Goodie Basket (60): 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 Bookshelf, 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 )

Welcome to another edition of Word Spelunking's Goodie Basket! I hope everyone had a fabby fab week. Before we get to my loverly haul, here's your weekly dose of Baby Aeicha cuteness...

In my mailbox this week...

FOR REVIEW

From Penguin

The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson

this ARC came in a really cool box with a stack of promo cards

Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston

From Harper Collins

Dead Set by Richard Kadrey

Don't Look Now by Michelle Gagnon

Rule by Jay Crownover

The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech

The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech 

From Macmillan

The Riverman by Aaron Starmer

Sekret by Lindsay Smith

From SoHo Teen

Relic by Heather Terrell

From Pyr Books

The Osiris Curse by Paul Crilley

From Simon Audio

Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit by Octavia Spencer

There's More to Life Than This by Theresa Caputo

GIFTED

The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

the very awesome Emma Raveling gifted me Kindle copy of this book as an early birthday gift!

Big THANK YOUS to Penguin, Harper Collins, Macmillan, SoHo Teen, Pyr Books, Simon Audio, and Emma Raveling for all the bookish awesomeness this week!!

WEEKLY BLOG RECAP

this week I...

Reviewed

Blue Moon (Dead City #2) by James Ponti

Interviewed

-James Ponti about Blue Moon

-Mary Beth Bass about her awesome book trailer contest

Open Giveaways

-Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card from Mary Beth Bass

-Win a signed hardcover copy of The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

WHAT DID YOU GET THIS WEEK?!

Goodie Basket (59): Weekly Book Haul and 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 Bookshelf, 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 )

Welcome to another edition of Word Spelunking's Goodie Basket! I hope everyone had a fabby fab week. Before we get to my loverly haul, here's your weekly dose of Baby Aeicha cuteness...

The many adorable faces of Baby A this week!

In my mailbox this week...

FOR REVIEW

from Harper Collins

1D: Where We Are- Our Band, Our Story by One Direction

from Macmillan

Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer

Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

Rain of the Ghosts by Greg Weisman

(from St. Martin's Griffin via Netgalley)

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

(from Candlewick Press via Netgalley)

Big THANK YOUS to Harper Collins, Macmillan, St. Martin's Griffin, and Candlewick Press for all the bookish awesomeness this week!!

Weekly Blog Recap

This week I...

Reviewed

With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo

The Real Boy by Ann Ursu

Participated In

The Frozen Blog Tour: guest post by author Michael Johnston

The Real Boy Blog Tour: interview with author Anne Ursu

Open Giveaways

-Win a paperback copy of the mglit book With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo

-Win a signed hardcover copy of the mglit The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

-Win a print or e-copy of the YA/MG mystery adventure The Hidden Chamber in the Great Sphinx by Linda Cardose

WHAT DID YOU GET THIS WEEK?!

Goodie Basket (58): 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 Bookshelf, 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 )

Welcome to another edition of Word Spelunking's Goodie Basket! I hope everyone had a fabby fab week. Before we get to my loverly haul, here's your weekly dose of Baby Aeicha cuteness...

It's hard to tell in this pic, but A's blonde hair is really coming in now!


In my mailbox this week...
FOR REVIEW

From Macmillan

The Lost Planet by Rachel Searles

NIL by Lynne Matson

From Harper Collins

Annoying Orange: How to be Annoying- a Joke Book by Brandon Snider

No Angel by Helen Keeble

Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart

From Simon & Schuster

Friday Never Leaving by Vikki Wakefield

From Penguin

Flo & Wendell by Willian Wegman

From Simon & Schuster Audio

Smoke by Ellen Hopkins

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

Broken by C.J. Lyons

(Sourcebooks: from Netgalley)

Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong

(Harper Collins: from Edelweiss)

Big THANK YOUS to Macmillan, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, and Sourcebooks for all the bookish awesome this week!!!

Weekly Blog Recap

This week I...

Reviewed

-Crest (Ondine Quartet #3) by Emma Raveling

-Doodled Doggy by Jason Sandberg

Spotlighted

-The Hidden Chamber in the Great Sphinx by Linda Cardose (Excerpt and Giveaway)

Open Giveaways

-The Hidden Chamber in the Great Sphinx

-The Sky Jumpers Blog Tour Giveaway

-The Fallout Blog Tour Giveaway

WHAT DID YOU GET THIS WEEK?!

Goodie Basket (57): Weekly Book Haul and 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 Bookshelf, 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 )

Welcome to another edition of Word Spelunking's Goodie Basket! I hope everyone had a fabby fab week. Before we get to my loverly haul, here's your weekly dose of Baby Aeicha cuteness...

Look at my little booknerd!!!

Let's see what arrived in my mailbox this week....

