Book Chick City: In My Mailbox (#38)

In My Mailbox (#38)

Sunday, May 30, 2010 | Posted by Book Chick City |

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a fabtastic weekend. Over the last two weeks I've received some amazing books. I received 27 for review, won 5, and bought 15! Gulp!

The books I bought are mostly historical romance as I'm having a bit of a "phase" at the moment. Having read my first one a couple of weeks ago, I now find that I can't get enough and have to read everything in sight! ;) I bought a few while away on holiday and then via Amazon - I honestly didn't realise I bought so many! *damn that one-click button*

As usual there are a few review books that stand out and they are: Feed, Happy Hour at Casa Dracula, The Alchemy of Murder, Infinity, Dark Goddess and The Tudor Wife, but all books sent to me sound great and I can't wait to read them! All links are to Goodreads.

FOR REVIEW

• "Sex and the City" Vol.2 Companion Book by Amy Sohn (Headline)

• The Map of all Things by Kevin J. Anderson (Orbit - Fantasy)

• The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (Penguin - YA Romance)

• The Brides Farewell by Meg Rosoff (Penguin - YA Romance)

• The Edge of the World by Kevin J. Anderson (Orbit - Fantasy)

• Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit - Zombie Horror)

• Happy Hour at Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta (Pocket Books - PNR)

• Midnight Brunch by Marta Acosta (Pocket Books - PNR)

• The Alchemy of Murder by Carol McCleary (Forge - Thriller)

• Wicked: Resurrection by Holder & Viguie (Simon & Schuster -YA Fantasy)

• The Folding Knife by K. J. Parker (Orbit - Fantasy)

• The Lord of Changing Winds by Rachel Neumeier (Orbit - Fantasy)

• The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan (Simon & Schuster - YA Fantasy)

• Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Atom - YA Fantasy)

• Passing Strange by Daniel Waters (Simon & Schuster - YA Fantasy)

• Nicholas Dane by Melvin Burgess (Penguin - YA)

• Dark Secrets 2 by Elizabeth Chandler (Simon & Schuster - YA Fantasy)

• Deadfall by Shaun Jeffrey (Lacroute - Zombie Horror)

• Theodore Boone, Young Lawyer by John Grisham (Hodder & Stroughton - YA Thriller)

• The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (Puffin - YA Fantasy)

• The Whisperers by John Connolly (Hodder & Stroughton - Thriller)

• Dark Goddess by Sarwat Chadda (Puffin - YA Fantasy)

• Jail Bird by Jessie Keane (Harper - Crime)

• Dead Silent by Neil White (Avon - Thriller)

• The Tudor Wife by Emily Purdy (Avon - Historical Fiction)

• Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma (Definitions - YA)

• My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares (Hodder & Stroughton - Fantasy/Romance)

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BOUGHT

• Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas (Historical Romance)

• First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh (Historical Romance)

• The Lady Chosen by Stephanie Laurens (Historical Romance)

• On the Steamy Side by Louisa Edwards (Contemporary Romance)

• The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (Historical Romance)

• To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn (Historical Romance)

• The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn (HR)

• Queen of Silks by Vanora Bennett (Historical Romance)

• Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer (Historical Romance)

• What Happens in London by Julia Quinn (Historical Romance)

• The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn (Historical Romance)

• Brighter than the Sun by Julia Quinn (Historical Romance)

• The Rapture by Liz Jensen (Thriller)

• Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody (Mystery)

• The Wicked Marquess by Gaelen Foley (Historical Romance)

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WON

Thanks to Walker Books I won:

• The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (YA Science Fiction)

Thanks to Harper Voyager I won:

• Spellwright by Blake Charlton (Fantasy)

• Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane (ARC - Urban Fantasy)

• Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay (ARC - Fantasy)

• The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb (Fantasy)

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NB: As you know, there are books that I receive for review from time to time that I will not read/review for Book Chick City due to genre or the book just doesn't appeal to me. I have set it up so you can now view all these book on my Goodreads shelf: BOOKS TO OUTSOURCE.

If you are a reviewer and like any book from this list and are interested in reviewing it on your own blog, then send me an email (bookchickcity [at] dsl [dot] pipex [dot] com) along with the book you wish to review. The only thing I ask is that you can pay for postage via Paypal and have had a book review blog for more than six months.

