In My Mailbox # 15

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Hello Everybody,

First of all I'd like to thank you for all the lovely comments last week, my health (eyes) is much better this week, thank you all :)

My Jane Austen Summer: A Season in Mansfield Park - Cindy Jones. As I've said before, I can't resist anything Jane Austen :)

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë. With this one I'm starting my new Penguin Classics Hardback Collection. I LOVE Jane Eyre, my favourite classic!

The Anti-Prom - Abby McDonald. I love all things Abby McDonald! Can't wait to read this!

Entwined - Heather Dixon. Beautiful Cover :)

Wake Unto Me - Lisa Cach. Sounds very intriguing!

Rubinrot - Kerstin Gier. It's been more than 8 years since I've read a book in German, so I'm actually looking forward to it. These books are just beautiful, I was really overwhelmed when they arrived yesterday. Best thing ever! The English translation, Ruby Red is going to be released soon, so look out for it!

Saphirblau - Kerstin Gier (part 2)

Smaragdgrün - Kerstin Gier (part 3)

The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf - Molly Harper. This is part two in a series. I just had to read it on release-day, so I bought it on my kindle. It's hilarious and entertaining, but not as good as the first one.

Gift:

Eighth Grade Bites - Heather Brewer. This books was kindly sent to me by Leanna from Daisy Chain Book Reviews. THANK YOU so much! :)

So, that's it from me this week, what did you all get?

Happy Reading!

My Best of 2010

Well, I'm late with this, as usual. I had great plans for this post, had it all mapped out in my head, it was going to be awesome. But time got the best of me so this will have to do.

According to my Goodreads account I've read 105 books in 2010 and 14 books that I've started but not finished. As I've joined Goodreads in June I can't be sure that I remembered all the books I read before that and of course, all my rereads and books for my university-studies aren't counted in that number. Anyway, it's still a pretty high number and deciding which books I liked best in 2010 was really hard.

Here are a few of my favourites, without any particular order, the links provided are to my reviews (if there's one)

Lovely Summer Beach Reads ( or warming reads for snowy days...)

You're The One That I Don't Want - Alexandra Potter

Living La Vida Loca - Belinda Jones

About Time - Niamh Shaw

Swimming with Dolphins - Deborah Wright

Katy Carter Wants A Hero - Ruth Saberton

Single in the City - Michele Gorman

The Year of 2010 was also the Year where I discovered contemporary YA

Boys, Bears, and A Serious Pair of Hiking Boots - Abby McDonald

The Duff - Kody Keplinger

Anna and The French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins

Psych Major Syndrome - Alicia Thompson

North of Beautiful - Justina Chen Headley

Going to Far - Jennifer Echols

My Favourite Series

The Iron Fey

The Iron King - Julie Kagawa

The Iron Daughter - Julie Kagawa

I can't wait for the third, the waiting is excruciating!

Two very heavy hardbacks that are sooo worth the pain in my wrists (from holding them while reading) and back (from carrying them around with me all the time)

Getting Away With It - Julie Cohen

Becoming Scarlett - Ciara Geraghty

Hilariously Funny Books - oh the Joy of reading these books, couldn't stop giggling, perfect!

Hello, Heartbreak - Amy Huberman

A Girl Like You - Gemma Burgess ----(Review to come SOON!)

The Dating Detox - Gemma Burgess

There's Cake in my Future - Kim Gruenenfelder  (Review to come SOON!)

Just Arrived #12

It felt like birthday and christmas rolled into one when I finally could order new books again in the beginning of last week after not been able to for almost a month. Today they arrived! Yay :)

The Liberation of Alice Love - Abby McDonald; 29 - Adena Halpern, Forget You - Jennifer Echols

Girl Racers - Janet Gover; Just Look at me Now - Nell Dixon

Holiday Books

Hello everybody

I'm sorry that I have been so quiet lately. There were a lot of wonderful days, I spent them outside, reading, having fun and spending time with friends. I didn't have much to read. Now however I'm away on holiday for a month, for the next ten days I'll be having wifi/internet connection, so I hope to post a few reviews about the books I'll be reading.

These are my holiday books:   (one book, I Heart Paris by Lindsey Kelk, is missing from the picture, but it arrived in Sweden today and my friend will send it to me here, so I should have it next week)

I'm really really looking forward to reading them....
So, now I'm off, reading...

Requesting Reviews #1

I've been very very quiet these past few weeks. Too quiet! It seems I have lost all my followers :(
Anyway, on Tuesday is my last day of uni before the big summer break. So Wednesday will be the first day of 3 months of lots of time, time for books and reading. Lots of reviews! I thought I could start of with asking you, what reviews do you want, which of my many books I've read recently are you most curious about?

I've never received any books for free, never got any books for review, so my reviews are my opinions and mine alone. ( If you want to send me books for review you are free to do that of course :P )
You've probably seen under my feature ' Just Arrived' which books I've bought recently, so that should give you an idea...
But anyway...send your request for reviews..I'll start writing them on wednesday the latest ( maybe even sooner).
Send your requests as a comment on this post or to: queen_nreading@yahoo.de



Here are some of the books I've read recently (but, really!!, not all of them!), just a small sample!!
About Time -Niamh Shaw
Twenty Times a Lady - Karyn Bosnak
Sophomore Switch - Abby McDonald
Boys, Bears and a serious Pair of Hiking Boots - Abby McDonald
Going to Far - Jennifer Echols
Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles
How to Knit a Love Song - Rachael Herron
Accidental IT Girl - Libby Street

Update

First of all I'd like to apologize for not updating this blog as often as I'd like to. I especially regret the lack of reviews posted here lately. The way I prioritize in my daily life, the reviews often come on second or third or fourth or whatever place. With uni and having finals I rather spend my free-time reading than writing reviews. But soon the big summer-break will be here (only 3 more weeks to go, yay!) and then I'll definitely have some time over for writing reviews, and believe me, I've read a lot of books lately.

These past 3 days I've read more books than I can count (yes, math isn't my strength..haha), anyway I've read, amongst others, Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols and I really really loved it, what a book! Yesterday afternoon I read Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald and I really enjoyed it, but I liked her new one, Boys Bears and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots better. And finally, I have to confess, my resolve broke down and I started reading About Time by Niamh Shaw last night, I seriously couldn't wait longer ( I wanted to read it on the beach, or on the balcony in the sun this summer)...well, I didn't get much sleep last night...so far I love it!

Anyway, full length reviews will be posted soon!
Happy reading!

Just Arrived #7 Yay it's finally here :D

Yay, it has finally arrived! Was about Ime !! Lol. From being "first" last time to being "last", at least it feels like it. Anyway, I haven't quite decided yet if I'm going to devour it immediately or if I'm going to wait and cherish it...difficult decision..haha

Along with About Time by Niamh Shaw a few other books have arrived too

Now there's only one book left that hasn't arrived yet...

Just Arrived #4

I just had to walk for an hour to get these lovelies home, and let me tell you: They are heavy!!
But it was totally worth it! One must simply love DHL they are always so efficient! At this point I don't know when the rest of the books are going to arrive..but now I'll be busy reading anyway :)