Saturday, January 7, 2012

In My Mailbox #61

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

I'm Alison (on the off chance you couldn't guess that from the name of my blog). I review Young Adult novels with a few Middle Grade books and a weekly manga feature.

Christmas Stash


Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James


Harry Potter Page to Screen by Bob McCabe


The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz

Secret Santa Gifts
*I had two great Secret Santas this year. I received:


Crave by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz

Love Story by Jennifer Echols


The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver
*I actually got two copies of this - one from each Secret Santa. I'll probably give one of the copies away.

*One of my secret santas also gave me some adorable bookmarks, an apron, an I Love Vampires notepad, and an ornament. Thank you! I never did find out who my other secret santa was.

Won


Matched by Ally Condie


Crossed by Ally Condie

*Thanks to Jenni Elyse!!!

Library Stash


Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein
*I suppose the author wouldn't like me saying that one of the main reasons I like this cover is because it's sparkly :-). Actually, it's very good. I'm about halfway through and it's given me a lot to think about.


Dengeki Daisy vol. 5 by Kyousuke Motomi

74 comments:

  1. I LOOOVE Love Story, hopefully you will too:D Dengeki Daisy sounds like fun! I'm going to have to check it out. Haha with two copies of the Demon Trappers Daughter, I hope you absolutely adore it xD enjoy<3

    Here is my IMM ((: -thank you&come again.

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  2. You got a whole bunch of awesome books!

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  3. Ooh, I think I want to get Cinderella Ate My Daughter for a friend of mine. She's having a baby girl soon and she's mentioned that all the gifts she's been getting are of the pink and sparkly variety, which she likes, but is being overloaded by. I think she'll get a kick out of that book.

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  4. Nice haul! The Demon Trapper's Daughter is great! :)

    Here is my IMM: http://tinyurl.com/8xsc5fw
    Nickey @ The Book Shop Assistant

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  5. Oh you hava some books I really want to read. I love the cover of this Harry Potter.

    My IMM

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  6. Lots of lovely goodies. So jealous of Harry potter stage to screen!

    Happy reading

    In My Mailbox  

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  7. I have to check out Death Comes to Pemberley - I saw this on some bookish website the other day and it sounds interesting! Cinderella Ate My Daughter sounds great too :D

    Here's my IMM for this week if you'd like to take a look.

    Have a nice weekend,
    Vicky
    Books, Biscuits & Tea

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  8. I got Matched this week too!, great IMM and Happy Reading :).

    My IMM

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  9. So jealous of Page to Screen! I hope you enjoy all your books though! :)

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  10. I loved reading Cinderella ate my daughter and it gave me so much to think about too. Great stash

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  11. I too am jealous you got Page to Screen. Great book haul.

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  12. Ooh very nice!! Loved Crave and the Demon Trapper's Daughter! Enjoy all your new reads!

    Here's my IMM

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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  13. Oooooh! Harry Potter Page to Screen! SO jealous! I am dying to take a look at it.

    Happy reading!

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  14. njoy all
    looking 4ward 2 your reviews
    my imm

    i need 2 read more manga[broken record -me ^_^

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  15. Wonderful haul, Alison! I adore the Demon Trapper's series! ENJOY =)


    My Imm: http://mochalattereads.blogspot.com/2012/01/in-my-mailbox40.html

    -★Wendy★
    A Cupcake and a Latte: Young Adult Reviews!

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  16. Congrats on your winnings! Matched was one of my favorites of 2010!

    Jen

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  17. Awesome haul!! Matched is really good!

    http://lovesbooksreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/in-my-mailbox-26.html

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  18. You have some great books this week. I've been wanting to read Love Story myself :)

    My IMM!
    Kris @Imaginary Reads

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  19. Oooh Death Comes to Pemberley looks really, really good! I loved Demon Trapper's Daughter, it's a great series. Hope you enjoy everything!

    The Cait Files

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  20. Great books. I'm loking forward to your reviews. Check out my IMM!

