12/18/11
In My Mailbox (154)
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Welcome to In My Mailbox! You can find official information like how to participate, why it was started and other goodies about IMM on the IMM Page.
Gifts:
The First Time by Various Authors (which I forgot to mention in my vlog.) (Goodreads | Amazon
Alice’s Adventures Underground: A Facsimile by Lewis Carroll (Goodreads | Amazon
The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa (Goodreads | Amazon
Emma by Jane Austen a Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition, Stitched Style! (Goodreads | Amazon
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen a Penguin Classic (Goodreads | Amazon
Overbite by Meg Cabot (Goodreads | Amazon
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett a Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition, Stitched Style! (Goodreads | Amazon)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll a Penguin Classic Cloth Bound! (Goodreads | Amazon
Thanks Pam, Lisa, Tara, & Shanyn!
Review:
Don’t Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala (Goodreads | Amazon
Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis (Goodreads | Amazon
The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting (Goodreads | Amazon
The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers by Lynn Weingarten (Goodreads | Amazon
If We Kiss by Rachel Vail (Goodreads | Amazon
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler the UK edition (Goodreads | Amazon
Dead is a Battlefield by Marlene Perez (Goodreads | Amazon
Loss by Jackie Morse Kessler (Goodreads | Amazon
Croak by Gina Damico (Goodreads | Amazon
Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (Goodreads | Amazon
Please Note: This will be my last IMM post of 2011! I’ll see all you IMM’ers next year! I will be posting the link up for those participants still posting!
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So many nice gifts! Love the Penguin stitched editions. And Glimmer looks amazing. Enjoy your new reads, and happy holidays!
Lucy recently posted..In My Mailbox (43)
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I’m really interested in that Jessica Rules the Dark Side series! You got a lot of goodies for xmas break!
Happy Holidays Kristi!
Giselle recently posted..In My Mailbox (14) -
I most want to read Croad and Jessica Rules the Dark Side from your haul! Happy Reading and Happy Holidays!
Jennifer Messerschmidt recently posted..IMM #3 -
Ohhh Wonderful IMM, Kristi! I’m looking forward to some of the books. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland looks amazing; I have to check it out. Happy Holiday!
Mesa recently posted..In My Mailbox (16) : Birthday Edition -
Looks like a week of awesome! I think it’s funny your family/friends don’t get you books for Christmas, it’s all I ask for
. Anywho… Thanks for hosting IMM even when the going gets rough, I have a ton of fun participating. Have a Merry Christmas!
Sara recently posted..In My Mailbox #21 (Vlog #14) – Last one for 2011 -
Loved The Iron Knight! That series was my first attempt at faeries and it didn’t disappoint! I’m really excited about Croak, too! I love the idea of reapers.
Merry Christmas :0)
Sarah (The Book Life) recently posted..In My Mailbox (18) -
I am loving the cover of Jessica Rules the Dark Side. Will definitely have to check out the first one, and snag the this one too! You go so much fabulous stuff this week! I’ve been looking at the Riders of the Apocalypse series, and have been eyeing “Loss”. Hope you enjoy all your books!
MaryAnn
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MaryAnn recently posted..In My Mailbox #10 -
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Great mailbox this week. I love the classics. I have a copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, but mine is a paperback. The Future of Us and Croak are books on my TBR list. Happy reading.
Amy Fournier recently posted..In My Mailbox (5) -
I have a blast IMMing, please never stop. Just remember you really, really like me and I would be bereft, broken and bruised without it. ; )
Merry Christmas, Kristi!
Blessings,
G.C.
Gabrielle Carolina recently posted..IMM 51: Ah, Pandemonium! -
Great list of books! I am looking forward to reading The Future of Us and The Last Echo especially. Merry Christmas!
Christina T recently posted..In My Mailbox (70) -
Great IMM as always. Love that you got the UK version of The Future of Us.
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Thanks for hosting. Have a Merry Christmas.
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Lol…looks like your dog wanted to be in the video this week! I saw two little eyes down there in the corner!
Great IMM!
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Goldilox recently posted..In My Mailbox (16) -
Love the stitched & cloth covers for those classics! They look gorgeous, I’ll have to get a few of those for my bookshelf.
Congrats on your quote in The Iron Knight! It’s always such fun to look inside a book you love and actually have your own quote in it
Happy reading!
YA Book Queen recently posted..In My Mailbox (65) -
Great IMM! Looks like you got some pretty awesome books. Happy Holidays and happy reading.
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I have been OBSESSED with the Penguin Deluxe Classics ever since I saw a post about how the person made it! She really did embroider the books by hand, they’re so beautiful. I’m in awe! I adore the French flaps too! You almost have them all, you just need Black Beauty now.
