Book Sake: April 2012

Sunday, April 29, 2012

In My Mailbox (79)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme run by The Story Siren which explores the books that have been delivered to our mailbox. Let us know what looks good to you and leave us a link so we can check out what you got over the week.

We haven't received anything for review this week, which is good because our current list is crazy long. What we did get are two books that were won from HarperTeen:

Pandemonium (Delirium)by Lauren Oliver

Bewitchingby Alex Flinn

What would you read first?

Leave us a link to your IMM, we'd love to drool over your reads!

*UPDATE: Due to the recent information becoming available about plagiarism by The Story Siren, we will no longer be participating in any of The Story Siren's meme's including IMM and The Debut Author Challenge. While we would still love to visit everyone's blog on the linky list - we will not be a visitor on her site any longer. We shall try our best to visit the weekly posts of others that we normally visit on Sundays and will continue to visit those that leave us a link to their weekly post as well. - Jessica

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday (109); Disenchanted by Sherry Soule

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Disenchanted by Sherry Soule

Publisher: Moonlight Publishing

Publish Date: July 2012

Publisher's Description
As an intelligent and sassy New Yorker, Skylar Thornton doesn’t believe in the supernatural until she moves into Summerwind Mansion and begins having nightmares about a young woman murdered in the house. She suspects there’s something strange about this place and it’s not just the bad dreams.

Determined to unlock secrets that have remained hidden for centuries, Skylar is plunged into an otherworldly mystery that not even she can explain away. Not to mention, her uncontrollable attraction to the former owner, Dorian Knight. After meeting Dorian, all of her beliefs are tested. He seems so familiar, and as close to Mr. Darcy as she’ll ever get—but Jane Austen never wrote a hero like him—someone who both excites and frightens her.

As the history of the Knight family begins to unravel, tensions heighten and old resentments turn deadly. Even though Dorian warns her about a terrible curse—she doesn’t know who or what to believe.

Now Skylar starts to wonder which she would rather hold onto—her sanity…or her life.

Sassy, strange, and sexy - count me in!! - Jessica

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

In My Mailbox (78)

FOR REVIEW

The Uninvited Guests: A Novelby Sadie Jones

Overseasby Beatriz Williams

Seriously, Just Go to Sleepby Adam Mansbach

Bloody Chesterby J.T. Petty

Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling: A Novel by Michael Boccacino

Ashen Winterby Mike Mullin

The Glimpseby Claire Merle

The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories (Carolrhoda Ya)by Maggie Steifvater, Tessa Graton, and Brenna Yovanoff

BOUGHT

Shadowcry (The Secrets of Wintercraft)by Jenna Burtenshaw

WON

Oxford Messed Up by Andrea Kayne Kaufman (Thanks to Shelf Awareness!)

The first three Sister's Grimm books are thanks to Shannon Messenger:

The Sisters Grimm (Book 1): The Fairy Tale Detectivesby Michael Buckley

The Unusual Suspects (The Sisters Grimm, Book 2) (Bk. 2)by Michael Buckley

The Problem Child (The Sisters Grimm, Book 3) (Bk.3)by Michael Buckley

And thanks to Ann Frohoff, author of the Heavy Influence Trilogy, for holding a contest with a Kindle Fire as the prize. I LOVE IT!