A Sunday Retrospective is inspired by In My Mailbox at The Story Siren and TGIF at GReads!, where I share the books that I've acquired during the week, last week's posts and interesting links.
I've been so, so good about not buying books - and then this week happened. There was an explosion of goodness in my mailbox. I got approved for two awesome titles on Netgalley, Jamie lent me two more books and I went wild and bought four new books this week because of a signing at Books of Wonder.
IN MY MAILBOX
The Wanderer (Thunder Point #1) by Robyn Carr
Strands of Bronze and Gold (Strands of Bronze and Gold #1) by Jane Nickerson
(from Netgalley)
Towering by Alex Flinn
The Ward by Jordana Frankel
(both lent to me by Jamie)
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
Boundless by Cynthia Hand
(bought at a signing at Books of Wonder)
Asunder by Jodi Meadows
(bought at a signing at Books of Wonder)
ON THE BLOG
- The week started off with Alex Lidell coming by to answer questions for An Author a (Mon)day.
- Tiger Lily moved me with its story of love and loss.
- Written with her trademark style, What Happened to Goodbye is perfect for Dessen fans like me.
- I happen to like my happily ever afters, and Book of a Thousand Days has a good one.
- Here's to looking back at January and celebrating the awesomeness!
- February 2013 means a new month of It Takes Two - check out this post for more info!
AROUND THE COMMUNITY
- The trailer for Asunder reminded me of a moment in that book that I really loved.
- Art Speaks - and Kat Zhang explains what she means by this beautifully.
- Here's one of my favorite quotes from Shatter Me, as posted by Hannah.
- If you're looking to start a new fantasy series, perhaps you want to check these out.
- Hannah made me want to revisit Pride & Prejudice all over again.
- I think Susan Dennard is awesome. Her writing advice is sound.
- Check out this interview with Kristin Halbrook on Novaren Suma's blog!
- Faye shares some of her bookish pet peeves.
- Here's a three-fer review on Vegan YA Nerds that I loved!
- Epic Reads tells us why we should be obsessed with the Shatter Me series.
- Jamie reminded me how book acknowledgments can be so great to read.
- Chachic gives a good argument about why we should all watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.
- Missed the Twitter chat for The Archived? Victoria Schwab shares goodies on her blog.
- How do you read? - Kristilyn asks that question this week.
- YALSA's 2013 Best Fiction Books for Young Adults came out this week!
- Epic tea time with Alan Rickman? YES PLEASE.
- 60 tiny love stories to make you smile, which I discovered thanks to Lena.
- Here's a post by Amanda about community and why it's important.
- Here's the third installment of how to get traditionally published by the amazing Susan Dennard. (Here's part one! And here's part two!)
DON'T FORGET...
If you're interested in donating prizes, please email me.
You can join Cassie & I for this month's It Takes Two, which focuses on historical fiction.
We'll be reading Out of the Easy (Ruta Sepetys) and Revolution (Jennifer Donnelly).
For more info about the feature, click here. A linky for Feb will be posted soon!
We'll be reading Out of the Easy (Ruta Sepetys) and Revolution (Jennifer Donnelly).
For more info about the feature, click here. A linky for Feb will be posted soon!
I just started watching The Lizzie Bennet Diaries on Friday, they are great!
ReplyDeleteAlso? I am beyond pumped for Strands of Bronze and Gold! It just sounds so good, ya know.
ALSO. Yay signings! YAY!
Awesome haul!!! I cant wait to read Asunder and Boundless is amazing!
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Wow, you've got some great reads this week! I just ordered my copy of Boundless - I'm both excited and terrified to start it - how do I say goodbye to these characters??
ReplyDeleteSo many great links - I'm off to check them now :)
Wow you put a lot of great blogs on here. I'm going to go check them out. I'm very interested in your opinion of Towering. I can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteFabulous books! THE WARD looks so incredible,
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So many pretty books this week! Strands sounds super interesting, can't wait to hear what you think of it.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I'm so excited about Towering and Strands! Can't wait to read your reviews on them. ^^
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I think I'm going to move to NYC just so I can hang out with you ladies and go to all these epic book signings!
ReplyDeleteOh man, Alan Rickman was on Tea Time? I missed it! I have to go find it! Awesome week in review, it makes me tired just to look at all you've accomplished, hah.
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Thanks for including two of my posts, Alexa! You're seriously so awesome :) Having fun going through some of the other posts you included that I'd missed this week!
ReplyDeleteI really need to read the Cynthia Hand series! I hear it's awesome! And a new Alex Flinn book! I've only read one of hers, but I thought it was great. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing my link!