Thursday, August 15, 2013

The time it was bookish mail -- 5

Here we are again for another episode of Look What I Got in the Mail! Onward, yes?


We all know of my undying love for Sarah J Maas, yes? Well, once upon a time, she went on tour with Susan Dennard, Erin Bowman and Kat Zhang as part of the YA Authors Give Back tour.  Unfortunately, they weren't coming anywhere near me.  However, Jaime & Erin were going to one of the stops and awesomely let me send them some stuff.

 Now, there is a serious back story.  Once upon a time on Twitter, Sarah tweeted this article to Susan about the mantis shrimp and how it was her new favorite animal.  After reading it, I jumped into the conversation [seriously, sometimes it's soooo hard not to jump in] and said that I liked any animal that had "murder sticks".  Sarah came back and said that she liked anything that is referred to as an "undersea nightmare". 

And that leads us to an even later conversation on Twitter about me telling Sarah that at some point, I was going to ask her to sign my book as an undersea nightmare.

Which brings us to what could be the greatest inscription ever.  Not only did Sarah sign the book as my undersea nightmare, but Susan and Sarah both drew pictures of a mantis shrimp.


I don't have an amazing story for Erin Bowman, I wish I did.  But, like I said above, Jaime & Erin were awesome to take my copy of Taken to get signed. Even Erin knows they're awesome, she mentions it in the inscription!  I can't wait to meet Erin for myself one day.


I borrowed Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea from Michelle. I instantly fell in love with River and asked April for him before I got to page 50 the story and how lyrical April's writing is. I was flailing all about it to Colleen, who told me that she had just gone to an author's dinner with April.  Not only that, but she had an extra arc... and it was signed.


I read the Goddess trilogy in a day.  I loved the story [and Henry] and Kate [and Henry] and definitely wanted to include Aimee's books to the collection.  Luckily, Aimee was just about to go on tour, so I called an indie bookstore that she would be appearing at and ordered all three books.

Unfortunately, when I got the books, I didn't get the entire trilogy.  I got The Goddess Test [book 1], The Goddess Inheritance [book 3] and The Goddess Legacy [a book of novellas set in the Goddess world].  I called the store I ordered them from and they weren't open to fixing the situation.  Thankfully, I was able to find Goddess Interrupted at a different store that held a tour stop. Now I just have to meet Aimee to get it personalized.

 

Have we all determined by now that I'm the most spoiled brat in the bunch? Wheeeeeeeee!!


What books have you gotten recently?

10 comments:

  1. bookish friends willing to mule books are the best. and now i am kind of scared to look up the mantish shrimp...

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    1. The mantis shrimp is amazing. Go look.

      And yes, I have some of the best friends ever.

      <3

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  2. Amazing story!! Authors can be so super awesome!!
    And you got some pretty cool friends to make sure you got those books signed!

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    1. I've found that most authors are really awesome. And yes, I truly do have the best friends. :D

      Thanks for reading and commenting!

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  3. I get so excited when I read your bookish mail posts! They spread the love :D I got Unravelling & Unbreakable, Losing Hope, & The Lux Series: Obsidian, Onyx, & Opal for my birthday from hubs :) And I won The Distance Between Us {from a super cool chick's site ;)} and Eleanor And Park.

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    1. Yay!! Those are all awesome books. I haven't heard of Losing Hope, but the rest are all some that I've really loved. And I think you know how I feel about Elizabeth's books and TDBU.

      Enjoy all of those!! As always, thank you for reading and commenting!!

      ILY sweet pea!
      <3

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  4. What a wonderful selection of signed books! I have yet to read Aimee Carter--sad isn't it?? I really need to get on that. Love the ToG signatures :-)


    My Friends Are Fiction

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    1. I really liked Aimee's books, it was quite an interesting take on mythology. And Henry brings the swoons. :D

      Yes, the ToG inscription is pretty amazing... It's definitely one of my favorites.

      Thanks for the comment!

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  5. I've seen the mantis shrimp before..it is scary looking!!! It's so cool the way you interact with authors. They accept you as one of their friends, and that is just plain awesome! Hope to see you at Mrs. Nelson's on the 27th.

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    1. I've turned into quite the fangirl and thankfully, everyone is okay with it. There haven't been any restraining orders. Yet. :D

      I will be at Mrs. Nelson's on the 27th!!

      Thanks for reading and commenting!!

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