in my mailbox #12

Hey everyone, how's your weekend?

In my mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @The Story siren in which we show the books we recieved over the last week.


*links go to the goodreads page of the book*

This week I recieved some great books. let's start with the library books
Forgotten - Cat Patrick
this book looked so great, and I've wanted to read it for a while now. Then I saw a Dutch translation in the library and I just couldn't resist and took it with me. I would prefer to read it in English, of course, but Dutch is fine with me, too.
The birth of a killer - Darren Shan
 I have read the whole 12-book saga of Darren Shan, and I decided that I also wanted to read the saga of Larten Crepsley. So let's hope this saga is as good as the other one ^^

Then I recieved 3 books from NetGalley - 
Artemis Fowl #3 + #4 *link to #4 here* - Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl sounds like a fun series to me. I have read book 1 and I liked it, but didn't love it. Let's hope #2 and on are better :)
House of Night Graphic novel #1 - PC Cast Kristin Cast and Kent Dalain
House of night is a fun series and I love graphic novels, so I'm sure this will be great

Exiled - J.R. Wagner
it looks great, but I've heard some very bad things about it, too. So let's hope that there won't be a 1-star-review of this book popping up on my blog, right?


What id you recieve in your mailbox this week? 


xo Mar

In My Mailbox #11

IMM is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @ the Story siren, in which we show our readers which books we recieved during the past week

This week I recieved some amazing books; 
-links link to the goodreads page of this book-
 
#1 - The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) by Julie Kagawa
*currently reading it* and Omigod I am so exited about this book! When I got my email in in which the publisher told me that I had access to this book, I was staring at the screen, blinking, blinking again, and then I thought I was dreaming, until I realised I wasn't. It's amazing!
#2 - Fear (Gone #5) by Michael Grant
*currently reading it* I bought this book immediately when it was released, and I love it. The Gone series really is one of my favourites, and I can't believe that the series has almost ended. This book really does live up to my expectations, which were incredibly high, so that's great ^^

 


#3 - Thirteen reasons why by Jay Asher
*currently reading it, as well xD* I had been wanting to read this book for a long long time, and when I walked in the library and almost tripped over it, I knew it had to be a sign that I really needed to read this book. So I started reading it, and fell in love with the story.
#4 - Any love but Mine by Debbie Davies
When the author sent me a review request, I read the blurb and instantly fell in love with it. This book is about mythology and romance, two things I absolutely love, so I'm sure this book will be great



#5 - Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein
I had checked out this book a couple of times before, and it looked great. The I say there were still a few tour hosts needed, so I asked if I could be part of the blog tour. And it was possible *squee* So this will be a great book, I think, and it will also be my first author interview :o I'm actually pretty nervous about that :S


Those are a lot of amazing books, right?
what did you recieve In your Mailbox? Link back to your post in the comments


xo Mar

As you can see, a whole lot of awesomeness!

In my mailbox #9

In my mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @The story siren in which I tell what books I bought/borrowed/recieved this week.


I recieved only 2 books this week:

1) Extremely loud & Incredibly Close (Bought it)
I have wanted to read this book forever. And when I walked into my bookshop and saw this book, I just couldn't walk away without buying it. So exited to read this book!


2) Looking for Alaska by John Green (Library)
This is the only John Green book I haven't read. I love John Green, and people say that this is (one of) his best book(s), so I had to read it! The bad thing about it is that the library only had the Dutch edition of this book, so I'm going to have to read it in Dutch ;c But whatever, I just wanted to read it so badly I didn't care. *for those of you who didn't know it already, I'm Dutch.*


so what did you recieve in your mailbox this week?
Link back to your post in the comments below.


have lots of fun reading your (new) books!


xo Mar

In my mailbox #8

In my mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @The Story Siren in which we tell you about the books we bought / won / borrowed / recieved.

I didn't get a lot of books this week. My TBR pile is getting too high (and by that I mean WAY to high...) Still, I got some awesome books!

the shapeshifter's secret by Heather Ostler

(Thanks to NetGalley and Cedar Fort Press)

Julia is finally discovering what–not who–she is.

