Monday, November 2, 2009

Mailbox Monday

Mailbox Monday is a Weekly Event hosted by
Marcia at The Printed Page
jump over to see what others have received this week.


Review books that have arrived this week:
a second copy of Defenders of the Scroll for a giveaway (January - hint, hint)
Thirsty
The Manufactured Identity
But Then Again I Could Be Wrong
Second Chances
Nine Things Nathan Noticed at Night
Red in the Flower Bed


Purchased:
wow, two weeks in a row! And a favorite came out with a new book? I must be coming down with something ;-)


and a big thank you to ....
Yvonne at Socrate's Book Reviews for Simon's Cat
Shauna's Books Giveaways
for Bone Warriors
Nicola at Back to Books for Houston, We have a Problema
I came in second for the Best Kidlit Review Scavenger Hunt! and won Dreaming Anastasia & Magic Keepers

8 comments:

Kristen said...

YOu had a busy mailbox this week, eh? And good for you for not purchasing anything either. As a fellow book buyer, I know how difficult that is!

My mailbox is here.

bermudaonion said...

I'm curious about But Then Again I Could Be Wrong. Happy reading!

DCMetroreader said...

Congrats on the books & the restraint from buying new ones.

Enjoy your books!

fredamans said...

Good books!!

Here's mine: http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2009/11/media-monday.html

Wendi B. - Wendi's Book Corner ~ Rainy Day Reads in Seattle said...

Wow - you did have a busy mailbox. I just love Simon's Cat - my two year old likes to sit with me and look at the pictures, pointing everything out. :)

Here's my Mailbox! ~ Wendi

Shawntele said...

I get so frustrated when I need to return a library book before I have had a chance to read it, and then I need to wait again for my turn on the hold list...ugh!

gautami tripathy said...

Interesting books!

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Alice Teh said...

Great mailbox!

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Stats

New blog goal for 2010. I'm going to try keeping a running total of the following. We'll see how long it lasts... well, let's try this again for 2011! Just remember, anything with an ISBN counts, even the short stories.
Up to date as of December 18 (to the best of my knowledge)

Books read, new: 231
Books read, re-read: 27
New to me authors: 64
Pages: 19,841 plus 168 ebooks
Reviews posted: 29


Nonfiction: 10
Picture Books to Young Adult: 34
Banned/Challenged Books: none? fix this next year!

books left to read in 2012

Don't know if this will work or not but will give it a try. . .

As of May 25, early a.m., I have the following books left to read to complete all of my open challenges.

68 separate ISBNs
22 21 specific states
1-6 :: 0-5 :: 0-4 cozy mysteries
1 Mystery/Suspense with a weapon in title (Poison)
4 3 Dystopia
1 Fairy Tale
1 from 100 Best list
1 Science Fiction
1 Literary Fiction
1 Classic (Hound of the Baskervilles)
3 Memoirs
1 Fae
?? The Unread Book
7 Harry Potter
7 Narnia
3 by Dean Koontz
5 Song of Fire and Ice series - Game of Thrones
7 free ebooks
Redwall
Easy Prey
Magic Kingdom for Sale-Sold
1 Disney Lit
311 Pelican Court
5 specific colors
1 foodie
12 11 specific...Summer Book Challenge
8-10 8-9 specific...Summer Reading Challenge
5 specific..Getting Lost in a Comfortable Book
1 AlA's Top Ten/2011
"x" title
review 2+ personal books
review 8 already read ARCs
review 15 ARCs
Room
11 Shelf Discovery books


Some of these can/will overlap but it is still a HUGE list.