In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox: 11/6/2011

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren that lets book bloggers and book lovers get a peek at some of the goodies that are floating around out there.

The book buying ban I mentioned in last weeks IMM continues this week. So far, it’s been pretty successful but I did stray from the ban a little bit due to an author signing at the library yesterday. Being that the authors are tied to the community, I really couldn’t resist. At least I managed to keep to the ban as well as I could, with only one purchase. I’ll share more about the event in a few days. I hope the pics turned out.

I’m having a super-sized fan-girl moment because one of the books I received is from the most amazing author ever…Jordan Dane. (Sighs) She is too awesome for words. If you haven’t read In The Arms Of Stone Angels then shame on you because it is so good.

Here’s what I found in my mailbox this week.

On A Dark Wing by Jordan Dane
For Review & Blog Tour

“The choices I had made led to the moment when fate took over. I would learn a lesson I wasn’t prepared for.
And Death would be my willing teacher.”

That Boy by Jillian Dodd

One boy will give me my very first kiss.
One boy will teach me to make out.
One boy will take me to prom.
And finally, one boy will ask me to marry him.
They will both be my best friends.
But only one of them will be the boy I fall in love with.
Only one of them is That Boy.

  The Betrayals of Grim’s Peak
by Sean Quirk

Augustus Tomlin is found floating face-down in the waters just off the Florida coast when he is just a year old. He spends most of his young life trying to overcome a paralyzing fear of water, and when his adoptive parents bring back to the Keys, his life changes forever after a ferocious attack by several nightmarish creatures waiting for him in a cove, and a daring rescue by a girl riding a massive sea creature that resembles a dragon.

The Ultimate Sacrifice by Talia Jager
The Gifted Teen Series #1

Kassia is a 16-year-old girl just trying to have a normal life. This is somewhat difficult because she has the ability to inflict pain on others with her mind, which is why she was sent to a special institute for kids with various gifts. It is here Kassia met her best friend Mira.

Their lives will change forever after Mira is attacked and Kassia finds out her talent is much more powerful when she saves her. Little did she know that this act would attract the attention of demons.

  H10N1 by M.R. Cornelius
For review from author

A deadly influenza virus rages out of control. There is no easy-fix vaccine. No eleventh-hour containment. Only death.

From the Realm Beyond
by John V Konior & Ted J Konior
Grabbed a copy at the library book signing

A serial killer thought to be severely mentally afflicted is committed to the town’s State mental institution. A bizarre series of events and horrible murders occur shortly after his institutionalization making his doctor, the caring Maria Paxton, suspect that her patient’s problems could be deadly serious. Although she refuses to believe in the supernatural, the nature of continuing events causes her to realize that the serial killer is possessed.

 
  Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
Gone with the Respiration Series #1
Borrowed from the Library

Love can never die.

Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie?

Tiger’s Voyage by Colleen Houck
Tiger’s Series #3
Borrowed from the Library

Kelsey Hayes pushes through the pain of lost love and strengthens her friendship with Kishan. Despite his strong feelings for her, Kishan has agreed to be her ally in helping her reunite with the man she still loves. Together, they seek to help Ren regain his memory and begin the search for the third magical gift—an object of power that will help break the curse that causes them to live part of their lives as tigers.

 

That’s my haul for this week. What was in your mailbox?

A Hauntingly Creeptastic In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren that lets book bloggers and book lovers get a peek at some of the goodies that are floating around out there.

Halloween is upon us and, fittingly enough, our mailbox was crammed with witches, vampires, and a ghost dressed in blood, along with a few other non-supernatural goodies.

Check out what our zombiefied mailman left for us this week.

Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Review copy courtesy of Macmillan Audio
Razorland Series #1

In Deuce’s world, people earn the right to a name only if they survive their first fifteen years. By that point, each unnamed ‘brat’ has trained into one of three groups–Breeders, Builders, or Hunters, identifiable by the number of scars they bear on their arms.

 

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Review copy courtesy of Macmillan Audio
Sky Chasers Series #1

What if you were bound for a new world, about to pledge your life to someone you’d been promised to since birth, and one unexpected violent attack made survival—not love—the issue?

  Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendare Blake
Anna Series #1

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.
Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay.

  American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout

He’s the good kind of vampire. Sort of.
Buried in the Heartland is a town that no one enters or leaves. Graf McDonald somehow becomes its first visitor in more than five years…and he was only looking for a good party. Unfortunately, Penance, Ohio, is not that place. And after having been isolated for so long, they do not like strangers at all.

  Dark Awakening by Kendra Leigh Castle
Dark Dynasties Series #1

Enter the world of the Dark Dynasties…
For centuries, shapeshifting vampire Tynan MacGillivray has prowled the night as an outcast, valued only for his ferocious hunting skills. When a feud among the immortals escalates into all-out war, he is ordered by his ruthless queen to locate a Seer-a human woman with a special gift-who can secure victory for their clan. Will a vampire’s vow of eternal protection stop these evil forces . . . or unleash her dark destiny?

  Blood of the Wicked by Karina Cooper
Dark Mission Series #1

When the world went straight to hell, humanity needed a scapegoat to judge, to blame . . . to burn.
As an independent witch living off the grid, Jessie Leigh has spent her life running, trying to blend in among the faceless drudges in the rebuilt city. She thought she was finally safe, but now she’s been found in a New Seattle strip club—by a hard-eyed man on a mission to destroy her kind.

  Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
Kate Daniels Series #5

Plagued by a war between magic and technology, Atlanta has never been so deadly. Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job. Kate Daniels may have quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but she’s still knee-deep in paranormal problems. Or she would be if she could get someone to hire her. So when Atlanta’s premier Master of the Dead calls to ask for help with a vampire on the loose, Kate leaps at the chance of some paying work.

  Devil Without a Cause by Terri Garey
The Devil’s Bargain Series #1

Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.
Temptation and seduction are the tricks of the Devil’s trade, and when offered the chance to regain his wings by playing guardian angel, he’s hell-bent on doing things his way…

  Born At Midnight by C.C. Hunter
Won from Cinnamon @ A Thousand Little Pages
Shadow Falls Series #1

One night Kylie Galen finds herself at the wrong party, with the wrong people, and it changes her life forever.  Her mother ships her off to Shadow Falls—a camp for troubled teens, and within hours of arriving, it becomes painfully clear that her fellow campers aren’t just “troubled.”

  Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper
Won from Cinnamon @ A Thousand Little Pages

Grace Parkes has just had to do a terrible thing. Having given birth to an illegitimate child, she has travelled to the famed Brookwood Cemetery to place her small infant’s body in a rich lady’s coffin.

  Jenna and Jonah’s Fauxmance by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin
Won from Cinnamon @ A Thousand Little Pages

Fans of romance don’t need to look any further than the fauxmance brewing between teen idols Charlie Tracker and Fielding Withers-known on their hit TV show as Jenna and Jonah, next-door neighbors flush with the excitement of first love. But it’s their off-screen relationship that has helped cement their fame, as passionate fans follow their every PDA.

 

In My Mailbox: We’re Bonkers for Books

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren that lets book bloggers and book lovers get a peek at some of the goodies that are floating around out there.

We’re bonkers for books and our mail carrier is probably tired of seeing our address on packages this week…er…any week. LOL But really, we have a ton of books to share with you raving bookaholics. It’s a good thing we keep such good company and it’s a bonus that you guys and gals feed our addiction. Our IMM this week is 50% bookish dream and 50% bookish nightmare. We received so many awesome titles from fellow bloggers, each one causing us to dance for joy after unwrapping the awesomeness. Now I’m clearing off my shelves to make room. Yikes! What ever will we do with all those books? Maybe we’ll pass them on to some of you. So let’s get to the monstrous IMM shall we?

The Cursed Man by Keith Rommel
For Review from the Author

Tells the story of Alister Kunkle, a patient at Sunnyside Capable Care Mental Institution. Alister has been in seclusion for the last 25 years having no contact with the staff or the outside world…the reason for this is that anyone who communicates with Alister dies within the day, for he is the Cursed Man.

No One Heard Her Scream by Jordan Dane
From Paperback Swap

Burdened by grief, she hunts a killer and a seductive stranger shadows her every move.

 
  Forever by Maggie Stiefvater (ARC)
Wolves of Mercy Falls Series # 3
Won from Nicole @ Tribute Books

When Sam met Grace, he was a wolf and she was a girl. Eventually he found a way to become a boy, and their love moved from curious distance to the intense closeness of shared lives. The past, the present, and the future are about to collide.

TTFN by Lauren Myracle
Won from Mandy @ Literary R&R

After everything they’ve been through together, Angela, Maddie, and Zoe know they’ll be friends till the end–but sometimes the fates (or parents) have other plans.

 
  Signs of Martha by Sarah Raymond
Won from Christie @ Fiction Enthusiast

Dreams are like cucumber blossoms: highly delicate and embarrassingly loud in colour.
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Seven Kingdoms Series # 1
Won from Ashley @ Bookaholics Anonymous

Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight–she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with extreme skill.
 
  Deadly Little Secrets by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Touch Series # 1
Won from Ashley @ Bookaholics Anonymous

Some secrets shouldn’t be kept.
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Hush, Hush Series # 1
Won from Ashley @ Bookaholics Anonymous

A Sacred Oath

A Fallen Angel

A Forbidden Love

 
  The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
Peeps Series # 2
Won from Ashley @ Bookaholics Anonymous

Strange things are happening: old friends disappearing, angels (or devils)clambering on the fire escapes of New York City. As the city reels under a mysterious epidemic, three combine their talents with a vampire. Will their music stave off the end? Or summon it?

Night Veil by Yasmine Galenorn
Indigo Court Series # 2

Eons ago, vampires tried to turn the dark Fae in order to harness their magic, only to create a demonic enemy more powerful than they could have imagined.

  Shadow Fall by Erin Kellison
Shadow Series # 2

Sacrifice…Mystery…Shadow…Wolf

Custo Santovari accepted pain, blood, even death, to save his best friend. But a man with all his sins just isn’t cut out to be an angel.

Everdark by Elle Jasper
Dark Ink Chronicles Series # 2

Curse the darkness…before it curses you.

Tattoo artist Riley Poe thought she knew Savannah’s shady side…

Long used to taking care of herself, Riley has trouble asking for help, even from the powerful vampire she loves.

 
  Dark Nights, Dark Dreams by Savannah Russe
Sisterhood of the Sight Series # 1

Four extraordinary women with amazing psychic talents. A highly specialized team with one purpose: Solve crimes so terrifying they seem out of this world.

Jaclyn the Ripper by Karl Alexander

After H.G. Wells met Amy Catherine Robbins, the love of his life, and banished the serial killer to the indefinite future, H.G. and Amy returned to 1893 London, believing they could live happily ever after.

But that wasn’t the end of the story.

 

What awesome goodies did you find in your mailbox? Share the goodness with us so we can add your favorites to our reading list.