In My Mailbox (11)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi of The Story Siren.

This was another small intake week, but that's cool. I don't need ANY more books! My TBR is getting a little out of control...

For Review {2}

A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler
International Book Tours--there are still spots!

Big Nate Strikes Again by Lincoln Peirce
Thanks to HarperCollins US for the ARC!

Won {1}

Ash by Malinda Lo

As part of the Winter Flings promotion, after a mix-up and a couple emails.
Thanks Hachette!

Bought {1}
HSC Mathematics formula book.
Hey, it's something. Can you believe it cost me $13?
Bought at Angus & Robertson.

Bookmooch {0}

Library {0}

Swag

Bookmark (my precious...)
Thanks to Steph @ The Thoughts of a Book Junky

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Note: eBooks will only be counted in here if they are for review/won. Netgalley is NOT included in this.

Packages (4)

What did you get in your mailbox?

NEWS: 

• Currently Reading: A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler & Big Nate Strikes Again by Lincoln Peirce
• Next up: Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber (DEBUT)
• September Spectacular! Reading Challenge: Book 5 (You Wish) has been read and reviewed. :) {review} That's it--the challenge is over!
• I was tagged, again! {link}

Weekend Question (1): What got you into blogging?

Weekend Question is hosted at Liz at Cleverly Inked. Every weekend, a blogging/bookish question will be asked, to be answered.

Weekend Question:

What got you into blogging? 

Well, I don't know how far back you want me to stem from, but I have been fascinated and entangled with websites and the like since I was 11/12 years of age. I loved having a space all my own, to create, to change. So there's that side to the story. However, I guess what got me into blogging-and more specifically, book blogging-is the newfound love for reading that I experienced earlier this year. It was like an epiphany, and now, 5 months later, it feels like I've been reading books my entire life.


So anyway, when I become obsessed with something, I turn toward the internet. I was searching up my favourite books, and then I discovered BOOK BLOGS. It wasn't until I saw The Story Siren, plus a few more blogs, that I became interested in making a book blog. I'm amazed that I've been blogging for 3 and a half months already!

I'm SO glad that I began blogging, though. It's introduced me to so many new, great books; as well as allowed me to meet so many wonderful people out there, from all over the world. 
I hope you all know how much I love your comments. :)


You interested in joining in the weekly meme, too? Head over to Cleverly Inked and hop on board!

[Book News] BREATHLESS BOOKS || INJANE

Breathless Books
- (The Penguin Five) -

Every word will leave you breathless . . .

I am, of course, talking about the Penguin Five (Breathless Books)! In case you've been living under a rock for like, ever, here are the five books that promise to take your breath away. The woman in voiceover said so! There is:

- Romance: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller

- Horror: The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

- Paranormal: Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

- Dystopia: Matched by Ally Condie

- Fantasy: Sapphique (Incarceron, #2) by Catherine Fisher

The highly awaited trailer is out!

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INJANE Chapter One

INJANE by Douglas Pearson
Link to Goodreads page.

Blurb (from Goodreads):

Most people think I'm crazy because I see things they cannot. But if they saw the blood and the torture, or felt an ounce of the pain I feel, they would know I'm not insane. No one believes me and that makes me more alone than I feel. To those who meet me for the first time, I'm Jane; once they hear my one-sided conversations and terrified screams, they refer to me as Injane. 

My thoughts:

So I was emailed a few days ago by the publisher, Pot-Boilers Publishing, to post about Injane. They even sent along the first chapter! The first sentence is "I kill trees." Now, if that doesn't give some indication as to what kind of main character/narrator we have here, I don't know what will. The narrator is sarcastic, narcissistic, depressed, pessimistic. She sees things that others don't.

We have Jane, the main character, and she is taken in as a foster child by the Winkerbean family. She is brought to the church and introduced to the people: those who follow religion and are "good people". Jane sees lighters and darkers, those who "inhabit the church". To my understanding, these are creatures she can see, that others cannot.


I'm thinking this book has a sort of Wintergirls x A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend vibe to it. Seems pretty interesting so far. I'd love to read more of it!
Hope you check it out. :) Especially if you enjoy (well, not enjoy, but prefer to...?) reading teen issue kinds of fictional books and the like.

Winners!!!

 

First off, thanks to everyone who entered! I know that these giveaways weren't exactly AMAZING, but I hope you had fun, and that the winners enjoy.

Winner of The Dead by David Gatward:

24 entrants / 71 entries

Greyz @ Cladestine Sanctuary

 Winners of the Swaggerific Contest:

38 entrants / 136 entries

#1Aik Chien @ The Bookaholics

#2 Louisse Ang @ Soul Sisters

So, that's it for until November. I have emailed all winners. If you do not reply in 48 hours, I will pick another winner.

Blogging updates!! 300 followers and more!

The thick of it:

So it's been 3 and a half months since I began Blogger-ing (I had one on LJ for a brief period, before). Words on Paper's birthday is the 14th June 2010. Ahh...it feels like it was only yesterday when I posted my very first post. My blog has become something of a baby of mine, as I've watched it grow. And it's still growing, and it will begin to grow, because it seems that everyday I learn something new, I find a new blog...

ANYWAY, so I hit 300 followers last night. Pretty cool! Unfortunately for you, I'm not hosting another giveaway for a while, until November. We don't celebrate Halloween here in Australia, so...yeah. 

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 A couple weeks ago, I won a contest for $40 at My Designer Girl, courtesy of Pages. So, that means I'll be having a FULL layout makeover! Yay! I expressed that I wanted to keep my blog header image, so that old followers will still recognise my blog. :) Hehe. Can't wait to see what it looks like!

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 I have reviews scheduled for the coming weeks, hopefully enough to get me through to November. However, it is very possible that I'll miss a week or two in posts completely, due to exams. :/ Not much I can do about that, but hope you stick around for the parties from November-February!! These parties will be adorned with the tag-line "Giveaways, interviews and guest posts"; though this may transform into something of more in the metaphorical sense of the word party. So, yeah. Just stick around, please!

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GLEE! How good was this week's episode? Britney Spears, meet Brittany (?) S. Pears. You have just met your maker, because that GLEE episode was HOT! After a rather disappointing first episode for Season Two, I'm glad that Glee hit it hard with this one.

How I Met Your Mother!! Oh my! I didn't even know this was coming back so soon. I'm so glad. I only got to watch the first episode, but I'm already seeing potential. Maybe I can forgive the writers for their less-than-perfect performance for Season Five, and fall in love with HIMYM all over again. Sure, it didn't really drive the plot forward; I haven't been watching HIMYM for that reason in a LONG time. I keep coming back because I love the characters, and the storylines are usually fresh and cute, the jokes funny and easygoing.

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RECAP (+ extras):

• 300 followers. Whoo!
• New layout coming in October. Professionally done by My Designer Girl
• Almost at 100 blog posts! :D
• Cass begs followers & readers to stick around with bribes such as metaphorical parties
• TV love! Well, of course, Cass has been enjoying her books lately, too.
• Cass went to Angus & Robertson and bought her first book in a month! It's for school, but it's a book. Well, okay...it's a formula book for maths, which Cass already had two copies of but both have mysteriously disappeared while in her care.
  Note: Cass is not too good at not losing things.