In My Mailbox # 20

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren , find out more about it on her IMM-page.

Hi again, it's a few weeks since I've done an IMM, so these are the books I got these past weeks.

Attachments - Rainbow Rowell. Quite an interesting cover, even though it reminds a little of Accross The Universe

Summer Loving - Allie Spencer. Perfect Beach-read?

The Beach Café - Lucy Diamond

Something From Tiffany's - Melissa Hill
It Happened in Paris - Molly Hopkins
There Goes The Bride - Holly McQueen

The Little Women Letters - Gabrielle Donnelly. I love Little Women, so I just had to have this one :)

An Echo In The Bone - Diana Gabaldon. I only have the hardback of this one, so naturally I had to have the paperback too.

Mercy - Rebecca Lim. I already wanted to buy this one back in March when I held it in my hands in THE Bookshop in Zurich. But it was a big heavy hardback and wouldn't have fit in my suitcase.
Forgotten - Cat Patrick

A & L Do Summer - Jan Blazanin

The Girl in the Steel Corset - Kady Cross

Kindle Books

Cross My Heart - Katie Klein (LOVED this one, my short review here!)

Roadside Assistance - Amy Clipston ( Had my problems with this one :( )

Back When You Were Easier to Love - Emily Wing Smith

Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys - Kate Brian

So Over You - Gwen Hayes

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Just Like Heaven - Julia Quinn

Gift

This one was kindly gifted to me by Bookalicious Ramblings

as even though it was supposed to be *free* I had no way to get it for free. Thank you!

Jenny Lopez Has a Bad Week - Lindsey Kelk

So, that's it from me this week.

 Happy Reading!

Hello Again - A few short reviews/ratings

Hello again!

I'm back in Sweden, which means I have my 'bigger' laptop back ( it was getting a bit annoying with my 10.1'' laptop). Anyway, I had a great time this last month and I did a lot of reading. Because it would take too much time right now I've decided to only give you a quick run-down of the books I've read ( I saw that there are a lot of reviews out there already and I'm kinda late - due to the 'no-internet-connection).

I thought I'll start with the one i liked the most and continue with the others (without order - I could never decide which one would be second, third and so one..it all depends on the mood, they are all different somehow..and anyway it is after all what I think, my subjective opinion..my perception changes everyday anyway).

• You're the One that  I don't Want - Alexandra Potter                                                                         I'll be honest with you here. I've been waiting like forever for this book. I've had really big/great expectations. I've been in love with A.Potters books ever since I've read: Be Careful What You Wish For, I've liked all her books since and the ones before that with the exception of Me and Mr. Darcy. For once a book actually lived up to my high expectations. I really loved it. I read it in one afternoon at the pool. I didn't notice the warmth, didn't have the urge to go into the water. I just wanted to read the book! Of course it wasn't perfect, no book is. On the blurb on the back of the book it states that Lucy was 18 when she first met Nate, on the first page inside the book it says that she was 19. Why, why, why, do these mistakes happen? They make my crazy! The other thing I didn't like was the 'naivety' of Lucy when she first got back together with Nate again, she should have known that something wasn't right. And what's up with all the randomness? But I really liked the prose, the writing, the interesting plot, the newness of the plot, the moral of the story. I greatly enjoyed this book!
• Single in the City - Michele Gorman                                                                                                   I had no idea what to expect of this book. I heard that it was once called: The ex-pat diaries. The blurb and the title simply made this book irresistible for me. Me being somewhat of an ex-pat myself. ( I moved to Sweden by myself when I was 18). I found Single in the City simply hilarious. It's funny, wonderful and a really great holiday/summer read.
• The Not-So Secret Diary of a City Girl - Abby Spencer                                                                     This book was a bit different from the others. I liked it, of course. But I just couldn't see the connection between the blurb and the book. And what is up with it's title? Her diary is on-line for like five minutes. I really was expecting something different. But this book really is worth reading. It had me interested from page one to the end. I liked Alex, I liked Laura - smart and girly and human (like all women are, the men just haven't realised it yet!). What this book needs is a name-change so that it stops misleading the readers.
• The Final Hitch - Samantha Scott-Jeffries                                                                                          As you all know, I never finish books I don't like. So even this one was good-enough to finish. I've read the first one in the series - I Do, I Do, I Do  and really liked it, so of course I had to read the second one. I found it a bit too predictable, Harrisson a bit too nice/likeable, and the plot a bit too slow. But all in all it was a good enough beach-read.
• Katy Carter Wants a Hero - Ruth Saberton                                                                                          This little gem really really surprised me. What a wonderful book. This book has it all. A likeable funny, clumsy, real heroine and a relationship/connection that feels so real you find yourself getting jealous. It goes straight to the heart I tell you. This book is so funny, so wonderful, the storytelling feels so real, so close to the heart that you'll never want it to end. You'll dread the final page, you'll want it to go on forever. Ok, maybe I got a little carried away with this one. But, please, give it a chance. It may surprise you!                                                

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...

Summer Holiday Books

Summer is approaching even though it still snows occasionally.
This year, summer means three long months of doing absolutely nothing. Or well, not nothing, there will be lots and lots of reading..and of course sunbathing and swimming and enjoying :)

This year I'm going to be away for 5 long weeks. Which normally would mean that I need 30 books. Now we all know that I can't take 30 books with me..my suitcase isn't that big!. But I thought that I could get away with ten books...one in my handbag, two in my hand-luggage and so on....

So now the excruciating task of setting books aside begins. They have to be:

• Quite small 
• Not too heavy
• Bubbly and perfect summer reads
• Interesting
• And I need diversity..

So the first book I'm going to set aside is The Not-So Secret Diary of a City Girl by Allie Spencer  it is a Little Black Dress book, perfect for my handbag. It will be the first to the hopefully growing stack of books on my windowsill..taunting me when I'm bored........

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 :)