Just a quick note before we launch into this week’s meme. This week has been quite a whirlwind in the blogging community when it was leaked that Kristi a.k.a. The Story Siren plagiarized work from another blog. This is an offense that Magan and I take very seriously, as we both work in fields were plagiarism would greatly affect our jobs and our well-beings. While we both acknowledge how much Kristi has done for the YA blogging community, it is a professional decision and not a reflection of anything personal that we will no longer take part in In My Mailbox. After much discussion, Magan and I settled on using our own meme called “Shelve It” to discuss various bookish happenings during the week.
And now on with the show…
Yes. I talk Bieber and my cat meows in the background. Get excited!
Books mentioned:
In the mail:
Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgans (Goodreads | Amazon) — thanks to Katie at Little Bird Publicity!
Enchanted by Althea Kontis (Goodreads | Amazon) — thanks to Jenny at Harcourt Children’s!
From the library:
Lovestruck Summer by Melissa Walker (Goodreads | Amazon) — thanks to a mention from April of Good Books & Good Wine.
The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg (Goodreads | Amazon) — thanks to a tweet from Ginger of GReads!
I’ll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan (Goodreads | Amazon) — thanks to a review from Tahleen at the Broke and the Bookish!
Borrowed:
Divergent by Veronica Roth (Goodreads | Amazon)
Bought:
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley (Goodreads | Amazon)
Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger (Goodreads | Amazon)
We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han (Goodreads | Amazon)
Thou Shalt Not Roadtrip (Goodreads | Amazon)
ALSO: Support your local bookstores! Here’s the one we visited in Mystic, CT: Bank Square Books.
This week on the blog:
Another 4/24 book release: a review of Supergirl Mixtapes by Meagan Brothers.
Magan gives you the dirt on TLA (the good kind) + provides some tips for those hoping to attend future conferences.
Melissa C. Walker wrote it and Toni Braxton sang it. Magan shares her love for Walker’s Unbreak My Heart.
A book that kept me up VERY late one evening: a review of new release, Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf.
Have you read anything ah-mazing this week? Let us know! We’re all ears!
by Estelle
Estelle - M, You already beat me to reading Lonely Hearts Club. haha. :-/ But you did introduce me to the “recommended by” feature on GR that might make my brain work better. So thanks for that. xo
Estelle - Sash, ha! I have Looking for Alaska to read as well. Maybe I’ll read them back to back? Thanks for the suggestion!
Estelle - Paige! Thanks for stopping in! I had a fun time looking at your blog and listening to your vlog. I read Face on a Milk Carton a really long time ago and I liked it a lot… in fact it is one of the only books I have successfully gotten my younger sister to read too. Did you ever see the TV movie? It’s one of my favorites. haha.
Paige - If you were only going to read a few Dystopians you should definately try Divergent because it’s so so good! I just finished reading The Summer I Turned Pretty so I can’t wait to get my hands on It’s Not Summer Without You. Thou Shalt Not Road Trip looks really good! I hope you enjoy everything and here’s my IMM!
http://paigebradish1996.blogspot.com/2012/04/in-my-mailbox-32.html
~Paige @ Comfort Books
Katie @ Blook Girl - Wow, what a fabulous book haul, ladies! I can’t believe you haven’t read Divergent yet! I really hope you love it
Thanks to YOU, I snagged an e-copy of Unbreak My Heart this week and I can’t wait to read it!
I keep hearing that I need to read Where Things Come Back, so I think I’ll pay a visit to the bookstore this weekend
Great, there goes my paycheck!
I also decided to “follow my own star” in regard to all the drama, and created my own meme, Mission: Acquired. I hope you’ll stop by and check out my goodies
http://www.blookgirl.com/book-blog/mission-acquired/147-april-28-2012
Happy reading, ladies! <333
VeganYANerds - Haha, I laughed when you said “basically I’m a liar” because I am always saying I’m on a book ban but then I go out and buy more books!
Great haul this week, Estelle! I love the Summer series and the bonus letters sound interesting!
Also I need The Lonely Hearts Club, I love anything with a Beatles theme, must buy asap!
Eva, The Book Stoner - SO glad to know where you and Magan stand regarding the plagiarism issue. I already love your blog but now I love it even more
Every book in the world will also come out May 1st. LOTS of them! Haha!
Great haul!
Sash from Sash and Em - AHH! So much goodness!
1. Anything written by Elizabeth Eulberg rockkks.
I’ve talked about it before but it would be so perfect to pair with Catcher in the Rye and Looking for Alaska.
2. FRANNY AND ZOEY.
3. I looooved Where Things Come Back
xo
margie c {the bumble girl} - The Lonely Hearts Club sounds like a good read, adding it to my list to hopefully get to this summer
I cannot wait to read Enchanted! I picked up a finished copy this week and it’s so pretty! and of course I love anything to do with fairy-tales and needed it asap!
Enjoy your pile!!!
Ginger @ GReads! - Aww I’m so glad I could influence your reading pile
haha I hope you love Lonely Hearts Club! Also, Lovestruck Summer is a good one as well. And yay for Where Things Come Back!!!!!!!!! gosh I love that book.
P.S. I needed the Conrad goodness in my life, too
Jess @ Gone with the Words - I’m glad you loved Somebody to Love..but I’m also glad I didn’t know that Beebs song because I would’ve hated it being stuck in my head, lol. Also, I really hope you like Divergent!!! Eeeeep! And, oh boy, I need to get my hands on those letters in We’ll Always Have Summer! Enjoy your books!!
Estelle - Elena, hahaha. It was quite a bonus to read the book with JB stuck in my head. Really. Definitely get into Jenny Han’s summer series like… this summer. I can’t wait to hear what songs you come up with to go along with them!
elena - As soon as you mentioned Justin Bieber, I had to go on Spotify and put him on! I don’t know how I will get through that book without “I JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO LOOOOVE” constantly refraining in my head. I really want to read Enchanted so I hope it’s good! I love fairytales. :3 I’m excited for the new series on the blog you guys have planned! I hope you like Divergent too, it’s one of the better dystopians, I think. I really need to properly read Jenny Han books.