Goodie Basket (43): Book Haul & Weekly Blog Recap

Goodie Basket...is a weekly feature hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases all the goodies (books, bookish things, reviews, interviews/giveaways/guest posts, blog tours, etc) that popped up in the Goodie Basket that is Word Spelunking each week.

(This meme is inspired by other book haul memes such as Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits & Tea and Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer )

In my mailbox this week...

The 5th Wave 

by Rick Yancey (ARC from Penguin Teen)

45 Pounds (more or less)

by K.A. Barson (ARC from Peguin Teen)

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 

by April Genevieve Tucholke (ARC from Penguin Teen)

The Testing 

by Joelle Charbonneau (ARC from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Taking Chances 

by Molly McAdams (pb sent from Harper Collins)

No Easy Way Out 

by Dayna Lorentz (ARC from Penguin Teen)

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW FROM NETGALLEY

Shadow Train (The Tracks #3)

by J. Gabriel Gates and Charleen Keel

(HCI Teens)

All Our Pretty Songs 

by Sarah McCarry 

(St. Martin's Griffin)

Ink 

by Amanda Sun

(Harlequin Teen)

Big THANK YOU's to Penguin Teen, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Harper Collins, HCI, St, Martin's Griffin, and Harlequin Teen for all the bookish awesomeness this week!

Weekly Blog Recap

This week I...

REVIEWED

• The Girl from Felony Bay
• Boom! Boom! Boom!
• Some Monsters Are Different
• May B.
• Exposed
• Orchards

INTERVIEWED

• Susan Verrico

HOSTED

• My Life As A Cartoonist Blog Tour: author guest post
• The Privateer's Apprentice Blog Tour

AM GIVING AWAY

• All 3 books in the mglit MY LIFE AS series from Macmillan Books

What did you get this week?!

Goodie Basket (42): Book Haul and Weekly Blog Recap

Goodie Basket...is a weekly feature hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases all the goodies (books, bookish things, reviews, interviews/giveaways/guest posts, blog tours, etc) that popped up in the Goodie Basket that is Word Spelunking each week.

(This meme is inspired by other book haul memes such as Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits & Tea and Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer )

In my mailbox this week...

17 & Gone by Nova Ren Suma

(Penguin: won from Penguin)

Call of the Jersey Devil by Aurelio Voltaire

(Spence City {Spencer Hill Press}...sent for review from pub)

Tequila Mockingbird (Cocktails With A Literary Twist) 

by Tim Federle

(Running Press Books: sent from pub for review

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Benjamin Alire Saenz

(Simon & Schuster: audiobook sent from pub for review)

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

(Scholastic: Netgalley)

Firecracker by David Iserson

(Razorbill: Netgalley)

The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand

(Simon & Schuster: Edelweiss)

Big THANK YOUs to Penguin, Spence City, Running Press Books, Simon & Schuster, Razorbill, and Scholastic for all the bookish awesomeness this week!!

WEEKLY BLOG RECAP

This week I...

REVIEWED

• If You Want to See a Whale
• Sing
• Fairyvision (Songs of Magic #5)

INTERVIEWED

• J.J. Howard (That Time I Joined the Circus Blog Tour)

HOSTED

• Fleur Gaskin for a guest post and giveaway
• Melissa Haag for a spotlight and ebook giveaway

HAD FUN WITH

• Sweet Reads (7): cakes inspired by baby books
• Teaser Tuesdays: These Broken Dreams
• Waiting on Wednesday: The Living

AM GIVING AWAY

• Ebooks of Arabelle's Shadows by Fleur Gaskin
• Free ebooks for everyone of Hope(less) by Melissa Haag
• Signed That Time I Joined the Circus Swag

What did you get this week?!

Goodie Basket (35): Book Haul and Blog Recap

Goodie Basket...is a weekly feature hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases all the goodies (books, bookish things, reviews, interviews/giveaways/guest posts, blog tours, etc) that popped up in the Goodie Basket that is Word Spelunking each week.

(This meme is inspired by other book haul memes such as Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits & Tea and Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer )

In my mailbox this week...

The Crossing (Blood of the Lamb #1) by Mandy Hager

Pyr Books (sent from pub)

One Direction: A Year With One Direction by One Direction

Harper Collins (sent from pub)

FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL MARCH MG MADNESS EVENT

Last week I opened up the sign-ups for the March MG Madness and books and swag have started to show up for this event. So, look out for my reviews of these books in March (and some giveaways!)...

**ARCS**

Genie Wishes by Elisabeth Dahl

Abrams/Amulet (sent from pub)

Like Bug Juice on a Burger by Julie Sternberg 

Abrams/Amulet (sent from pub)

Plastic Polly by Jenny Lundquist 

Aladdin Mix (sent from author)

Dorko the Magnificent by Andrea Beaty

Abrams/Amulet (sent from pub)

An Army of Frogs by Trevor Pryce

Abrams/Amulet (sent from pub)

Undertown by Melvin Jules Bukiet

Abrams/Amulet (sent from pub)

**FINISHED COPIES**

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

Abrams (sent from pub)

My Summer of Pink & Green by Lisa Greenwald

Abrams/Amulet (sent from pub)

Nerds by Michael Buckley

Abrams (sent from pub)

Awesome Blossom (A Flower Power Book) by Lauren Myracle

Abrams/Amulet (sent from pub)

The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow

Abrams (sent from pub)

The Marble Queen by Stephanie Blake

(sent from author)

SWAG

Plastic Polly bookmarks 

(sent from author Jenny Lundquist)

The Marble Queen candy necklace

(sent from author Stephanie Blake)

The Mindjack Trilogy bookmarks

(sent from author Susan Kaye Quinn)

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

The Loop by Shandy Lawson

Hyperion (from Netgalley)

The Puppet Spell by E.L. Adams

Rowanvale Books (sent from pub for March MG Madness)

The Midnight Spell by Rhiannon Frater and Kody Boye

(sent for blog tour and review)

Big THANK YOUS to Pyr Books, Harper Collins, Abrams/Amulet, Jenny Lundquist, Stephanie Blake, Susan Kaye Quinn, Hyperion, and Rowanvale Books for all the bookish awesomeness this week!!!

