Sharing the week's bookish news and the books & bookish goodies that I've bought, borrowed, won, or been gifted and have added to my bookshelves over the past week!
(Inspired by Mailbox Monday, IMM, Clock Rewinders and the like)
Notes From Melissa:
This has been a great week! On Monday evening I met with my book club to discuss Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn...we had a great time...even though we were undecided about what we thought of the book!
Then I hosted my family and the husband's family for Thanksgiving. I have never cooked so much in my life...and we are still eating leftovers...but it was a great success (aside from the FIRE in the oven ;p). There is nothing that makes me happier than being surrounded by family.
On Friday, my sister's family came over to help us with the leftovers and stayed for a family movie night! So much fun! Yesterday we finally got started on our Wedding thank you notes & we should finish them today. (Yes we are bad...but we'll make it just under the 8 week deadline. LOL)
So how was your holiday? Any funny stories to share? If you share yours, I might share mine! LOL
Recently on Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf:
Reviews:Book Review & Giveaway: The Warlock's Curse
Guest Posts:
On First Crushes with Emma Leigh Reed - Guest Post & Giveaway
Interviews:
Chat & Giveaway with Emma Michaels, Author of Owlet
Memes:
Teaser Tuesday: Brightest Kind of Darkness by P.T. Michelle
Cat Thursday - Piper Sunning Himself!
Reveals:
Cover Reveal & Playlist: Avow by Chelsea Fine
Trailer Reveal: Opal (Lux #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Promo Posts:
Faded by Chloe Mills: Excerpt
What I Read Last Week:
- Naked Heat - Richard Castle
- Brightest Kind of Darkness - P.T. Michelle
- Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver
- Lumberjack in Love - Penny Watson
What I Am Reading Today:
- Beautiful Darkness - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (audiobook)
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce
Ongoing Giveaways:
~MIRRORED DECEPTION (11/29 INT)~KINDLE FIRE (11/30 INT)
~KINDLE FIRE HD (11/30 INT)
~COLONIZATION & Swag (12/4 INT)
~WINTER'S MIST & Swag (12/21 INT)
~SOME QUIET PLACE (12/31 INT)
~OWLET, $10 GC & Swag (12/31 INT)
~VENIFICAS AMERICANA Series & Swag (12/31 INT)
Around the Interwebs:
- Christmas Gift Ideas for Book Lovers @ Pretty in Fiction (Love the watch pendant)
- The Scarlet book trailer is out!
- Joss Whedon's Top Ten Writing Tips (Gotta love Joss Whedon)
- 13 Literary Inspired Nails (I so want to try some of these..I had tried the newsprint nails in the past but wasn't able to get it to work)
- Stephanie @ Read in a Single Sitting has a great discussion post about second hand books
Added to the Bookshelf This Week:
Clicking on book titles will take you to Goodreads.
An Ilsa J Bick Prize Pack won from Egmont on Cari's Book Blog - Thank you!
Paperback of ASHES - Ilsa J Bick
Hardcover of SHADOWS - Ilsa J Bick
(Note: I already have Ashes in hardcover...so I'm offering up this paperback copy.
Just follow me via GFC and leave a comment letting me know that you'd like to be entered)
Paperback of ASHES - Ilsa J Bick
Hardcover of SHADOWS - Ilsa J Bick
(Note: I already have Ashes in hardcover...so I'm offering up this paperback copy.
Just follow me via GFC and leave a comment letting me know that you'd like to be entered)
4 Books won from Mandi @ Smexy Books! Thank you so much!
RESCUE MY HEART (Animal Magnetism #3) - Jill Shalvis
A GIFT FROM TIFFANY'S - Melissa Hill
BABYCAKES (Cupcake Club #3) - Donna Kauffmann
THE PERFECT HOPE (Inn Boonsboro #3)- Nora Roberts
(I need to get started on all of these series so I can get to these books!)
