In My Mailbox (5)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren which gives bloggers a chance to share the books, swag, etc. that they've received each week.

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Only 2 books this week! It's probably for the best though since I actually had to return some library books unread which I HATE doing. I guess I'll just have to put them on hold again... *drawn-out sigh*

First, I got Withering Tights by Louise Rennison from my fantastic library. (Goodreads profile)

HELLO, CUTEST BOOK EVER.

Well, the cover at least. Seriously though, doesn't it look totally adorable? There's pink and stripes and an OWL and green and just... love. I haven't read it yet because I have some other books I need to get to first but I'm reaaaally excited to read it. It looks cute. I like cute <3

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Next, we have The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente which I won from Peace, Love & Reviews. (Goodreads profile)

Alright, STORY TIME!

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Sonia. She was on Goodreads when a book title caught her eye. This title was super long and super interesting and just super COOL. So she admired it. THEN she noticed the blurbers (is that a word?): Neil Gaiman, Tamora Pierce and Holly Black. Her brain nearly EXPLODED with the awesome because oh my gosh, if someone was going to blurb her book, SHE WOULD WANT THEM.

Anyways. A while later, she noticed a giveaway on someone's blog. Then another one. Then another one. She kept entering until finally, she was like, "how many giveaways for this book ARE there right now?!" So she Googled it.

After the deadline for the giveaway had passed, her inbox was blessed with not one, not two or three, but FOUR e-mails saying she'd won.

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I KNOW, RIGHT? So, I won 4 copies. After I'd sent off my mailing details to the first though, I just told the second and third to draw a new winner because really, what kind of greedy person needs 3 copies of the same book when other people could get the chance to have it? (No offence if you've done that.. LOL.) For the fourth though, I asked on Twitter if anyone (US/Canada) wanted it and then just gave the person their mailing info. WHEW. Anyways, totally stoked to read this book. My little sister started it and she's really liking it so far.

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I love how even when I only get 2 books, I still manage to have a gigantic IMM post. This is why I don't vlog... can you imagine how much rambling you would be subjected to?

What's in your mailbox this week? I'd love to see!