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Before I start my IMM, I just want to say how sorry I am for being slow with everything.  I have a couple of reviews written down that need to be posted and I haven't done Waiting on Wednesday in a few weeks.  I've been slacking.  But I'm going to try to change that.  This is my first blog ever, so if you be patient with me, I'll hopefully make this a really great blog to come and visit!

Okay, on to my books!

Everything I got this week was from the library.  I have no idea how to receive books for review, so that's why I haven't had any yet.

 I'm sorry if any of these books are hard to see, but for some reason, I couldn't figure out how to take a good picture today.  Anyway, this is my haul!

Stupid and Contagious by Caprice Crane.  I can never remember which blogs I find good books on, because I read so many, but I saw another blogger praising this author, so I ordered in her first book.  It sounds cute and is an adult novel.  Definitely excited to read it.

Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann.  I got this book out for a book club I have on Goodreads which you can find here.  I haven't actually participated in any of the reads yet, but I thought that this one looked good.  Of course, I will probably actually have to read it before the club's start date so I can return it to the library.

A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowlery.  This is another book I found on a blog, but it's not a reading blog.  It's called Portrait Magazine and it has a lot of celebrity and tv show, music kind of things on it.  Anyway, they have book lists and this month featured a list of books featuring music.  Originally published in Australia, A Little Wanting Song intrigued me.  After I saw we had it in the library's system, I had to order it!

Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz.  Ahh I love this series!  I've already finished this book and loved it, just like I loved the first two.  Now I just need to get my hands on the next one that's not out yet... If you haven't read the Touch series, you need to.  It's so good.

The Book of Tomorrow by Cecilia Ahern.  Love Cecilia, as you know.  I didn't order this book, it was just there at my library and I couldn't pass it up.  It sounds really good.  It's about a book that tells you what's going to happen tomorrow.  This is also an adult book and I'm looking forward to reading it.

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly.  I have heard nothing but good things about this book, so when I saw it in our young adult section, I had to pick it up.  Another book I cannot wait to read.

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare.  This is another book for my Goodreads book club.  I'll actually be able to read it with them on time, I believe, since they're starting March 1.  I haven't read any of this author's books and I hear good and bad about them.  The only thing I want to know is if I can read this one without reading the others first, since it's a prequel?  Anyone who lets me know, I will be eternally grateful to.

Well, those are all the books I got this past week.  Sorry for being late with this, too, but I was out all day yesterday.  We went to see the musical Camelot, which was incredible.  Plus we were so close we could see how much the actors really spit.  Haha, it was great.  Makes me want to read Avalon High by Meg Cabot again.

Oh, and one last thing:

Another signed book!  I love it.

What did you get in your mailbox?

Until next week, happy reading!

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Didn't get too much this week, just bought two books.  So, let's see what I got.

Confessions of a Serial Kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen.  I just finished reading The Running Dream ( look for a review soon ) and I loved it.  This book was at Big Lots on Friday when we went for three dollars.  I couldn't pass it up.

Where I Belong by Gwedolyn Heasly.  Yes, I got it!  I'm so excited to read this book.  Basically, I can't wait to read it, but it will probably sit on my bookcase for a few months because A. I get too many library books out and B. I want to read it so bad that I'm not going to want to read it because once I'm done reading it, I won't be excited to read it.  Get it?

So, I was a little bit late with this week's IMM.  Why, you ask?  Because I spent my weekend, or Saturday anyway, putting this together.

My brand new bookcase, also bought at Big Lots.  It was my Valentine's Day present from my parents and it's AMAZING!  I've been wanting a new bookcase for a while because I hardly had any room left for any books.  This one is a good amount bigger, so I have more room.  It was also only thirty dollars, so my mom didn't argue too much when my dad found it for me.

And this is Love Bug, Bug for short, being bad and kinda laying in the bookcase while I was in the middle of getting all my books into it.

Tada!  I love it so, so much!  No, not all of my books fit this one, either, but they fit much better than before.  I'm still super excited about it.  And my IMM is late because yesterday I just kind of died from putting this together ( it was harder than it looks! ) and today I finished cleaning up my room. 

So that's all I got this week, but I think it was a pretty good haul.  What did you get?

