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Here's what I received over the past week:

Bought:

- Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (Review)
- The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman (Review)

For Review:

From Raincoast Books:

- While He Was Away by Karen Schreck
- The Summer of No Regrets by Katherine Grace Bond

From Hacette Book Group Canada:

- Return to Me by Justina Chen
- Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
- The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze

From Netgalley/Galleygrab:

- When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle
- Timepiece (Hourglass #2) by Myra McIntyre
- Flirting in Italian by Lauren Henderson
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It is designed to put new books on people's radars, and encourage blogger interaction.

You may have noticed I've been a *bit* slack on the blog. Since I've been working it's been a lot more difficult to maintain posts regularly. Major props to those of you who have always been doing it! For some reason when I was in school I had no issues, but after working all day? Totally hard to find the time/energy. But I want to try and change that a bit because I love this blog and it's definitely worth the effort.

With that being said, here are some books from the past month or so:

Bought:

- Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
- The World of Downton Abbey by Jessica Fellowes
- The Calling (Darkness Rising #2) by Kelley Armstrong

- Last Breath (Morganville Vampires #11) by Rachel Caine
- The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

- Darkride by Laura Bradley Rede
- The List by Siobhan Vivian
- A Breath of Eyre by Eva Marie Mont
- Starcrossed (Thief Errant #1) by Elizabeth C. Bunce
- Liar's Moon (Thief Errant #2) by Elizabeth C. Bunce

(Note to Kobo owners: there are coupon codes out right now for 90% off -- welcome90ca & welcome90us. I used them both and they both worked for me, but they have to be on non-agency books (usually smaller publishers). I was also able to use welcome75ca & welcome75us (both for 75% off). One time use only, but they make for REALLY good deals.)

For Review:

From Simon & Schuster Canada:

- Changeling by Philippa Gregory
- Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer

From Razorbill/Penguin Canada:

- Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti

From Hachette Book Group Canada:

- Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls #5) by Ally Carter

From Author:

- Life on the Edge by Jennifer Comeaux
- Clockwise by Elle Strauss

From Macmillan:

- Sapphire Blue (Ruby Red #2) by Kerstin Gier
- Promised (Birthmarked #3) by Caragh M. O'Brien

From St. Martin's Griffin:

- Glitch by Heather Anastasiu

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It is designed to put new books on people's radars, and encourage blogger interaction.

So keep in mind that I haven't done any IMM posts for 2012 at all, so this is basically what I've been collecting since January. There are probably a few more that I forgot to include, as well as eBooks, but considering the amount of books this is mostly just going to be an IMM in pictures. Let me know if you can't read a title and are curious and I'll get you the Goodreads link.

Bought:

For Review:

From Razorbill/Penguin Canada:

From Prometheus Books/Pyr:

From Hachette Book Group Canada:

From Raincoast Books:

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It is designed to put new books on people's radars, and encourage blogger interaction.

Here's what I received during the past week:

Library:

- Wicked Game (WVMP #1) by Jeri Smith-Ready

- Bad to the Bone (WVMP #2) by Jeri Smith-Ready

- Bring on the Night (WVMP #3) by Jeri Smith-Ready

- Falling in Love With English Boys by Melissa Jensen

Won:

From Miriam Forster:

- Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2) by Kiersten White

For Review:

From Razorbill/Penguin Canada:

- The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler

From Anne:

- Loving Emily by Anne Pfeffer

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It is designed to put new books on people's radars, and encourage blogger interaction.

Here's what I received during the past 2 weeks:

Won:

From Ivy & Macmillan --

- Various Positions by Martha Schabas

- Cinder by Marissa Meyer

- Lexapros and Cons by Aaron Karo

For Review:

From Shannon/HarperCollins Canada:

- A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies

- Pandemonium (Delirium #2) by Lauren Oliver [so. excited.]

