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Showing posts with label weekly haul. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 29, 2013

Goodie Basket (51): Weekly 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 In My Mailbox hosted by  The Mod Podge BookshelfStacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits & Tea and Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer )

What I received the past two weeks
 in my mailbox...

FOR REVIEW

From Macmillan
Slayers by C.J. Hill
The F-It List by Julie Halpern

From Harper Collins
Big Nate Flips Out by Lincoln Peirce

From Algonquin

From Simon and Schuster
fml by Shaun David Hutchinson

From Penguin
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

PURCHASED

This week I discovered the awesome YA and MG section at Ollie's Bargain Outlet, where most books are just $1.99 each! From Ollie's I got:

A paperback copy of Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
and
A super cute pink edition of Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
for just $1.99 each!

I also went thrift store shopping, looking specifically for The Babysitters Club book and TBC Little Sister books, and I found a handful of them! I also found a great hardback copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and a well-loved copy of The Secret Garden.

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

From Netgalley

(Little  Brown)

The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman
(Random House)

Tandem by Anna Jarzab
(Random House)

From the Author

NOMAD by J.L. Brayn

I'm obsessed with how gorgeous this cover is!!!

Big THANK YOU's to Macmillan, Harper Collins, Algonquin, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Little Brown, Random House, JL Bryan, and Ciye Cho for all the bookish awesomeness this week!

Weekly Blog Recap
This Week I...
REVIEWED

PARTICIPATED IN

HOSTED

AM GIVING AWAY
What did you get this week?!

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Goodie Basket (49): Weekly 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 In My Mailbox hosted by  The Mod Podge BookshelfStacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits & Tea and Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer )

What I received this week in my mailbox...


FOR REVIEW

The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani 
(both sent from Harper Collins Childrens)

Texting The Underworld by Ellen Booraem
(sent from Penguin for blog tour)

(sent from Bloomsbury)

by Phoebe Rivers 
(sent from Simon & Schuster)

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW




Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman
(Random House)

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
(Bloomsbury)

Rules for Ghosting by A.J. Paquette
(Bloomsbury)

The Returned by Jason Mott
(Harlequin)

Big THANK YOUs to Harper Collins, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Bloomsbury, Random House, and Harlequin for all the bookish awesomeness this week!

Weekly Blog Recap
This week I...

REVIEWED
Invisible by Marni Bates

PARTICIPATED IN

AM GIVING AWAY

What did you get this week?!





Saturday, May 25, 2013

Goodie Basket (47): Weekly 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 In My Mailbox hosted by  The Mod Podge BookshelfStacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits & Tea and Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer )

This has been an EPIC mail week for me! But, one special delivery was especially EPIC and AMAZING...


Meet Aeicha Elizabeth Matteson, my new niece born 5/24/13...isn't she the most perfect baby you've ever seen?! And yes, she does share a name with her fabulous book-lovin' auntie! I'm so thrilled to be an aunt for the first time and look forward to reading many books with this lil' cupcake!!!

IN MY MAILBOX THIS WEEK...

FROM HARPER COLLINS
This week Harper Teen and Harper Childrens sent out some of the books on their summer must read list...

(middle-grade books)
Stick Dog by Tom Watson
Platypus Police Squad by Jarret Krosoczka
Summerkin by Sarah Prineas
The Girl From Felony Bay by J.E. Thompson
The Colossus Rises by Peter Lerangis
House of Secrets by Ned Vizzini and Chris Columbus

(young-adult books)
Loteria by Mario Alberto Zambrano
Towering by Alex Flinn
Arclight by Josin McQuein
The Elite by Kiera Cass
Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike
The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise
Wild Awake by Hilary Smith
Reboot by Amy Tintera
Parallel by Lauren Miller

I now have some doubles and ARC editions of some of these books so I can definitely see a giveaway in the future ;)

OTHER BOOKS/SWAG

Matilda by Roald Dahl
(Penguin)
(I'm participating in the 25th Anniversary Blog Tour for Matilda and Penguin sent me this awesome pink edition!)

Compound by S.A. Bodeen
Fallout by S.A. Bodeen
(Macmillan: sent from pub)

The Nightmare Affair Swag from Mindee Arnett

EBOOKS FROM NETGALLEY

Indelible by Dawn Metcalf
(Harlequin Teen)

Invisible by Marni Bates
(K-Teen)

Big THANK YOUs to Harper Collins, Penguin, Macmillan, Harlequin Teen, and K-Teen for all the bookish awesomeness this week!!!

Weekly Blog Recap
This week I...

REVIEWED
Firecracker by David Iserson
Gadget Girl by Suzanne Kamata

INTERVIEWED

PARTICIPATED IN

AM GIVING AWAY

What did you get this week?!

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Goodie Basket (46): 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 In My Mailbox hosted by  The Mod Podge BookshelfStacking 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...

P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcie
(Harper Collins: finished copy sent from pub)

(Macmillan: ARC from pub)

EBOOKS FROM NETGALLEY

Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor
(St. Martin's Griffin)

Viral Nation by Shaunta Grimes
(Penguin)

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
(Disney-Hyperion)

Big THANK YOUs to Harper Collins, Macmillan, St. Martin's Griffin, Penguin, and Disney-Hyperion for all the bookish awesomeness this week!

Weekly Blog Recap
This week I...
REVIEWED
One + One = Blue by MJ Auch

INTERVIEWED/PARTICIPATED IN

AM GIVING AWAY

What did you get this week?!