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This week I got two books. One in the mail and one from the library.



The one I got in the mail I won from a contest on Holly of Good Golly Miss Holly's blog and it is:



Saving Maddie by Varian Johnson






Joshua Wynn is a preacher’s son and a “good boy” who always does the right thing. Until Maddie comes back to town. Maddie is the daughter of the former associate pastor of Joshua’s church, and his childhood crush. Now Maddie is all grown up, gorgeous—and troubled. She wears provocative clothes to church, cusses, drinks, and fools around with older men. Joshua’s ears burn just listening to the things she did to get kicked out of boarding school, and her own home.



As time goes on, Josh goes against his parents and his own better instincts to keep Maddie from completely capsizing. Along the way, he begins to question his own rigid understanding of God and whether, as his mother says, a girl like Maddie is beyond redemption. Maddie leads Josh further astray than any girl ever has . . . but is there a way to reconcile his love for her and his love for his life in the church?



And from the library I got:



Heartless by Sara Shepard








And I am super excited about this one and not putting a description because of spoilers.





That was my week, can't wait to see what everyone else got!
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So this week I got a couple of shiny new books because it was my birthday on Thursday so the books I got were:



My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey






The Blakes are rather different to your usual neighbours. They are vampires and some of the members of the family date back to the twelfth century. One of the children, Solange, is the only born female vampire known and, as such, she poses a direct threat to the vampire queen. Her best friend Lucy is human, and when Solange is kidnapped Lucy and Solange's brother, Nicholas, set out to save her. Lucy soon discovers that she would like to be more than just friends with Nicholas. But how does one go about dating a vampire? Meanwhile, Solange finds an unlikely ally in Kieran, a vampire slayer on the hunt for his father's killer. (Taken from Goodreads)



and the other book I got was:



The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer








Bree Tanner can barely remember life before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes and unstoppable physical strength. Life before she had a relentless thirst for blood... life before she became a vampire. 

All Bree knows is that living with her fellow newborns has few certainties and even fewer rules: watch your back, don't draw attention to yourself and, above all, make it home by sunrise or die. What she doesn't know: her time as an immortal is quickly running out. 

Then Bree finds an unexpected friend in Diego, a newborn just as curious as Bree about their mysterious creator, whom they know only as "her". As they come to realize that the newborns are pawns in a game larger than anything they could have imagined, Bree and Diego must choose sides and decide whom to trus. But when everything you know about vampires is based on a lie, how do you find the truth? (Taken from Goodreads)





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This week I got a couple of books.  I've already read one of them and the other I'm reading at the moment. The first book I got was from the library and it is:



Losing It by Sandy McKay














Fifteen-year-old Johanna Morrison is in hospital, writing letters to her best friend, Issy. As part of her therapy Jo is not allowed to leave her room, use the phone, have visitors or even wash her hair. Not unless she agrees to eat. But Jo doesn?t want to eat because to her that would mean giving in and losing what little control she has over her life. Jo suffers from anorexia and her condition has reached crisis point. For now, contact with Issy is the only thing keeping her sane. (Taken from Christchurch City Libraries Website) The other book was one I got from NetGalley which is: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa










Meghan Chase has never fit in at her small-town high school, and now, on the eve of her 16th birthday, she discovers why. When her half brother is kidnapped, Meghan is drawn into a fantastical world she never imagined--the world of Faery, where anything you see may try to eat you, and Meghan is the daughter of the summer faery king. Now she will journey into the depths of Faery to face an unknown enemy . . . and beg the help of a winter prince who might as soon kill her as let her touch his icy heart. The Iron King is the first book in the Iron Fey series. (Taken from Goodreads)



That was my week in the way of books.  Can't wait to see what everyone else thinks.



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This week I got one book in the mail and it was for review.  It was:






The Lake by William P. Crawford
After Southern California’s Lake Crowley is split at its foundation by an earthquake, the water becomes an elixir—and a truth serum. As desperate people migrate to its shores to drink from its waters, pandemonium besets Los Angeles and a group of public servants, including the California governor and American president, will be forced to intercede between human nature and Mother Nature.





And that was my week.  I couldn't find a picture and I'm trying to get a lot of reading done for the read-a-thon I am partaking in which finishes in a few hours (for me at least) so I shall be off.  Hope everyone else had a good week in the way of books.
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This week I got three books, all from various sources.  The first book I got was from the library and it is:



Killer by Sara Shepard






Since this is the sixth book in the series I won't post a description but if you click on the title above you can check out its goodreads page.



The next book I got is from NetGalley so it's an e-book.



Dead is Just a Rumour by Marlene Perez










Since this is the fourth book in the series click on the title to be taken to Goodreads if you want to read about the book.



And finally, my boyfriend borrowed this book of someone and so I looked at it and decided to read it.  I'm currently reading it right now and it is sooo funny.