RESCUE MY HEART (Animal Magnetism #3) - Jill Shalvis
A GIFT FROM TIFFANY'S - Melissa Hill
BABYCAKES (Cupcake Club #3) - Donna Kauffmann
THE PERFECT HOPE (Inn Boonsboro #3)- Nora Roberts
(I need to get started on all of these series so I can get to these books!)
E-ARC of THE DEMON LOVER by Juliet Dark
Courtesy of Random House/Ballentine via NetGalley
Kindle Freebies
MEW IS FOR MURDER (Theda Krakow Mystery #1) - Clea Simon
CHRISTMAS IN HIGH HEELS (A High Heels Mystery #3.5) - Gemma Halliday
LUMBERJACK IN LOVE - Penny Watson
CREEPY CHRISTMAS - Jaimie Admans
(Reading Lumberjack in Love right now! So much fun! Note: This book is NOT YA!)
MEW IS FOR MURDER (Theda Krakow Mystery #1) - Clea Simon
CHRISTMAS IN HIGH HEELS (A High Heels Mystery #3.5) - Gemma Halliday
LUMBERJACK IN LOVE - Penny Watson
CREEPY CHRISTMAS - Jaimie Admans
(Reading Lumberjack in Love right now! So much fun! Note: This book is NOT YA!)
Nook Freebies
HAUNTED DESTINY (Midnight Dragonfly #1.5) - Ellie James
REST FOR THE WICKED (Claire Wiche Chronicles #1) - Cate Dean
HAUNTED LOVE - Cyntha Leitich Smith
THE BOY IN THE LOT - Ronald Malfi
That's all for me this week!
What new goodies have arrived on your doorstep?
Leave me a link in the comments and I'll come check out your post!
(I'm linking up to: Mailbox Monday, The Sunday Post, Showcase Sunday, & Stacking the Shelves)
Read The Demon Lover and absolutely loved it! I hope you enjoy it as much!
ReplyDeleteGreat books this week!
It sounds like your Thanksgiving week was a success! I'm glad you had a great week and you definitely have some great books in your haul this week. I want to read Beautiful Creatures but the used copy I bought was missing 10 pages so I'm out of luck for now. :( I hope you enjoy your books!
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Woot you got Demon Lover and I adored that one..FIRE? you skimmed over that little Thanksgiving fiasco. Sounds like you all had a wonderful time. Sweet haul and I am so glad you had such a great week. I love being surrounded by family too! The Sunday Post
ReplyDeleteIt's not Thanksgiving unless there is a fire. :) We STILL have leftovers... even had turkey tacos for lunch today. lol. Oh Demon Lover... hope you love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat prize pack! Ashes and Shadows look great! Enjoy!
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Fire in the oven? Yep, I've done that too! I was cooking chicken and the pan had a little hole in it - the fat dripped through onto the element which then caught fire. My chicken was very crispy ;-)
ReplyDeleteI love seeing Christmas-themed books - although I don't read them often I lurve Christmas!
Enjoy :-D
Oooh, I love the Christmasy books you won! PS. I'd love to read Ashes if you can send it overseas. (I know shipping costs a lot so don't worry if you can't :D)
ReplyDeleteYAY!!!! Naked Heat, Brightest Kind of Darkness, and Lumberjack in Love :)
ReplyDeleteWe officially finished the leftover last night. Woot... Bring on Christmas ham now... :). Amazing books this week... Enjoy them.
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Thanks for the fun post! WOW! How do you find time to read all of that? I've had major book lust for Ashes so thanks for the giveaway!
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Sounds like you had a great holiday! I left my leftovers with my grandmother. Didn't want to be tempted by them. Looks like you got some great books in this week too, I've been seeing The Demon Lover pop up a lot lately. Happy reading!
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Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know
Fire in the oven! That doesn't sound good lol. How is Beautiful Creatures? I've been wanting to read that ever since i saw the preview in the movie theater the other week. Hope you enjoy all your boosk. My STS/Sunday Post
ReplyDeleteThat was actually a typo...I am listening to Beautiful Darkness now...finished Beautiful Creatures...and I enjoyed it but it didn't totally thrill me. I'm curious to see how the movie turns out.
