In My Mailbox- Weeks of May 23 and 30 + Retrospective

I did two vlogs this week, one for BEA books and one for actual mailbox books. I have a list for both so if you don't have time to watch the videos, you can just read the titles shown. Enjoy!





Books Shown-
BEA Books:

Shelter by Harlan Coben (Sept 2011; Penguin)
The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle (Sept 2011; HarperTeen)
Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski (July 2011; HarperTeen)
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler (Nov 2011; Penguin)
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann (Sept 2011; S&S)
Egmont USA Fall 2011 catalog signed by Vordak the Incomprehensible (aka Nico Medina)
signed Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch cover flat (Sept 2011; Hyperion)
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater (July 2011; Scholastic)
Frost by Wendy Delsol (October 2011; Candlewick)
Family by Micol Ostow (April 2011; Egmont)
Undercurrent by Tricia Rayburn (July 2011; Egmont)
Playing Hurt by Holly Schindler (March 2011; Flux)
The Fox Inheritance by Mary Pearson (Aug 2011; Macmillan)
Unbecoming of Maya Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (Sept 2011; S&S)
Draw the Dark by Ilsa Bick (Oct 2010; Carolrhoda Lab)
Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey (Sept. 2011; Flux)
The Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder (April 2011; HMH)
Blow by Daniel Nayeri (Oct 2011; Candlewick- one of four novellas)
After Obsession by Carrie Jones and Steven Wedel (Sept. 2011; Bloomsbury)
The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa (Feb 2011; Harlequin)
Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers (August 2010; Tor)
Rock On by Denise Vega (March 2012; Little, Brown)
Blood on the Moon by Jennifer Knight (August 2011; Running Brook Press)
Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver (Oct. 2011; HarperTeen)
Aloha, Kanani by Lisa Yee (Jan 2011; American Girl)
Crossed by Ally Condie (Nov 2011; Penguin)
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (July 2009; Scholastic)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (Sept 2011; Little, Brown)
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan (Sept. 2011; Macmillan)
Legend by Marie Lu (Nov 2011; Penguin)
Dark Eden by Patrick Carman (Nov 2011; HarperTeen)
Pure Red by Danielle Joseph (Sept 2011; Flux)
Shut Out by Kody Keplinger (Sept 2011; Little, Brown)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (Oct 2011; Scholastic)
Sirenz by Charlotte Bennardo and Natalie Zaman (July 2011; Flux)
Strings Attached by Judy Blundell (March 2011; Scholastic)
Abandon by Meg Cabot (April 2011; Scholastic)
13 Gifts by Wendy Mass (Sept. 2011; Scholastic)
Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey (Sept 2011; HarperTeen)
A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies (Sept 2011; HarperTeen)
Perfect by Ellen Hopkins (Sept 2011; S&S)
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (May 2011; Scholastic)
Pretty Bad Things by C.J. Skuse (July 2011; Scholastic)


Mailbox Books-
My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody (June 2011; Macmillan)
Ordinary Beauty by Laura Weiss (June 2011; MTV Books)
Forgotten by Cat Patrick (June 2011; Little, Brown)
Swimming to Chicago by David Matthew Barnes (Oct. 2011; Bold Strokes Books)
All You Desire by Kirsten Miller (Aug 2011; Penguin)
Passion by Lauren Kate (June 2011; Random House)
Legend by Marie Lu (Nov. 2011; Penguin)
The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan (May 2010; S&S- already owned, just got signed)
The Survival Kit by Donna Freitas (Sept 2011; Macmillan)
Just Your Average Princess by Kristina Springer (Sept. 2011; Macmillan)
Melody Burning by Whitley Strieber (Dec. 2011; Macmillan)
Tomorrow Girls: Run for Cover (#2) by Eva Gray (July 2011; Scholastic)
The Summer Garden: A Love Story by Paullina Simons (June 2011; William Morrow)
The Ivy: Secrets by Lauren Kunze and Rina Onur (June 2011; Greenwillow Books)

and here's my retrospective for the week-

Tuesday- I posted my first BEA 2011 recap, where I went through what I did the first day and most of the second day of BEA.

Thursday- I participated in a blog tour for A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young (in stores June 21), where I reviewed the book and did a short interview with the author.

Friday- I hosted this month's Fragment Friday and read from Don't Stop Now by Julie Halpern, which will be out in stores June 7.

Saturday- I reviewed Graveminder by Melissa Marr, which is out in stores now.