Books of the Month (7)

Books of the Month is where I recap books I received In My Mailbox, read, shared from my shelves, and plug my book reviews and discussions during the entire month. Variations of these types of posts exist on many blogs so I am not claiming credit for this idea.

 

Books of February

Purchased 

Be Mine by Jennifer Crusie, Victoria Dahl, and Shannon Stacey
Chelsea Chelsea, Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler
Unraveling Isobel by Eileen Cook
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Best Night of Your (Pathetic) Life by Tara Altebrando
Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith
Anatomy of a Single Girl by Daria Snadowsky
The Archived by Victoria Schwab     

Blaze (Or, Love in the Time of Supervillians) by Laurie Boyle Crompton
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti 

e-books

None of the Regular Rules by Erin Downing

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Gifted

(purchased with GC from Lisa @GadgetNBooks)

Playing Along by Rory Samantha Green

Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook

The Pull of Gravity by Gae Polisner

The Boys of Summer by C.J. Duggan

Library
Now Playing: Stoner and Spaz II by Ron Koertge (e-book)
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger

Swapped
(Paperback Swap)  
The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick 
Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt 

For Review/Blog Tour/Promotion

Being Henry David by Cal Armistead (finished copy)
Harken by Kaleb Nation (e-book) (not pictured)
fml by Shaun Davifd Hutchinson (e-book)
Over You by Amy Reed (e-book)
The Elephant of Surprise by Brent Hartinger (e-book)
Absent by Katie Williams (e-book)

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Read

(links to Amazon)  
  The Obvious Game by Rita Arens
  Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
  Being Henry David by Cal Armistead
  Now Playing: Stoner & Spaz II by Ron Koertge
  The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick
  Live Through This by Mindi Scott
  Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally 
  Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally 
 Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl 

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Shared from My Shelves

(books borrowed by friends)
Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (book and movie)
From What I Remember by Stacy Kramer and Valerie Thomas
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway  

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Reviewed/Discussed
(links to review)
Close Enough to Touch by Victoria Dahl
Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate
The Obvious Game by Rita Arens
Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
 Being Henry David by Cal Armistead
Blaze (Or, Love in the Time of Supervillians) by Laurie Boyle Crompton

In My Mailbox (54)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme run by Kristi at The Story Siren which explores the books that have been delivered to our mailbox or doorstep or directly into our hot little hands.

Where I go on an e-book buying binge.

Purchased:

all e-books

Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance by Emily Franklin

Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker

Dirty Little Secrets by C. J. Omololu

Putting Boys on the Ledge (A Girlfriend's Guide to Boys) by Stephanie Rowe

Deadly Little Secret (Touch) by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Priscilla the Great by Sybil Nelson

The First Time by Jessica Verday and Rhonda Stapleton

Saving June by Hannah Harrington

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

Review:

Curiosity, with a Capital S by Tonya Trimble

Won:

Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough

Thank you Stacey at Stacey Says and Cyndi Sews

Gifted:

Falling by Sharon Dogar
a Random Act of Kindness

Thank you Beth at Living a Goddess Life

Swapped:

Mistletoe: Four Holiday Stories by Hailey Abbott, Melissa de la Cruz, Aimee Friedman and Nina Malkin

Forever . . . by Judy Blume
 Paperback Swap

This IMM is for the past two weeks, so while I did go a little crazy with my e-book buying it wasn't all at once. There have just been so many incredible offers, especially the offer for over 60 books for $2.99 each from Bloomsbury. If you don't know about this, check it out HERE

So I guess you could say my "No Book Buying November" is over. I knew I wouldn't last the entire month, but with all of the great e-book deals I got this month, I still spent less than I normally would. 

I'm excited to have received Mistletoe just in time for the Christmas holiday. I love having a holiday themed book to read during this time of year. Last year I read Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn. The year before I read Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances by John Green, Lauren Myracle and Maureen Johnson. I recommend either of those if you are looking for a fun holiday read. 

If you already have your holiday books selected, I'd love to know what you will be reading. Please let me know in the comments.