In My Mailbox (33)

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

In My Mailbox is an Internet meme hosted by The Story Siren to share new books received, purchased, or borrowed.

So here's what I got this--it was a HUGE book week for me!

Literally in my mailbox:

• The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood
• Life, After by Sarah Darer Littman

(It took me forever to figure out who these were from, as there was no return address on the package. BUT, I remember posting a LOL moment on Elizabeth Scott's blog, and she emailed to say she was sending everyone some YA books. So I'm assuming that's where these came from!)

• Sweetly by Jackson Pearce (OMG!) and
• Spoiled by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan (both from Hachette--thank you!!)
• Dead Rules button from Randy Russell. You can enter the Dead Rules Giveaway and get one for yourself!

Purchased:
Long preface: Daughter was at a birthday party Sunday afternoon, and I went to the mall to kill some time. Happened to wander into Waldenbooks and found a bird book for my mom (she's very fond of watching the millions of birds that hang out in her backyard). Then I wandered about the (admittedly small) YA section. I recently made the decision to own a copy of every Elizabeth Scott book, and the store had one, so there you go. Then I found another book I had to have, and then I decided that since everything in the store was Buy 4, Get 1 Free, I might as well buy 5 books LOL So here's what I got:

• Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott
• Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin (see above)
• Party by Tom Leveen (I've wanted to read this forever. This was my free book.)
• The bird book for Mom and a 39 Clues book for Daughter.

Won from a contest over at The Book Butterfly:

• ARCs of Stay by Deb Caletti and Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott (I already read both of these as eGalleys, but I cannot wait to share these with my teens at the library! Thanks, Kim!)

Won from Elana Johnson, author of the upcoming novel Possession:

• I was "tagged in a contest she had done (I think on Facebook), and was given a top-secret website to claim my prize. I don't know if I'm supposed to share what it is, though.

Purchased and autographed at NJLA Conference (I'm hoping to have a blog post up soon with more details on the conference!):

• Head Games by Keri Mikulski
• Viola in the Spotlight by Adriana Trigiani

(Adriana was absolutely amazing as a speaker, and hello! She thinks I'm the world's best YA librarian! LOL)

• Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga

• Something Like Fate by Susane Colasanti
• Accomplice (one of my top 10 of 2010) and You Remind Me of You by Eireann Corrigan

Downloaded to my nook:

• Dead Girl Walking by Linda Joy Singleton (free at Barnes & Noble, and I think other places, too!)

Borrowed from the library:

• Sweet Valley Confidential by Francine Pascal (FINALLY!)
• 10th Anniversary by James Patterson

Whew, what a week! What did you get?

I hope all you moms out there are having a wonderful day! Last year Hubby and Daughter gave me an incredible Mother's Day--hope this year is just as good!

Enjoy your reading!
Christi