In My Mailbox: 9/25

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme sponsored by The Story Siren to highlight books we may have borrowed, purchased, or received in the mail. 

Welcome to my first In My Mailbox! I NEVER thought I'd get to do one of these since I get all my books through the Kindle so I'm completely ecstatic that I get to share this AWESOME first installment. I received two packages this week, one from Karen at For What It's Worth & one from Book Nerds Across America Blog with SWAG & I received some e-books as well.
Without further ado...

For What It's Worth Giveaway from Twitter during the original #TeamKilt Party:

From Jeri Smith-Ready herself via Karen:

-Death Cab for Cutie t-shirt from their Codes & Keys tour
-Death Cab for Cutie & Frightened Rabbit tour pamphlet signed by Jeri with a note

pointing to a picture of frightened rabbit declaring them Jeri & Zach's new band!

-ENTHRALLED swag signed by Jeri

From Karen:

-The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver, postcard

-Return to Paradise by Simon Ekeles, bookmark

-Class of 2k10, bookmark

-For What It's Worth, bookmark

-Intertwined series by Gena Showalter, bookmark

-How to Rock Braces and Glasses by Meg Haston, pocket mirror button

-Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger, button

-Wicked Game, Bad to the Bone, & Bring on the Night, mini cards

(BotN signed by Jeri)

From Book Nerd's Across America Blog for a small contest about their crush tournement:

-Die For Me by Amy Plum, bookmark, signed by Amy

Not pictured this week, E-books for review:

-Tower of Parlen Min by Matt Xell, from the author

-Double Clutch by Elizabeth Reinhardt, from the author

Purchased by me on the Kindle:

-Blood Spirits by Sherwood Smith

WVMP Series Read-Along, Starting October 1st

To further celebrate our love for Jeri Smith-Ready, What's on the Bookshelf, Fictitious Delicious, Living Fictitiously and  And many to read before I sleep (that's me!) are happy to co-host an event you can really sink your teeth into.  Introducing...

WVMP Series Read-Along

October 1 – 30, 2011

October 1 - 8:  WICKED GAME (WVMP Book #1)

October 9 - 17:  BAD TO THE BONE (WVMP Book #2)

October 18 - 26:  BRING ON THE NIGHT (WVMP Book #3)

October 27 - 30: LET IT BLEED (WVMP Online Novella) 

This is by no means a "read the book then answer these questions" type of read-along.  It's more like a "let's read these books together and talk about the awesomeness/WTF-ness we just read."  We all know how important it is to have someone to gush to when you're reading a great book.  And that's EXACTLY what this is. We'll post discussion questions on Google + twice a week to help get the conversation going, but we want to be talking about what YOU want to.

Now, before you sign up for the read-along you need to know that the material contained in these books is geared toward an adult readership.  Explicit language, strong sexual content and fairly graphic violence are involved.  Please pass on this read-along if you are sensitive to any of these.

Oh, and get this!  Jeri is going to join us one evening in October to chat about the series.  See?  She really is the bee's knees. The cat's meow. The eel's ankle.  The elephant's instep.  The snake's hip.  She rocks.  As an added bonus, Ciara Griffin & Shane McAllister will also be visiting us and chatting us up from their Twitter accounts during the read-along. 

Participating is easy!  Just follow these easy steps:

1.       Signup for the Read-Along HERE.  Signup will close on Wednesday, September 28.
  

2.       If you don't have a Google + account, go signup for one.  (We can send you an invite if you need one.) And don't worry if you haven't used Google+ before.  We'll email detailed instructions to each participant at the end of September.

3.       Get the books.  If your library doesn't carry the books, tell them they should!  Here are some handy links for purchasing the books online. CONSTELLATION BOOKS*, AMAZON, BARNES & NOBLE, BOOK DEPOSITORY

Some of us are die-hard enough to own multiple copies of these books and if you'd like to borrow a set, let us know on the signup form.  (No guarantees that we'll have enough to go around.)

4.       Wait patiently for October and prepare for vampire greatness.

To kick off the event, each of our websites are giving away an entire set of the books!  Visit the links below for your chance to WIN the entire WVMP Series.  (4 Blogs, 4 Giveaways)

WHAT'S ON THE SHELF GIVEAWAY

FICTITIOUS DELICIOUS GIVEAWAY 

LIVING FICTITIOUSLY GIVEAWAY

And introducing my VERY FIRST giveaway...

And many to read before I sleep WVMP GIVEAWAY 

My contest will be open to INTERNATIONAL participants as long as Book Depository delivers to your country.  

Please let us know if you have any questions.  We look forward to chatting with you in October!

*Constellation Books is an Indie book store that Jeri supports.  If you order through them, you will be able to get signed copies of the books.  

Top 10 Tuesday (2): Books on my Fall TBR List

Top 10 Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This list could also very well be called "Marissa's Fan Girl List of SQUEE." *fans self thinking about cute boys*  Okay so here are some of the books I just need to read this fall when they come out!  

1.  The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa:  The Iron Fey series has me under its spell and I cannot wait to read this book through the eyes of Ash.  

2.  WVMP series by Jeri Smith-Ready:  I fell in love with Jeri's Shade series and felt I must read this series about vampire disc jockeys.  No sparkles here except for maybe Shane McAllister's smile.  (Check back on Sept. 1st for an exciting announcement).

3.  Vanish by Sophie Jordan:  Absolutely cannot wait to see what is next for Jacinda & Will.  Contemporary setting about dragons; Yes, please!!

4.  Anna & the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins:  All of my blogging buddies seem to have read this book and have just gushed over St. Clair.  I need to see for myself what the hype is about this guy.

5.  The Peach Keeper by Sarah Allen:  My good friend Malia recommended this to me and her suggestions never fall short.  I need to bump it up on my TBR list.

6.  River of Time series by Lisa T. Bergren:  I am 90% finished with the first book in the series, Waterfall,  and cannot wait to get my hands on Cascade & Torrent.  Italian knights, romance, and battles set in Tuscany?  Not to mention time travel.  Why did I not know about this series sooner?!

7.  Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions anthology, edited by Melissa Marr & Kelly Armstrong:  I have it on good authority that our dear, amazing Logan Keeley from Jeri Smith-Ready's Shade series will have a s story in this highly anticipated anthology.  I am SO there! 

8.  Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs:  Tera's writing simply knocks me on my feet.  She skillfully writes stories that flawlessly combine contemporary characters and mythology.  She has me from the excerpt from her Oh. My. Gods. series.  I am eagerly awaiting this first book of her new trilogy based on Greek mythology.

9.  Immortal Beloved by Katie M. John:  This will be the second book in The Knight Trilogy and I've gotta say, I am just bouncing to get this on my Kindle and start reading away.  I just finished The Forest of Adventures (read my review here) and I think Blake is shaping up to be a major contender.  Gotta say, I have a "thing" for knights in armor. 

And saving the best for last....

10.  Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare:  Be still my beating heart.  I loved Clockwork Angel even more than than Cassie's The Mortal Instrument series.  Blasphemous?  I think not.  There is something about Will Herondale that makes ya go HHmmm.  VLCPhoto Productions will be doing the book trailer again and has been teasing us with stills from the CP shoot last week.  If you have a tumblr account, check some of them out: http://vlcphoto.tumblr.com/

What are you desperate to read this fall?