I'm back from BEA! What you can expect:
- The triumphant return of Cover Snark
- A post about what I learned at BEA 2013
- A series of book haul vlogs for the books once my shipments arrive (hopefully all safe and sound, otherwise you shall hear of my tears).
This is the first month of less reviews posted and my new rating scheme in action. Woo. I forgot to post a couple of times while I was at BEA, due to lack of interwebs and reading time, but regularity will be back. Thanks for sticking with me!
5 Star:
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) - Brandon Sanderson
4.5 Star:
Losing It (Losing It #1) - Cora Carmack
Better Nate Than Ever - Tim Federle
The Boyfriend App - Katie Sise
4 Star:
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) - Susan Ee
The Planet Thieves - Dan Krokos
3.5 Star:
Tatiana and Alexander (Tatiana and Alexander #2) - Paullina Simons
The Perfume Collector - Kathleen Tessaro
The Ability (The Ability #1) - M.M. Vaughan
3 Star:
The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate
Heart of Glass (Cross My Heart #2) - Sasha Gould
The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #1) - Julie Kagawa
Sight Reading - Daphne Kalotay
The Sword Dancer - Jeannie Lin
The End Games - T. Michael Martin
Reboot (Reboot #1) - Amy Tintera
The Collector (Dante Walker #1) - Victoria Scott
When You Were Here - Daisy Whitney
2.5 Star:
Maya's Notebook - Isabel Allende
The Ward (The Ward #1) - Jordana Frankel
2 Star:
Invisibility - Andrea Cremer & David Levithan
.5 Star:
Sky on Fire (Monument 14 #2) - Emmy Laybourne
Other Pop Culture in May
Happy Endings, season 1
This is one of the favorite shows of a very dear friend, so I've been dying to try Happy Endings for ages. The first season is funny, but not as much of a hit with me as I'd been hoping. My problem is that, though I find the basic premise and the dialog amusing, most of the characters seriously annoy me. Oh well, on the plus side, I don't have to spend money to acquire more seasons, since this isn't on Netflix. Glad I was able to borrow season one and check the show out, but I'll be okay if I don't get more.
Arrested Development, season 1
I'm refreshing myself before I watch the new season, though I won't get all the way through beforehand. This show is fabulous. Watch it if you haven't!
Monthly Box Giveaway
This giveaway is open to US readers only, as I will be shipping the books myself and cannot afford international postage. You can enter to win your choice of any or all of the following books:
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Ah now I know why it's been so quiet the last week ;)
ReplyDeleteI hope all your books arrive safely *sends evil thoughts to abusive mailmen*
Welcome back!
Yup, it's been quiet because I've been gone. Otherwise, there's no way to shut me up. :-p
DeleteIf ONLY this went to Canada! :'(
ReplyDeleteSorry. Shipping to Canada is 3-5 times more expensive than shipping in the US, but I do have international giveaways for my favorite reads, so check back for those.
DeleteYAY! The triumphant return of Cover Snark. Dum dum duuum. Ha, also all the feels for seeing Mistborn unparalleled in the five-star spot. I'm pretty obsessed by now.
ReplyDeleteHa, Mistborn was the best. I think I'll be reading the second in the next week or two. HOLLA.
DeleteIf that becomes a solid plan: read-a-long?
DeleteOh, it's happening. When exactly I read it is the question. I'll try to remember to tweet you!
DeleteEven if you forget, I'll see on GR or Twitter so I can still hop on :D.
DeleteOh! I'm looking forward to cover snark and the book haul vids!
ReplyDeleteAwesome. I hope all of my books arrive so I can DO the book haul vids. I am SO nervous.
DeleteCan't wait for cover snark!! And OMG your BEA book hauls!! *jumps up and down with excitement* And regularity is always a good thing. I hate it when I'm irregular *giggles* Love your face!! Glad that you are back. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to be back. Or I will be when my books get here. I am SO SCARED.
DeleteI'm sure they will arrive safely. If not, I will kick some ass for you!! :)
DeleteGo get ready to kick some ass, Amy.
DeleteYou have no idea how ridiculously excited I am for your BEA book haul videos haha.
ReplyDeleteMe too, because that will mean my books are safe and with me!
DeleteWelcome back! I hope your books arrive safely! I've been wondering why almost everyone ships their books though? Is it so you don't have a check in your luggage? I'm just curious since I hope to go to BEA next year.
ReplyDeleteMe toooo. Yeah, it's because I'd have to check luggage both ways and then lug it around the city with me. The latter is the biggest deterrent. I was there for a week and did a lot of moving around.
DeleteOh, okay. Thanks! That definitely make sense. I was talking to my mom about saving up to go next year, and she said she'd ship the books back home too instead of dragging around a heavy bag and having to check it.
DeleteUm, yeah, well, I'm going to advise dragging the bag at this point, since a bunch of my books didn't arrive.
DeleteThat's a great box of books! I still need to get a hardcopy of the new Katie McGarry book. Of course, I need to actually read it too. Eeepp!
ReplyDeleteHa, I have a hard copy of Dare You To in my first BEA box if it arrives safely. *hopes*
DeleteHope you had a fantastic time!! Very excited to see what goodies you snagged...and cover snark. I've been missing the Cover Snark. :D
ReplyDeleteCover Snark will be back Thursday!
DeleteAll of these book look great. I would love to read any or all of them. Thanks for having this great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net
Hope your BEA books get to you safe and sound! I can't wait to read about your experience!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hoping, but there was not enough hope in the world. I can only imagine what they'll have done to box three.
DeleteYay! I'm so glad you're back. My past two Thursdays have been awful without you. ;-)
ReplyDeleteEven though it's going to make me infinitely jealous, I'm looking forward to that BEA post. And your book haul video. And more cover snark. :) Ugh, I always get this paranoid feeling when I know I have books in the mail. They almost always arrive safely, though, and I'm sure yours will, too.
ReplyDeleteNope, this time my paranoia was right on point. Several books did not arrive at all. So yeah. I'm undecided on whether I'll do a video at this point. We'll see.
DeleteWELCOME BACK! *throws rainbow confetti*
ReplyDelete80% of why I'm entering this giveaway is for INVISIBILITY. Because I need to know how his invisibility mechanics works. And if he has to walk around naked. It's the puzzle of my life.
Also looking forward to your BEA haul (I have a feeling the BEA hauls will be filling up my subscriptions this next week or so,) so I can find out what are the "hot" books coming out. =)
Lilian @ A Novel Toybox
Blehhhh, that book. You will hate it, and your review will make me laugh.
DeleteNot sure if I'm going to do a BEA haul anymore since I'm so sad/angry about a bunch of books not making it.
That actually made me want to squeeze it into my reading schedule a lot sooner...*curious* I can be such a masochist with reading.
DeleteOh no!! What happened? I see something about a destroyed box in your tweets...so somebody destroyed your box? O_O
You know how much I missed Cover Snark but am glad you had such a great time at BEA. Can't wait to see all your vlogs about your haul. Those of us that weren't able to go are living through those of you were able to! Thanks for the chance to win such a great box of books...I'd freak if I won!
ReplyDeleteWell, I can probably make them without sounding braggy now since one of my boxes got totally destroyed. :(
DeleteYAY Cover Snark! :)
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the shipping fiasco! Hope all the others arrive safely.
No one's sorrier than I am. :((((
DeleteWhat a month! I can't wait to see what you got from BEA!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited for my new books Thank You so much for this awesome giveaway!
ReplyDelete- Vampi