#TurtlesAlltheWayCountDown: Week 1 – The Unboxing

Hi everyone!

Penguin Random House is having a John Green read-along to promote the release of his latest novel, Turtles All the Way Down! Every week will feature a John Green book, right up until the big release.

Week 1: THE UNBOXING

Thank you so much to Julia at Penguin Random House International for the mail!

I'm super excited to get back into John Green's books–I haven't read one in AGES, and I've read almost all of them...except for Will Grayson, Will Grayson, so now's the perfect time to do so!

Tell me: 

which John Green book is your favourite?

Stacking the Shelves (39)

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, sharing the books I've acquired in the past few weeks. I'm finally back to blogging after taking my GRE for the third (and thankfully final since YA GURL GOT THE SCORES SHE WANTED!) time, and there's a lot to catch up with, so hopefully this means back to a regular flow of posts. Not blogging for a while also means that there are a ton of books that I got, so here it goes!

Here are the books I borrowed:

Gone by Michael Grant ● Review

Hunger by Michael Grant

Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

For some reason–which irks me a little, not gonna lie–I put the third book in the Shatter Me series above the second. What is this random order, Rabiah?! Anyway, thanks to my awesome friend Richa I'm FINALLY getting to some series that I started AGES ago, but never finished. I just finished Unravel Me (review coming soon!) and should will be done by the series early next week.

Here are the books I got for review:

The Invasion by Peadar O'Guilin (ARC)

What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

Here is what I got from the SG Bookdeals Books Box Sale:

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson

Love, Lies and Spies by Cindy Anstey

100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith

You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith

The Last Boy and Girl in the World by Siobhan Vivian

The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre

Revenge, Ice Cream, and Other Things Best Served Cold by Katie Finn

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Naomi & Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

A Really Awesome Mess by Trish Cook & Brendan Halpin

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

Lies by Michael Grant

What I Thought Was True by Becca Fitzpatrick

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

I also got a Harry Potter and Alice in Wonderland colouring book! I am super happy with all the books I got, and I can't wait to start reading them.

Check out my recap of the Books Box Sale

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Thank you so much to Richa at City of Books, Sasha and Samantha at Pansing, and Julie at Penguin Random House!

Stacking the Shelves (38)

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, sharing the books I've acquired this week (well, the past two weeks)!

Here are the books I got for review:

36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant (ARC)

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James (ARC)

Moonrise by Sarah Crossan (ARC)

The Wonderling by Mira Bartók (ARC)

I also got cool golden envelope with The Wonderling that contained a press release and a key with a lovely label!

I also snagged a couple of eGalleys because they were available to read now:

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

Invictus by Ryan Graudin

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Thank you so much to Sasha at Pansing and the publishers on NetGalley!

Stacking the Shelves (37) + Giveaway!

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, sharing the books I've acquired this week! I'm still studying for my GRE, which means I haven't read any news books recently, but that doesn't mean that I haven't received any *wink wink*.

Here are the books I got for review:

(Thanks to the bro for modelling the books)

Superpowerless by Chris Priestley

Show Stopper by Hayley Barker

The Explorer by Katherine Rundell (ARC)

I also got an eGalley:

Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne

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Thank you so much to Sahsa at Pansing and Cassie at Disney Publishing Worldwide!

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Eid Mubarak!

As it's Eid today, how about a giveaway?

Enter to win...

Any one of the books below 

OR 

Any book under $20 (USD) from the Book Depository that is either by a Muslim author or features a Muslim protagonist. 

(covers link to Goodreads)

There are definitely quite a lot of books I'm missing out on, so definitely share more recommendations in the comments! I sadly haven't read many YA (or MG) books featuring Muslim main characters or books written by Muslim authors, but I'm hoping that will change soon, because representation is important you guys! #WeNeedDiverseBooks

RULES

• You must be 13+ to enter this giveaway.
• This giveaway is open internationally, as long as The Book Depository ships to you (not sure? check here).
• If you are in the US, depending on price, I might opt to send you the book through Amazon instead.
• The covers above will be most likely the version that you will receive. I reserve the right to choose the cover based on price (sorry!).
• If you choose to go for the second option (choice of book), then I'll have to check whether it is written by a Muslim author/features a Muslim protagonist.
• This giveaway will run from June 25th until Sunday July 9th, 11:59 pm EST.
• One entry per person–no cheating! Cheaters will be disqualified.
• I am not responsible for any lost or damaged packages.
• I will not retain or give out any of the information you enter. Your address will not be shared with anyone if you win.
• Enter via the Rafflecopter below (and may the odds be ever in your favour!).

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Stacking the Shelves (36)

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, sharing the books I've acquired this week! Well... this post is actually going to be abut the books that I've received in the past month, since not much has been going on as I'm trying to get back in the rhythm of blogging.

Here are the books I got for review (and the titles link to Goodreads):

(Thanks to the bro for modelling the books)

Because You Love to Hate Me (sampler) edited by Ameriie
Monster by Michael Grant (ARC)
Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith ● Review

I also got a few eGalleys:

Grace and the Fever by Zan Romanoff

Gork, the Teenage Dragon by Gabe Hudson

Windy City Magic by Crystal Cestari

(Okay, this is most definitely not all of them because HarperCollins added a ton on Edelweiss and I went a little crazy...)

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Thank you so much to Sasha at Pansing, Dani at Penguin Random House, Catie, and Amy at Disney Publishing Worldwide!

