Saturday, April 2, 2011

In My Mailbox #8

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It's a great way to showcase the books you've gotten over the week, whether they are bought, borrowed or free.

Here is what is in my mailbox this week...

This week was a great book week for me! I didn't get much reading done because I was helping at my kids school all week. I did manage to have some free time Thursday morning, and went book shopping with my mommy! I was able to pick up a lot of great reads! Check them out...

BOUGHT:
Iron King | Iron Daughter | Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
I have already read this series, but I had borrowed the first two from the library, and had gotten Iron Queen from NetGalley. I'm excited to add them to my collection!


The Hunger Games | Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
This is another series I had borrowed from the library. My sister picked these up, we already have Mockingjay.
Graceling | Fire by Kristin Cashore
I read and Loved Graceling, but still need to read Fire.


Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
I haven't read this yet, but I'm really looking forward to starting it!

WON:

I had won two giveaways in the past two weeks, and both books came in the mail this week. (Sqeeeee!)

The first book I won from Lori at Pure Imagination, who, come to find out, lives mere minutes from me! It was really great talking to her. If you don't follow her blog already, you totally should!


Dark Mirror by M. J. Putney

The second giveaway I won was a First Reads giveaway from Goodreads that was hosted by the author, T. Lynne Tolles. Along with the book, she also sent some really awesome bookmarks! Check it out...
Somber Island - T. Lynne Tolles

Edited to Add-
I just found out from LadyBugStorytime that B&N.com has Betrayal by Mayandree Michel for 0.99 for the Nook! I'm purchased and am adding that to my list too!

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So that's what is in my mailbox this week. I love all my new books, and look forward to starting all the ones I haven't read yet!!

What's in your mailbox this week?? Leave a comment with your link so I can visit you back! Thanks for stopping by!!

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83 comments:

  1. Wow you got some awesome stuff this week.

    Have a great weekend!

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  2. Lucky week for you!! That's so cool you lived only minutes away from Lori! I follow her blog as well and love it!

    My IMM goes up tomorrow, be sure to stop by!

    Old Follower
    Jessica@a GREAT read

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  3. awesome mailbox christy!! i love the iron fey series, hunger games series and kristin cashore's books too. happy reading :)

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  4. Oh Love your books! I've only read 2 out of all of them (Iron King and Graceling) They are all on my TBR list though lol. The only one I haven't heard of is Somber Island but I'm definitely going to check it out and heading to Lori's blog as well. Happy reading

    as always ♥, Carol

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  5. You got great books this week! I'm jealous :P Enjoy reading those you haven't read! xo

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  6. Wow those are some amazing books! I LOVED the Hunger Games series! And The Iron King looks amazing! Happy reading!

    Here's my IMM if you're interested!

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  7. I love The Iron Fey series too! I had the first two on my nook and the third one I bought a physical copy. So of course that meant I had to buy the first two again for my shelf! I bought Dark Mirror a few weeks ago. I'm hearing mixed reviews on it though, but it seems really interesting. Hope you like it. Enjoy all of the new books!

    Kristina
    http://ladybugstorytime.blogspot.com/

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  8. I haven't read the Iron Fey Series but hoping you'll love it! I've read Fire and Incarceron and really enjoyed both books :D And thanks for sharing about Betrayal,that was on my TBR list. Great IMM Christy!

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  9. Terrific mailbox! Really great books. I love The Iron Fey series and The Hunger Games! Congrats on your win. I've been wanting to read Dark Mirror. I have Somber Island on my Kindle. I love the cover! Cool bookmarks. I'll have to check out Betrayal. Happy reading :)

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  10. I've read all those books you bought except Incarceron. They were all such fantastic reads!

    Chel @ The Procrastinator's Corner

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  11. OOOOH You'll love The Hunger Games!!!!!!!!

    Check out my IMM!

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  12. Hi There,

    You have got some nice books . I have read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire and looovved them. I have Mockinjay phobia at the moment. Last book in series and can't bring myself to read it...lol!!
    I loved the Iron Fey series I though The Iron Daughter the best, so far.


    Michelle

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  13. Awesome books! I liked Fire just as much if not more than Graceling. I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of it! Happy reading!

