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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Our Weekly Feature

This past week has been a crazy fun week. Sophie attended both of Cassie's and Holly's signings in CA, I was at TLA and we had a lot of other fun things going on in between these awesome events.

This week we are so EXCITED for Friday! We are having a LIVE author chat with Cassie!! Our chat will start at 8 pm CST here on the blog. Be sure to finish your copies of COFA as this chat will be a spoiler chat!! We're doing something different this time around and the whole chat will be spoilers. Look for a post later in the week were we'll be gathering questions for Cassie for the chat.

Here's a few things we'll be featuring this week on Mundie Moms-

* Our interview with Lisa McMann from her Austin tour stop
* Houston Teen Con recap & Giveaway
* TLA recap & Giveaway

A few of the eviews that will be featured this week: (not in order of post date)
* Entwined by Heather Dixon
* Huntress by Malindo Lo
* The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter


Tomorrow we'll be wrapping our Wings by Aprilynne Pike Read Along. Thank you to everyone who's joined us in chatting about the book so far. You can find all our discussions here.
Have a wonderful rest of your weekend!

In My Mailbox #70- TLA Edition

This week was so crazy busy and so much fun! Last weekend was the Teen Book Con in Houston and this week was TLA (Texas Library Association) in Austin. This was my first time attending an event like this and WOW was it fun. I'm looking forward to posting about it later this week. It was a blast being able to talk to so many other book lovers, librarians, teachers, authors, publishers, bloggers etc. This week has been an amazing week with books! Not only did I enjoy chatting about books, and being able to talk with publishers about their recently released titles and upcoming titles, but I received some amazing titles to review and some to giveaway. I'm going to be broke after all the releases for this summer and fall. There's a huge line up of great books coming.

Here's a little bit of what I received this week......

For Review-

* City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, published by Walker Books, released on 4/7/11, UK edition

* This Dark Endeavor, The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel, published by Simon & Schuster, to be released on 8/23/11

* Wildfire by Karsten Knight, published by Simon & Schuster, to be released on 7/26/11

* The Eternal Sea by Angie Frazier, published by Scholastic, to be released on 6/2011

* The Apothecary by Marie Meloy, published by Putnam/Penguin, to be released 10/2011 - this came in a very cool box with a fabulous jar labeled Apothecary.

* Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma, published by Dutton Books/Penguin, to be released on
6/2011

* Luminous by Dawn Metcalf, published by Dutton Books/Penguin, to be released on 6/30/11

* The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter, published by Harlequin Teen, released on April 19th, 2011 (signed)

* Abandon by Meg Cabot, published by Point/Scholastic, to be released on 4/26/11

* Misfits by Jon Skovron, published by Abrams Books, to be released on 8/2011

* Alice-Miranda at School by Jacqueline Harvey, published by Random House Kids, released on April 5th, 2011

* The Spaghetti Detectives by Andreas Steinhofel, published by Chicken House/Scholastic, to be released on 7/11

* 101 Ways to Become a Super Hero..... or an Evil Genius by Richard Horne & Helen Szirtes, published by Bloomsbury Teens

* Everlost by Neal Shusterman, published Simon Teen, released in 2006

* dreamland social club by Tara Altebrando, published by Dutton Books/Penguin, to be released on May 2011 (already have a copy & will be giving this ARC away)

* Faerie Winter by Janni Lee Simner, published by Random House, released on 4/5/11 (not pictured)

* Flip by Martyn Bedford, published by Random House, released on 4/5/11 (not pictured)

* A Girl Named Willow Kimble by Giuseppe Bianco (not pictured)

Bought -
I bought a bunch of kids books this week, and I also received a nice surprise in the mail. I completely forgot that two years ago I had pre-ordered the twilight saga: the official illustrated guide, which was going to be released in Dec. of 2008. I was totally surprised when I received an email saying it shipped and it arrived this weekend. I have no idea how I forgot I pre-ordered something or why I never canceled it. This book is bigger than I thought it would be and I'm looking forward to browsing through it. (not pictured)

* The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Heather Brewer (book 1)
* City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (Sophie bought for signing)
* Red Glove by Holly Black (Sophie bought for signing)
* City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare (Sophie bought for signing)

Bought at TLA-
* Illegal by Bettina Restrepo (signed)
* Alex Van Helsing by Jason Henderson (signed)
* The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (pb, signed, for giveaway)
* If I Stay by Gayle Forman (pb, signed, for giveaway)
* The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (hardback)



From TLA-

* Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer (for blog tour/giveaway)
* Divergent by Veronica Roth (already have one, gave to a friend)
* Alex Van Helsing, Voice of the Undead by Jason Henderson
* Forgiven by Janet Fox
* Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
* Fateful by Claudia Gray
* Dear Bully, 70 Authors Tell Their Stories edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones
* Tris and Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison
* Frost by Wendy Delsol
* Hereafter by Tara Hudson
* The Necropolis by P.J. Hoover
* Vanish by Sophie Jordan
* The Apothecary by Marie Meloy (gave away to a friend)
* Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
* Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
* The Mystery of the Missing Everything by Ben H Winters
* The Magnolia League by Kate Crouch
* The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell (for giveaway)
* The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group by Catherine Jinks
* Misfits by Jon Skovron
* Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn
* Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry
* Always A Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
* Vanished by Sheela Chari
* Legend by Marie Lu
* The Gray Wolf Thorne by Cinda Williams Chima (signed)
* Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
* Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin (signed, for giveaway, she gave me two to giveaway)
* The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell
* The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
* Dead Rules by Randy Russell
* Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
* Die For Me by Amy Plum
* Sparrow Road by Sheila O' Connor
* Hourglass by Myra McEntire (for blog tour/giveaway)
* Tempest Rising by Tracy Deebs
* Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore
* After Obsession by Carrie Jones & Steven E Wedel
* Mercy by Rebecca Lim
* Enthralled, Paranormal Diversions edited by Melissa Marr & Kelley Armstrong
* The Royal Treatment by Lindsey Leavitt

I'm really looking forward to sharing reviews with you guys and hosting some fun giveaways!

Thank you Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Aimee Carter, Scholastic, Jon Skovron, Abrams, Random House, Bloomsbury, Harper Teen, Tor, Disney Hyperion, Little Brown, EgmontUSA, CBay Books, and
Giuseppe Bianco
for this weeks fabulous reads and goodies!

What goodies did you receive this week? Please feel free to leave your links, we'd love to see what you got.

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In My Mailbox is a meme started by Kristy at the Story Siren, and allows bloggers to share what they received this last week to review, what they bought, won or received as a gift.

Wings Read Along Chapters 19-22

Welcome to Day 6 in our Wings Read Along! If you haven't already, please be sure to download your FREE ebook of Wings from one of these sites here- Today we're discussing chapters 19-22:

Chapter 19- In trouble. Now we know what Barnes is up to. What are your thoughts about this chapter?

Chapter 20- I think this is my favorite chapter out of the book. Not only do we learn what Barnes is and why he wants the land, but I loved learning more about the history and the lore Aprilynne uses for Wings. I'm also team Tamani and I love any scene with him and Laurel. What was your favorite part of the chapter?

Chapters 21 & 22- Tamani, Laurel and David have now all met and are trying to stop Banes from obtaining the signed documents to own the land. Now that you've met both Tamani and David, which character would you like to see Laurel choose? Chapter 22 ends with what appears Tamani getting shot. What do you think is going to happen to Tamani now?

What are you thoughts about Wings over all so far? Tomorrow we'll be wrapping up our read along by talking about chapters 23-25.

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