Nightlight : A Parody by The Harvard Lampoon








And thus Belle Goose falls in love with the mysterious and sparkly Edwart Mullen in the Harvard Lampoon’s hilarious send-up of Twilight. Pale and klutzy, Belle arrives in Switchblade, Oregon looking for adventure, or at least an undead classmate. She soon discovers Edwart, a super-hot computer nerd with zero interest in girls. After witnessing a number of strange events–Edwart leaves his tater tots untouched at lunch! Edwart saves her from a flying snowball!–Belle has a dramatic revelation: Edwart is a vampire. But how can she convince Edwart to bite her and transform her into his eternal bride, especially when he seems to find girls so repulsive?  (Taken from Goodreads)





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It has been a while, mostly because I have been away on a month long hiatus and I also haven't really received any books in the mail.  This week though, I got one book and that is:



The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown




What was lost will be found. Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object - gruesomely encoded with five symbols - is discovered at the epicentre of the Rotunda. It is, he recognises, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom. When Langdon's revered mentor, Peter Solomon - philanthropist and prominent mason - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America's most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth. A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight. (Taken from Christchurch City Libraries Website)





I've read the other two books to do with Robert Langdon so I thought I had better get around to reading this one.





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This week I took another trip to the library and got out two more books.  I really can't help myself when it comes to books because there are just so many books I want to read that I go about crazy and start grabbing books left, right and center.  However, the books that  I got this week are:



Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey






'In less than a day I had been harassed, enchanted, shouted at, cried on, and clawed. I'd been cold, scared, dirty, exhausted, hungry, and miserable. And up until now, I'd been mildly impressed with my ability to cope.' A gripping fantasy set on the shifting boundary between what is real and what is legend. Can Ellie discover a power she never knew she possessed? At her boarding school in New Zealand, Ellie Spencer is like any ordinary teen: she hangs out with her best friend, Kevin; obsesses over her crush on a mysterious boy; and her biggest worry is her essay deadline. Until everything changes... In the foggy woods near the school, something ancient and deadly is waiting.



Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern








When her parents confine her to a mental hospital, an overweight teenaged girl, who suffers from panic attacks, describes her experiences in a series of letters to a friend.





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This week I paid a visit to the library, and I wasn't expecting to get any books out but I ended up getting out two books.  They are:



Valiant by Holly Black











Seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City and takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the subway system and have dealings with mysterious creatures.





Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith











When Miranda's guardian angel Zachary recklessly saves her from falling into an open grave and dying, the result is that she turns into a vampire and he is left to try to reinstate his reputation by finally doing the right thing.







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So I haven't done an IMM post for ages but I didn't get anything last week so i'll just share what I got this week which was one book from the library and that is:



Youth In Revolt by C.D Payne








Told as the diary of an oversexed 14-year-old, this three-part comic-novel deals with the usual adolescent bugbears: divorced parents, rebellion, virginity. Set in the cultural wasteland of trailer-park northern California, the episodic plot involves arson, car theft, police brutality and more. Nick tries to win an even more precocious girl his age, Sheeni Saunders, by means of allusive letters and screwball schemes which eventually backfire.





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This week is my last In My Mailbox for a month, you'll find out why tomorrow. Anyway, this week I got one book and it was from the library and it is:



Killer by Sara Shepard








In picture-perfect Rosewood, Pennsylvania, ash-blond highlights gleam in the winter sun and frozen lakes sparkle like Swarovski crystals. But pictures often lie— and so do Rosewood's four prettiest girls.

Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily have been lying ever since they became friends with beautiful Alison DiLaurentis. Ali made them do terrible things—things they had to keep secret for years. And even though Ali was killed at the end of seventh grade, their bad-girl ways didn't die with her.

Hanna's on a mission to corrupt Rosewood's youth, starting with a very attractive sophomore. Aria's snooping into her boyfriend's past. Spencer's stealing— from her family. And pure little Emily's abstaining from abstinence.

The girls should be careful, though. They thought they were safe when Ali's killer was arrested and A's true identity was finally revealed. But now there's a new A in town turning up the heat. And this time Rosewood is going to burn.





I also got a couple of secret items which will be revealed tomorrow too. 





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This week was quite a good week for me in the way of books because I got two very awesome books and I didn't go crazy at the library or anything.



The books I bought this week were:
Firespell by Chloe Neill










As the new girl at the elite St. Sophia’s boarding school, Lily Parker thinks her classmates are the most monstrous things she’ll have to face…
When Lily’s guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So was St. Sophia’s. Lily’s ultra-rich brat pack classmates think Lily should be the punchline to every joke, and on top of that, she’s hearing strange noises and seeing bizarre things in the shadows of the creepy building. 



Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten








Nina was beautiful, artistic, wild . . . and adored by her younger sister, Ellie. But one day, without any warning, Nina disappeared. 

