke by Diana Lopez (ARC)
- Poison Princess by Kresley Cole (ARC)
- Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger (ARC)
- Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes (ARC)
- The Demon Catchers of Milan by Kat Beyer (ARC)
- Seraphina by Rachel Harman (Hardcover)
- Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler (Hardcover)
- Allegiance (Legacy #2) by Cayla Kluver (Paperback)
- Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart by Sarah MacLean (Paperback, personalized)
- Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner (Paperback, personalized)
- Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (Hardcover)
- Underworld (Abandon #2) by Meg Cabot (ARC)
- Inside (Insider #1-2) by Maria V. Snyder (Paperback, personalized)
- Grim by Anna Waggener (ARC)
- Unsaid by Neil Abramson (Paperback, signed)
- Bad Apple (The Merits of Mischief #1) by T. R. Burns (Hardcover)
- Freakling by Lana Krumwiede (ARC)
- Zoo by James Patterson (ARC)
- The Children and the Wolves by Adam Rapp (ARC)
- Four Secrets by Margaret Willey (ARC)
- The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (Paperback, signed)
- Legend by Marie Lu (Hardcover)
- Spellcaster (Spellbound #2) by Cara Lynn Shultz (Paperback, personalized)
- Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone (ARC, personalized)
- Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (ARC, personalized)
- The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (Steampunk Chronicles #2) by Kady Cross (Hardcover, personalized)
Currently Reading
Upcoming
I have a very special post coming this week, my first ever recorded interview… with Ernest Cline, author of READY PLAYER ONE! I had so much fun with this interview and talking to Ernie, I can’t wait to share it with you. I *think* I’ll have it ready by tomorrow (Monday) so be sure to check it out. I will also be posting a couple of reviews, as well as my WoW pick of the week.
In other exciting news, Audiobook Week starts tomorrow! It runs June 25th-29th and will be full of audiobook discussions, recommendations, and prizes! Jen @ Devourer of Books is hosting, and I’ll be helping out here and there. I hope you join us!
Have a great week!
Twitter: kimbacaffeinate
says:
Holy Moly cupcake..what a haul and exciting time you have had both on the blog and out and about! I am looking forward to your recorded interview with Cline and am drooling over your haul from BEA. I am attending next year and will be seeking advice from you later..LOL Glad to have you back! Thanks for being a part of the Sunday Post and yes you were missed!
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Twitter: rtgr_thetasigma
says:
Holyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…*Faints*
That is a serious haul there.
There’s very little I can say in the face of such a sized haul other than… Enjoy your reads!!!
PS – Interested to hear your thoughts on Throne of Glass – I’ve just put it on to my “To Buy” list.
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Twitter: NinaReads
says:
I will definitely be listening to your interview with Ernest Cline! I was supposed to do one with him the day after his signing in Boulder, but I was so caught up with work that I ended up having to cancel..:)
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Wow — awesome week! So many great books and posts — it’s hard to pick just one to comment on. I’m excited to read your interview with Ernest Cline! I just finished Ready Player One last week and LOVED it!
Hope you have another great week!
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Holy monkey of a haul from BEA! I’m jealous of many of those books, especially Raven Boys! Enjoy them all 🙂
Twitter: LanaKrumwiede
says:
Hi! So thrilled to see FREAKLING among your BEA grabs. I hope you enjoy it!
Also, READY PLAYER ONE is a personal fave.
Lana Krumwiede
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Amazing haul! I can’t wait for Prodigy to come out. Legend was absolutely amazing and unique.
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