Saturday, October 22, 2011

In My Mailbox #2

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme to share what we bought, checked out, swapped, or won. IMM is hosted by The Story Siren . I decided to add the synopsis of the books


For review

Publication Date: September 28th 2011 by CreateSpace



What happens when you fall for the perfect guy...twice...in one day? Brenna Blixen spent her freshman year homeschooling in Denmark; now that she's back in the States, she's determined to make her sophomore year unforgettable. And by unforgettable, she imagined awesome classes, fun friendships, and maybe a little romance. What she got was a whole lot of romance, and all at once. The same day that dark, brooding Saxon Maclean charmed her with his killer good looks and whip-smart wit, Jake Kelly stole her breath away with his heart-wrenching smile and intelligent, thoughtful focus. But Saxon is a proud player who makes it clear that he doesn't know why he can't get Brenna off of his mind and out of his system, and Jake's sweet and humble attitude hides a secret past life that might be darker and more complex than Brenna is willing to deal with. Complicating the matter is the fact that Saxon and Jake were once best friends and are now arch-enemies...and the more Brenna finds out about their connection to each other, the more intrigued and worried she becomes. Between keeping the peace with her lovingly over-protective parents, designing t-shirts for her high school's rising punk band, keeping up her grades in classes split between academic and technical high school, and running the track like a maniac, Brenna has enough to worry about without juggling two guys who make her heart thud and drive her crazy all at once. She has to make a choice, but how is she supposed to do that when giving her heart to one of them might mean breaking the other's? Recommended Age Group: Older YA.                
 [ if i;m in , i'm part of the blog-tour]




There You'll Find Me  by Jenny b Jones

Publication date:  October 4th 2011 by Thomas Nelson

In a small cottage house in rural Ireland, Finley discovers she can no longer outrun the past.
When Finley travels to Ireland as a foreign exchange student, she hopes to create a new identity and get some answers from the God who took her brother away and seems to have left her high and dry.
But from the moment she boards the plane and sits by Beckett Rush, teen star of the hottest vampire flicks, nothing goes according to Finley's plan.
When she gets too close to Beckett, a classmate goes on a mission to make sure Finley packs her bags, departs Ireland-and leaves Beckett alone.
Finley feels the pressure all around. As things start to fall apart, she begins to rely on a not-so-healthy method of taking control of her life.
Finley tries to balance it all-disasters on the set of Beckett's new movie, the demands of school, and her growing romance with one actor who is not what he seems. Yet Finley is also not who she portrays to Beckett and her friends.
For the first time in her life, Finley must get honest with herself to get right with God.

Another Way by Anna martin
will not post cover or synopsis , Risque adult book .  Goodreads link 
 


Exclusively Yours (Kowalski Family #1) by Shannon Stacey

Publication date:   June 7th 2010 by Carina Press

When Keri Daniels’ editor finds out she has previous carnal knowledge of reclusive bestselling author Joe Kowalski, she gives Keri a choice: get an interview or get a new job.

Joe’s never forgotten the first girl to break his heart, so he’s intrigued to hear Keri’s back in town—and looking for him. Despite his intense need for privacy, he’ll grant Keri an interview if it means a chance to finish what they started in high school.

He proposes an outrageous plan—for every day she survives with his family on their annual camping and four-wheeling trip, Keri can ask one question. Keri agrees; she’s worked too hard to walk away from her career.

But the chemistry between them is still as potent as the bug spray, Joe’s sister is out to avenge his broken heart and Keri hasn’t ridden an ATV since she was ten. Who knew a little blackmail, a whole lot of family and some sizzling romantic interludes could make Keri reconsider the old dream of Keri
Joe 2gether 4ever. [ sounds sweet]



The Serpent Sea (Books of the Raksura #2 by Martha Wells

Publication date: January 10th 2012 by Night Shade Books


Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. Together, they travel with their people on a pair of flying ships in hopes of finding a new home for their colony. Moon finally feels like he's found a tribe where he belongs. But when the travelers reach the ancestral home of Indigo Cloud, shrouded within the trunk of a mountain-sized tree, they discover a blight infecting its core. Nearby they find the remains of the invaders who may be responsible, as well as evidence of a devastating theft. This discovery sends Moon and the hunters of Indigo Cloud on a quest for the heartstone of the tree - a quest that will lead them far away, across the Serpent Sea.
In this followup to The Cloud Roads, Martha Wells returns with a world-spanning odyssey, a mystery that only provokes more questions - and the adventure of a lifetime. [did not know it was a series when i requested it on netgalley]





Sins of the Angels (Grigori Legacy #1) Linda Poitevin

Publication date:  September 27th 2011 by Ace Books



A detective with a secret lineage. An undercover Hunter with a bullet-proof soul. And a world made to pay for the sins of an angel…

Homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis answers to no one. Especially not to the new partner assigned to her in the middle of a gruesome serial killer case—a partner who is obstructive, irritatingly magnetic, and arrogant as hell.

Aramael is a Power—a hunter of the Fallen Angels. A millennium ago, he sentenced his own brother to eternal exile for crimes against humanity. Now his brother is back and wreaking murderous havoc in the mortal realm. To find him, Aramael must play second to a human police officer who wants nothing to do with him and whose very bloodline threatens both his mission and his soul.

