Stacking the Shelves - October 18th, 2014

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews. It is a way for us to share the new books we have collected.  My Amazon order finally came this week, but not on Monday as I'd hoped, because I'd forgotten it was a holiday.  So Tuesday morning my box showed up.  Then my birthday is next Wednesday, and so today I celebrated with my dad, stepmom, one of my sisters and her boyfriend and his son.


Amazon order:
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 The first one, Made For You, I've been lusting after for awhile.  The 2nd one is one that I figure I need to read since I love Stiefvater's newer books, and with her coming to my town in November, I'll be able to get it autographed as well.  The 3rd one is one I've been seeing around, plus I hear it is going to be a movie, so need to read it. And the last one is a book that I got an ARC for the first one two years ago at BEA, and am just now getting this one.  All this was made possible with a gift card I won from a book blast on I Am A Reader's blog. 

Birthday gifts:
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No the 2nd thing there isn't a book, but it was a birthday gift, so I had to share my season 7 of The Big Bang Theory DVD.  And the first one is a book, Deliver Us From Evil, which is a true story that they made a movie of earlier this year. 

So that's all I got this week.  I tried really hard to be good abour requesting any e-galleys, although there is one I'm still waiting on to see if I'll be approved for or not.  What did you add to your shelves this week?

Stacking the Shelves - October 27, 2013

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.  It is a way for us to share the new books we have collected.  I haven't done this since the beginning of the month, but truly, until this past week, I hadn't really gotten many new books.  Which was kind of surprising, because there are several giveaways I won back in September that I seem to still be waiting on.  But I'll give till the end of October before I email and ask about them.  It was my birthday this past Tuesday (go enter my Fierce Reads giveaway from that if you haven't yet), and I got a gift card for Barnes and Noble from one of my sisters, which means I got a bunch of e-novellas for the challenge I'm going to hold in November.  Here is my haul:

Won in the Debut Authors 2013 Giveaways:

I won an ARC of this from Stormy at Book.Blog.Bake and the author Lauren Miller.  Very excited to read it!  And it was a choice between 2 ARCs and a hardcover, and call me crazy, but I'm always more excited with an ARC!  :-)

E-galleys from Netgalley:

The first one I featured earlier this week as my WOW, and then I got approved on Netgalley for it!  Cool!  The 2nd one just has such a great cover, and I don't feel we've had that much to read about Voodoo, so it sounds new and different.

Physical Book Purchased:

And of course I had to buy this the day it came out, since it was my birthday.  I'm almost done with it today, struggling through the last pages, as you'll understand why if  you've read it.

Purchased With My Birthday Gift Card for my Nook:

I got a ton of novellas!!  Now, to be honest, I think two of them I did end up buying with my own money.  I'm going to host a November is for Novellas challenge I think.  Check back later this week for a sign up post.  So tell me, what did you add to your shelves this week?

It's My Birthday and I'll Give Away Fierce Reads Books if I Want To!!

So today is my birthday!  Yay!  I won't really be celebrating with any of my family, already did my mom's side on Sunday, and will celebrate with my dad's side this coming Saturday.  So, I thought what could be more fun than giving YOU, my readers, the gifts?!  In fact, I got a Fierce Reads box in the mail this summer, and it doesn't seem like I'll be doing anything with it at my school library, so I will use it as a giveaway on my blog!  To go along with the box itself, I am going to get to meet some of the Fierce Reads authors on November 5th.  Unfortunately, not all of the ones that I got the books for this summer, but some!  So, I am going to have 4 winners, and depending which book you choose, I will get it autographed if that author will be at the event.  Here are your choices:

You can choose the first or second book in this series, and I will get it autographed for you because Gennifer Albin is supposed to be at the Fierce Reads Event.

For this author, you may choose either the 1st or 2nd book in the series, Shadow and Bone, or Siege and Storm.   Leigh Bardugo is also supposed to be at the Fierce Reads Event in my town, so you will also get to have this autographed if you choose it.

The 3rd author who will be attending this event is Jessica Brody, so if you choose her book, Unremembered, you will be able to get it autographed also!!

Unfortunately Anna Banks will not be at the Fierce Reads Event in my town, so if you choose this book, and I'm only making this 2nd one in the series available, it will not be autographed.

And the only author I had read before I first got the Fierce Reads Box is unfortunately another author that will not be making it to my town.  I will be giving away only book 2 from this series as well, also un-autographed.

I also have 2 Fierce Reads bags to give away, and those I will try to get autographed by all 4 authors.

I will have 5 winners, which I came up with that number by adding the numbers in my age this year.  The giveaway will end one week before the event so that I can find out which books each winner wants, and find out who to get some of them autographed.  And to be clear, I am only offering one of each title.  For example, if someone picks the 2nd book in one of the first two series, the other 4 winners have to pick a different book.  Sorry if that sounds weird, but I don't want to have to buy more than one hardcover since I will be shipping 5 books.  And also, sorry to my international followers, with Christmas coming up, I have to be frugal with my shipping costs, since again I'm shipping 5 books from my home instead of The Book Depository.  But don't despair, I believe I'll have a giveaway later in November that will be International.  Just fill in the Rafflecopter below!  The only requirement is that your birthday gift to me is that you are a follower of my blog!

   

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