That’s awesome about your quote being in The Iron Knight! I really need to get on reading these books but I only got halfway through the first one. I love the UK cover of The Future of Us a lot more than the US, it’s so colourful! That blog tour should be lots of fun, looking forward to it.
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December 18th, 2011 at 3:31 pmI thought i had read that about the covers, but couldn’t remember for sure!
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I can’t wait until Dead is a Battlefield comes out. I hope you enjoy all of your books!
Amy @ Book, College, and Other Random Things recently posted..In My Mailbox #3 -
Ahhh! So many awesome books.
There are a lot of series mentioned here that I need to read–The Iron Fey, Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, The Body Finder. Here’s hoping it’ll be a book-filled Chanukkah!
Lexie recently posted..Rebel Angels -
I was really disappointed with The Future of Us. Not even from the “I love this author and I know they both write amazing books” kind of way, but the “Wow, I really DID NOT like this book” kind of way. So upsetting because I has SUCH high expectations of it.
Enjoy everything else
Reut
Reut recently posted..In My Mailbox #30 -
Hi! I’ve already read Jessica rules the dark side because here in Italy it has been released in november
It’s really good, maybe even better than the first one! See you in 2012, happy holidays! Francesca
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The Secret Garden is also one of my favorites – I have Tasha Tudor edition, and I cherish it so much since my mother gave it to me knowing how much I loved the story. I would be completely down for classics month! I like Emma, but my absolute favorite Austen is Persuasion – I think it resonates better than the others by Austen as we get older.
Oh wow – that was a box full of awesome – enjoy!
Linds @ Bibliophile Brouhaha recently posted..Follow Friday! -
Don’t ever stop doing IMM. Everything that has ever been worth doing has received criticism in some form or another. You doing IMM is such a great benefit to readers so we know what awesome books to put on our to-read lists! People can be cynical and see it as showing off, but I prefer to see the glass as half-full and see it as a way to share great books with readers that they might want to put on their TBR piles. There are always bitter people out there who will spin things in a negative way.
I know you deal with a lot of backlash from snarky people, but what you do is a great service to readers. Keep it up!
Oh, and I loved the little glimpse of Xander in the the middle of the video. That dog is just a giant teddy bear isn’t he?
Beth S. recently posted..In My Mailbox (55)The Story Siren
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December 18th, 2011 at 3:30 pmThank you os much Beth! Yes… xand was trying to sneak in there!
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Oh my gosh, Kritsi! You always have the coolest mailboxes!!
Glimmer sounds like such a cool book, and I’m still trying to get my hands on a copy of The Future of Us — I LOVE Jay Asher’s books! Plus, that’s so cool that you’re quoted in The Iron Knight! The Iron Fey series is one of my favourites EVER and that book was too amazing for words! I loved it! <3Thanks so much (AGAIN) for hosting this amazing meme, Kristi! I love seeing what other people have in their mailboxes!
Mimi Valentine recently posted..In My Mailbox #12The Story Siren
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December 18th, 2011 at 3:28 pmI did have a pretty rockin’ mailbox this week! Such FAB books! Can’t wait to read them!
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Wow what a wonderful stash of books Kristi!
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Luck you!! You have The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers, I really want it!
My IMM ((:
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Racquel (A Book Barbie) recently posted..In My Mailbox |10| -
I love all of the festive book related stuff. I just featured Emma from Penguin Threads as a part of my Shelf Candy post. I absolutely adore the embroidered look of that set. Wows! Thank you for hosting IMM this year. Merry Christmas Kristi!
-Stephanie@FiveAlarmBookReviews
FABR Steph recently posted..In My Mailbox (17) -
Thank YOU for hosting IMM every sunday! I get excited when other people get excited so sundays I’m just bouncing off the walls excited
I’m especially excited for The Last Echo! You should get to Desires of the Dead fast!
Thanks again and Merry Christmas Kristi <3
Vy (Vy’s Blog) recently posted..In My Mailbox (29) -
Aww what a week! I do want to read more classics but don’t know where to start lol I’m going to be re-reading A christmas carol this coming week and I recently got Frankenstein, I think I’d also like to read Oliver twist to, the movies great and my son is called Oliver
I haven’t heard of Croak either but it does sound fun, i’m gonna have to keep an eye out for that Have a great Christmas!!!
Mist@Bookaholics recently posted..In Mists mailbox (25) -
Awesome books!!
I’m super excited for the DAC! I got The Princesses of Iowa this week and it’s SO hard to leave it sit till the first so it can qualify for the DAC!
