In My Mailbox - #11

{ ++ } Kristi at The Story Siren hosts this weekly meme which gives bloggers a chance to highlight the books we bought, checked out, won, or otherwise procured over the last week.  And whether I've came into money (brb, laughing forever) or only had the goods to splurge on a book or two, they all deserve some love.

{ ++ } This is my IMM for the past two weeks!  : ) 

In My Mailbox: 09.18.2011

 

For Review:

Take This Regret by Amy Lichtenhan

Futher info: Goodreads | Amazon

Find the author online: site | twitter 

(This book was sent to me via a PDF file by the author for review.)

The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

Further info: Goodreads | Amazon

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(This book was sent to me via an e-Galley by the publisher for review.)

Purchased

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Further info: Goodreads |  Amazon

Find the author online: Goodreads page

Why this book:  I am fascinated by the meanings of various flowers, plus the premise of this book really grabbed me.

Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay

Further info: Goodreads | Amazon

Find the author online: site | blog

Why this book: At first I wasn't sure about the premise, but after I read a couple pages, I was hooked!  I'm looking forward to seeing Romeo and Juliet explored in a totally new light. 

The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab

Further info: Goodreads | Amazon

Find the author online: site | blog

Why this book: I read the synopsis and knew I had to read it: it is scary, mysterious, and a folk tale all in one.

Envy by J.R. Ward

Further info: Goodreads | Amazon

Find the author online: site | facebook  (she posts regularly!)

Why this book: This is the 3rd book in her Fallen Angels series, which is already pretty fab! 

Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead

Further info: Goodreads | Amazon

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Why this book: I wanted to try Mead's adult PNR and I've heard this series is awesome!

Until We Meet Again

{ ++ } What did you guys get good this week?  Make me jealous!  :)

Waiting on Wednesday - #4 + Giveaway Gossip

{ ++ }  This weekly event/feature is graciously hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine.  She's way too awesome, and put this event together in order to bring us bloggers together.  Some of us like me are relatively new; others have been here longer, but the gist of it is,  we all need an opportunity to reveal our can't-wait-to-read-'em, omg-gotta-have-'em-books, (and maybe make a few new friends along the way.)  Here are my picks this week!

Seven deadly sins. Seven souls to save. And a man and a woman treading the lines of danger, desire and deliverance ...As the son of a serial killer, homicide detective Thomas DelVecchio Jr grew up in the shadow of evil. Now, on the knife-edge between civic duty and blind retribution, he atones for the sins of his father. Hired to monitor Veck is Internal Affairs officer Sophia Reilly, whose interest in Veck is both professional and arousingly personal. But Veck and Sophia have a common interest. He's Jim Herron, a mysterious stranger enlisted to save the soul of a killer's latest victim, one precariously hovering between heaven and hell. Before Herron's job is done, Veck and Sophia will be inexorably drawn into a battle of good against evil, where the risk is nothing less that total damnation.   @ goodreads.com   /  @ amazon.com  (Expected publication: September 6 2011)

{ ++ } JR Ward has this ability to create lead males that just make me go "MINE!"  Her Fallen Angels series is, I suppose you could say, a spin-off series to her bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series, but in this book, the third Fallen Angels series, we have our first solid cross-over between the two series.  Not only are those in peril, caught between good and evil always compelling, but angels Jim, Eddie, and Adrian are always a trip to have around.

The Undivided are divided. The psychic twins, Ronan and Darragh, have been separated by the traitor Druid, Amergin, who has kidnapped Ronan and thrown him through a rift into another reality. Now time is running out for Darragh. If Ronan isn't found soon, they will both die. But his twin brother is lost in a reality where Druids are legend, and there is no magic. Somehow, before the Autumn Equinox, they must find one young man in a world of six billion people...

Meanwhile, Ren Kavanagh has no notion of where he comes from. He is plagued by strange injuries that appear from nowhere and everyone is convinced he is deliberately harming himself for attention. Then he meets the enticing and mysterious Trasa, and before he can figure out how it happened, he is in serious trouble - arrested for arson and possibly murder.   @ goodreads.com

{ ++ }  Jennifer Fallon is, hands down, one of my favorite authors.  She has this mad ability to write these characters that I just want to hug forever, people that by the time their story is done, I am half in love with, and am never quite able to forgive.  I've been a HUGE fan of hers ever since I read her Second Sons trilogy.  I'm definitely looking forward to this book!  (It is, I believe, out in Australia, so about this time next year, I'll be able to get it here in paperback...)

{ ++ } Last thing, I wanted to mention a few awesome giveaways currently going on!  We've got Reading With Rebecca's May Giveaway (an awesome looking book called Home Safe), Kristi @ The Story Siren's Summer Giveaway (Moonglass and We'll Always Have Summer (synopsis included for both) a Sloppy Firsts giveaway over at Elegantly Bound Books (I'd love to win this one!), and at the same blog, her 200 Followers giveaway!  Ya'll check those out if you like.  : )


{ ++ } Finally, I am off work for nine glorious days starting this Saturday so look for hopefully a new layout, some revamping and house-cleaning, and a few reviews, as I have several books I want to finish up!  Until then.... love and peace!