PS. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, MY LOVELIES!

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Hello everyone, I hope you've had an awesome week!  I don't have any great excuse for not blogging this week, aside from reading.  So there it is.  I'm a slacker and I apologize.  Now onto all my new books!  I got quite a few this week!

Bought:

I went a little bit crazy on Friday with buying books.  I'm also feeling pretty guilty about it because I have to send a $300 deposit to school to hold my place and my room for September by May 1, aka my twenty-second birthday.  I've got one hundred saved and I was planning on saving another fifty this month, but I kind of spent it on books.  Like the Borders clerk said, "at least you're not buying three rows of coke" and I was like okay, that's true.  Because I spent fifty bucks on three books.  I just about passed out.

Anyway, onward!

I Remember You by Harriet Evans.  I've read one of Harriet's books before and I bought it because the cover had glitter on it.  It was gorgeous.  It wasn't the best book ever, but I did enjoy it, so a few months ago, I got her other two books.  This is her newest book and I think it came out in August or September?  I'm not sure.  It was two dollars at Half Price Books, so I'm feeling pretty awesome about this one.

Delirium by Lauren Oliver.  I wasn't going to buy this book.  I was actually looking for another book because I had a gift card for Barnes and Noble for Christmas and I was totally saving it for Where I Belong by Gwedolyn Heasly.  Well, I've been saving that gift card for forever and I couldn't.  Delirium wasn't with the YA books like I thought it would be, which was so weird.  I thought they hadn't gotten it and at that point, I was thinking our Barnes and Noble sucked.  Anyway, I loved Before I Fall and when I did see it, I had to get it.  Oh and the reason I wasn't going to?  I'd ordered it from the library already.  But I figured, there's a bunch of other people wanting it and I won't get it for months.  I came home to cancel it and it was in transit to my library for me.  Just my luck.

Love, Inc by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout.  I couldn't resist this book.  I've been waiting for the library to get it in since I heard about it and we just haven't.  I had to get it.  It just looks absolutely adorable.  Right now, it's on my bookshelf, right next to Anna and the French Kiss.  I figured they belonged together with how cute they both look.

Trapped by Michael Northrop.  I felt like I had to get this book because of the Contemps Challenge.  The only book from that challenge that's out that I don't own is The Duff, which is incredible, by the way, because I read it before I even heard of the challenge.  So I got it because of that.  I kind of resent how short it is for eighteen dollars, but I really hope it's worth it.

Across the Universe by Beth Revis.  This book is literally everywhere.  I see it everywhere in the bookstores.  This is the one I bought completely impulsively.  This one, I really don't think I'd ever get from the library.  But, really, I hear it's supposed to be awesome, so hopefully I like it.

Library:

Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors.  When I was able to actually contain myself from buying every book I saw a few weeks ago, I came home and ordered this book from the library.  They only have one copy in the system and it was checked out, but I was the only person to hold it, so I waited it out.  I just started reading it this morning and, so far, it's really good.  It's got Cupid in it, so that's a little different, but interesting anyway.

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John.  I never really knew anything about this book before I saw we had it at my library.  It sounds super interesting.  It's about this girl who has to try and get this band a gig at her school, but it's hard for anyone to trust that they're good because she is deaf.  I've never read a book where the main character was deaf, so I'm really looking forward to this one.

That's all the books I got this week.  Okay, I got a bunch but I am still feeling slightly guilty.  I'll live, especially when I'm reading them.

Last week, I posted a video of my cat, Lorelai, and I realized that it's actually very hard to see her, do to the fact that she's under my sheet for all but a second of the video, so I decided to post a picture of her for you guys to get a better look at her.

I accidentally cut off her ears in the picture.  She was being hard to photograph, though, so this was the best I could get.  So yeah, that's my pookie bear!

Have a great Sunday, root for the Steelers tonight, and happy reading!

What did you guys get this week?

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So I didn't get too much this week and, again, it was all from the library, but it definitely deserves to be showcased!

It's the Ruby Oliver series by E. Lockhart!  I heard that these books are hilarious and they seem like quick reads, so I ordered them.  I think I'm going to read The Boyfriend List as soon as I'm done with Nevermore, which I'm reading right now.