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  14. =) I need to read the Hunger Games as well are the Iron King Series!

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  15. Wow, you've got some fab books this week! Congratulations on your wins too. It's great when you find another blogger who lives nearby :D

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  16. Some good reads here, I Love the Betrayal Cover :) Im an old follower
    www.thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.com

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  17. Thanks for the thumbs up on Betrayal. I just looked it up on Amazon for the Kindle and found it for 71p. Bargain!

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  18. Great book week - such pretty covers :D
    Hoe you enjoyed helping at the school. Have a great week :D

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  19. I <3 the Hunger Games. I'm very jealous of the stuff you've won! I'll have to go find Somber Island...

    Plasticine and Books (My IMM)

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  20. I really want to read Betrayal. I wish I had a nook :( Oh well, wow. You have an awesome collection of books in your mailbox this week! Absolutely stunning. The Iron Fey series is amazing, as is Graceling and Fire. I thought Fire was even more amazing than Graceling, but both of these books were absolutely wonderful to read. And congrats on completing your Hunger Games collection, that's really a must-have. Damn, you're so lucky to buy all of these in one week! :)

    Take a look at what's in my Mailbox this week!

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  21. I've heard awesome things about The Iron Fey series .. I really have to order the first book !! The Hunger Games is one of my favorites series !! Hoping you'll love all these books !! Happy reading ;)

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  22. Great books! It's always nice to add former library loves to the permanent collection :)

    While I didn't love "Fire" as much as "Graceling," it's still a good book. Can't wait to hear your thoughts!

    I still have to read "Incarceron," too ^^;

    Congrats on your contest wins! I just finished reading "Dark Mirror."

    Ooh, "Betrayal" for 99 cents on nook? *snaps it up* Thank you! I've wanted to read that!

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  23. Love the books! Iron Queen is not available yet here in my country and I am so frustrated. But I did read it already courtesy of NetGalley.

    Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  24. You had a great week!! I like buying books that I have already read, because I still get books, but I don't add to the TBR pile! ;)
    I loved Fire! Maybe even more than Graceling. I can't wait to hear what you think! Enjoy all the new books! And thanks for the link love!! :)

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  25. Good stuff, especially with the giveaways. I have the same issue with library books...sometimes I want to get a copy just for myself. I've been holding off on doing that until I'm in a more permanent residence, though (too much trouble when moving). Enjoy your new books!

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  26. Thanks for stopping by. Thank you for posting about Betrayal! I just snagged my own copy for the Nook. I've got the entirety of the Iron Fey series on my bookshelf, too, but had to stop at reading The Iron King in favor of my library books. Happy reading!

    Marla @ Starting the Next Chapter

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  27. Great mailbox this week! I love the Iron Fey series and Fire and Graceling. Hope you enjoy Dark Mirror - I just read that one last week & thought it was very unique.
    Congrats on your contest wins! Happy reading :)

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  28. Hey Christy
    first of all, thanks for following me, I really appreciate it! :)

    Second, your IMM looks great! I read The Iron King (the others are still to be published in the UK) and Graceling & Fire (they are both amazing, can't wait for Bitterblue).
    Incarceron is in my reading pile, too :)

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  29. Looks like you're hot and heavy with series! :P Betrayal's got a gorgeous cover.

    Here's my IMM.

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  30. Awesome books this week.
    I just need to get the last of the Julie Kagawa books and then I can start reading them.
    Betrayal looked good so I just checked it out on amazon.co.uk and got it for 71 pence. So thanks!
    Loved Graceling but I have yet to read Fire either even though I have a copy somewhere.
    Happy reading.
    Sally.
    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-my-mailbox-13.html

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  31. This is what I love about blogging - you get to meet loads of new blogging friends. I hope you love the Hunger Games series. I have the first of the Iron King ones to read. Just going to add you to my list of blogs.

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  32. Hi Christy! Thank you for stopping by my blog :)
    You got some AWESOME books this week, I'm so looking forward to your review of Julie Kagawa's books, I love the covers! Enjoy the Hunger games, they're great :)
    Following back!

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  33. Congratulations on your wins. I'm so happy for you. Looks like your having a really good mailbox week.