Weekly Blog Recap

Author/Pub sign-ups are still open for the 2nd Annual March MG Madness Event. All authors are welcome!

This week I reviewed Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway and gave it only one and a half sad cupcakes; check my review out to find out why.

The Broken Blog Tour stopped by with a guest post from author A.E. Rought, and the Revolution 19 Blog Tour stopped by with my interview with author Gregg Rosenblum.

I spotlighted Walt Morton's funny and creepy YA book American Ghoul and I'm giving away three ebook copies (still open). I participated in the Release Book Blitz with an excerpt and ebook giveaway (still open). And finally, I helped reveal the awesome book trailer for the Mindjack Trilogy by Susan Kaye Quinn.

What did you get this week??

Goodie Basket (27): Book Haul & Blog Recap

Goodie Basket...is a weekly feature hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases all the goodies (books, bookish things, reviews, interviews/giveaways/guest posts, blog tours, etc) that popped up in the Goodie Basket that is Word Spelunking each week.

(This meme is inspired by other book haul memes such as Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits & Tea and Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer )

In my Goodie Basket this week...

*signed finished copy*  Billow (Ondine Quartet #2) Emma Raveling

sent from author

Emma, who is one of my most favoritest writerly people, sent me a beautiful signed copy of her awesome book Billow, book two in one of my fave YA series! She also sent me a pile of signed Whirl and Billow bookmarks and you can't really tell in the picture, but they are gorgeous...and I feel the need to share these with y'all very soon ;)

ALSO, Billow features my very first review blurb on it's back cover, which is just to awesome and fantabulous for words...

FOR REVIEW

*ARC*   Pantomime Laura Lam

Strange Chemistry

sent from pub for review

*ARC*   The Nightmare Affair Mindee Arnett

Tor Teen

sent from pub for review

Both of these look awesome and I can't wait to read em!

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

Luminaire (Florence Waverly #2) Ciye Cho

sent from author 

I was so excited to get an eARC of this sequel and I've already devoured it and reviewed it this week!

How My Summer Went Up In Flames 

Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

Simon Pulse

sent for review via Edelweiss

Criminal Terra Elan McVoy

Simon Pulse

sent for review via Edelweiss

Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb Ally Malinenko

sent from author for review

I will be interviewing Ally and holding a Lizzy Speare giveaway next month!

Big THANK YOU's to Emma Raveling, Strange Chemistry, Tor Teen, Ciye Cho, Simon Pulse, and Ally Malinenko for all the bookish awesomeness this week!

Weekly Blog Recap

Interviews:

• YA author Ann Herrick (with giveaway)

Giveaways:

• Ann Herrick Giveaway: win an ecopy of her book Trading Face

Reviews:

• The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2) by Michelle Hodkin
• Luminaire (Florence Waverly #2) by Ciye Cho

Other:

• Tatted Thursday (13): literary inspired tattoos

What did you get this week?!

Goodie Basket (26): Book Haul & Blog Recap

Goodie Basket...is a weekly feature hosted here at Word Spelunking that showcases all the goodies (books, bookish things, reviews, interviews/giveaways/guest posts, blog tours, etc) that popped up in the Goodie Basket that is Word Spelunking each week.

(This meme is inspired by other book haul memes such as Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits & Tea and Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer )

In my Goodie Basket this week...

FOR REVIEW

*finished copy*  The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2) by Michelle Hodkin

Simon & Schuster

sent from pub for review

This was such an awesome surprise from S&S and I actually did a little dance of appreciation when I opened the package it came in. I actually planned on buying a copy of this book next week and had been sad that I had to wait SO long to finally read it, so you can imagine my supreme happiness when a copy arrived at my door!

*signed finished copy*  The Stars Fell Sideways by Cassandra Marshall

sent from author for review

I will be reviewing this book later this month, as well as interviewing Cassandra and hosting a giveaway...so look for all that later this month!

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

(all eARCs from Netgalley)

Also Known As by Robin Benway

Bloomsbury/Walker

Bruised by Sarah Skilton

Amulet/Abrams

Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black

Bloomsbury/Walker

Hysteria by Megan Miranda

Bloomsbury/Walker

If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

St. Martin's Griffin

Me, Him, Them, and It by Caela Carter

Bloomsbury/Walker

Renegade by J.A. Souders

Tor Teen

The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington

Scholastic

Big THANK YOUs to Simon & Schuster, Cassandra Marshall, Bloomsbury, Abrams, Tor, Scholastic, and St. Martin's Griffin for all the bookish awesomeness this week!!!

Weekly Blog Recap

Giveaway

• The Archived ARC Giveaway: win an ARC of The Archived by Victoria Schwab (still open)

Reviews

• Demon's Gate (Protectors Saga #4) by P.M. Dooling
• The Bully Book by Eric Kahn Gale

Weekly Features

• Teaser Tuesday: where I tease Hysteria
• "Waiting On" Wednesday: House of Secrets

What did you get this week?!