Stacking the Shelves (35)

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, sharing the books I acquired this week! It's actually going to be the books I've gotten in the past 3-ish weeks. This is also the last Stacking the Shelves for my time in Singapore! I wanted to do one before I got back to Boston, because judging by the mass of emails I got, there's a ton of books waiting for me there. I'll definitely be sharing those books in the next few weeks.

Anyway, here's what I got recently (and all titles are linked to Goodreads):

For Review:

The Amateurs by Sara Shepard
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett
Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff
Beware That Girl by Teresa Toten

Won: 

The Witch's Kiss by Katharine & Elizabeth Corr
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig ● Review

Both books I won are signed!!

And I got some swag with the books!

I also got a few eGalleys for review:

Outward Blonde by Trish Cook
Nemesis by Anna Banks
Endless Knight by Kresley Cole

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Thank you so much to Sasha at Pansing, Julia at Penguin Random House, Heidi Heilig, Katharine and Elizabeth Corr, Kelsey at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and FFBC Blog Tours, Caroline at Sullivan and Partners, and Kara at Sunshine Sachs!

Stacking the Shelves (34)

Omg, it's been absolutely FOREVER since I've done a book haul post. Welcome to my first Stacking the Shelves post! I've previously been blogging book hauls under In My Mailbox, but since The Story Siren doesn't run anymore, it's time to move on. 
Also, I'm seriously impressed with younger me's photoshop skills. Look at that meme banner!

Anyway, Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, sharing the books I got this week! (Actually, I'm going to be sharing my haul since I came back from my holiday–so the past 2ish weeks it is!)

**All titles are linked to Goodreads.

From the SG Bookdeals 2016 Warehouse Sale:

Pile 1 (top to bottom):

The Maze Runner by James Dashner 
Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini
Linked by Imogen Howson
The Twistrose Key by Tone Almhjell
Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick
The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, & Maureen Johnson
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Pile 2 (top to bottom):

She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
Fire with Fire by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian (my review)
Noggin by John Corey Whaley
#16thingsithoughtweretrue by Janet Gurtler
The Program by Suzanne Young
Golden by Jessi Kirby
Servants of the Storm by Delilah S. Dawson
Fever Chart by Bill Cotter

Read all about the SG Bookdeals Warehouse Sale that is currently going on HERE.

Bought:

Sula by Toni Morrison
Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

For Review: 

Heartless by Marissa Meyer
The Call by Peadar Ó Guílin
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

Swag:

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Thank you so much to Sasha and Samantha at Pansing, Ingrid at Penguin Random House, and Lauren Gibaldi!

Don't forget to enter my Thank You Pansing Giveaway–open INTERNATIONALLY!

What books did you get recently?

In My Mailbox – Week 33

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It's to showcase books and swag that I've received, bought, borrowed etc.
Wow, it's been a while since I last posted IMM, and there have been a TON of books since for the Books That Glow: YA & MG 2013 event. Really excited to share them with you!

Books

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Darcy Burdock by Laura Dockrill ● Goodreads
Fangtabulous by Lucienne Diver ● Goodreads
Thin Space by Jody Casella ● Goodreads
Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan ● Goodreads
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh ● Goodreads
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters ● Goodreads
The Flame in the Mist by Kit Grindstaff ● Goodreads
The Shadow Girl by Jennifer Archer ● Goodreads

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Frost by Kathryn James (2 copies) ● Goodreads
City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster ● Goodreads
Othermoon by Nina Berry ● Goodreads
Wasteland by Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan (2 out of the 3 copies) ● Goodreads

Thank you so much to all the authors above, as well as: Lauren at Random House Children's Books, Tina at ABRAMS & Chronicle Books, Hachette UK, and HarperCollins.

Swag

(hehe you can see my toes)
[Going left to right]

Along with two copies of Frost by Kathryn James, 8 shiny bookmarks came as well. With a copy of Pieces by Michelle Davidson Argyle (which shall be shown during the next IMM... it's currently with Richa), a bunch of assorted bookmarks came through with three of her own, The Breakaway, Pieces, and Bonded, and 2 were other titles: Everbound by Brodi Ashton and Transparent by Natalie Whipple.
Next to that is a bookmark for one of Jennifer Archer's novels, Through Her Eyes. Next to that, Tara Sullivan sent along quite a lot of swag, including Class of 2k13 bookmarks (5 currently with me, and the rest with Richa), postcards for her upcoming book Golden Boy and well as some stickers!!
Squishing in at the end (because it was quite a lot of swag) Kathy McCullough sent along bookmarks and trading cards for her books Don't Expect Magic and the sequel Who Needs Magic? Included were some bookplates as well as a pretty business card :)

A TON of amazing swag– and you all know you guys could win some of this loot. Woo-hoo! Thank you once again to all the authors mentioned above (Michelle Davidson Argyle, who was only mentioned in the swag section) and really this event is becoming even better and better :D

A couple of giveaways going on at the moment for the event, for Hooked by Liz Fichera and C.J. Flood (author of Infinite Sky), so be sure to check them out under the tabs bar. On my co-host Richa's blog there are also several going on at the moment:

**Win one of four signed copies of Fangtabulous– US ONLY – Enter Here
**Win a signed copy of Othermoon and swag – US/CAN ONLY – Enter Here
**Win either a finished copy or ARC copy of Pantomime – INTERNATIONAL! – Enter Here

As you can see, quite a lot of good stuff going on at the moment :) And gah, it's the last day of the Chinese New Year one-week break, so back to school for me tomorrow :( anyway, I guess I've talked long enough, so tell me:

What did you get in your mailbox this week, and what do you think of some of the titles for the BTG2013 event?