In My Mailbox (21)

In My Mailbox is a meme started by Kristi at The Story Siren with some inspiration from Alea of Pop Culture Junkie where we get to post about the books we receive each week through publishers/authors, our own purchases, contests won, and libraries.

This mailbox is for the past two weeks. 

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For Review

  Damned (Crusade #2) by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie

Dust and Decay (Rot and Ruin #2) by Jonathan Maberry

I'm not sure if I'll get a chance to read either of these before they expire considering I haven't yet read the first book in either series. They're also both massive, and I assume the first books are equally thick. They've both been on my TBR for a while now though, so I would like to try to get to at least one of them.

Clean by Amy Reed

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann 

Clean is so not my type of book anymore. Ten years ago I would have been all over it, but now I'm not so into the "issues" books anymore. Call it nostalgia, call it the siren song of a free ARC, whatever the reason I grabbed it and I'll give it a shot if I have the time.

The Unwanteds is another "out of my comfort zone" book. I don't like Lisa McMann's writing style in her YA books. It just doesn't click with me at all and it makes me feel dreary. But this is a middle grade book and the cover screams action and adventure! There's bright colors, running children, and a giant winged lion thingy! That can't be bad, right? (Though I have to say, I think I like the other cover just a little bit more. Maybe)

Fury by Elizabeth Miles
Wisdom's Kiss by Catherine Gilbert Murdock 
Witchlanders by Lena Coakley

Greek myth and two fantasies...can I be anymore in heaven? I hope I adore all of these books because my expectations are sky high.

Thank you Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, NetGalley, and Simon & Schuster!

From the Library

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The Coven's Daughter by Lucy Jago
Nightspell by Leah Cypess
The Iliad by Homer (Translated by Stanley Lombardo)


I've been dying for The Coven's Daughter and Nightspell to come in through inter-library loan. Of course they come just as I get all those galleys, but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. The Coven's Daughter looks really short (only 200 something pages), so hopefully I can zip through that quickly. It's a Gothic story with witches, I think. I loved Mistwood, so I'm really looking forward to Nightspell.

I got The Iliad for my guy, but I might steal it from him. I don't know, I have so many books already! Then again, with all the Greek myth-based stories I've been reading, maybe it would be a good idea to brush up on the original? I've never sat down and read the whole thing from start to finish. This edition has a strange cover for the book.

Won

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Abandon by Meg Cabot
Thank you The Compulsive Reader and Tera Lynn Childs!

No, you're not seeing double! I went around like a mad woman entering as many Abandon contests as I saw, and it paid off! If my sister doesn't want the extra copy, then I'll be hosting a giveaway for it.


What did you get this week? Has anyone read any of these books yet? Did you like them? 
Feel free to comment with links to your mailboxes or your reviews of these books!

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