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22 comments:

Rhiana said...: Oh Great books! My Name Is Memory sounds so good, I'm looking forward to that one!; 30 May 2010 07:25
Kat said...: Wow! That's a lot of books!; 30 May 2010 08:36
Dazzling Mage said...: Great books! I love the Julia Quinn covers! I recently read What Happens in London, and although it's not what I expected, I enjoyed it. I really want to get into historical romances this summer!

Anyway, happy reading! =); 30 May 2010 08:57
TheBookMogul said...: OMG you got so many books. Some of them look really good. Hope you enjoy them; 30 May 2010 09:08
YellowBanana said...: Wow, you received so many amazing books! Happy reading!; 30 May 2010 10:53
Carla said...: Uh, wow, look at all these amazing books. And look at the genres, they are making me very giddy!! Romance, whooo! Hope you enjoy them all Carolyn :-); 30 May 2010 10:59
Ines said...: Nice haul! :)
I see you have S. Laurens and M. Balogh on the list. I wonder what you will think of those.; 30 May 2010 11:25
Bookalicious Ramblings said...: Whoa, what an amazing haul! Yay for My Name Is Memory and I quite like your historical romance phase - I'll definitely be checking out your reviews! :); 30 May 2010 11:27
Allison said...: That is quite the hall! I didn't know Meg Rosoff had a new book, I'll have to go to Goodreads and check that out.

I'm very curious about My Name is Memory, I look forward to your thoughts!; 30 May 2010 13:42
prophecygirl said...: Ooh, GREAT books! Are you going to read The Summer I Turned Pretty? I'm not sure if it's your thing or not, but I absolutely loved it. The second one is great too!

Also very excited you got the new S&S YA books, and Jenna Fox. You have a lot of brilliant stuff to read!

I'm looking forward to your historical romance reviews.. I'm intrigued ;); 30 May 2010 14:15
Kaye said...: Holy Moly - you are going to be one very busy lady with all those great books. have fun and enjoy them.; 30 May 2010 15:08
Audrey said...: You're going to have a great summer with these good finds! I would love to read My Name Is Memory. You might also enjoy L.R. Saul's new fantasy book called, "Bloodline Alliance." I just finished it and was totally enthralled. The story is unforgettable and the characters stick with you. I hope you can check it out!; 30 May 2010 15:26
Meredith said...: The Summer I Turned Pretty is one of my favorite light reads--I hope you like it! And all those historical romances look so good.; 30 May 2010 15:51
Aleksandra said...: Ok, I'm so jealous ;)
Awesome books!!!
I hope you'll enjoy them all!!!
Happy reading!!!; 30 May 2010 16:03
fredamans said...: Fantastic set of books!

http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/05/mailbox-weekly_30.html; 30 May 2010 19:52
Bella said...: I'm fairly new to romance genre, especially to the historical romances. But My first and only (so far) knowledge of them is with Mary Balogh & I love the Huxtable series. Book 3 (Margaret's story) was my personal favorite but I've yet to read book 5. I really like the cover of the one u got better than the one I had for First Comes Marriage, too. I'm looking forward to trying some Lisa Kleypas books & also Julia Quinn's 10 Things I Love About You.
I bought Infinity & Spirit Bound yesterday though so I'll be busy with those first :); 31 May 2010 01:40
Alexia561 said...: Amazing collection of books! Congratulations on all of the review titles and contest wins! Enjoy!; 31 May 2010 04:19
My Eclectic Reads said...: I love Julia Quinn! Love the covers too! Have fun reading.; 31 May 2010 20:03
Michelle @ The True Book Addict said...: Wow! What a mailbox! I thought mine last week was a monster, but I think you've got me beat with these.

Happy Reading!; 1 June 2010 10:50
mis(h)takes said...: Great mailbox this week!!

I'm really looking forward to your thoughts on your historical romance bundle o' books you've bought =); 1 June 2010 19:42
Marie said...: Wow. That is a ton of new books! Looks like you're gonna have a busy summer ahead!; 2 June 2010 05:11
Clover said...: I'm really interesting in reading some of the books that you aren't intending to read, I just don't have a paypal account :( It's a great idea though, passing along books like that.; 2 June 2010 15:19