From Harper Collins For Review

Gris Grimly's Frankenstein by Mary Shelly & Gris Grimly

Asylum by Madeleine Roux

3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

A Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard

Scary School 3: the Northern Frights by Derek Kent

Gravediggers 2: Terror Cove by Christopher Krovatin

The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson

Cinderella Smith: The Super Secret Mystery by Stephanie Barden

It's Halloween, I'm Turning Green by Dan Gutman

Other Books For Review

Danny's Doodles: The Jellybean Experiment by David Adler

(from Sourcebooks for review)

The Misadventures of Salem Hyde by Frank Cammuso

(from Abrams for review)

Calendar Mysteries: September Sneakers by Ron Roy

Calendar Mysteries: October Ogre by Ron Roy

Lara's Gift by Annemarie O'Brien

Too Cool for this School by Kristen Tracy

(these four are from Random House for review)

Ship Out of Luck by Neil Shusterman

(from Penguin for review)

Ebooks For Review

Crest (Ondine Quartet #3) by Emma Raveling

(from author)

Far From You by Tess Sharpe

(Disney-Hyperion: from Netgalley)

Big THANK YOUS to Harper Collins, Random House, Sourcebooks, Abrams, Penguin, Emma Raveling, and Disney-Hyperion for all the bookish awesomeness this week!!!

Weekly Blog Recap

this week on the blog...

I reviewed The Classroom: Student Council Smackdown and author Robin Mellom stopped by for a guest post.

I participated in The Fallout Blog Tour and author S.A. Bodeen stopped by with a yummy guest post. Plus, you can win a copy of both books!

I participated in the Sky Jumpers Blog Tour with my review, an interview with author Peggy Eddleman, and a giveaway for a finished copy!

Open Giveaways

-Win 1 of 20 ebook copies of Alena Gouveia's YA fantasy The Ambrose Beacon (open INT)

-Win a set of all three books (print and ebook) in the supernatural YA series The Tracks by J Gabriel Gates and Charlene Keel (open INT).

-Win a paperback copy of The Compound and a hardcover copy of The Fallout by S.A. Bodeen (US/CAN)

-Win a hardcover copy of Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman (US)

WHAT DID YOU GET THIS WEEK?!

Goodie Basket 56: 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 Bookshelf, 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 )

Welcome to another edition of Word Spelunking's Goodie Basket! I hope everyone had a fabby fab week. Before we get to my loverly haul, here's your weekly dose of Baby Aeicha cuteness...

Baby Aeicha says "Wow! Look at all those books!"


Let's see what I got in my Goodie Basket this week...

FOR REVIEW

From Simon & Schuster:

Blue Moon (Dead City #2) by James Ponti

From Random House Kids:

Joshua Dread: the Nameless Hero by Lee Bacon

Lion: Five Ancestors- Out of the Ashes #2) by Jeff Stone

Dragon Keepers #6: The Dragon at the North Pole by Kate Klimo

Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman

Squirrels on Skis by J. Hamilton Ray

Queen of the World (Babymouse #1) by Jennifer L. Holm

Thanks to Lucy (Absolutely Lucy #6) by Illene Cooper

Dog Diaries #3: Barry by Kate Klimo

EBOOKS FOR REVIEW

Colony East (The Toucan Trilogy #2) by Scott Cramer

from author for blog tour

From Netgalley

Being Sloane Jacobs by Lauren Morill

(Random House)

Notable (Awkward #3) by Marni Bates

(K-Teen)

Made of Stars by Kelley York

(Entangled Teen)

PURCHASED

I went to Ollie's again and got all of these books for $1.99 or less each!

For me I got:

Sign Language by Amy Ackley 

And for Baby Aeicha's growing library I got:

The Night Before Halloween by Natasha Wing

and gorgeous editions of

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

WON

I won a Battling Boy prize pack from Macmillan, which includes an ARC, a comic, a poster, a t-shirt, and a signed print from the comic by Paul Pope!

I won Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell from the awesome Ashley at Bookaholics Anonymous Online!

And I won an adorable handmade Gryffindor House Uniform costume for Baby Aeicha from the awesome RaeGun Ramblings!

Big THANK YOUs to Simon and Schuster, Random House, K-Teen, Entangled Teen, Macmillan, Ashley, and RaeGun for all the bookish awesomeness this week!!

Weekly Blog Recap

This week on the blog I...

Spotlighted Alena Gouveia's YA fantasy The Ambrose Beacon with a giveaway for 20 ebook copies.

Reviewed Pictures Books with 5 Mini Reviews and 4 Mini Reviews

Reviewed Shadow Train (The Tracks #3) by J. Gabriel Gates and Charlene Keel

Interviewed J. Gabriel Gates and Charlene Keel

Am giving away 4 sets of all three books in The Tracks Series

Participated in the Lost Eden (The Soulkeepers #5) cover reveal

Posts you may have missed: Natasha Wing's Back To School Blog Tour, The Sweet Legacy Blitz and Interview, Icing on the Cake Blog Tour (review), the Rose Blog Tour (interview and review)

WHAT DID YOU GET THIS WEEK?!