I’m so glad you decided to keep doing IMM, I’ve found so many awesome books from hoping to other people’s IMMs that I never would have found if there was no IMM.
It’s sad that it gets backlash, there is a right way and a wrong way to do an IMM, and I haven’t seen any are bragging. Sadly, a lot of people I think at least mistake excitement for bragging.
moirae book reviews recently posted..In my Mailbox 53The Story Siren
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December 18th, 2011 at 3:26 pmWoohoo!! I am pumped for DAC too!
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Cool. The classic special edition books. Looks awesome
Loving the stitch like cover. I so want them aswell.. Know what you mean, about owning and having whole sets I am like that aswell. A lot of new books I have never heard of before, who sounds interesting. That`s what I love about IMM. You discover so much new you wanna check out. Glad you didn`t stop your IMM. Always looking forward to Sunday. Because then it`s time to watch all the IMM vlogs
Merry Christmas and Happy new year
~MoonStar~ recently posted..In my Mailbox: vlogThe Story Siren
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December 18th, 2011 at 3:23 pmThanks so much! I’m just glad to know that people enjoy IMM as much as I do! Thank you for participating!
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I am like you – I like to have all of the series in the same cover design or style. I actually really dislike when I’m collecting a series and then they change the cover style part way through.
I am in love with the fabric covered Penguin Classis like the Alice one you received with all the flamingoes on it! I want them all too!
Oh and I love Jackie Morse Kessler and can’t wait to read LOSS.
The Story Siren
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December 18th, 2011 at 3:16 pmYAY! I’m not crazy! And I hate when the do a cover change mid-series too… so ugh!
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Good haul this week. I hope you enjoy them over the holidays.
Check out my giveaway and my IMM here.
Emma @ Lost in a YA Book
Emma @ Lost in a YA Book recently posted..In My Mailbox (18) -
How cool! I got Emma a few months ago – I love Jane Austen!
Vicky @ Books, Biscuits & Tea recently posted..In My Mailbox #13 + changes -
Hey! Happy holidays
Thank you for hosting IMM this year. I started blogging in March this year and you site was the first I came across and it is just awesome! I hope mine is as great as your blog one day! Some great books, I loved The Secret Garden when I was younger the penguin one is beautiful. I haven’t read Jane Austen books either, seen loads of movie/tv adaptions. I have some amazing delux ones I won during the year so might have to start them during 2012!
Have a great Christmas and a happy new year!
If you have time stop by my blog: http://readingawaythedays.blogspot.com/2011/12/imm-24.html
Megan McDade recently posted..IMM #24 -
Wow! That is a ton to keep you busy! I got two Jane Austen books this week (so glad a classic author is making a comeback!) and just finished reviewing The Future of Us. Hope you enjoy it. The 90s references are fun. Just the mention of 100 free hours of AOL made me smile.
-Jenna @ Fans of Fiction
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Jenna @ Fans of Fiction recently posted..In My Mailbox (#11) -
Xander cameo!! Yay! That made me so happy when he snuck in there. I am a dorkus, never mind me.
I wish we got packages like that in Canada. The Canadian pubs don’t normally order that stuff from the US one when they send out promotional stuff here. As much as I love getting the random book in the mail for review. I’m actually way more excited about all the other STUFF they can package with it. I love STUFF!
Cat @ Beyond Books recently posted..Announcement: I’m the New Wednesday Interrobanger! -
I read Don’t Breathe a Word and Sisterhood of Heartbreakers. They are both amazing books! Hope you enjoy reading them! LOVE the paranormal package you got! I actually signed up on the DACARCTOURS for Croak a few wks ago because I thought the story sounded amazing. Hoping I get picked! Enjoy all your books and hope you have an amazing end to 2011!
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You are so welcome! And ahh, Don’t Breathe a Word was awesome! I really hope you love it! Also, The Lost Echo. Want. I mean, really. Hah! And YES to the roller skating! I would always wear glow stick necklaces when I went to Skate World, bahaha.
Happy New Year, Kristi!
Tara recently posted..In My Mailbox (053) -
Hysterical vlog! I love that you get jazzed over a gift of books to schools. I’m a parent volunteer at my 5yr old’s school and I run the accelerated reader program for his class. I actually have 5 kindergarteners reading (including mine)!!! The school’s truly appreciate all the books they can get! Thank you!
Those are awesome collector’s books you got ~ completely jealous! I’m just curious… does your husband complain as much as mine does about your “hobby”
hee, hee!!!Merry Christmas and Have a wonderful New Year!!
