The Book Lode (21)

Yes, it's another book haul finally! Here are some of the books I've gotten over the past few months. I'm linking up to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews.


Books for review:

Hexed by Michael Alan Nelson (unsolicited)
The Lake House by Kate Morton
The Year We Fell Apart by Emily Martin

Thanks to PYR Books and Simon & Schuster Canada for the review copies!

Books purchased:

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney
Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan
The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler
Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama
Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo
The Art of Secrets by James Klise
The Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson

The Book Lode (20)

It's been forever since I've done one of these! Here are some of the books I've gotten in the past 6-7 months. I'm linking up to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Books for review: (unsolicited)

Empress of the Sun by Ian McDonald
Into the Wilderness by Mandy Hager
The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper (adult)

Thanks to PYR Books and Simon & Schuster Canada for the review copies!

Books purchased:

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
The Guest List by Melissa Hill (adult)
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Julian Game by Adele Griffin
Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson (adult)
Boy Meets Girl/The Guy Next Door by Meg Cabot (adult)
Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares
Addition by Toni Jordan (adult)
Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer
Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley Coriell
Rush by Eve Silver

The Book Lode (18)

There are quite a few memes to choose from now for showing the books we've gotten recently, so I thought to be fair I'd link my posts up to a different meme each month. I'm grouping the posts under the name "The Book Lode," and this month I'm linking up to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews.



For review:

Contagion by Tim Lebbon
Hero by Alethea Kontis
Rogue by Gina Damico
The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Stained by Cheryl Rainfield
New Money by Lorraine Zago Rosenthal (New Adult)

Thanks very much to PYR Books, Thomas Allen & Son, and St. Martin's Press!

The Book Lode (15)

There are quite a few memes to choose from now for showing the books we've gotten recently, so I thought to be fair I'd link my posts up to a different meme each month. I'm grouping the posts under the name "The Book Lode," and this month I'm linking up to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews.



You can read my Grave Mercy review here.

For review:

In Search of Goliathus Hercules by Jennifer Angus
Infatuate by Aimee Agresti
What We Become by Jesse Karp
Breath by Jackie Morse Kessler
Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Thanks to Thomas Allen & Son, Hachette Book Group Canada, and St. Martin's Press!

Gifted:

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell
Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard
Reached by Ally Condie

Thanks very much to my parents for these! :)

The Book Lode (11)

There are quite a few memes to choose from now for showing the books we've gotten recently, so I thought to be fair I'd link my posts up to a different meme each month. I'm grouping the posts under the name "The Book Lode," and this month I'm linking up to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews.



Gifted/won:

The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna
Signed Being Friends with Boys bookmark — thanks to Heidi at Bunbury in the Stacks and the author Terra Elan McVoy!

For review:

Scent of Darkness by Margot Berwin (adult/new adult)
Chanel Bonfire by Wendy Lawless (adult memoir)
The Crossing by Mandy Hager
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (adult)

Thanks very much to Random House (Pantheon Books), Simon & Schuster Canada, and Pyr Books!

The Book Lode (10) – Last one of 2012!

There are quite a few memes to choose from now for showing the books we've gotten recently, so I thought to be fair I'd link my posts up to a different meme each month. I'm grouping the posts under the name "The Book Lode," and this month I'm linking up to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews.



Gifted:

The Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti
This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Josepha Sherman
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Thanks very much to my parents and my sister!!

Bought:

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

For review:

The Lazarus Machine by Paul Crilley
Empty by K.M. Walton

Thanks to Pyr Books and Simon & Schuster Canada!

If you watched the vlog, you know I am facing a dilemma: I can keep either Seraphina or Code Name Verity. Which do you think I should pick? Let me know your vote in the comments!

And as bonus fun: here's a vlog of some of my vlog bloopers from 2012. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!

The Book Lode (9)

There are quite a few memes to choose from now for showing the books we've gotten recently, so I thought to be fair I'd link my posts up to a different meme each month. I'm grouping the posts under the name "The Book Lode," and this month I'm linking up to Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

 

For review:

Perry's Killer Playlist by Joe Schreiber
Blind Spot by Laura Ellen
Will Sparrow's Road by Karen Cushman
The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef
London Eye by Tim Lebbon

Thank you Thomas Allen & Son and Pyr Books!

Won:

Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
Wake by Amanda Hocking
Fated by Alyson Noel

Thanks very much to Angela from Reading Angel and the bloggers at Girls Just Reading for these giveaway prizes!

The Book Lode (2)

There are quite a few memes to choose from now for showing the books we've gotten recently, so I thought to be fair I'd link my posts up to a different meme each month. I'm grouping the posts under the name "The Book Lode," and this month I'm linking up to Stacking the Shelves, which is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

I'm sick at the moment, so I'm not going to do a vlog this time, but here are the books I've received in the last week:

For review:

The Reckoning by Alma Katsu (unsolicited)

Moonlight and Oranges by Elise Stephens

All You Never Wanted by Adele Griffin (this one's for Psychtember — Adele will be participating again this year! More on the event to come soon, so keep your eyes peeled.)

Thanks very much to Simon & Schuster Canada, Booktrope, and Adele Griffin!

From Netgalley:

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Bought:

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead — which I then took to the signing yesterday!

Richelle Mead did a brief reading from The Golden Lily, answered some Q&As, and then signed books. There was a loooooong line but we waited it out and I got my copies of Bloodlines and Frostbite signed!

Also they had an airbrush tattoist there! Like my pink & gold lily? :)

The Book Lode (1)

There are quite a few memes to choose from now for showing other bloggers the books we've gotten recently, so I thought to be fair I'd link my posts up to a different meme each month. I'm grouping the posts under the name "The Book Lode," and this month I'm linking up to Stacking the Shelves, which is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

This post covers the past three weeks.



Books for review:

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
Poltergeeks by Sean Cummings
The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
The Blessed by Tonya Hurley
Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh
First Comes Love by Katie Kacvinsky

Thanks very much to Hachette Children's Books UK, Strange Chemistry, Simon & Schuster Canada, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt!