In My Mailbox - April 19

This, thankfully, was a slow week. I picked up some books from the library, received some books for a blog tour, and mooched a book. IMM is brought to you courtesy of The Story Siren. Check out her blog for more reads to add to your pile!

Bought
I didn't buy any books this week! Yeah! But I wanted to. It was very hard to resist!

Borrowed:

King of the Screwups by KL Going - this was one of my WOW reads!
This is What I want to Tell You by Heather Duffy Stone - looked good
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr - another WOW read! And it doesnt officially come out until Tuesday!




Blog Tour:
I will be hosting a Blog Tour during the Week of May 4 - May 8 in honor of Mother's Day. The tour is courtesy of Waterbrook Multnomah - a division of Random House.

Dear Mom by Melody Carlson - I love Carlson's Diary of a Teenage Girl Series
Mama's Got a Fake I.D. by Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira - This book helps you uncover the true you beyond being a mom.

Book mooched:

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X Stork
I've heard so many wonderful things about this book. I know I won't get to it anytime soon, but at least I will have it when I am ready!






That's what I'm adding to the pile. Course, I've already read King of the Screwups by KL Going for the Read-A-Thon. So that's one less book to read. Dont forget to stop by for my reviews and the blog tour.

Read A Thon April 2009 - Update 8

Went to take a nap at around 4:30 am and didn't get back up until 8:30 this morning!!!!! So, I read more of King of the Screwups by KL Going. Liam has been trying to pretend that he's a nerd but he is way too dumb. I love how Going has integrated flashbacks of Liam as a kid so that we can understand why he's the way he is now. I'm trying to understand how Pete and Allan could be brothers and be so very different.

Title of book(s) read since last update:

Still working on King of the Screwups

Number of books read since you started: 3
Pages read since last update: 38
Running total of pages read since you started: 1100
Amount of time spent reading since last update: 39 min
Running total of time spent reading since you started: (keep track of this one to be eligible for a prize!) 11 hrs 20 min
Mini-challenges completed: 7?
Other participants you’ve visited: all who hosted mini challenges plus 1
Prize you’ve won: none

That was so much fun. I know now NOT to take a nap with only four hours left and NOT to read in bed because it makes you tired. I look forward to the October Read A Thon!

Next time I might even try having this as a school fundraiser library/overnighter type thing. We could have different activities like Guitar Hero, Dance Dance Revolution, etc. Money could be raised for the library to help with our remodeling fund. Hmmm...

Read A Thon April 2009 - Update 7

Started a new book: King of the Screwups by KL Going. Liam got kicked out of his house and now lives with his openly gay uncle "Aunt Pete". He's trying to convince his dad and everyone else that he's changed so he is trying to dress "studiously". KL Going has a great since of humor and it is very welcomed right now!! Only 4 more hours!

Pages read since last update: 92

Running total of pages read since you started: 1062

Amount of time spent reading since last update: 64 min

Running total of time spent reading since you started: (keep track of this one to be eligible for a prize!) 10hr 41min