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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren . So another week has passed and I have gotten some new books! Yay! I mean come on who doesn't like new books!? The second part of my Amazon shipment came in so I was super excited about that. And I got a book I won from a contest! Here's what I got: I can't remember the days, so sometime last week...    1. The Iron King ARC by Julie Kagawa - Won from the lovely ladies at  MundieMoms       The rest I purchased from Amazon:    2. Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine    3. Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine    4. Lords of Misrule by Rachel Caine    5. Fade Out by Rachel Caine    6. Fallen by Lauren Kate    7.The Maze Runner by James Dashner Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to read ANY of them... I'm still trying to finish Firespell by Chloe Neill and I have had soooo much going on. But I'...

Hey everyone! So sorry I was absent today, had a lot going on! Threw a surprise party for my Aunt's bday! It was so much fun and she was surprised so double bonus for me! I am in the middle of a few books right now and I promise to post a review by monday at the latest for at least one of them! I should spend more time reading instead of chatting online all night.. ahem *kari* ahem... Anyways... keep on the lookout for my upcoming reviews and don't forget to enter my contests if you haven't done so yet. I might be *wink wink* posting yet another contest on Monday so check back to see what you can win! :) I love keeping you all on your toes... or I guess I should say fingertips... lol Ok maybe I am really bad at making jokes... Alright I really have to go to bed because 3:30am comes very early and I should try to at least get a little sleep before work.. if only I had the day off, I could get so much done! Night all! :) Sherry <3

Today to continue along with the celebration of reaching 100 followers, Kari from A Good Addiction has decided to stop by! -------------------- Howdy bloggers! It's Kari, from A Good Addiction, taking over Sherry's blog for awhile. *insert evil and way cheesy laugh* To help her celebrate hitting 100 followers, I'm here to talk about... me. Makes sense, right? So for those of you that follow me, you already know that I've plugged her blog out over on my own in my feature Getting To Know The Little Guys. I've been following Sherry pretty much since I started blogging back in September. She has great reviews with her honest opinion and she's a totally sweet person. What's not to love about her and her blog? Hopefully some of you found her blog by way of that feature because that's the whole point of it- spotlight the small but still awesome blogs that people just don't know about. I started blogging as an outlet for my thoughts on books. L...

First up to help celebrate reaching 100 followers is the wonderul Julie Kagawa, whose book The Iron King was just released. She was kind enough to stop by and answer a few questions.   Q:Thanks for joining us today Julie, can you start off by telling us a little bit about yourself? A: A little bit about myself, huh? Hm, how to make it sound interesting? Well, I'm half-asian, I like manga and anime (and bishounen), I used to be a dogtrainer, I grew up in Hawaii, I once had a pet tarantula, and my favorite way to relax is killing something on the Wii, XBox, or PS3. Oh, and I'm a ninja. (shh, don't tell.) Q: Will The Iron King be a stand alone novel or can we be expecting a sequel sometime in the future? A: It's the first of a trilogy, actually. The second book is called The Iron Daughter, which comes out this August, and the last book is called The Iron Queen. Q: How did you get your start in writing? A: You just start writing. Really, that's the secret....

Ok so you all know I recently hit 100 followers! I want to say thank you to you all and what better way than hosting a contest, or how about many contests.... I decided instead of hosting one contest with three winners, I will host multiple contests in the next couple of weeks. Probably around 8 but at least 5. So that's at least 5 winners, but probably more! How does that sound?? I have some pretty kickass authors stopping by to help celebrate, and with each one I will be offering up one of those authors books to the winner. At least one will be signed, some will include swag... I'll be posting the first one tomorrow so make sure you stop back by to check it out! Have a great night everyone! Sherry <3

In the effort to have some set memes, I have decided to do Wow, which is a weekly meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine . "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Since this is my first WoW, I will start off small, listing one upcoming release in the next couple of months and one that will be released later in the year. First off is Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, which is scheduled to be released Feburary 9th. Here is the description from goodreads: "Cooper Blake has everything going for him—until he wakes from a car accident with his football career in ruins and a mysterious, attractive girl by his side. Cooper doesn’t know how Samantha got there or why he can see her; all he knows is that she’s a ghost, and the shadows that surround her seem intent on destroying her. No one from Cooper’s old life would understand what he can barely grasp himself. . . . But D...

Yup you saw correctly. In honor of 2010, Mrs. Magoo Reads is giving away 10 books to one lucky winner. Here's what you will win if that lucky winner is you! -Hardcover of Ice -Hardcover of Year of the Horse -Hardcover of Melonhead (gently used) -Paperback of Curse of the Shamra (used) -ARC of Geektastic -ARC of Captivate -ARC of Fat Cat (gently used) -ARC of Going Bovine (used) -ARC of Savvy Girl (gently used) -ARC of Give Up the Ghost (gently used) That's quite a collection of books, I know I would love to win it *crosses fingers*. So roam on over now and check it out, make sure to read the rules on how to enter! Just go here to check it out!  It ends 2/14 and good luck! Sherry <3

A list of all of my review. ~A~ Absolute Value of -1, The   by Steve Brezenoff Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Arson by Estevan Vega As You Wish by Jackson Pearce ~B~ Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Behind Every Illusion by Christina Harner Blood Promise by Richelle Mead (Book 4 in the Vampire Academy series) Body Finder, The   by Kimberly Derting Branded by Keary Taylor Break by Hannah Moskowitz Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer(Book 4 in The Twilight Saga) Brightly Woven by Alex Bracken ~C~ Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins(The Hunger Games Book #2) City of Glass by Cassandra Clare Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare Cracked up to be by Courtney Summers ~D~ Dark Divine, The   by Bree Despain Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins(mini-review) Divergent by Veronica Roth ~E~ Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer(Book 3 in the Twilight Saga) Emeral...

