IMM is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. It is a way for book bloggers to post what they have received for review, borrowed from a friend, bought at the bookstore, or picked up at the library!
The last IMM I posted was all the way back in November! Yeah, it is safe to say the holidays definitely got in the way but I am hoping to keep up with the weekly IMMs from now on. Since I missed almost two full months, this IMM is going to be a lot of craziness! Let’s take a look at what I got!!!
For Review:
Unbreakable Love by Angela Carling
Loving Emily by Anne Pfeffer
Dark Days by C.A. Kunz
Trade Secrets by Yvonne Collins & Sandy Rideout (e-book)
The Knife and the Butterfly by Ashley Hope Perez (e-book)
Settling by Shelley Workinger (e-book)
Bought:
Books
Don’t Expect Magic by Kathy McCullough
Winter’s Kiss: The Ex Games by Jennifer Echols and The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Catherine Hapka
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
Supernaturally by Kiersten White
Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade
The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June by Robin Benway
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Switched by Amanda Hocking
A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford
Hush Money by Susan Bischoff (e-book)
Impulse Control by Susan Bischoff (e-book)
Indigo Blues by Danielle Joseph (e-book)
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (e-book)
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner (e-book)
My Thoughts: I got some great deals over some awesome books the past couple months however I am now on a book buying ban! There are just too many things I am saving up for plus I now have enough books to last me a lifetime!
Music
Dashboard Confessional
Anberlin
Thriving Ivory
Ryan Adams
Fitz and the Tantrums
Foster The People
The Summer Set
My Thoughts: Can you tell that I ran into some deals at the CD store? All of their used CDs were super cheap plus if you bought 3, you got the 4th one free!
Gifted/Won:
From Alexa @ AlexaLovesBooks
Moonglass by Jessi Kirby
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
Chocolates & a card!
My Thoughts: Alexa is one freaking awesome book blogger (and not just because she sent me a super sweet gift!) She never fails to make my days brighter and the day I got this lovely package in the mail was no different. My brother managed to eat both chocolate bars she sent me but I am sure they were delicious! The card was so dang sweet and I cannot wait to read these books!
From Laci @ LovePassionBooks
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Fever by Lauren DeStefano
A Taylor Swift card!
My Thoughts: Laci completely surprised me for my birthday! She saw it was my birthday on Twitter and offered to send me two books. I was stunned and so thankful when I got these two in the mail. Plus, she just knows me so well, she got a TAYLOR SWIFT birthday card!!! This made me smile big time :)
From Cyndi @ Dog-Eared and Bookmarked
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Twilight Saga journal set
A Winter Song CD
Water For Elephants Soundtrack
A Christmas Song CD
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Soundtrack
A hand-made scarf & a card!!!
My Thoughts: Cyndi is so full of amazing, I wish I could just hug her! She had been teasing me on Twitter for FOREVER about the gift she was sending me and when it finally got here I cried. Seriously. She was so extremely generous and thoughtful with her gift, it totally made my day!
From Jamie Manning @ Writers Write, Right?
A singed Eternal Starling bookmark from Angela Corbett
My Thoughts: I am not entirely sure how I got this or even why, but hey it is a gorgeous, signed bookmark; I am NOT complaining!
From my Dad and Stepmom:
Books
A New Bookshelf
Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman
Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn’t Have) by Sarah Mlynowski
New stationary so I can write letters to all of my blogging friends!
Music
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Tenth Avenue North
The Fray
The Cab
My Thoughts: I love my dad and stepmom so much! They spoiled me on my birthday and Christmas and I couldn’t be happier :)
From my Mom:
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
My Thoughts: It may have taken a while to convince my mom that it was actually okay to buy me books for Christmas but once she finally understood, she made an excellent decision! I can’t wait to continue on with this series.
From my Grandma:
Books
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
$25 gift card to Barnes & Noble
My Thoughts: My grandma also did good with the book choice this year! I haven’t read the first of The Infernal Devices but when I do, I now have the second to immediately follow-up with!
Music
Plain White T’s
The All-American Rejects
My Thoughts: Last time I asked for an All-American Rejects CD from my grandma, she got me an Alter Bridge CD. They are COMPLETELY different! I was so happy she could find the right ones this time around!
From my Aunts & Uncles:
Overprotected by Jennifer Laurens
Bookmark pens
The Nook!
My Thoughts: I am thrilled I got an awesome book and bookmarks but I am even more thrilled that I now have my very own Nook! I was very adamant that I would hate an e-reader, but I now love having one! Go figure!
So that’s a ton of great books that I got the past couple of months! Since it is going to take a lot of time to read those, I am officially putting myself under a book buying ban. It should be interesting to say the least. Don’t forget to leave a link to your IMM post in the comment section and I will be sure to check it out!
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