    Katrina
    Kindred Dreamheart

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  21. Wow you had a GREAT haul! I hope you enjoy everything!! Matched and Crossed are two of my faves!

    Anna @ Literary Exploration

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  22. Wow! Great books!! How fun to get Matched and Crossed at the same time!! Enjoy!

    My IMM: Colorimetry

    Have a GREAT weekend!

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  23. Ooh, I really want to read the HP page to screen book! Wish someone had given it to me for Christmas. :)

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  24. Ah, man, when am I going to read the Matched series? I really need to stop slacking! And yay for Secret Santas! Looks like you got some awesome books this time.

    Have an amazing reading week!

    - Asher (from Paranormal Indulgence)

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  25. Awesome. I love the last book, "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" that sounds so funny! Though it might not be, Idk, but it looks great. Haven't heard of it.

    Happy reading.

    -Marybeth P.

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  26. Death Comes to Pemberly sounds awesome. Enjoy your books!

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  27. Oh Alison I've heard the Matched serie is so so good! :) I hope you'll like it :)

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  28. Enjoy all your new books that you got for Christmas. Great haul of books. Come visit me as well.

    Grace
    Livre De Amour-Books of Love Blog

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  29. CinderellaAte my Daughter is also on my TBR list! Cant wait to hear how it is.

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  30. So jealous of the Harry Potter from Page to Screen. It looks amazing!
    Happy Reading!
    Em
    My IMM post
    A Beautiful Madness

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  31. I love PD James- and have heard great things about this new one!

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  32. Great haul! I got Matched too! I hope you enjoy them all :) Happy Reading! My IMM

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  33. Ohhhh, Matched and Crossed. I've only read Matched, I like it... sort of. I'm interested in finding out what you'll think. Hopefully you enjoy.

    ~Happy Reading!

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  34. Love Story was such an awesome book, I loved it! Basically, I love all love stories, but that book was actually a "love story".
    Awesome books and happy reading!
    Check out my IMM at
    www.underthebookrainbow.blogspot.com

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  35. Nice big mailbox! Congrats on all your gifts and wins. Death Comes to Pemberley is THE hot book in my library right now. Everyone is loving it. I hope you do too! Crave looks interesting.

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  36. Great books this week. :) I got Page to Screen a while back but I never got to do more than skim it. I really enjoyed Love Story as well so I hope you enjoy it!

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  37. The Demon Trapper's Daughter and Love Story are both very good books, the first more so than the second one. I can't wait to see how you like them.

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  38. All of these books sound great! I got an ARC of Soul Thief but I haven't read it because I haven't read A Demon Trapper's Daughter. I really need to get on that. I've never heard of the manga series that you featured, but I'll have to check it out!

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  39. I have some other stuff I was going to send you also. I've been busy with other stuff, but I will get to it.

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  40. WOW!!! What a great bunch of books! I really want to read The Demon Trappers Daughter. I hope you enjoy all your reads:)

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  42. Let me try again- Great mailbox! Loved Crave! you must read the sequel Sacrifice. It's just a two book series. And it's a great series! Melinda Metz lives near me and I want to see if she'll sign my copies.

    Weird about Dancergirl isn't it! Not even a note in my spam folder! But I love get unexpected books!

    Heather

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  43. Yay for Matched and Crossed! You got some awesome books this week (a little jealous lol). I hope you love all of them! Happy Reading :)

    Thanks for stopping by Book Cover Justice!

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  44. You got both Matched AND Crossed? Gah, I'm jealous! I hope you enjoy them-thanks so much for stopping by! :)

    http://nicoleslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/01/in-my-mailbox-1.html

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  45. Love the cover to Crave, I love sexy men covers :D I still need to get Crossed. I still so mad that I missed her signing when she was here.

    Happy reading and thanks for stopping by

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  46. What a great bunch of books! I haven't read Crossed yet. But I did like Matched, and The Demon Trapper's Daughter. I hope you enjoy all of them.
    Thanks for stopping by my bnlog!

