In My Postbox #39

In My Mailbox idea from Kristi @ The Story Siren, and all links take you to Amazon UK.

Hey guys! It's that time of the week again. Hope everyone is well, and reading something mighty fine! :D 

FOR REVIEW:

Angel's Fury by Bryony Pearce.

This sounds very good and I love that cover. It's really cool! Looking forward to getting around to this! Thanks to Egmont for this!

Exile by Rebecca Lim.

Haven't read the first of this series but it sounds good! Thanks to Harper Collins!!

Glee: Summer Break by Sophia Lowell.

I read the first Glee book and thought it was great but haven't had time to get to Number 2 yet! This is the third book. Hopefully I'll get to it soon. I only watched 2 or 3 episodes of the last season because it was just so bad. Not what it once was! Hope the quality of the books stays good though. Thanks to Headline for this!

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater.

I've really enjoyed Maggie's The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy and am very much looking forward to reading the finale, Forever, which is out next month. But this is a standalone book by Maggie out in October. It came in a red tube which was really cool and different. Read the prologue and was completely captivated. Cannot wait to read on! Thanks to Alexandra at Scholastic for this! You rock!

And finally something amazing which has me excited beyond belief (this happens a lot right? Too much amazingness to handle really!)

The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore.

Sequel to I Am Number Four, the second of the Lorien Legacies series, and out this August this is amazing. I love love love it. Another beautifully produced review copy from Penguin. Lovely white hardback with simple logo and writing. Brilliant. Really eye catching. It's just a shame this isn't openly available for everyone. I love it! It looks great alongside I Am Number Four too...

Reading this now actually and really really enjoying it! Thanks to the lovely Sarah at Penguin for sending this out to me after my first copy sent out went missing in the post! You are a star!

And I also got a DVD this week, following along the Lorien Legacies theme...

I Am Number Four

Just watched this actually! Brilliant! Such a good adaptation of the film. One of the best book to films movies I've seen for a long long time. Some changes obviously, and as a lover of the book I am a teeny weeny bit annoyed, but still, it's all good and a very enjoyable film which no doubt I will be watching again and again in due course!

Okay, so that concludes In My Postbox for this week! I hope you all have a great week and I'll speak to you all soon! Don't forget to enter the giveaway to win a signed copy of Swim The Fly by Don Calame (closing next Sunday!) and happy reading! :)

In My Postbox #38

In My Mailbox idea from Kristi @ The Story Siren, and all links take you to Amazon UK.

Hey everyone. Yes it's Sunday afternoon and my IMP posts normally go live like midnightish, I had this all ready just forgot to scheuele it. In the end that's a good thing as I just got another book while out. Haha! Anyway, hope you're all well and have had a good book week!

FOR REVIEW:

Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck.

Got the first one of this series on my reading pile and very much looking forward to getting around to them! Anything with tigers for me is a MUST! Tigers are perhaps my favourite animal of all time! Thanks to Hodder for this!

Edda by Conor Kostick.

This was sent by the lovely people over at O'Brien in Ireland! Thanks guys. Sounds great, and I can't wait to get stuck in!

BOUGHT:

The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan.

I am a massive Darren Shan book and love love loved the first book of this series when it came out last year! (If you do a bit of looking around, you can find my review of it on here somewhere. Called Birth of a Killer!!). Very excited to read this one especially after the beautiful cover art revealed for the next book in the series due out in October! Darren never disappoints!

And another Darren Shan book!

Procession of the Dead by Darren Shan/D.B. Shan.

The first in a trilogy for adults. Saw this in The Works and couldn't resist!

One Seriously Messed-Up Week In The Otherwise Mundane And Uneventful Live of Jack Sampsonite by Tom Clempson.

Winning the award for the longest title of the year, I am currently reading this and it is as funny as hell. Just the book I needed at this present moment in time! Review as and when I've finished reading it!

And finally...

The Sookie Stackhouse Series/True Blood by Charlaine Harris.

Yep. Wanted this for ages, am a massive fan of the True Blood tv show and always wondered how these differed, and after a little chat with Caroline of Portrait Of A Woman, I decided to bite the bullet and buy this boxset for a bargainous £26!!! There's 9 of the novels here and then the collection book of short Sookie stories. Shall be powering through this and then getting the other books that have been published since!!

So there we go folks. Hope you all have a great week and some very happy reading!

In My Postbox #37

In My Mailbox idea from Kristi @ The Story Siren, and all links take you to Amazon UK.

So yeah, this is late... apologies. But it's bee a busy and tiring weekend! Anyway, better late than never. And this week should officially be The Works and WH Smith are amazing week!

REVIEW:

Double-Cross by Sophie McKenzie.

I've never actually read any of Sophie's books but this sounds good so I might just have to give them a go! Thanks S&S!

BOUGHT:

Like I said at the start of this weeks In My Postbox, The Works and WH Smith were full of awesome and I spent more money than I should, and kind of regret it as everywhere is selling Wii's for £99 and mine is broke. Oh well. Payday tomorrow so it's all good. Will get one then! :D

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis.