    Happy reading :-)

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  34. Oh my gosh Christy you got so many amazing books this week! The Iron Fey and the Hunger Games series are two of my all time favorites, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! I'll be looking forward to your reviews:)

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  35. Thanks for visiting and following me I'm following you right back. I'm reading Mockingjay right now finally got it from the library. The Iron series looks so great and Graceling and Fire I plan on getting from the library once the third is out. Goodreads is awesome I recently won my second book I'm waiting on it to arrive. I never got any swag with my first win :( so jealous lol

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  36. Love your blog and your books this week. New follower! I'm so glad you stopped by because now I've found another great blog.

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  37. What a terrific absolutely terrific IMM!

    You are so going to love the Hunger Games series. I was a zombie staying up all night just to finish the 3 books! Congrats!

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  38. Some nice books! Love the book-marks!!!

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  39. I bought the rest of The Iron Fey series too. But I got them after I posted this week's IMM so its going to be included in my next one. Congrats on winning Dark Mirror, hope you enjoy it :)

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  40. Hope you enjoy The Hunger Games series, it was awesome! Graceling was pretty good too, but I haven't read Fire yet. Oh, and I've heard that Dark Mirror is really good! Great mailbox!

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  41. Yep! I got Mockingjay! And I read it in a day it was that good. I think out of the 3, the first one was my favorite, but I loved them all!
    And thank you for your comment. :-)

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  42. Got a lot of great books this week:) I've been wanting to read Dark Mirror, can't wait to see what you think of it:) Thanks for stopping by my blog~New Follower

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  43. Whoa, brilliant week! Hunger Games is ah-maz-ing! I hope you love it as much as I did! I loved it so much I forced it onto my friend - literally! ;)
    Brilliant, brilliant! Happy reading!

    Oh, and about those who give us 'you're mad' looks when we say we like YA or Movie tie-ins: Shame on them! They should so read them: they're sooo much better than adult books! (:

    Hope you had a great weekend!

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  44. I'm quite jealous of your mailbox! You got a ton of good looking books this week :D.

    I'm looking forward to what you think about them. New follower, by the way!

    Thank you for your comment on my mailbox, too :)

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  45. Wow great haul this week!
    I love the Iron Fey and The Hunger Games series!
    Enjoy :)

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  46. I love the Iron Fey Series, I bought the books in Ebook format and would really love them in Hardcover to collect them.

    Looks like you had a great week.

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  47. looks like you had a great book week! I hope you enjoy Fire when you get to it, I think I liked Fire better than Graceling! Enjoy and happy reading

    My IMM:http://thebookaddict-melby.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-my-mailbox-4.html

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  48. You have such a great collection there, hope yo love them all!

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  49. I loved The Hunger Games series. I'm glad you liked them enough to buy them! And Fire was sooooo good, can't wait to see what you think of it. I hope you enjoy Dark Mirror! I did, and can't wait for the next in the series, out this fall. Have a great week! :)

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  50. Wow! Great IMM, I've read Graceling, Hunger Games/ Catching Fire and I've got Incarceron on my shelf! All great reads, I hope you enjoy them!

    http://ramblingsofoneinsixbillion.blogspot.com/

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  51. The Iron Fey series is amazing! Enjoy :).

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  52. you have wonderful books this week! awesome! catching fire and hunger games are one of my favorites... AND graceling and fire are also very wonderful books! enjoy reading!

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  53. Wow, you got some great books! I really hope you like Incarceron, I think it was so well written, I really loved it.

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  54. These are all excellent books- the books that you've bought I've read most of them and loved them, so I hope you enjoy them. Congratulations on your win!

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  55. Oh wow, lucky you. *g* I've been wanting to read Incarceron for months, myself. Every time I go into my local bookstore, I oogle that poor book to death. lol. One of these days I'm gonna buy it, I swear. And I've had Graceling and The Hunger Games sitting on my shelf for what seems like ever, now.

    But, this is such an awesome list and you won some amazing things, lucky you. lol.

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  56. Great stuff this week, congrats on the wins and purchases!

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  57. Looks like you had a awesome week. I am sort of on a buying hiatus and its killing me..LOL I just try to look at it as I have a ton of books to read already and I should read some of them first..LOL

    I have The Iron King but not read it, I have Graceling but not read it. Thanks for stopping by my blog today and following me. Will follow back.

