Happy Sunday! Welcome to another week of my weekly round up. You can see why I changed the name of this weekly meme here. Wow, this week flew by fast. Yesterday I had a blast working at the Austin Teen Book Festival. I swear it gets better and better each year. I can't wait to share my author interviews with you guys! I hope y'all had a great weekend. This week brought a few surprises, as well as some much anticipated books. Here's what arrived this week:
For Review:
Random House:
- Romeo Redeemed by Stacey Jay, to be released on 10/9/12
- Flutter by Gina Linko, to be released on 10/23/12
- The Unfailing Light by Robin Bridges, to be released on 10/9/12
- All You Never Wanted by Adele Griffin, to be released on 10/9/12
- The FitzOsbornes at War by Michelle Cooper, to be released on 10/9/12
- The Opposite of Hallelujah by Anna Jarzab, to be released on 10/9/12
- Velveteen by Daniel Marks, to be released on 10/9/12
Bloomsbury Teen:
- Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black, to be released on 2/12/13
Harper Teen:
- Drain You by M. Beth Bloom, released on 7/24/2
Hyperion
- REACHED by Ally Condie, to be released on 11/13/12, I'm so excited to be on the team of bloggers who will taking part in challenges over the next few weeks to help promote the upcoming release of REACHED! I'll be hosting some REACHED swag giveaways shortly! Ally graciously signed a few of my posters yesterday when I saw her, and I'll be including those in my giveaways. Yes, they will be international.
Tor Teen:
- Ironskin by Tine Connolly, to be released on 10/2/12
SOHO Teen:
- What We Saw at Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard, to be released on 1/8/13
Spencer Hill Press:
- Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway, to be released on 1/15/13
Mundie Kids:
- Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead, released on 8/7/12
- Joshua Dread by Lee Bacon, released on 9/25/12
- Dragon of Seas by Pierdomenico Basscalario, released on 9/25/12
- The Assault by Brian Falkner, released on 9/25/12
- Five Ancestors Out of the Ashes: Phoenix, Book #1 by Jeff Stone, released on 9/25/12
- Super by Matthew Cody, released on 9/25/12
- The City of Ember Graphic Novel by Jeanne DuPrau, released on 9/25/12
Purchased:
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, 75th Anniversary edition; I LOVE this cover!!
- Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy; I loved Wildwood and I can't wait to jump into this book
- Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan, signed, from ATBF, already read & reviewed here
- The Girl of Fire & Thorns by Rae Carson, signed from ATBF, already read & reviewed here
- The Crown on Embers by Rae Carson, signed from ATBF, FINALLY!! I'm been patiently waiting for ATBF to purchase this book.
- CROSSED by Ally Condie, signed from ATBF, already read & reviewed here
- HIDDEN by Sophie Jordan, signed from ATBF, already read & reviewed here
- Time Between US by Tamara Ireland Stone; I can't wait to read this one, signed from ATBF
Gifted:
I'm really excited to show you guys this picture, as some of these items are goodies you can win via Shannon Messenger's upcoming book tour signing for her DEBUT book that releases this week, KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES! You can also find out how you can win the swag and enter to win KEEPER via my blog tour for KEEPER here. THANK YOU SM!!!
Thank you to:
Shannon, Random House, Penguin, Harper Teen, SOHO Teen, Tor Teen, Spencer Hill Press, Hyperion and Bloomsbury for this week's awesome reads/treats.
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Here's a quick re-cap of all that was happened this past week on Mundie Moms.
Cassie Clare / TMI Movie News:
Author Interviews/ Blog Tours / Giveaways
- KEEPER of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger Blog Tour
- Uncontrollable Launch Party, giveaway
- Anew by Chelsea Fine, author interview/review
- Brightest Kind of Darkness by P.T. Michelle, author interview, review & giveaway
- Promised by Caragh O'Brien, book review, author interview & giveaway
- BANNED BOOKS Week Giveaway Hop
Reviews:
- Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
- Promised by Caragh O'Brien
- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- Brightest Kind of Darkness by P.T. Michelle
- Anew by Chelsea Fine
- Entice by Jessica Shirivington
MM Weekly Memes:
- Mortal Instruments Movie Monday #1: British Accents
- Mundane Monday #155
- Twitter Tuesday: Margaret Stohl's ICONS
- W.O.W / Cover Reveal: Opal by Jennifer L Armentrout
- Thoughtful Thursday: TMI Movie & Make A Wish Foundation grant the wish of Grace
Thank you for stopping by MM's this today! Have a fabulous weekend.
Wow! What a wonderful collection of books. Many of them are on my wishlist. I wish I was nearer to Austin because that teen festival sounds amazing. My new book posts are at Inside of a Dog and at Ms. Martin Teaches Media. Stop by if you get a chance and happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThe ATBF is a must!!! I hope you'll be able to make it out to it one year.
DeleteI've been seeing that a lot of people have been getting ARC's of Reached. That's cool. Great haul of books. Come visit me as well too.
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Thank you!!
DeleteGreat haul!! Lucky you got an ARC of Reached!! Looking forward to your reviews!! Happy reading :)
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Thank you! I am so excited about REACHED. I can't wait to share my review of it. :)
DeleteWow, awesome Reached Swag and I'm so jealous you have a copy already! I also received a Dance of Shadows!
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Ahh! You got so much awesome! <3 Jealous about the Keeper swag :D But, yeah, I am getting it too. <3 Bought the book via the site Shannon talked about a while ago :) Happy about that ;p Have read Hidden and The Crown of Embers. <3 Those books are amazing :) Hope you'll love it all ;)
ReplyDeleteLove, Carina