Sooo I was given some new awards the other day, and one of them personally means a lot because it's one of my closest blogging friends. I must admit, that when I first started blogging I never knew the kinds of opportunities that I would find. I'm surrounded my some awesome people on a daily basis, and awesome authors and I get to do something that I love to do. I suddenly find myself using all of my free time to check everyones blog for recent posts, and chatting online with new friends. If you had told me last summer that I would be doing this on a daily basis, I would have laughed. But now I am thankful that I started this, and I couldn't be more happy. Ok enough with my sappy, heartfelt speech, i'll move on to the awards! :) Both of these were given to my by Lovelymisslucy @ Delightful Reviews ! If you don't follow her, you should. She's an awesome blogger and friend! The Humane Award is first up. What the award says: This award is to honor cert...

(Purchased by me) The time has arrived. I have finished The Dark Divine by Bree Despain. I have waited a long, long, longggg time to read this book. It was worth the wait. But before I dive into my review i'll post the summary of the book according to Goodreads: "Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared--the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in his own blood--but she has no idea what a truly monstrous secret that night held. The memories her family has tried to bury resurface when Daniel returns, three years later, and enrolls in Grace and Jude's high school. Despite promising Jude she'll stay away, Grace cannot deny her attraction to Daniel's shocking artistic abilities, his way of getting her to look at the world from new angles, and the strange, hungry glint in his eyes. The closer Grace gets to Daniel, the more she jeopardizes her life, as her action...

Isn't this little guy so cute?! Well, I feel bad because it's raining on him. It's raining here to unfortunately. I hate the rain, especially when it's cold out. Because then your wet and cold, and that's no fun. I had a short day at work today, left early because there was nothing to do. Hey, I'm not complaining. I was glad to leave, because I was itching to finish reading The Dark Divine. I'll be typing up my review soon, like in ten minutes probably. So stop back by in a bit to see what I thought about it. I'm going to post a poll on my sidebar and you guys can tell me what to read next. Does that sound good?! I'm expecting the third part of my Amazon shipment today so I'll add those books to it. I even included two books that I have started that I haven't really gotten into, so if you choose one of those, I will trust your opinions and read it! Promise! Alright, go vote! Oh yea, and I hope you are all having a great day, even if i...

Talk about a Mega Contest! Alyssa, Jake and Gregory at Teens Read and Write are having a Megabook Giveaway ! Not only will there be 4 main winners who will get 4,3,2 and 2 books respectively, but every time they hit an additional 25 followers, they will add another 2 winners to the list who get to pick out 1 book each! There's an awesome list of books to choose from and tons of ways to earn extra entries! It will run from now until March 7th so go enter! Good Luck!! Sherry  <3

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren . This is my first ever meme! I've been blogging since August 09 and all i've done are reviews, interviews and just some random stuff but I figured it was time to have a couple set memes each week. I figured hey, why not start with this one!? So I got some totally awesome books this week! Beginning of the week- zilch. Thursday 1/21/10- I received my copy of The Dark Divine by Bree Despain. I ordered it from Amazon along with 7 other books but for some reason it got shipped alone. Yesterday 1/22/10- I received a signed copy of Secret Life of A Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks. I won this from Monica at The Bibliophilic Book Blog ! Today 1/23/10- I got another of my Amazon books, Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine. It's no good to me right now though because it's book 6 in The Morganville Vampires series and I need book 3(which i'm waiting for in another shipment from Amazon!). I also got a signed ...

If you're a blogger, or just someone who enjoys looking over blogs, go check out the Saturday Network ! The Saturday Network is hosted my Jenn @ Books At Midnight . It last all day Saturday and Sunday with commenting closing at 9:00pm. Numerous bloggers link their blogs, with a description. It's a great way to find some awesome blogs! So go check it out! Sherry <3

(Purcahsed by me)    I recently joined a book discussion forum to read some books and discuss them with other bloggers. The creator of this forum , the wonderful Kari from A Good Addiction , picked out the first book a couple of weeks ago and it was none other than Break by Hannah Moskowitz. Here is a little bit about Break. I yanked this summary from Goodreads: "Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Everyone knows that broken bones grow back stronger than they were before. And Jonah wants to be stronger—needs to be stronger—because everything around him is falling apart. Breaking, and then healing, is Jonah's only way to cope with the stresses of home, girls, and the world on his shoulders. This is the story of his self-destructive spiral, his rock-bottom moment, and how he finally learns to accept help and find true strength through recovery." I tend to fail at trying to explore other realms of writing. I generally stick to YA Paranormal/Fantasy. ...

As we speak, I am planning a huge 100 followers contest. *Like a week of awesomeness and fun! You will enjoy it I promise! :) My 100th follower was author Christina Gonzalez whose novel The Red Umbrella is being released later this year! :) What do you want to win? Maybe it will get added to the prizes so don't hesitate to tell me what you're interested in!!! Thanks everyone who has been a loyal follower! I appreciate you all! :) Sherry <3

Hey guys! I'm still here, just busy working and trying to figure out what's going on with college in the fall. I have been doing so much yet I feel like i've done nothing these past couple of days, where does the time go?! Anyways, don't forget to check out my contest page for my two current contests, and if I reach 100 followers I will be hosting yet another! Five more to go! On a side note, I traded in some textbooks on Amazon and I got the money in my account yesterday so of course I bought some new books. I can not wait, and to get free shipping(otherwise it would have costed 60 bucks) I have to wait like forever but i'll take it! They won't even ship out until 25th, but I have some other new books that I got from Barnes and Noble last week to hold me over. I'm currently reading Firespell and Beautiful Creatures. Yes both at the same time, i'm weird like that. Here's what I ordered: Fallen The Dark Divine - I CANNOT wait to read this, oh ...