Like any sixteen-year-old, Julia's used to dealing with problems. From her overprotective father to her absent mother to a teacher who definitely has it in for her. But everything changes when Julia's reactions become oddly vicious and angry---more animal than human.

house of night #3 and #4 (Chosen and Untamed)

thanks to my awesome library! (No blurb, to prevent spoiling part 4 for myself and others ;) )

The ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking #2) by Patrick Ness

thanks to my library! 

*Spoilers in the blurb for people that haven't read The knife of never letting go!*

We were in the square, in the square where I'd run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could save her - But there weren't no safety, no safety at all, there was just him and his men...

Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode...

what did you recieve in your mailbox this week? Please post it below in the comments :)

xo Mar

in my mailbox #7

IMM is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @The story Siren

NETGALLEY:


The artic incident (artemis fowl #2) - Eoin Colfer

The Arctic Incident sees the slightly older, perhaps slightly more mellow arch-criminal Artemis recovered from his last adventure, richer now that he has his half of a hoard of fairy gold, and happier since the Clarice Starlingesque superfairy Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon returned his mother's ailing mind to full health.


But there is still much unfinished business: Artemis Fowl Sr. disappeared when a daring escapade designed to free his family from their criminal--not to mention deeply lucrative--past and move the family's assets into legitimate enterprises went horribly wrong. Held captive by the Mafiya (the Russian organized crime syndicate) for over two years, he has been declared officially dead, but Artemis Jr. knows in his heart (yes, he does have one) that his beloved father is still alive, and he is determined to find him. Meanwhile Captain Short is temporarily on assignment to Customs and Excise as punishment for letting Fowl separate her and her People from their gold and is finding her stakeout duties a little dull. It soon becomes obvious that the pair have need of each other's considerable skills, and before long they are on track for an adventure that will ultimately have far-reaching consequences for both of them.

thank you Netgalley!

LIBRARY:

Where She went (If I stay #2) - Gayle Forman

It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever.


Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future - and each other.

Percy Jackson and the lightning thief - Rick Riordan

After getting expelled from yet another school for yet another clash with mythological monsters only he can see, twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is taken to Camp Half-Blood, where he finally learns the truth about his unique abilities: He is a demigod, half human, half immortal. Even more stunning: His father is the Greek god Poseidon, ruler of the sea, making Percy one of the most powerful demigods alive. There's little time to process this news. All too soon, a cryptic prophecy from the Oracle sends Percy on his first quest, a mission to the Underworld to prevent a war among the gods of Olympus.'

City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments #2) - Cassandra Clare


*have read this book 10 times already, just keep on reading it...*

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father.


To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings — and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

Erebos - Ursula Poznanski

When 16-year-old Nick receives a package containing the mysterious computer game Erebos, he wonders if it will explain the behavior of his classmates, who have been secretive lately. Players of the game must obey strict rules: always play alone, never talk about the game, and never tell anyone your nickname.


Curious, Nick joins the game and quickly becomes addicted. But Erebos knows a lot about the players and begins to manipulate their lives. When it sends Nick on a deadly assignment, he refuses and is banished from the game.


Now unable to play, Nick turns to a friend for help in finding out who controls the game. The two set off on a dangerous mission in which the border between reality and the virtual world begins to blur. 

the awakening and the struggle (the Vampire Diaries #1-#2) - L.J. Smith

Elena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants.


Stefan: brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past.


Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him. Determined to have Elena, he'd kill to possess her.


Collected here in one volume for the first time, volumes one and two of The Vampire Diaries, the tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.

so yes, it's an amazing load of books :D

what did you recieve in your mailbox??

xo Mar

In my mailbox #6

Hello everyone :D


I recieved some pretty awesome books over the last 2 weeks. Last week I did not post an IMM post, sorry :S

the Nanny Diaries (Nanny #1) - Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
I found this one in a secondhand bookstore, and I like it :D I'm sure I'll love this book
interrupted - Rachel Coker
thanks to Zondervan Publishers and Netgalley 
hanging by a thread - Sophie Littlefield &
the stone girl - Alyssa B. Sheinmel
thanks to Random House Children's  books and Netgalley
evernight - Claudia Gray
b/c it was free for Amazon Kindle :D Thank you amazon!!
crossed - Ally Condie
borrowed it from my niece :)


that's what was IMM over the past 2 weeks. What is in your mailbox? Leave links in the comments please :D