Also, here's a video of my cat from this morning when I was trying to put clean sheets on my bed.  Cats are just an awesome part of life.

Okay, so that's all!  I may post my review for Hold Still by Nina LaCour sometime today.  I've had it written for a while, but haven't typed it up!

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Okay, so I'm not so good at doing this on the actual day that I want to do it, but here it is, anyway!

I didn't buy anything this week, but I got a bunch of goodies at the library!

Nevermore by Kelly Creagh.  One my friends from Goodreads, who also got me to read The Summer of Skinny Dipping kept ranting about this book, so I ordered it right away.

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen.  I don't know what made me order this book.  I saw it on The Story Siren's IMM and decided to request it.  I'm pretty excited about reading it!

Psych Major Syndrome by Alicia Thompson.  When I'm really bored, I surf through other blogs to pick random books to read, and I saw this.  I love psych things, so I thought this would be good.  I'm currently reading it and it's awesome so far!

For Keeps by Natasha Friend.  I started reading this book in June, but I didn't finish it.  I honestly have no idea why I didn't finish it!  I still remember little parts of it and it's driving me nuts that I didn't finish it!  So I figured I'd try it again.

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson.  I actually owned this book.  I sold it because I couldn't get into it the day I started reading it.  But now I see so much positive feedback on it that I just have no other choice but to give it another chance!

Life, After by Sarah Darer Littman.  This author is awesome.  I read Purge last week and loved it.  She has another book coming out soon and it's part of the Contemps Challenge, which I am participating in.  I'm excited to read it!

Choker by Elizabeth Woods.  Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!  I actually finished this book yesterday and I loved it.  So good.  Must read.

How to Kill a Rock Star by Tiffanie Debartolo.  This was another book I saw on a blog.  They actually featured little excerpts and I liked them, so I got it out.

Last but not least, I got an awesome surprise when I opened Dirty Little Secrets to read on Wednesday. 

Yes!  There's an autograph from the author to all the Pittsburgh library readers.  It's just too awesome not to share!

Okay, so that's it!  I shall be back next week with more exciting books.  What have you guys gotten recently that you're excited about?  Have a good day!

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This is my first IMM and I just have to say that it really brings a song to mind...

"Here's the mail, it never fails, it makes me wanna wag my tail.  When it comes, I wanna wail, MAIL!"

Am I twenty-one years old?  Why, yes I am!  Is that song from the kindergarten show, Blues Clues?  You bet!  Do I care at all?  Of course not!

Okay, first In My Mailbox.  I really wanted to do this on Friday, but I never got around to it, so it's a little dated.  These are all the books I got from somewhere a week before Friday.  So here goes nothing.

Bought:

If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern.  I've read a couple of this girl's books, and have most of the rest of them.  This only cost me two dollars.  I love Half Price Books!

Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes.  The only book I've read by her, so far, is Watermelon, which I thoroughly enjoyed.  I believe that this goes along with that one, too.  I spent two dollars on this as well.

Maine Squeeze by Catherine Clark.  I have never read any of her books before, but this sounded like a good, happy read, so I figured I'd give it a try.  The book also contains Banana Splitsville.

The Blonde Theory by Kristen Harmell.  Oh, I love Kristen's books.  She's very good at making me smile.  This one seems no different.  Again, only two dollars.

Library:

The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman.  I'm so excited about this book!  Everything about it reminds me of the movie 500 Days Of Summer, which I absolutely love.  I can't wait to let you guys know what I think of it!

Nothing Like You by Lauren Starsnick.  It's funny because I ordered this book into the library and it's the exact same copy I had the last time I had it out.  I don't know why I didn't read it, but now I really want to.

Dirty Little Secrets by C. J. Omololu.  I think that I read in someone's blog that this one was good, so I hopped over to my Library page and ordered it.

Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz.  I just finished Deadly Little Secret this afternoon and I absolutely loved it and all the suspense.  Plus the characters had real heart, and were real funny!  I'll be starting this tonight.

So, there you have it.  All the books that I've gotten in the last week ( plus an accidental two days, which didn't bring anything, anyway. )  I hope you guys all got some good books this week, too!  Happy reading!