DeleteOh I need to grab Haunted Destiny!
ReplyDeleteA fire, huh? Scary! And wow, you're brave to have everyone over! I haven't hosted a holiday and I hope I never need to. I hate cooking and I'm not one for making meat when I don't eat it myself. I guess I just feel like I don't really know how. Not how to make a ham or turkey anyway.
Lots of great books this week!
I don't cook meat at all...My hubby did the turkey and I did everything else!
DeleteI the the TV show Castle ~ so of course I read the books; l haven't read Naked Heat yet. Great post ~ Enjoyed the 2nd hand book linnk ~ Shared it.
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Congrats on the wins! Winning books is always fun. :D
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Ashes and Shadows both look amazing! I still have to read them but I've heard great things about both. :)
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What an exciting Turkey Day...thank heavens no one was hurt. We did a mexican theme and there was so much food! I asked my mom to invite three brothers and a sister in law, but she worried about the space, so didn't and my girls and I cooked for more than we needed to. Lol..lots of leftovers! what a haul you brought in this week. You will have lots of fun reading all those books!
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Beth
Awesome haul, enjoy : )
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Fire?! Yea, we had a mini-one too, lol! And of course, it was me - whoops!
ReplyDeleteThe Cupcake Club series sounds delish, and the covers are even more delightful! I will definitely be looking into this series. And yay for freebies :)
Would love to be entered for Ashes - I saw this series last year at BEA and have been wondering about it since then, lol!
Thanks much! Enjoy your newbies :)
Melissa, I just have to give you major kudos for how awesome and thorough this post is. It takes so, so long to put together the wrap-up posts each week (at least for me) and so I applaud you for how much work you put into this! I love it! I think Estelle will faint when she sees the fun stack of Christmas books you have to read! :)
ReplyDeleteAwww...thank you!
DeleteI'll keep my eyes open for it:)
ReplyDeleteA fire in the oven? Ooops, but you'll always remember this Thanksgiving. :D
ReplyDeleteYou got an amazing haul, you'll be busy. :D I got Lumberjacks In Love too but mine has the old, cartoony cover. I like yours better.
Your blog is so beautiful! :) 'Mew is for Murder' looks good! Here's what books I got this week: http://aliceinreaderland.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/in-my-mailbox/
ReplyDeleteAlice @ Alice in Readerland
Sounds like you had a great week! Hope this one is great too.
ReplyDeleteHopefully all of those leftovers will last you for a while!! Ours made it through Monday!! I spent some time with that Shalvis book this weekend...love her stuff!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
Loving the books you won from Smexy :D
ReplyDeleteAnd you read Pandemonium, so need to borrow that book
Thanks for the mention! So glad to hear you enjoyed the post. :)
ReplyDeleteAs an Aussie, I've been wistfully reading all of these US Thanksgiving updates, but goodness, I'm not sure about the fire in the oven bit!
Stephanie @ RIASS
Sounds like a really lovely week, hun! And what a great bunch of books - enjoy!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy all your new books! I enjoyed Pandemonium. Happy reading.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a nice Thanksgiving. Ours was quiet, but that was needed this year. Great mailbox. I love the show Castle, but I've never read any of the books.
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I can't wait to start reading Christmas books.
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Here's my IMM post.
The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a good read. Have a good week and enjoy your new reads!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy! all of your books.
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I'd say you've done great if you got your TY notes out within 8 weeks!! Enjoy your new books. I've read a few Jill Shalvis recently - so much fun ;-)
ReplyDeleteWow! So many good books to read this week! Beautiful Lies looks great and I've added it on my TR shelf a few weeks ago - someone recommend it to me! ^^
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Sara @ Sara In Bookland
Lots of good books...enjoy!!
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