Tuesday, September 20, 2011

TTBA Weekly News and Mailbox Monday...Late Edition

This feature was inspired by It's Monday! What are you reading? hosted by Sheila at Book Journey and by The Sunday Salon.


Here I am with another late edition! My Monday was very hectic so now I'm playing catch up. =O)

EVENTS


If you haven't already, be sure to stop over at Castle Macabre for my launch event this month.  The giveaways are listed in the left sidebar.  Also, I'm hosting my Fall read-a-thon over there next month.  You can read more about the Frightful Fall Read-a-Thon and sign-up HERE.


Next month, Kai at Fiction State of Mind, Orchid at The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia, and me (over at Castle Macabre) are hosting the Frightful Fall Reviewers Challenge.  You can read the details and sign-up HERE.  There will be giveaways on all three blogs!


Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon is on October 22, 2011 and the official sign-up is posted.  They have made some changes with sign-ups and some other stuff.  You can read all about it and sign-up HERE.  I never do well at the shorter read-a-thons, but I'm still going to give it a shot.  I'm seriously thinking about sleeping long hours on Friday (while the boys are at school and go to bed early Friday night) so I can pull an all-nighter for the read-a-thon. We shall see!

WHAT I'M READING
Finished:
The Memoir of Marilyn Monroe my review

Currently reading:
Dust by Joan Frances Turner (to be reviewed at Castle Macabre)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Tick Tock by Dean Koontz (to be reviewed at Castle Macabre)

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia and is currently on tour. This month's host is Amused by Books (want to read a book description? Clicking the book covers will take you to the book's page on Amazon--with the exception of these three below--click Goodreads below the books)

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WON:
from Kai at Fiction State of Mind:
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Falling For Hamlet by Michelle Ray
+ some extra goodies...tote bag, book previews, swag!

BOOKMOOCH:
Maybe You Should Write a Book! by Ralph Daigh

DEALS PURCHASE:
The Power of Point of View: Make Your Story Come to Life by Alicia Rasley

LIBRARY SALE PURCHASE:
The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Last Summer (of You and Me) by Ann Brashares
Eden Close by Anita Shreve
Red River by Lalita Tademy
The Fatal Crown by Ellen Jones
Once in a Year by Elizabeth Yates
Cat Book by Emily Eve Weinstein
Tonight on the Titanic: Magic Tree House #17 by Mary Pope Osborne
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
The Twits by Roald Dahl
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

5 comments:

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  1. That is one full mailbox! I hope you enjoy them all!

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  2. Great mailbox! I've read both The Last Summer and Nightshade. I hope you enjoy them!

    Here is my Mailbox

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  3. Tick Tock was one of the few Dean Koontz books I really liked. I'll be looking forward to your review of it. HOpe you are having a great week.

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  4. My goodness - you had a very successful book accumulation this week!! I did one all-nighter for a readathon. I'm not certain if I am ready to do another one, but I guess I should decide soon!

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