All 7 books in 1. And for £3.99. What a freaking steal?! Never read them all. Read the first 3 and loved them. Need to read them all!

The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan.

Never got around to getting this despite wanting to! Then I saw it in The Works and knew I'd regret not getting it!

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown.

I read this a few years ago and really enjoyed it and saw this hardback collectors edition with illustrations all throughout. I couldn't help but grab it!

Eragon's Guide to Alagaesia by Christopher Paolini.

Again something I've wanted for a while. Something to increase the excitement for the final book in the series!

Dreams by Leona Lewis.

I like Leona and this was only £1.99 so thought I'd grab it just to have a ganders! 

The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan.

And again, another book I've wanted for a while. Cannot wait to get around to this.

And finally I got some musical and visual goodies too!

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Standard Edition (top) and Special Edition (bottom)

Brilliant album. Listened to pretty much nothing else all week. Has some addictive songs on there. Fave at the mo has to be either Government Hooker or Heavy Metal Lover!

True Blood - Season 3.

Am halfway through this now and loving it. Probably the best season yet!

So there ya go. That's what I got this week. What about you guys? Hope you all have a great week, and Happy Reading! :)

In My Postbox #36

In My Mailbox idea from Kristi @ The Story Siren, and all links take you to Amazon UK.

So glad it is finally the weekend. Chilling out like mad! It's been mental but it's been such a good week for books. Some very exciting books this week!

REVIEW:

Changeling: Zombie Dawn by Steve Feasey.

The final book in Steve Feasey's spine-tingling Changeling series. Steve stopped off here on EoB earlier this month as part of the Changeling Blog Tour! I've read the first two books and am really looking forward to getting around to this. The cover is amazing in the flesh! Thanks to Macmillan for this! :D

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck

This sounds good actually and I love tigers... perhaps my favourite animal. Looking forward to this, thanks Hodder!!

Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet.

Never read anything by Mal Peet before but when I got an email from Walker about this I just knew I had to read it. Sounds brilliant, and just how awesome is that cover?

The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens.

This book sounds all shades of brilliant and it's been getting rave reviews. Can't wait to give it a twirl! Thanks Random House for this! :)

Trial By Fire by Jennfer Lynn Barnes.

Thanks to Quercus for this one! Haven't actually read the first book, Raised by Wolves yet but I'll have to give it a go one day!

Too Much Trouble by Tom Avery

Sounds good. A nice looking little book. Thanks to Frances Lincoln for this!

Young Sherlock Holmes: Black Ice by Andrew Lane

This cover is amazing in person. All shiny and reflective. Very cool. Never actually read any of these so excited to give it a go. Thanks to Macmillan for this! :)

My Name Is Rose by Sally Grindley.

This actually sounds quite good! Thanks Bloomsbury!

Candleman: The Society of Dread by Glenn Dakin.

This actually sounds very very good! And I love the cover. Haven't read the first one yet though so might make a note of doing that and then checking this out. Thank you very much to Egmont!

And finally... something majorly epic came through my postbox just this morning (I'm writing this on the Saturday so it's ready to go up...) that I am so majorly excited for that it deserves it's own picture... all on it's own in it's own epic glory because it is that freaking awesome looking...

OH YEAH!!!!!

Vampirates: Immortal War by Justin Somper.

The sixth and final book in the series. I have been waiting for this book since last March when the fifth book, Empire of Night came out! So excited to finally have it in my hands and to see how it all ends. Actually in the process of reading this now (or I am at the time of writing...). Thank you so so so so much to S&S for this! Super pumped right now!

So there you go guys, those are the books I got this week. What did you guys get, eh? Hope you all have a great week!

In My Postbox #35

In My Mailbox idea from Kristi @ The Story Siren, and all links take you to Amazon UK.

Hi guys! Hope you are all well. Not much news this week but I got some pretty cool books so check it out!

REVIEW:

An Act of Love by Alan Gibbons.

I got a proof copy of this a week or two ago and this is a beautiful finished copy. It's paperback but has flaps on the inside that each have either one of the guys on the cover. Very cool. Looking forward to reading this one! Thanks to Nina for this!

The Case of the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence.

I cannot believe I missed this off the pic! :( Oh well. It's a lovely looking little book, let me tell you. Currently reading it and loving it. First in The Western Mysteries. Very much looking forward to the rest of this series! Again thanks to Nina at Orion for this! You're a star!

The Truth About Celia Frost by Paula Rawsthorne.

I hadn't actually heard of this until the proof popped through my postbox this week! Sounds pretty good! Thanks Usborne! :D

Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Already have a proof of this and have actually read it. Brilliant little dystopian novel... I say little, it's huge! A brick of a book! But so good! Review in the next few weeks hopefully! Thanks Scholastic!

BOUGHT:

Lee Raven, Boy Thief by Zizou Corder.