Now, faced with a fallen angel hell-bent on triggering the apocalypse, Alex and Aramael have no choice but to join forces, because only together can they stop the end of days






Won


Savor (Warm Delicacy #1) by  Megan Duncan


Publication date:  October 1st 2011

When Claire Miller turned eighteen all she wanted to do was celebrate her birthday, but after a night on the town with her best friend she awakes to a visitor she never expected. The rulers of her region, a vampire royal family, have chosen her to be turned as their new heir and vampire princess. Claire quickly discovers the royal family is not what they seem and that she has secrets in her past, she never knew existed.









Manitou The Sky People Saga by Lexus Luke


Publication date: August 15th 2011


When her adoptive parents were murdered a year ago in New York City, fifteen-year-old Wray Sky moved home to Manitou Springs, Colorado to live with her Ute Indian great-grandmother. Wray’s faith in all that is logical gets rocked to the core by bones that never die, her sudden mind bending abilities and the realization that her parents' murder may not have been as random as everyone thought.

With support from sweetheart, Kanaan, and best friend, Amaya, Wray faces danger from unknown sources and ultimately discovers that she isn’t who, or what, she thinks she is



Dawn of Darkness (Daeva #1) by Daniel A.Kaine

Publication date: October 20th 2011

Unburdened by the pain of loss and heartbreak, Mikhail is content with his life of solitude. But everything began to change the day he realised he has a psychic ability -- the power to alter the emotions of those around him.

Ushered into the Military Academy with others like him -- other Daevas -- Mikhail does his part to help tip the scales of war against the vampires that destroyed the world and plague what remains of humanity. But after going up against his first vampire, Mikhail starts to question everything he thought to be true.

To discover the truth and expose the lies he once believed, Mikhail will set out on a journey of discovery, and learn some things about himself in the process. 




Borrowed


De Vliegeraar
by Khaled Hosseini, Miebeth van Horn (translator)

Publication date: December 2007 by De Bezige Bij (first published June 3rd 2003)

A novel set mostly in Afghanistan. The introverted and insecure afghan narrator, Amir, grows up in Afghanistan in the closing years of the monarchy and the first years of the short-lived republic. His best and most faithful friend, Hassan, is the son of a servant. Amir feels he betrays Hassan by not coming to his aid when Hassan is set on by bullies and furthermore forces Hassan and his father Ali to leave his father´s service. Amir´s relatively priviledged life in Kaboul comes to an end when the communist regime comes to power and his extrovert father, Baba emigrates with him to the U.S. There Amir meets his future, afghan wife and marries her. Amir´s father dies in the U.S. and Amir receives a letter from his father´s most trusted business partner and, for a time, Amir´s surrogate father, which makes Amir return, alone, to a Taliban-dominated Afghanistan in search of the truth about himself and his family, and finally, a sort of redemption

[ this is the dutch version, my native tongue is dutch , dislike reading translations english to dutch but could not find the english version at my school library, so love international covers]



So that's what i got this week. What did you get?


22 comments:

  1. Lots of great books! I'm especially intrigued by Savor.

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  2. Alot of dark looking novels. Looks great. I also love your background.

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  3. THERE YOU'LL FIND ME is an awesome book. You can look at my review for the book if you like, but I loved it. I cried so much.

    Great selection.

    Happy Reading.

    -Marybeth

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  4. You've got some great books this week! I'm also going to review the first one and the second one has been on my TBR list for a while :)

    Enjoy all of them!!

    Hope you have a great weekend,
    Here's my IMM post
    Vicky xxx

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  5. great haul!

    here’s my IMM too! : )http://coffeebooksandme.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-my-mailbox-9.html

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  6. Nice haul! There You'll Find Me sounds really cute. I also hope we both enjoy Savor :)

    Giselle
    Xpresso Reads

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  7. Enjoy all your books - they look great!

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  8. I want to read there you'll find me and exclusively yours! such cute covers!! :)

    enjoy your books!
    - juhina

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  9. I've only read Sins of the Angels (it was good!) but I'm loving the covers of a bunch of these! And they sound good too :D Enjoy!

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  10. Wow, great haul! There You'll Find Me sounds really cute--I'll definitely want to check it out! :) Hope you enjoy your books!

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  11. Sounds like a good line up of books. Enjoy!

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  12. Great books! I really want to read There You'll Find Me! I hope its a good one! :D

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  13. Great books! The Kite Runner is one of my all-time favorites!

    Happy reading. :)

    -Britney

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  14. Looks like you have some great reads to choose from this week. Sins of the Angels looks great especially

    Shelleyrae @ book'd Out

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  15. Nice Haul. I read Sins of Angels; it wasn't great but it was good.

    Enjoy!

    My IMM - http://beasbooknook.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-my-mailbox-7.html

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  16. Great set! I loved The Kiterunner. I loved the cover of the Jennie B. Jones book. I want to read it b/c of that.
    My IMM

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  17. Savor looks very interesting. I'm adding that to my wish list. Enjoy your reads and thanks for stopping by my blog.

    My In My Mailbox

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  18. Nice mailbox! I'm really curious about There You'll Find Me. :) Enjoy!

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  19. Ooo Dawn of Darkness sounds pretty good. Nice IMM!

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  20. I'm reading There You'll Find Me, it's a bit religious but it's good, I hope you like it. Great Haul, thanks for stopping by :))

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  21. Why didn't I hear of that book by Khaled Hosseini?
    Enjoy your books!

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  22. There You'll Find Me sounds pretty good!

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