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 (43): Book Haul and Weekly 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...

From Disney- Hyperion for review

The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co #1)

by Jonathan Stroud

All Our Yesterdays 

by Cristin Terrill

The Art of Flying 

by Judy Hoffman

Alienated 

by Melissa Landers

Maid of Secrets

by Jennifer McGowan

(Simon & Schuster BFYR: sent from pub)

The Rathbones 

by Janice Clark

(Random House: sent from pub)

Two Boys Kissing

by David Levithan

(Random House: sent from pub)

From Ashes 

by Molly McAdams

(Harper Collins: sent from pub)

EBOOKS

My Life in Pink and Green 

by Lisa Greenwald

(Purchased)

The Elementals 

by Troy Jackson

(sent from author for review)

Big THANK YOUs to Disney-Hyperion, Random House, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, and Troy Jackson for all the bookish awesomeness this week!

Weekly Blog Recap

This Week I...

REVIEWED

Chemistry by Jodi Lamm

Captain Disaster by Del Shannon

That Time I Joined the Circus by J.J. Howard

INTERVIEWED

Jodi Lamm

J.E. Thompson

Lindsey Leavitt

AM GIVING AWAY

Ebook Copy of Chemistry

Signed Going Vintage Bookmarks

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 (41): 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 )

FOR REVIEW

Icons by Margaret Stohl

(Little Brown BFYR: sent from pub)

Reaper's Legacy (Toxic City #2) by Tim Lebbon

(Pyr Books: sent from pub)

After Visiting Friends by Michael Hainey

(Simon & Schuster: sent from pub)

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

(Harper Collins: sent from pub)

The Invisible Tower (The Otherworld Chronicles #1)

The Seven Swords (The Otherworld Chronicles #2)

by Nils Johnson-Shelton

(Harper Collins: sent from pub)

NERDS #2-4 by Michael Buckley:

M Is For Mama's Boy

The Cheerleaders Of Doom

The Villain Virus

(Abrams: sent from pub)

I reviewed and loved book one during the March MG Madness last month and the awesome people at Abrams were kind enough to send me the rest of the series!

PURCHASED

I actually had a chance to go book shopping in a real bookstore this week and I found some great deals. I bought a ton of baby books for my niece (who will be arriving next month!!) and I found a hardcover copy of Shatter Me for just $4!

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible by Suzanne Kamata

(sent for blog tour)

The Pirate's Wish (The Assassin's Curse #2) by Cassandra Rose Clarke 

(Angry Robot: from Netgalley)

EBOOKS PURCHASED/FREE

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

I LOVE this book and when I saw it was only $1.99 on Kindle, I knew I had to have an ebook copy!

Storybound by Marissa Burt

This is another book I love and just had to download it when I saw it was FREE!

Big THANK YOUs to Little Brown, Pyr, Harper Collins, Abrams, Angry Robot, and Suzanne Kamata for all the bookish awesomeness this week!!!

Weekly Blog Recap

This was a slow blogging week for me, as RL was quite busy but,

This week I...

REVIEWED

I Haiku You by Betsy Snyder

INTERVIEWED

Bethany Wiggins for the STUNG Blog Tour

TEASED

That Time I Joined The Circus by J.J. Howard

WAITING ON

Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson 

STILL GIVING AWAY

-Finished copy of Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley (ends tonight!)

-A Shade of Vampire Candle (ends tonight!)

WHAT DID YOU GET THIS WEEK?!

Goodie Basket (40): Book Haul & Weekly 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 )

FOR REVIEW

I received the following four books from Random House Kids to celebrate Poetry Month in April...

Exposed by Kimberly Marcus

Orchards by Holly Thompson

May B by Caroline Starr Rose

I Haiku You by Betsy Snyder

Piece of my Heart by Lynn Maddalena Menna

• Merit Press (sent from pub)

The Last Summer of the Camper-downs by Elizabeth Kelly

• W.W. Norton (sent from pub)

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn

• St. Martin's Griffin (sent from pub for blog tour)

Prophecy Girl by Cecily White

• Entangled (Netgalley)

Lupus Rex by John Carter Cash

• Ravenstone (sent from pub)

Big THANK YOUs to Random House, Merit Press, WW Norton, St. Martin's Press, Entangled, and Ravenstone for all the bookish awesomeness this week!

Weekly Blog Recap

This week I...

Reviewed:

NERDS by Michael Buckley

Interviewed:

Emma Adams

Lisa Greenwald

Hosted:

Guest Post- Sarvenaz Tash and Liz Coley 

What did you get this week?!

Goodie Basket (39): 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 )

FOR REVIEW

The Wells Bequest (The Grimm Legacy #2) by Polly Shulman

• Penguin (ARC sent from pub)

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursa

• Walden Pond Press (sent from pub)

The Apprentices by Maile Meloy

• Penguin (ARC sent from pub)

Earth Girl by Janet Edwards

• Pyr (finished copy sent from pub)

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

• Disney-Hyperion (ARC sent from pub)

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

Not A Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis (Harper Teen- Edelweiss)

The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White (Harper Teen- Edelweiss)

Soul Catcher (The Soulkeepers #4) by G.P. Ching (sent from author)

The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas (Harper Teen- Edelweiss)

Big THANK YOUs to Penguin, Walden Pond Press, Pyr, Disney-Hyperion, GP Ching, and Harper Teen for all the bookish awesomeness this week!

Weekly Blog Recap

This week I...

Reviewed:

Dualed

Plastic Polly

Awesome Blossom

The Marble Queen

Aces Wild

Paperboy

Interviewed:

Eve from the Eve Hallows Series

Sally Harris

Spotlighted

A Shade of Vampire

Giveaways

-You can win a signed A Shade of Vampire candle

-Check out all the March MG Madness Giveaways (more than 10) here

What did you get this week?!