In my mailbox #5

Hi guys,


IMM is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @The Story Siren
I had a great deal of awesome books IMM this week! Here's what I recieved:


the fault in our stars - John Green

Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now.
Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.
Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.

read my review here

the future of us: Carolyn Mackler and Jay Asher

It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as long - at least, up until last November, when Josh did something that changed everything. Things have been weird between them ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD in the mail,his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto their Facebook pages. But Facebook hasn't been invented yet. And they're looking at themselves fifteen years in the future.
By refreshing their pages, they learn that making different decisions now will affect the outcome of their lives later. And as they grapple with the ups and downs of what their futures hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing right - and wrong - in the present.

ghost crown (The Tracks, #2) : J. Gabriel Gates and Charlene Keel

After their harrowing adventures, Middleburg's teens are hoping life will return to normal. Despite a tentative alliance between the goth Flatliners and the rich, preppie Toppers, any hope of peace is dashed when Topper girl Aimee arrives at the homecoming dance with Raphael, a Flatliner. A fight erupts between the two gangs and, in the midst of the rumble, a bizarre catastrophe occurs when Middleburg's homecoming queen discovers she has supernatural powers.
To make matters worse, Middleburg real-estate moguls who have bought up most of the land in the Flats have started evicting their tenants. They are searching for a priceless treasure prophesied in ancient Chinese writings and will stop at nothing to find it. But Raphael and his impoverished Flatliners vow to get it first and use it buy back their homes. Meanwhile, a handsome, charismatic half-angel, half-human comes to Middleburg with plans to steal Aimee from Raphael. As Raphael and his Flatliners and Zhai and his Toppers work to perfect their supernatural abilities and find the treasure, Aimee begins kung fu training, intent on becoming strong enough to locate and rescue her missing mother. When she discovers that the mysterious treasure may be the key to finding her mom, the race to find it intensifies.
But there are others who seek the treasure, too, forces powerful enough to reduce all of Middleburg, and perhaps the world, to ashes…

Before I go to sleep - S.J. Watson

As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me ...' Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.

How I live now - Meg Rosoff

Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.
As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it’s a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy’s uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way.

Just in case - Meg Rosoff

Justin Case is convinced fate has in for him.
And he's right.
After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. Without looking back, he changes his name to Justin and assumes a new identity, new clothing and new friends, and dares to fall in love with the seductive Agnes Day. With his imaginary dog Boy in tow, Justin struggles to fit into his new role and above all, to survive in a world where tragedy is around every corner. He's got to be prepared, just in case.

what did you recieve in your mailbox? Please post it in the comments :D
xo Mar

In my mailbox #4

IMM is a weekly event hosted by Kristi @The Story SirenThis includes books that we have either bought, recieved, borrowed or traded over the last week.


hi guys,
Last week was very busy, so I did not read or review a lot, sorry. I still do not have any schedual for reviewing, sorry for that... Here's what was in my mailbox over the last week:


Putting boys on the ledge (A girlfriend's guide to the boys, #1) - Stephanie Rowe
Thanks to TKA Distribution :D

Meet Blueberry Waller, whose name is the only interesting thing about her life. Until now.
Not only is Blue dealing with the worst name in the world, crazy parents and a clingy younger sister, she just got a part in the school play. And now she’s acting with Heath Cavendish, total crush-worthy senior. He would never give a second look to a girl like Blue. Except he has.
Her friends say Blue should play it cool, put Heath on the Ledge so she can keep the upper hand. Trouble is, she doesn’t know how to be clever around boys. Thankfully her pal Colin offers his help in teaching her how to get the guy. But he’s just being a good friend. Isn’t he?
Suddenly the wallflower is getting all the attention. But will being in the spotlight keep Blue from making the right decisions...for her?
A Girlfriend’s Guide to Boys: For these four friends, understanding the world of boys is only half the battle.

Torn - Stephanie Guerra
thanks to Marshall Cavendish :D

Stella Chavez is your classic good girl: straight A's, clean-cut boyfriends, and soccer trophies. You'd never guess that Stella's dad was a drug addict who walked out when she was a kid Or that inside, Stella wishes for something more.New girl Ruby Caroline seems like Stella's polar opposite: cursing, smoking, and teetering in sky-high heels. But with Ruby, Stella gets a taste of another world, a world in which parents act like roommates, college men are way more interesting than high school boys, and there is nothing that shouldn't be tried once. It's not long before Stella finds herself torn: between the best friend she's ever had and the friends she's known forever, between her family and her own independence, between who she was and who she wants to be. But Ruby has a darker side, a side she doesn't show anyone, not even Stella. As Stella watches her friend slowly unravel, she will have to search deep inside herself for the strength to be a true friend, even if it means committing the ultimate betrayal.

Fallen in Love (Fallen 3.5) - Lauren Kate

What makes your heart race a little faster? Just in time for Valentine's Day, it's FALLEN IN LOVE, four wholly original new stories collected in a new novel set in the Middle Ages by Lauren Kate. FALLEN IN LOVE gives fans the much-talked about but never-revealed stories of FALLEN characters as they intertwine with the epic love story of Luce and Daniel. The stories include: Love Where You Least Expect It: The Valentine of Shelby and Miles , Love Lessons: The Valentine of Roland; Burning Love: The Valentine of Arriane; and Endless Love: The Valentine of Daniel and Lucinda.

(I think this will be my valentine's day read)

Paper Towns - John Green

 

Who is the real Margo? Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. She has disappeared. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance ...and they are for him. Trailing Margo's disconnected path across the USA, the closer Q gets, the less sure he is of who he is looking for.

So that's what I recieved this week.

What did you recieve? Link back to your IMM post in the comments :)

xo Mar

In my mailbox #3

Hi,


so I decided to start In my mailbox again :D Hope you like thie things I recieved, at least I did :D

I'd tell you I love you but then I'd have to kill you - Ally Carter

The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls school—that is, if every school teaches advanced martial arts in PE, chemistry always consists of the latest in chemical warfare, and everyone breaks CIA codes for extra credit in computer class. So in truth, while the Gallagher Academy might say it's a school for geniuses what they really mean is spies. But what happens when a Gallagher Girl falls for a boy who doesn't have a code name?


Cammie Morgan may be fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways (three of which involve a piece of uncooked spaghetti), but the Gallagher Academy hasn't prepared her for what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, and track him through a mall without him ever being the wiser, but can she have a regular relationship with a regular boy who can never know the truth about her? Cammie may be an elite spy in training, but in her sophomore year, she's doing something riskier than ever—she's falling in love.

The night circus - Erin Morgenstern

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.


But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.


True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per­formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Going Bovine - Libba Bray

Can Cameron find what he’s looking for?


All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.

If I stay - Gayle Forman

In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen year- old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck...


A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make -and the ultimate choice Mia commands.

an abundance of Katherines - John Green

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. He's also a washedup child prodigy with ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a passion for anagrams, and an overweight, Judge Judy-obsessed best friend. Colin's on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will predict the future of all relationships, transform him from a fading prodigy into a true genius, and finally win him the girl.

thanks to my library (and Disney-Hyperion press) for these awesome books, I wish I'd have enough time to read them all in one week. 

I am currently reading An abundance of Katherines by John Green :D

What do you have in your mailbox? post your IMM in the comments :D

In my mailbox #2

Hello guys,


I just figured out I forgot to post in my mailbox yesterday,
so here it is:


This week I got lots of books (8) from my parents. It was saint nicholas, the dutch version of christmas
I got:
1)

The host by Stephenie Meyer
and let me say one thing. I am reading it now and I actually like it. (No, I did NOT like twilight!!)


2)

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini 
Have to start reading it soon. Loved parts 1 - 3
THIS BOOK LOOKS SOO THICK O.o

3)

Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margareth Stohl
This is the book I am most exited about. I have not started it yet, cuz when I start it I'll read it in one day!


4-8)

A hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy box set - Douglas Adams
I will love this books, from what I read about them!!


I can't wait to read them, and I will review them ;)


xoxo Margot


upcoming review: the host by stephenie meyer (still reading it, takes damn long)