In My Mailbox (July 11, 2010)

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Back from vacation and our mailbox held lots of goodies. We received from tour blogs:
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
Anxious Hearts by Tucker Shaw
Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart
Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

We won from an ARC from the publisher:
Dracula In Love by Karen Essex


We swapped:
Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala (ARC)
Dark Flame by Alyson Noel
The Knife of Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Jars of Glass by Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Captivity by Deborah Noyes

And we preordered some exciting mid-July and August titles which we can't wait to read.

How was your week?

In My Mailbox was started by Kristi at The Story Siren. 

Comments

  1. Chapter ChicksJuly 11, 2010 at 12:05 PM

    Looks like you got some great books!

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  2. A Story UntoldJuly 11, 2010 at 12:44 PM

    Great books!I'd love to read The Replacement(everyone in the blogosphere is tired of me saying that :P ) and Dangerous Neighbours!

    Happy reading :)

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  3. MorganJuly 11, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    You got some really great books! Crossing looks super good and I've been wanting to read it. I hope you enjoy all your books

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  4. AnonymousJuly 11, 2010 at 10:06 PM

    I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of Linger.

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  5. Missie, The Unread ReaderJuly 12, 2010 at 1:41 AM

    Cool titles! I really wanna read Tell me a Secret and The Replacement!

    Here is my IMM! Plus, I have a new meme that I'm trying to start: When I'm Not Reading. Hope you can check it out. Enjoy your books!

    The Unread Reader

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  6. brandileigh2003July 12, 2010 at 7:23 PM

    Great week! I enjoyed A&R Epic Detour- hope you do too. I can't wait to get my hands on Dark Flame and Tell me a secret. You have some sweet reading in your future! Here is what I got.

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  7. HeatherJuly 13, 2010 at 11:41 AM

    I'm so jealous of your mailbox this week! I need to go out and buy Linger, and a few of the other great titles I see in there…

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