Two years later, Ellie can't stop thinking about her sister. Although everyone else has given up hope that Nina will return, Elile just knows her sister is out there, somewhere. If only Ellie had a clue where to look. 



And that was my week in the way of books.  Can't wait to see what everyone else got.
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This week I ended up having a big week in the way of books.



I won from Jenny at Wondrous Reads:



The Dresskeeper by Mary Naylus







When 13-year-old Picky's Mum forces her to look after Gran, who has dementia, she is accidentally locked in Gran's dusty old attic. There she finds a chest full of old clothes, and tomboy Picky is forced to don what appears to be a ball-gown when the freezing night temperatures hit. As soon as the dress is pinned together, Picky is transported back to the year 1700, where a man who appears to know her as Amelia is trying to kill her. Managing to get the dress off just in time, Picky returns to the present with the dress covered in blood. Did the man kill the girl called Amelia? Will wearing the other dresses in the chest take her back in time too? And will she be in danger again should she try it?



A gift from a friend:



Dead Until Dark by Charlene Harris








Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn't date much because of her "disability" to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's the type of guy she's waited for all of her life, but he has a disability, too--he's a vampire with a bad reputation. When one of Sookie's coworkers is killed, she fears she's next. 





Bought:






Betwixt by Tara Bray Smith










For three teenagers, dark mystery has always lurked at the corner of the eyes and the edge of sleep. Beautiful Morgan D'Amici wakes in her trailerpark home with dirt and blood under her fingernails. Paintings come alive under Ondine Mason's violet-eyed gaze. Haunted runaway Nix Saint-Michael sees halos of light around people about to die. 





Beastly by Alex Flinn







I am a beast.
A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.
You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.
Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.






For Review:
Face of Betrayal by Lis Wiehl and April Henry










Three fiercely smart and devoted justice-seeking women investigate the disappearance of a Senate page connected to a philandering politician.
While home on Christmas holiday, a seventeen-year-old Senate page takes her dog out for a walk and never returns. Reporter Cassidy Shaw is the first to break the story. The media firestorm that ensues quickly ensnares Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce and FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedge . . . who just happen to be Cassidy's best friends. It appears the young page was romantically involved with a senator-a senator now under suspicion for her disappearance.
As time begins to run out for the missing girl, Cassidy, Allison, and Nicole fight to locate her before it's too late, even while each fights her own personal battles-a stalker, single-motherhood, and an abusive relationship.



From the library:



The Secret Year by Jennifer R. Hubbard









Seventeen-year-old Colt has been sneaking out at night to meet Julia, a girl from an upper-class neighborhood unlike his own. They’ve never told anyone else about their relationship: not their family or friends, and especially not Julia’s boyfriend.When Julia dies suddenly, Colt tries to cope with her death while pretending that he never even knew her. He discovers a journal she left behind. But he is not prepared for the truths he discovers about their intense relationship, nor to pay the price for the secrets he’s kept.



And that was my awesome week in the way of books.  Can't wait to see what everyone else got.



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Last week I had a huge week in the way of books.  This week fortunately things slowed down quite considerably.

I did get a couple of things in my mailbox but not at the house I'm currently at, so I'll be able to show off those things next week.

I also got some more secret items which I can't reveal yet but all in good time.





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Last week I had a really quiet week in the way of books and this week definitely made up for that.



I got two books in the mail. One that I got as a late Christmas Present which is:



The Hollow by Jessica Verday



When Abbey’s best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead…and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey has never felt so desperately alone. Then she meets Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen’s funeral, and keeps reappearing in Abbey’s life. Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he’s the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again...but also special.







I also got a book that I won in a contest from Kristen at Bookworming in the 21st Century and it is:



The Dark Divine by Bree Despain









Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared--the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in his own blood--but she has no idea what a truly monstrous secret that night held.





I also got a few books from the library. I went a little crazy at the library. ADVANCED WARNING: Some of the descriptions may contain spoilers.



And they are:



Flawless by Sara Shepard






The four bad girls at the heart of the Pretty Little Liars series are no strangers to trouble. Now in this second title, someone named RAS is taunting them with words that could bury the girls alive with the truth.



Unbelievable by Sara Shepard



Four girls living in a wealthy suburb discover the identity of a stalker who has been sending them shocking text messages, and uncover the mystery of who killed their childhood friend.






Perfect by Sara Shepard



After their missing friend's body is found and another of their friends commits suicide, four former best friends live in fear of their secrets being exposed by someone who is stalking them via their cell phones.






Wicked by Sara Shepard


The stalker's identity has finally been revealed but high school juniors Spencer, Emily, Hanna, and Aria seem condemned to repeat the past as they resume their unrepentant ways.




I also got something else in the mail, something bookish but I can't disclose what it was yet because it is for something coming up later.




And that was my week. Can't wait to see what everybody else got.
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