IMM is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. It is a way for book bloggers to post what they have received for review, borrowed from a friend, bought at the bookstore, or picked up at the library!
This week’s IMM is going to look a little on the large side because it’s been a good month since my last IMM post. With Christmas & super good book deals thrown in there, I am now rolling in the bookish goodness!
For Review:
In The Band by Jean Haus (e-book)
My Thoughts: I am so uber excited for this one! It just screams “READ ME MUSIC + BOOKISH NERDS!”
Pieces Of Lies by Angela Richardson (e-book)
My Thoughts: Secret societies, college, romance, and lots more. I had no other choice but to accept this review request!
Liberty by Annie Laurie Cechini (e-book)
My Thoughts: Thanks Rhemalda for a review copy! I cannot wait to get started on this one!
Bought:
Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines (e-book)
My Thoughts: I am quickly becoming an Abbi Glines fanatic. I loved this one!
Someone To Love by Addison Moore (e-book)
My Thoughts: This one sounds super awesome!
Derailed by Alyssa Rose Ivy (e-book)
My Thoughts: I enjoyed this one a lot! Molly and Ben were awesome together!
Veer by Alyssa Rose Ivy (e-book)
My Thoughts: I only made it about halfway through this one before I lost interest. I just wasn’t connecting to the characters like I was in Derailed.
This Beautiful Thing by Amanda Heath (e-book)
My Thoughts: I can’t wait to read this one! I can understand where the main character is coming from (my younger brother sometimes acts like an over-protective older brother ESPECIALLY when it comes to guys)
Planning On Forever by Ashely Wilcox (e-book)
My Thoughts: Ohh, those pesky love triangles! I can’t wait to see who Alexa ends up with!
My Misery Muse by Brei Betzold (e-book)
My Thoughts: Tattoo artist & band member??? Uhh, yes please!
Need by Carrie Jones (e-book)
My Thoughts: I have heard so much about this series. I am so happy to finally have the first book so I can get started!
Just Remember To Breathe by Charles Sheehan-Miles (e-book)
My Thoughts: Oh my word, you guys this book was so beautiful and made of awesome!
Tempting The Best Man by J. Lynn (e-book)
My Thoughts: I ended up really enjoying this one! I loved the tension between Madison & Chase!
Chance Encounters by J. Sterling (e-book)
My Thoughts: I am a little iffy on the whole “love at first sight” thing but I am willing to give this one a try. It has some pretty positive reviews!
The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis
My Thoughts: You guys, I now adore Jill Shalvis with all of my heart! This book follows the oldest sister a.k.a. the one most like me and I LOVED her story!
Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis
My Thoughts: Chloe and Sawyer….be still my beating heart! Even though the first three books in this series all received 5 stars from me, this one was still my favorite!
That Boy by Jillian Dodd (e-book)
My Thoughts: Jillian helped to create the super awesome event that took place last month, “99 authors, 99 books, 99 cents”. There were so many awesome books for under a dollar. I just HAD to pick up a copy of her book!
Avoiding Commitment by K. A. Linde (e-book)
My Thoughts: Holy wow, that is the craziest premise ever (okay, so not exactly the craziest but still pretty freaking crazy and totally interesting!)
Down To You by M. Leighton (e-book)
My Thoughts: HOLY CRAZY TWIST BATMAN! This book was so good and there was a twist near the middle-ish/end that made my jaw drop!
Bouquet Toss by Melissa Brown (e-book)
My Thoughts: It was .99 and it sounds cute. I say that’s a win/win
Bad Rep by Meredith A. Walters (e-book)
My Thoughts: Another NA title! I am determined to read some awesome NA books this year!
Up In Flames by Nicole Williams (e-book)
My Thoughts: Wow, this book blew me away! It was an impulse buy but totally worth it!
The Mighty Storm by Samantha Towle (e-book)
My Thoughts: That cover along with the fact that one of the main characters in a band, has me beyond pumped to read this!
Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey
My Thoughts: I’m bouncing around with this series. I started off with book #3 then went to book #1! I felt that this one wasn’t as good as #3 but it was still full of such awesome characters and lots of good laughs (oh, and some sexy times too!!)
Yours To Keep by Shannon Stacey
My Thoughts: I loved this book so very much! It was the perfect amount of comedy and romance. Sean & Emma were perfect together!
Slow Summer Kisses by Shannon Stacey (e-book)
My Thoughts: This book was short and sweet but it was so well-rounded. I really enjoyed it!
The Dead Girls Detective Agency by Suzy Cox
My Thoughts: Kati and I were at Barnes & Noble last week just browsing around when we came across this book. I haven’t heard of it before but it reminds me somewhat of Stacey Kade’s series so I am all sorts of excited to read it!
Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs (e-book)
My Thoughts: I have heard so many awesome, awesome things about this series! I want to see what the fuss is about.
Cowboy Dark by Tess Oliver (e-book)
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this one! I feel like it ended way to abruptly and a little “off” compared to the rest of the story but it was still a fun read.