-K
Kristin @ myparahangover recently posted..In My Mailbox #3 ~ The "I Got Freebies" Edition -
I’m glad I’m not alone in not yet having gotten to Desires of the Dead. Gonna need to get to that in the new year!
I love the Dead is… series so much. They’re just fun, short paranormal novels that include a variety of creatures with a mystery in each book. I had no idea a new book was coming out- will have to request that (and Loss).
If We Kiss is an AWESOME book- definitely read it soon and let me know what you think!
BookChic recently posted..In My Mailbox- Week of December 11 + Retrospective -
Kristi, you’re so sweet. Great books and such this week. How awesome to get a donation in your name for a fantastic charity! Last Echo and Glimmer both sound great. I bought The First Time this week too and am super excited to start reading. Happy Reading and Happy Holidays!
Britt recently posted..In My Mailbox #115 -
ACK! I am so looking forward to The Last Echo! I really enjoyed the first two and The Pledge. Kimberly Derting is a fantastic writer. Also would like to read The Future of Us – interesting plot. Have a safe and happy holiday!!
Heidi @ heavenisabookstore recently posted..IMM – In My Mailbox -
I love love love the Dead Is series.
Ryan is definitely swoon-worthy. You should definitely read it.
Kristina recently posted..What I read in September! -
Awesome books this week! I have a few of them, but WOW! Have fun!
Alex Bennett @ Electrifying Reviews recently posted..In My Mailbox #99: The Two Year Edition -
Oh you got The Last Echo, I am so jealous!!!
Stormi recently posted..In My Mailbox! -
Great IMM this week, lucky you! I love seeing you get excited about the goodies you get, it’s exciting to see what you get!! Oh, and don’t you dare stop making these videos, they rock!!
Rebecca recently posted..2012 Reading Challenges! -
Hello!
Happy IMM and thanks for hosting this event. You sure have lots of great books and I want some of them too. There are books I’m not even familiar with, but I guess they’re new titles.Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and to your family!
April (books4juliet) recently posted..In My Mailbox (11) -
I love The Secret Garden! It’s one of the first books I read in English
Great haul as usual, Kristi! Have a wonderful week!
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Wow! You did end this year wit ha bang! Loads of amazing things this week. I hope you have a wonderful holiday!
Amber M recently posted..In My Mailbox (66) -
OMG!! The Last Echo T-T and you got Loss T-T I still need the second one T_T
happy holidays!!! and hope you enjoy all your christmas presents >.. http://bookpics-reading2alba.blogspot.com/2011/12/imm12-merry-early-christmas-to-me.html?showComment=1324266122142#c1343581012406475466
Alba @BookPics recently posted..IMM#12 Merry EARLY Christmas to ME&YOU -
I love matching my books with the cover so if I got 2 different covers; I complete the whole series of them both. I love my books neat and all a like. I feel books become happy if I do so. *I know that I am crazy*.
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Thanks for all the work you put in to IMM. It’s a great way to see what books are coming out and what people are reading. It always helps me to get excited again when I get in a slump! Also, THE LAST ECHO!!!! So much love for that series!!! Enjoy. I’ve not read the “Dead is…” books but my students can’t get enough of them.
Heidi recently posted..In My Mailbox (42) -
what a fantastic imm to end the year. i am super jealous of your jessica rules. i loved jessica’s guide and can’t wait to read that one. croak looks pretty interesting as well. there have been a lot of grim reaper stories lately and i like them.
happy holidays!
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There’s always going to be haters out there..Pfft..let’s just ignore them
I love the idea of In My Mailbox..It’s the same YouTube makeup hauls that people do.And having a quote in your book is kind of awesome. I would feel the same way!
I’m so glad you’re a Meg fan. I am too! I also love that you have classic books like Alice in the Wonderland! Ahh you got Glimmer! Lucky <3
AHAHAH Aww your dog was in the shot. So cute!
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Hello, Ms. Siren! Thank you for featuring GLIMMER in your vlog. I want to clarify that yes, it is absolutely a stand-alone. I hope you enjoy it!
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I adore the UK cover for The Future of Us. It’s so much happier than the US cover. Awesome things this week. I hope your Christmas is good :]
Jasmine Rose recently posted..Top Ten Tuesday {7} -
yeah, i’m super late to the party on this one.
BUT i’m stoked that you had such a wonderful book week! you deserve all the goodies!
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Love the books this week! Hope you have a great Holidays!
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Great IMM this week!!! I loved Don’t breathe a word! Have a great holiday!!!
Hannah G. (The Chick With a Book) recently posted..Help me out please!?! -
This is such a good idea! Thanks for hosting this, I will for sure be taking part in it soon!
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