From Karen/Acacia Publishing:
- Unbreakable Love by Angela Carling [2 copies; going to hand the 2nd one over to Avery for review]

From Crystal/Raincoast Books:
- The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton [not pictured because I'm reading it right now & forgot to include it!]
- Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber
- Tempest by Julie Cross
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- Article 5 by Kristen Simmons [this sounds so good!]
- Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

eARCs:
- Allegiance (Legacy #2) by Cayla Kluver (Netgalley)
- Never Enough by Denise Jaden (GalleyGrab)

Bought:

eBooks:
- The First Time (anthology)
- Untraceable by S.R. Johannes
- Darkest Powers Bonus Pack by Kelley Armstrong

From Book Depository:
- Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi [review here] (Funny story about this one... I ordered the international edition paperback because it was so inexpensive and I had 10% off, so I think I paid 5.09 in total ... got the package last week, and it's the hardcover! So not complaining about that one.)
- Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally [review here]

(Kitties do not look amused at my attempt to include them in my mailbox post. T is too busy pretending to sleep, & C wouldn't look at the camera.)

I can't believe all the amazing books I've received over the past 2 weeks! Thank you to everyone who sent books for review: I feel incredibly blessed.

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It is designed to put new books on people's radars, and encourage blogger interaction.

Here's what I received during the past 2 weeks:

For Review:

• Dark Seeker by Taryn Browning (thanks Taryn!)
• Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Netgalley)
• Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally (Netgalley) -- loved this one!!
• The Christmas Gift by John McDonnel (thanks John!)
• The Traitor in the Tunnel by Y.S. Lee (Netgalley)
• Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta (Netgalley)
• Hallowed by Cynthia Hand (Netgalley) -- reading now
• Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale (Netgalley)
• Golden Blood by Melissa Pearl (thanks Melissa!)
• Moving Neutral by Katy Atlas (thanks Katy!)

Library:

• Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

So many books for review over the past couple of weeks, but I'm so excited for all of them! Can't wait to see what everyone else has in their mailboxes this week. =)

**All book title links lead to Goodreads

In My Mailbox (35) -- Epic Redux

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It is designed to put new books on people's radars, and encourage blogger interaction.

Here's what I received during the past week:

For Review:

• The Rivals (Mockingbirds #2) - Daisy Whitney (thank you HBG Canada!)
• The Water Wars - Cameron Stracher (thank you Sourcebooks!)
• Pure - Julianna Baggott (Netgalley)
• Everneath - Brodi Ashton (Netgalley)
• Under the Never Sky - Veronica Rossi (Netgalley)
• Settling (Solid #2) - Shelley Workinger (Thanks Shelley!)

So excited for these! Already read 'The Rivals', I couldn't resist.

Won:

• Sony Reader (thanks to Word on the Street & especially the lovely Kristen who took time to meet me in Toronto today so I could pick it up)
• My Big Nose & Other Natural Disasters - Sydney Salter (signed copy from Contest Craze; thanks Cindy & Sydney!!)
• Break Away - Tatiana Vila (thank you Candace and Tatiana!)

I knowww, I know, I won 2 different eReaders from Word on the Street. Don't ask me how that happened, seriously. Trying to figure out who to give this one (or my old Kobo) to.

From Ontario Blog Squad Meet Up:

• First Day on Earth - Cecil Castellucci
• The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater
• Bewitching - Alex Flinn
• Purity - Jackson Pearce
• Fever (Wither #2) - Lauren DeStefano (yes, I'm totally freaking out over this one, thanks for asking! ;))
• A Midsummer's Nightmare - Kody Keplinger

• Canadian Living Make it Tonight: Delicious, no-fuss dinner solutions for every cook (yum, some seriously cool recipes in here)
• Scholastic 2012 calendar
• Kobo t-shirt; won in trivia game

& some awesome swag, including...

• Random House Canada mug & pen
• Indigo bag
• Bookmarks, stickers, buttons
• Oh right, and that Divergent bookplate signed by Veronica freaking Roth (!!) ... tres exciting for me since I wasn't able to go to the signing she did earlier this year

Thank you sooooooo (etc) much to the lovely organizers of the blog squad meet up, as well as to the amazing Canadian publishers for providing all the books. It was a fabulous afternoon for so many reasons, but that massive load of amazing books and swag certainly doesn't hurt. ;)

So remember my epic mailbox just a couple weeks ago? Yeah, I did not expect to have another one so soon. Insanity!

**All book links lead to Goodreads