Fallen Crest High by Tijan (e-book)
My Thoughts: I have been seeing this book around some so I figured I would give it a try!
Something Like Normal by Trish Doller
My Thoughts: Touching, beautiful, heartbreaking, and lovely. This book was beyond awesome!
Gifted/Won:
From C.A. Kunz:
The Modified by C.A. Kunz (signed) + The Childe/The Modified Snow Globe + awesome swag!
My Thoughts: A HUGE thank you to Carol and Adam! This was such an awesome Christmas surprise!
From Jolene Perry:
Dizzy by Nyrae Dawn & Jolene Perry (signed)
My Thoughts: Nyrae & Jolene (aka Dylan & Ziah) had a super fun Twitter chat about 2 months ago! Jolene was sweet enough to send me a signed copy after the chat!
p.s. Thanks Jolene!!!
Christmas Gifts:
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
My Thoughts: HOLY ZOMBIES!!! I cannot wait to see this movie February 1st, but before thin I will be reading this book!
The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress
My Thoughts: This book sounds like it is full of awesomesauce. I cannot wait to read about these three kick-butt girls!
From Cyndi:
Such A Rush by Jennifer Echols
My Thoughts: I am such a fan-girl of Jennifer it’s actually kind of creepy. But creepy tendencies aside, this is one book of hers that I haven’t read yet so I am super happy I now have it. Thank you so much Cyndi <3
From Justin:
Zack (my little brother) and I would love to say a giant THANK YOU to Justin for such awesome gifts. WE LOVE THEM!
Bot Wars by J.V. Kade
My Thoughts: Justin sent this one for my brother Zack and I to read together. We both love robots so we can’t wait to read it!
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
My Thoughts: Another Zack & Katelyn book. We love the cover of this one!
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
My Thoughts: This series has been on my ‘to-read” list for FOREVER! When I opened the box and saw this & Fire in there, I just about died!
Fire by Kristin Cashore
My Thoughts: See above!
The Girl In The Steel Corset by Kady Cross
My Thoughts: This is another book that I have been eyeing since before it came out. I knew from just reading the summary that I would love it so now I can’t wait to read it and find out if that’s true!
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover (e-book)
My Thoughts: Oh how this book broke my heart and then put it together again. I didn’t think I could love Colleen’s writing any more than what I did but then I read this and that all changed.
The Vincent Brothers by Abbi Glines (e-book)
My Thoughts: I LOVED The Vincent Boys so I can’t wait to see where this story leads
From Mandie:
Music note necklace + Degrees of Wrong by Anna Scarlett swag
My Thoughts: I love me some Mandie <3 <3 <3 She is the absolute BEST!
From Alexa:
An Easy bookmark!
My Thoughts: Alexa sent me a lovely bookmark with a quote from Easy by Tammara Webber! Thanks Alexa, I love it so much!
Wow, I am incredibly jealous of your haul this week. Tempting the Best Man and Down to You are AMAZING! Have time to read them because you won’t want to put them down. Seriously. The Need series is one of my favorites as well. I hope you enjoy you new books!
Brittany @ Spare Time book blog
My IMM: http://sparetimebookblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-my-mailbox-12.html
WoW!!! What an amazing haul! I love the ebooks you got. I know you will enjoy every single one of then.
My IMM
Oh. My. God!
I am so jealous! What an amazing book haul!
I loved Hopeless as well, truly an amazing book!
And Need – It’s been a long time since I read it, but I loved it! And the cover is too pretty!
Aaaand Fallen Too Far is also high on my TBR list, I have heard SO many great things about that book. I’m looking forward to see what you think of it :-)
Happy reading.
My IMM: http://theobsessivereader.com/2013/01/19/in-my-mailbox-1/
Holy awesome haul, Batman! That’s a great pile of books you got this week.. Happy reading! (p.s. bad boys with tatts in bands are my weakness too!)
I love how diverse your books are this week – from YA to romance and more. I’m curious about Someone To Love because it’s on the Amazon charts and plus those people are half naked. So yeah, I hope it’s good!
Graceling is one of the best books that I have ever read. I still have to get my hands on a copy of both Bitterblue and Fire though. Such a Rush sounds pretty good as well. I’ve seen many great things about Jennifer’s novels. I hope you enjoy everything!
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Wow! You are drowning in awesome. Warm Bodies is super great….cannot wait for the movie!! The Need series is really good, too. Have fun getting through this list!
I have pretty much all of those. The ones I don’t have I’ll be getting.
Wow, you have a TON of books. I think, personally, I am extremely happy that you have Graceling + Fire! I loved those two :) Also, you’re welcome!
I’m still not sure how I feel about Jill Shalvis. I’ve read the first Lucky Harbor book, which I liked but wasn’t madly in love with. Now I am reading Instant Gratification which is okay so far, but I’m not completely hooked or anything. But so many people love her, so I am wondering what I missing.
I hope you enjoy all your goodies :)