Book Couture

Sunday, 26 September 2010

In My Mailbox #5, 6 & 7

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren and inspired by the amazing Alea at Pop Culture Junkie.

I haven't posted my mailbox for the past three weeks, and but here it is, all in one go:

Sorry for the immensely bad quality - I had to use my webcam. I'll put up a better one once I take a photo with my camera.

Week 4:
Linger - from school library - I haven't read this yet, even though it's been sitting on my shelf for the past two weeks. Gah...I will get onto it, I promise!

Week 5:
Beat the Reaper - Won from From Me To You's contest. She is amazingly nice - she posted it to me from all the way in America. The postage alone was ~ $10 USD. Wow! Thank you!
Bookmark Days - gift from teacher - My year level coordinater gave me this. She had three in her office, she donated the other two to the school library, and I got to keep one. Thank you Ms H! (She is an awesome, kind teacher who always helps students out. She's never taught me, but she's one of my favourite teachers.)

Week 6:
Beautiful Creatures - from Penguin Aus for review on BTL as guest editor - check out my review of Beautiful Creatures here.
Vlad Tod 1 - from Penguin Aus for upcoming interview with Heather Brewer - I reviewed Vlad Tod 1on Book Couture here.
On the Jellicoe Road Audiobook - local library - (not pictured b/c I already returned it) review later this week.

And, finally...

Week 7:
MATCHED by Allie Condie - for review - I absolutely squealed with delight, danced around the room, hyperventilated a little and almost fainted from excitement.
It was the last copy at Penguin Australia and I am beyond fortunate to be given it. And this is my very first book for review on my blog. It's a monumentous occasion!

And that's about it, guys. What did you get? I'd love to know. Hyperlink to it in your comments below.

(If you don't know how to leave an easy-to-click link, check out my tutorial here.)

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Melissa · 757 weeks ago

oh my heck...great books! I'm so incredibly jealous of Matched, and I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it :)

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Danya · 757 weeks ago

Also so jealous of Matched (wish someone would give me that one to review, lol...) - hope you enjoy it, I've heard so many positive things!

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Briana · 757 weeks ago

Great books! I love Beautiful Creatures and I'm reading Matched right now (so far, so good).
Happy Reading! :)

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Kara Cardwell · 757 weeks ago

You got some nice books this week. I hope you enjoy your first book for review (yay!) , I look foward to hearing what you think about it!

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Brittany · 757 weeks ago

Eeeh, first review book! Congrats :D

Linger is fantstic. I'm sure you'll love it!

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TheBookishSnob · 757 weeks ago

If you could see my face rihgt now you'd see I'm GREEN with envy you have a copy of Matched. Congrats on getting a copy and I hope you love reading it :) You have some great books there and some great reading ahead. Thanks for coming by and looking at my mailbox.

P.S. I don't have an actual Kindle yet. My cell phone has a Kindle application I downloaded onto it. It was my trial test to see if I could stomach owning the real thing. Needless to say I LOVE IT. I told my friend my move to electronic books and she told me I'm selling my soul. Funny thing, I was saying the same thing a month ago. Times are a changing. Have fun!

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Romy · 757 weeks ago

Hey Tina,

You got some great books especially Matched, I loved it, congratulations on getting the last ARC very exciting. I've written my review for Matched which I'm going to post sometime tonight but I first have to walk my dog because it's such a nice day today.

Ohh almost forgot thanks for visiting my blog earlier, yes I did win the 31 books for the Winter Flings, I wasn't expecting to at all because I wrote some really dinky answer to the question they asked, so it was a pleasant surprise, apparently I'll be receiving the books in a couple of weeks, good thing my parents just ordered me a new bookshelf a couple of weeks ago so I'll have somewhere to put them all.

Enjoy the rest of your day, Romy :)

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Danielle · 757 weeks ago

I seriously ♥ 'Linger' and 'Matched'.
'Shivers' is one of my all-time favourite YA books and 'Linger' totally met sequel expectation :)
And 'Mathced' was just... wow. That's all I can say. Penguin sent me a review copy too and I ate it up. It's definitely one of my favourite books of 2010.

Happy reading darling!

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Nomes · 757 weeks ago

I'm expecting Linger to arrive tomorrow! (finger crossed) and am so happy for you snatching that last ARC of matched! Very cool :)

xx

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Cass · 757 weeks ago

Congrats on the first review book!

I have a copy of Matched too, but will not be reading it for a while since it releases so much later. Though I've been anticipating it for a while now. Enjoy your books!

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Becky · 757 weeks ago

I loved Beautiful Creatures & Linger, Matched was very good, too. Happy reading this week!!

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Christina · 757 weeks ago

I loved Matched, it was really great.

I have the same going on with Linger - have had it for ages and still havent had a chance to read it yet :(

Happy Reading

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lusbookblog 44p · 757 weeks ago

That is a really great mailbox!

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PK Reeves · 757 weeks ago

YOU GOT MATCHED! I am so JEALOUS! Waiting for my copy forever!

Have a great read and please kiss Matched for me.... and tell her Aisle B says hello.

Here's an invite to Aisle B http://aisleb.tumblr.com/post/1189571582/mailbox-...

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celebridal · 757 weeks ago

Thanks for stopping by!
Beautiful Creatures is just amazing!You'll love it!

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maidenveil 44p · 757 weeks ago

Hi,Tina! Wow, awesome stash you have there! And you have Matched! Congratulations! I'm looking forward to your review. :)

Cheers!

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geeekygirl 33p · 757 weeks ago

I can't wait to get my hands on Linger!

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Kathy Martin · 757 weeks ago

Tina, I loved both Linger and Beautiful Creatures. I am also eager to read Matched. I hope you have a great time reading all those lovely books. Happy reading!

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Jenny · 757 weeks ago

I ADORED Matched. I wasn't sure I would since it was so hyped, but it's one of my favorite reads for the year. I also loved Beautiful Creatures and can't wait for Beautiful Darkness. You got great books this week!

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nina · 757 weeks ago

Awesome books. They look really good. I do hope you enjoy all of them. :) Happy reading.

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Tara · 757 weeks ago

Congrats on your first review book! I still need to read Linger and Beautiful Creatures - hope you enjoy all your books!

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Amber · 757 weeks ago

Tina, you had a VERY good week! I'm so jealous of your copy of Matched. Happy reading!

My Mailbox

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basma · 757 weeks ago

Some great books you have there...Here is my IMM: http://basma-aal.blogspot.com/2010/09/in-my-mailb...

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avidbookaholic 12p · 757 weeks ago

I'm loving your blog design and the name! I keep seeing a lot of Linger and Beautiful Creatures, so they must be pretty good... I may have to check them out. Thanks for stopping by mailbox; Have a great weekend!

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Arcadia · 757 weeks ago

Wow, looks like you got some really good ones this week! Can't wait to hear about Matched :)

Cade
Braintasia Books

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