Saturday, May 7, 2011

In My Mailbox (37)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren.

I'm Alison. I've been blogging for 11 months. I review mainly YA with a few MG books and a weekly manga feature.

It was a light week in book world for me. I chose to take mostly books I already had but hadn't yet read on vacation with me.

Bought


Harry Potter: Film Wizardry by Brian Sibley

Library Stash


Dark Lover by J. R. Ward

Vacation Reads

I tend to go a little crazy with books on vacation. Here are the books I took with me and finished on vacation this week:

1. Instructions for a Broken Heart by Kim Culbertson
2. Walk the Wild Road by Nigel Hinton
3. Exposure: A Novel by Therese Fowler
4. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
5. Darkfever (Fever #1) by Karen Marie Moning
6. Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1) by J.R. Ward
7. Switched (Trylle Trilogy #1) by Amanda Hocking
8. Die for Me (Revenants #1) by Amy Plum
9. Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1) by Charlaine Harris (I still have about 60 pages of this - I'll finish it tomorrow)

37 comments:

  1. i've actually never read this series, i've heard so many great things about it though.

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  2. I really love the HP Film Wizardry book! I've seen it in the store and it's so awesome. I haven't been able to find it since Christmas though. I wonder if they'll make a different one once the last movie is out? Anyways, awesome book! :)

    Holy bananas, you read a lot of books! That's awesome. Did you like the first Fever book (Darkfever)?

    Jennifer of Little Shelf

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  3. Okay you're killing me here Alison–I'm dying to know your reaction to Dark Lover! What a successful vacation you had with all that reading:) I'm really excited for Die For Me, I've heard great things, did you like it?

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  4. Looks like some interesting books there!

    I can't wait to read your review for "Dark Lover", "Darkfever" and "Dead Until Dark".

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  5. You read and finished 9 books on your vacation? Did you leave the hotel room at all? xD
    Awesome books!:D
    lisa
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  6. I love the BDB series, Lover Awakened was my all time favourite.

    My IMM

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  7. Oh wow, that is a lot of books!
    I loved Die For Me =)

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  8. Great IMM! Die for Me was an interesting read so enjoy!

    Here's my IMM

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    Jessica@a GREAT read

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  9. I had Harry Potter Film Wizardry for Christmas. It's such a fantastic book, you'll love it!

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  10. Ooh, nice reading! I just LOVE when I have a span of time to read. And I think I'll have to check out the Harry Potter film one. Looks interesting. Happy Reading!
    Mary
    The Book Swarm

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  11. I loved Die For Me, it's awesome! Warm Bodies sounds good too, I'll be looking out for your review :) Happy reading!

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  12. The Harry Potter book looks awesome! Happy reading :)

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  13. Like Jenny, I'm really curious about your thoughts on the BDB series. It's definitely a guilty pleasure of mine. Looking forward to your reviews.

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  14. dang! 9 books? that's awesome. i can't wait for my summer vacation and read through my tbr pile. great mailbox this week. harry potter FTW!

    Our IMM.

    -Michelle

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  15. Sounds like you had a very relaxing vacation. Great stuff! Happy reading!

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  16. Nice job with the crazy amounts of reading! And the Harry Potter book looks really great. Does it have a lot of illustrations?

    Enjoy your reading!

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  17. ARghhhh have got to buy the JR Ward series! All I hear about is how incredible it is and I need to get to it!

    Lots of reading on the vacation. WOW :)

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  18. I love that you read so many books while on vacation. That is my dream. One weekend this summer I am going to the beach to lounge in the sun and read a thousand books. JR Ward is my love (well actually the BDB is my love) so I hope you'll write a review on DL.

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  19. I always go through a lot of book on holiday as well. This year will be teh first year away with my kindle so I hope it lives up to the hype! :-)

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  20. Wow that's a lot of books read! I usually end up reading less. Hope you enjoyed them :)

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  21. Woah!! You've read so many books on vacation! I really cannot wait to hear your thoughts on all of them! I have been dying to read J.R. Ward series (Blood Dagger Brotherhood) and I just ordered the entire series haha! I've been hearing such awesome things about the series so I couldn't resist! Happy reading!

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  22. hey! welcome back hun! I hope you enjoyed your vacay! :) I was featured on Parajunkee's follow fri, and skyrocketed in followers! it was insane (but of course equally freaking awesome!)
    did you like Die for Me?! <3

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  23. these are some great reads :)

    I might check some of them out!

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  24. Hey, Alison. Wow, you did get a lot of reading done! I have to say, I'm slightly jealous. :)

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  25. Awesome vacation reading! I love catching up on reading when I'm on vacay. I also can't wait to read Culbertson's latest book!

    Here's what's in my mailbox this week!

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  26. That is a lot of reading for one vacation!! I'm reading Die For Me now, it's taking me a little longer than I wanted to get through it thanks to my business, but I'm enjoying it.

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  27. Good god, woman! I don't know if I finish 9 books a month! You are a superstar.

    Jennifer @ The Bawdy Book Blog

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  28. I'm so jealous of your HP: Film Wizardry book!!!

    9 books in 1 week??? Wow! That is quite an achievement... Well done Alison! I think you've put us all to shame! Hope you enjoyed them all! :)

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  29. You finished a LOT of books this week! That is awesome!! :) I hope you enjoyed all of those books! :D

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  30. I will definitely have to pick up the Harry Potter book! I love the books and movies so much- I have already taken off July 15 so I can go see the last movie at midnight haha! I also go nuts with books on vacation...we are at the beach now and I brought a milk crate full of books with me!

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  31. Oooh those look cool. I MUST hurry up and find time to start J.R Ward's series. I keep hearing it's amazing and recently I won Dark Lover, but ahh I need time :/

    enjoy your new reads!

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  32. Ooh, you got Dark Lover. I really want to read that book, hope you enjoy it!

    Lol, you went on a spree indeed! Very awesome books you read. I loved Darkfever, I can't wait to read more of the series.

    Celine
    Nyx Book Reviews

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  33. Vacation with books are the best! My parents used to tease me because I would always bring a suitcase with clothes and another one stuffed full of books! Glad you got to have some quality reading time!

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  34. I can't wait to hear what you thought about some of those romance books! I'm about halfway through the second Black Dagger Brotherhood and really am liking it.

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  35. Thanks for your comment on my blog :)

    I've got the Harry Potter: Film Wizardry for Christmas but the french version ^^ it's great, there is so much awesome stuffs in there ! Enjoy it !

    Happy reading :)

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  36. Darkfever and Dark Lover - great reads!

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  37. Agh, late comment is late, but the vacation list is impressive!

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