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Saturday, November 5, 2011

In My Mailbox #96- Vlog Fail

Happy Weekend! I had planned on finally making a vblog, but thanks to my lack of video skills that sadly didn't happen like I wanted it to. Hopefully next week I'll be able to get that done. Here's the goodies that arrived this week!


For Review:

* A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink, Published by Dial Books, to be released on March 2012, I really enjoyed this book! Since this is the second ARC I've received for it, I'll be giving this one away soon for a Freebie Friday

* Partials by Dan Wells, published by Blazer & Bray, to be released on March 2012, this sounds like one exciting dystopian. I'll be posting my review for it closer to the release date

* The Guardians (Book 1) Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King by William Joyce & Laura Geringer, published by Simon & Schuster Kids, released on October 4th, 2011, I am so excited about reviewing this on Mundie Kids. It's been receiving rave reviews

* Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, published by Little Brown, released on October 18th, 2011, Love this book! I'll be giving away this published copy when my review is posted this coming week.

* The Pledge by Kimberly Derting, published by Simon & Schuster, to be released on November 15th 2011, I LOVE this book! You can read my 5 star review & enter to win this ARC here .

* scored by Lauren McLaughlin, published by Random House, released on October 25th, 2011, look for my review to be up in the next couple of weeks.

* Under Dogs by Markus Zusak, published by Scholastic, released on August 1st, 2011, my review along with a giveaway will be posted at the of November.

* iBoy by Kevin Brooks, published by Puffin books, released on July 1st, 2010, my review along with a giveaway will be posted in-conjunction with UnderDogs the last week of November.

* The Catastrophic History of You & Me by Jess Rothenberg, published by Dial, to be released on
February 21st, 2012, this is the second ARC I've received for this and I'll be giving this one away with my review

* Try Not to Breathe by Jennfier R. Hubbard, published by Viking, to be released on January 19th, 2012, this is the second ARC I've received for this and I'll be giving this one away with my review

* Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson, published by Nancy Paulsen Books, to be released on February 2012, this is the second ARC I've received for this and I'll be giving this one away with my review

* Bewitching by Alex Flinn, published Harper Teen, to be released on February 14th, 2012, I can't wait to read this!

The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell, published by Harcourt Children's Books, to be released on April 17th, 2012
I love, love, love this cover! I adored The Vespertine & I can't wait to jump back into Zora's world. I'll be giving away some of the awesome bookmarks Saundra sent shortly.

Born Wicked By Jessica Spotswood, published by Penguin, to be released February 2012
I've heard such great things about and I'm thrilled to have the chance to read and review it for Mundie Moms. I love the letter and invitation it came with.

Pure by Julianna Baggott, published Hachette Book Group, to be released on February 8th, 2012
Not only do I love this cover, and the flying butterfly that Julianna sent, but I'm excited to read it based on all the buzz about it. Film rights have already been sold to Fox!! I'm looking forward to reading it.


This little treat arrived this week for being apart of the blog tour! You can still enter to win a copy of The Iron Knight here.

Bought:
* Forest Born, special edition by Shannon Hale
* A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies
* Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (for our C.A.R.A. winner)

THANK YOU to Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Harlequin Teen & Media Muscle, Scholastic, Big Hancho, Harper Teen, Little Brown, Deb Shaprio & Random House, Saundra Mitchell, and Julianna Baggott for this week's awesome reads.

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by the Story Siren where bloggers share the goodies they've received the week before for review, purchased, were gifted, borrowed or traded.

Mundie Moms Infernal Devices Clockwork Prince 31 Day Celebration


I'm excited to talk to you about our upcoming Infernal Devices, Clockwork Prince 31 Day Celebration that start tomorrow!


You may recognize this lovely banner from last year's Infernal Devices, Clockwork Angel 31 Day Celebration. Similar to that celebration, starting tomorrow and ending on Dec 6th, each day we will be posting something about Clockwork Prince.

The posts will range from EXCLUSIVES from Cassie, to her CP play lists, to character interviews, excerpts, giveaways and more!!! Mark you calendars, on December 28th we're chatting with CASSIE!!!! I'm going to include the chat here so that those who would like to, can sign up for the chat reminder.


Tomorrow we're kicking off the giveaway with a MUST HAVE goody from Hebel Designs! I'm so excited about this giveaway! Be sure to stop by tomorrow to check it out and enter to win!!

Don't forget: Pre-order Clockwork Prince from any of these retailers here.
Clockwork Prince orders, different edition & more here

YA News: Cover Reveals & the NEW Iron Fey Site


On Monday, Julie Kagawa's The Iron Fey series will have it's brand new site!! We are so excited about this announcement from Harlequin Teen this past week. You can see a little sneak peek at the site before it's live at TheIronFey.com

And because we feel the need to have a little bit of Ash to get us going on this chilly Saturday morning, enjoy watching The Iron Knight book trailer... don't worry, we're not counting if you've already watched a few times. We've lost count on how many we've watched it too



Check out these fabulous covers that were revealed this week!














































* Endlessly by Kiersten White is the 3rd in the Paranormalcy series and it will be released by Harper Teen in the summer of 2012. I LOVE this cover!

* DREAMLESS by Josephine Angelini is the second in the STARCROSSED series and it will be released in May of 2012. Again, Harper Teen has done awesome job with this cover.

* Wake by Amanda Hocking is the first in a 4 book YA paranormal romance series to be released in 2012 by St. Martin's press. I love the cover and I'm sold on paranormal romance!

* The Selection by Kiera Cass is the first in a new series that sounds a bit like the Bachelor meets Hunger Games. This will be released by Harper Teen in April of 2012 and I'm looking forward to reading it!

I'm really looking forward to these releases!!! The covers are beautiful!

2011 Goodreads Choice Awards

Goodreads is currently hosting a Round 1 of their 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards, and they need YOUR votes!
CONGRATULATIONS to Cassie who's City of Fallen Angels is up for Favorite Book of 2011, Best YA Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Cassie herself is up for Best Goodreads Author!

Also in the runnings are some of our other favorites:

Along with City of Fallen Angels are YA books Divergent, Delirium and Forever

Uncommon Criminals, Between Shades of Gray, Lola & The Boy Next Door, Where She Went, Chain Reaction, Beauty Queens, The Last Little Blue Envelope, Love Story, Perfect

Talk about stiff competition, along with City of Fallen Angels are Bloodlines, Unearthly, Divergent, Demon Glass, Delirium, Across the Universe, Wither, Passion, Darkest Mercy, Forever, Silence, The Iron Knight

Best MG & Children's (some of our favorites):
Liesl & Po, Diary of Wimpy Kid, The Emerald Atlas, Vespers Rising (the 39 Clues), Beyonders, The Throne of Fire

Along with Cassie are YA authors Lauren Oliver, Becca Fitzpatrick, Rachel Hawkins, Maggie Stiefvater, Veronica Roth, Lauren Kate, Beth Revis, and Julie Kagawa

There's a lot of fabulous nominations! We've voted, have you?
*You can click on each of the highlighted links to be taken to that category to vote.

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