Sunday, December 4, 2011

[Meme] In My Mailbox #9

Here is this week's In My Mailbox hosted by The Story Siren.

Received from Publisher for Review:

Last week I was lucky to receive books one and two in The House of Comarre series. This week I received book 3, Bad Blood. This series is going to be awesome!

The wonderful Shannon at HarperCollins read my W.O.W. post about Archon and was kind enough to send me an ARC copy to review. She really made my day!

Crystal over at Raincoast sent me a few books to review as well, and I am really looking forward to these 2 in particular. Life is but a Dream by Brian James and After the Snow by S.D. Crockett.

Also from Raincoast is The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll & Mademoiselle Odile by James Reese and The Hunger Games Companion by Lois H. Gresh.

From NetGalley for Review:

Alienation by Jon S. Lewis 
(I just realized it is book #2 so I better track down book #1!)
Halflings by Heather Burtch

Received from Publisher (Not Necessarily for Review)

Completely out of the blue, Hachette UK Canada contacted some bloggers and asked if they would like to receive a box of randomized books. How can you say no to that? Below is the books that were included in my surprise shipment.

The first two books were books one and two from the Languedoc trilogy, Labyrinth and Sepulchre by Kate Mosse. I have seen these in stores before and often thought about reading them. I am pretty excited about them!

I was also super excited to find all six books from the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series by Michelle Paver. I have been intrigued by these often in the past but never had the chance to read them.

Some other books of random joy:

Twisted Heart by Eden Maguire 
(This is book 2 and it looks so interesting I am going to have to track down book 1, Dark Angel.)
Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St. John
The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells
The Mourning Emporium by Michelle Lovric
15 Miles by Rob Scott
The Silver Blade by Sally Gardner
Winter's Knight by Richard Argent
The Alchemist in the Shadows by Pierre Pevel
The Double-Edged Sword by Sarah Silverwood

And more awesome randomness:

Fenrir by M.D. Lachlan
Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
Farundell by L.R. Fredericks

Phew! After all that I didn't dare mention book shopping to the other half...maybe next week...

What did everyone else get this week? Let me know!
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18 comments:

  1. NatalieDecember 4, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    Looks like you had a really good book haul this week! Have fun reading them all :)

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  2. Gwenyth LoveDecember 4, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    Thanks Natalie! Thank goodness I get 2 weeks off at Christmas!

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  3. Grace FonsecaDecember 4, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    Love Net Galley. Great selection of books. Old follower. I like the Cover For Archon. Great books you got. Come visit me as well.

    Grace
    Livre De Amour-Books of Love Blog

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  4. Gwenyth LoveDecember 4, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    Thanks Grace. I am pretty excited about Archon.

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  5. Book SakeDecember 4, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    Hachette sent out some crazy books - so many look good. Archon looks good to me too!
    Check out our Mailbox at Book Sake.

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  6. Gwenyth LoveDecember 4, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    Thanks! It was pretty crazy!

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  7. Just a Lil LostDecember 4, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    I know!! I loved how different and personalized the Hachette boxes were! It'll definitely take me a while look through all of them let alone get to reading it all!
    Definitely missed ya on our shopping trip on Friday!
    (GORGEOUS cover of Archon!)

    Michele | My (huge) IMM

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  8. Gwenyth LoveDecember 4, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    Thanks Michele! I swear they must have taken the time to peruse our blogs and send us books we might actually enjoy. I was super impressed by the selection. Thanks for stopping by!

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  9. KellyDecember 4, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    Ummm....holy crap! Amazing haul - just so much good stuff! And an ARC of Archon?! So jealous!!

    In My Mailbox @ Radiant Shadows. Don't forget to check out my 100 Followers Giveaway!

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  10. Gwenyth LoveDecember 4, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Archon was completely unexpected! I have never receieved anything from HC before and it was a super pleasant surprise. I will be reading it as soon as I finish my current read.

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  11. GiselleDecember 5, 2011 at 5:08 AM

    Oh wow fantastic haul! I just got Blood Rights I can't wait to get into that series!

    Giselle
    Xpresso Reads

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  12. Gwenyth LoveDecember 5, 2011 at 6:17 AM

    Thanks Giselle! I know what you mean. They look fabulous. I hope to dig into them over the holidays.

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  13. kara-karina@Nocturnal Book ReviewsDecember 5, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Fantastic book haul!I'm really looking forward to reading bad Blood and Archon, also very cyrious about Alienation. I remember reading Labyrinth as well. it was an excellent book. Have a lovely week! :)

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  14. Jaskirat@SeeitORreaditDecember 5, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    OMG The Hunger Game's Companion!!! I need to get that one asap!!! Awesome haul :)

    Jaskirat~SeeitORreadit

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  15. Andrea @ Cozy UpDecember 5, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    Wow, you got an amazing haul! That`s awesome that you got a box of random books from HUK, some of them look quite interesting!

    Andrea
    My IMM

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  16. Gwenyth LoveDecember 5, 2011 at 7:57 AM

    Thanks Jaskirat and Andrea.

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  17. A Beautiful MadnessDecember 5, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    Life is but a dream sounds amazing. I'm so jealous. Hope you enjoy it!
    Em
    My IMM
    A Beautiful Madness

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  18. Carmen ShawDecember 5, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Bad Blood?!?! I haven't even read the first one yet, but the covers are so epically awesome that I HAVE TO!! I also want to read Life is but a dream! The cover may not be super awesome, but the summary definitely is! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!
    Understanding Shae's Story

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