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  47. Awesome IMM this week. I like the sound of Death Comes to Pemberley. Thank you for stopping by my IMM.

    ~Katie
    Turner's Antics

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  48. You got a lot lol. Some really good books in there.

    I love Harry Potter and Twilight.

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  49. HARRYYY POTTER!!!!
    Awesome haul this week :D
    ENJOY!

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  50. HP Page to Screen!! I borrowed a copy from my library, but didn't end up finishing it before I returned. Definitely one I want to buy to keep, though. I loved Matched. Sadly Crossed didn't quite live up to expectations for me, but I'm excited for the third book. And I really want to read Love Story! I've heard great things about Jennifer's novels.

    Awesome mailbox, enjoy!

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  51. Oh, Dengeki Daisy! Good choice! :))

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  52. New Follower :)

    I really, really want Matched and Crossed, so I might be a little jealous ;)

    You got some great books!

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  53. Oh i love the cover of Cinderella Ate My Daughter! Great IIM some very great books. I plan to read Love story next

    Esha@ Readaholicme

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  54. The movie companions look awesome! And I loved Matched and Crossed! Enjoy!
    Thanks for visiting My IMM

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  55. oooh awesome books you have here!

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  56. Great haul! I've got the Breaking Dawn movie companion to read too.

    Thanks for stopping by!


    Megan @ Between the Lines

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  57. Can you BELIEVE that I didn't get ANY books myself for Christmas? :( ... My daughters say that they won't buy me more books until the ones I have to read actually fit on the new bookshelf they bought me for my birthday last year ... little wankers!

    YOU, however, got a great stash! Woot! Matched and Crossed .. I ALMOST got those for Not-So-Bebe-Girl Autumn's book box, but ended up getting her the Fallen series instead :)

    Enjoy all of the lovely new reads!

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  58. Lots of great books! I really enjoyed Matched, and I hope to read Crossed soon. I really want the Harry Potter book. Happy reading!

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  59. I got Matched for my sister for Christmas. I can't wait til she reads it...then I can start!
    The Cinderella book sounds fun.

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  60. I want to read Demon Trapper's Daughter so bad!! The manga looks pretty awesome too, I haven't heard of that one. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
    Jessi @ Auntie Spinelli Reads

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  61. Sounds like a good bunch of books you got this week! I really like the covers for Matched & Crossed!
    Happy reading!! :D

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  62. Great books! I still need to pick up my BD Illustrated Guide. Have fun reading! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  63. Cinderella eat my daughter! I wonder why...LOL!

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  64. Eeeep! I completely forgot about Crave. I read it a couple of years back and I think there was supposed to be a sequel. I'll have to look up what it is.

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  65. Great mailbox this week. I love the Harry Potter Page to screen book.

    Thanks for stopping by my IMM :D

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  66. Oooh Matched & Crossed! That's awesome! Happy Reading! <3

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  67. Awesome books! I haven't read Matched and Crossed yet. I have Love Story and Demon, but haven't read it yet.

    Breaking Dawn and Harry Potter, Yeah!

    Thanks for stopping by :)

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  68. Cinderella Ate My Daughter looks so fun! You got some awesome reads. I've only read one Jennifer Echols book, but it was great. I bet Love Story will be full of some good romance.
    Enjoy!
    -Jenna @ Fans of Fiction

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  69. I've been wanting to read Cinderella Ate My Daughter for a while now, though I figured I could put it off maybe until I actually have a daughter. I loved both Matched and Crossed, and would be willing to maim someone to get to look through the HP filming book at some point.

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  70. I haven't read the Demon Trapper's Daughter yet, but everyone seems to have great things to say about it. Harry Potter, from page to screen, I bet that is a very interesting book! Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my IMM!!

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  71. Dude! Me love the Demon Trappers series! It totally rocks!!

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