I am a big Zizou Corder fan having loved the Lionboy trilogy when they were published! Used to speak to Louisa, one half of the duo loads especially around the time this book was being written in 2007. So much so that my name (first and middle, not surname...) actually appears in the acknowledgements for "encouragement"... I do have a proof copy of this which my parents brought for me I believe years ago! Now I have this beautiful shiny finished book!

Halo by Zizou Corder

Another Zizou book! This was released last February but I just never got around to it. Going to now though and I cannot wait! It's Ancient Greece, with Centaurs. What's more to want?!

So there you go! That's what I got this week! What did you guys get? Hope you all have a great week, and happy reading!

In My Postbox #34

In My Mailbox idea from Kristi @ The Story Siren, and all links take you to Amazon UK.

Hi guys! Hope you are all well and have had a great week, whatever you've been reading! :) So many amazing books this week! I wanna put in the synopsis' for these beauts, but if I do that will be one hell-uva post! So, make sure to click the Amazon links to check them out! None of these should be missed!

FOR REVIEW:

Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer

I brought the first two books in this series when they were published here in Old Blighty back in February. Really enjoyed them and the lovely Nichola at Penguin sent me this to review! :D Thank you! CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO VLAD NEXT!!!

Swim the Fly by Don Calame

I've heard a lot about this book and instantly added it to my To Read list. Sounds brilliant! And then the Leonora at Templar contacted me and as a result I now have a perdy copy! :D

An Act of Love by Alan Gibbons

The amazing Nina over at Orion sent me an email last week about this book and as soon as I read the contents of that email, I hit that reply button faster than I think I ever have. The way she described it and the pdf press release included inside had me sold. It sounds a-freaking-mazing! Currently sitting top of my reading pile! Thank you Nina!!

BOUGHT:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Yeah! I already have this. I'd be an awful JK Rowling fan if I didn't... but we went to a fair at the weekend and there was a book stall. Books are like magnets to me. Was browsing and saw this. And guess what... IT'S FIRST EDITION!!! And as far as can be seen it's never been read. In amazing condition and the spine creaks beautifully! The cover even CRACKED when I opened it! And it's all so tight and compressed! £2.99. Amazing. Colour me happy. Need to complete my collection in hardback, and that was the main reason I got this. Just Chamber of Secrets to go now! Although I did feel a big rough getting it as a woman came like 10 seconds after me and was talking to who I presume was her husband saying "Tim's missing one. What one is it?" "Hm, something of fire. It's red right. It's got fire in the title..." I froze and clenched on to that bad boy! Then went to pay for it and the bloke goes "DAMMIT! THAT GUYS GOT IT! OFFER HIM MORE MONEY" I just walked off. Nope. My collection needs completing. Forget Tim! Haha! Mean but oh well! A boys gotta do what a boys gotta do!

And the following all come from The Book Depository which I used for the first time this week. I am so impressed. Getting US editions for the same prices as UK editions if not cheaper and with free P&P... what's not to love! The Scorch Trials and The Hunger Games came 1 day after being dispatched! 1 FREAKING DAY! Amazing stuff! Will definitely be using them again!!

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

How amazing is that cover?! I loved the first book of this trilogy, The Maze Runner. This is released here in the UK in August but came out in America in October and I couldn't wait anymore. Plus that cover and the fact that it's a hardback had me sold! Now I just have to get a hardback of The Maze Runner, read this and I'm set for the release of the conclusion to the trilogy, The Death Cure which is out in America this autumn!! (Review for The Maze Runner can be found here!)

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

This was released last Summer and I loved it then, still love it and had to get this paperback edition. And I'm glad I did. It's beautiful! Cannot wait for The Power of Six which is out this Summer! :D (Review of I Am Number Four here!)

Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean, Vampirates: Tide of Terror

and Vampirates: Blood Captain by Justin Somper

Now I am a massive fan of this series! I have all 5 books out so far and am counting down the days till the finale, Immortal War is published!!! (32 days!!!). Now I already have these 3 books, in several formats actually. The origional covers, the new US editions and I have extras of 1 or 2 of them which I got sent to me from the amazing Justin himself! Had to get these, the re-issues so that I have at least 1 complete collection on my shelf. Also intend to get the rest of the new US covers because they are amazing! Look out for Vampirates Week, which you can find out about here, when it kickstarts here on 6th June!!

And then finally I got these beautiful creations!!! It's the US editions of The Hunger Games trilogy!!!!

 They are so beautiful. I like the UK covers and was never a big fan of the US covers until the cover for Mockingjay... I freaking love it! And then the series as a whole grew on me. I adore this trilogy and had to have the US editions. I mean that shade of blue... Just knock me over already! It's so much more amazing in the flesh as you can see below...

And the spines are amazing too!

So that's In My Postbox done for another week. Thanks for reading if you got all the way to the end of that colossal post, or thanks if you just checked out the pics! Haha! Happy reading! :)