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  58. I also bought Graceling and Fire recently thought I must admit I'm more eager to read Leviathan .... :-)

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  59. Great IMM! I really want to read Dark Mirror, LOVE the hunger games series, and hadn't heard of Somber Island. Thanks for sharing!

    My IMM

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  60. Urg, the Iron Fey series. I absolutely adored The Iron King, but when I started reading The Iron Daughter, I couldn't get into it!I feel like I'm missing out on soo much.
    Incarceron though. I just feel completely head-over-heels for that book. It's one of my all time favorites! Hope you enjoy it :)
    Also, I love your layout. It's so simple, yet elegant at the same time!

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  61. Congrats on Dark Mirror. Happy reading.
    Brandi from Blkosiner’s Book Blog

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  62. Hi there. I followed you over here from my blog, and hey small world, I'm a TN girl, too. :) & I read and enjoyed The Hunger Games series a few months back, would love to discuss it anytime ya want.

    Lovely to meet you, and it looks like you've got some great new reads there!

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  63. Thank you so much for stopping by! You've got an awesome mailbox week! I cannot wait to hear what you think! I really want to read the Iron Fae series!!!

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  64. Great IMM! I really loved Graceling and Fire - they're very different, but both very cool. I can't wait for the next one!

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  65. Thanks for visiting. Wow, so many fantastic books this week. I've been eyeing off the Iron Fey series, they sound really good. The Hunger Games are on my TBR list, I cant wait to start them. Have fun reading.

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  66. awesome mailbox! hunger games trilogy.. you can't go wrong with those and also the iron fey series... one of my favs. I can't wait to read dark mirror!

    Thanks for stopping by!

    Katie @ Novel Society

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  67. Wow you got some awesome books. Here is mine: http://justnookit.blogspot.com/

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  68. Great books I haven't read these books yet but they are on my books to read list.Look Forward to seeing what you think.

    -Gabby
    *MyIMM - http://readingshiningstar.blogspot.com/2011/04/imm-in-my-mail-box-4.htm

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  69. Wow you got some great reads, I have yet to read the Iron Fey series or The Hunger Games but i'm slowly making my way to it.

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  70. Wow, awesome books this week! : )
    I'm totally jealous of...all of them? ha ha. I recently read and reviewed the Iron King, great book! And I'm desperate to get my hands on Catching Fire! : ) Thanks for stopping by my blog!

    http://faybaysbooks.blogspot.com/

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  71. Cool books from your IMM! The Hunger Games were good. Have fun reading!

    Here's my IMM
    http://youraveragebookworms.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-my-mailbox-4.html

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  72. Dark Mirror is in my wishlist. Enjoy reading your books.
    кєяo's Book Blog

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  73. Great stack of books! Some of my favourites are there :)

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  74. I'm totally in love with those bookmarks!


    Thanks for visiting my mailbox too!
    Yiota @ Splash of our Worlds

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  75. I love the covers of Dark Mirror and Somber Island! I hope you enjoy reading your books! Here's my IMM post.

    By the way, I have a contest on my blog. 20 winners will each get an e-book copy of Andy McDougal and the Crypt of the Chimera by Kevin Richardson! It's international, so please hop over and enter. You can ask you friends to enter too. Have a nice day! :)

    Best regards,
    Aik.

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  76. Great books! I hadn't heard of Betrayal but I looked it up and it sounds amazing! It doesn't hurt that the cover is GORGEOUS!

    Happy reading!

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  77. So many nice and shiny new books! I LOVE The Hunger Games trilogy and Graceling, I haven't read Fire yet either, but I'm sure it'll be just as amazing!
    Congrats on winning Dark Mirror, it looks amazing!

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  78. Hi!
    Thank you for purchasing and adding Betrayal to your TBR list. I hope that you enjoy it and I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it! I also like some of your other picks as well.
    :) Mayandree Michel

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  79. Hi!
    Thank you for purchasing and adding Betrayal to your TBR list. I hope that you enjoy it and I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it.I also like some of your other picks.
    :) Mayandree Michel

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