In My Mailbox # 19

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Yeah, yeah, I know, it's been reaaaallly quiet around here lately. I had some pretty intense personal *days* and at uni too...and when I finally had some time off, blogger was down. And well, you all know I'm not the most organized, I didn't draft any new posts anyway, nope, I enjoyed my blogger-free days instead.
Not that I have much to write about, I've only read two books this month, I'm still in a reading-slump and can't find my way out of it....

Anyway, these are the books I got these past two weeks, got a few surprises also:

We'll Always Have Summer - Jenny Han

Moonglass - Jessi Kirby. This was one of the two books I've read this month. I've actually really really enjoyed it. It felt real and moving.

What Happened to Goodbye - Sarah Dessen. Yep, I'm a real big Dessen-fan. It's so bad that I actually couldn't wait for the book to arrive, so I also bought it on my kindle. I've read it, I love it. It's really my kind of book, slow development, characters you really miss when the book is finished. So happy :)

Divergent - Veronica Roth. Love the cover, love the effect the camera has on the colours :)

Die For Me - Amy Plum. Ok, I confess, I LOVE this cover even more. I'm a big fan of all things Paris. Hopefully I'll get to visit my favourite city again this summer!

Tempest Rising - Tracy Deebs. This book actually went missing at my local Post Office. I had to go there 3 times until they found it in an other PO across my tiny town..(seriously, how hard can it be??)

Bumped - Megan McCafferty. Cool cover, if you have a copy, touch it, you'll know what I mean :)

Instructions for a Broken Heart - Kim Culbertson

Are You Going to Kiss Me Now? - Sloane Tanen. Sounds really interesting!

Flawless - Lara Chapman

The C-Word - Lisa Lynch

The Perfect Token - Cathryn Tew. I'm quite curious about this one.
Ellie Andrews Has Second Thoughts - Ruth Saberton. It feels like I've been waiting FOREVER for this one. LOVED Sabertons first book!

RSVP - Helen Warner

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

Happy Reading!

April Favourites (Monthly favs # 4)

Yes, I know, I'm ridiculously late with this post. I mean we are already five days into May! 
April has gone so fast it didn't even register in my mind. I've had a bad month, really. Somehow I just got into a reading slump. It got to the point that I picked up a random book, read the first page and threw the book away, next! I think I started about 20 books I just felt *Meeh* about. It felt like I'd lost the pleasure of reading, like it became a task, hard work. And I've never ever felt like that before, I've been reading regularly since I was 8 years old (I was reading before that too, but not as much...). Anyway..the month started off good, then got really really slow when I was in that black hole, I managed to get myself out of it and read three books in a row, but now during these past five days I haven't touched a book yet. Let's hope the excitement of books comes back to me!
According to Goodreads I managed to read 11 books during the month of April, I'm not quite sure though if I've finished all of them. Most of these books were a disappointment really, but here are my two favourites:

Girl on the Run by Jane Costello

Abby Rogers has been on health kicks before - they involve eating one blueberry muffin for breakfast instead of two. When she's encouraged to join her fitness-fanatic best friend's running club - by none other than its gorgeous new captain - she finds a mysterious compulsion to exercise.

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I'm a big fan of Jane Costello's novels, ever since I've picked up Bridesmaids in a book store in Stockholm. I loved this book. It's funny and charming and wonderful, it's exactly the kind of book that made me fall in love with *girlie* books in the first place.
I was hoping to be able to feature this one in my *chick-lit corner*..we will see how that goes..lol

After I'd read this wonderful book I fell right into that black hole I was talking about earlier, no book was good enough. That lasted about two weeks if not longer, during those weeks I discarded about twenty books. Finally I got an idea how to get out of it. I was thinking about what kind of book I'd like to read and immediately thought about Sarah Dessen. I didn't want to reread any and then it just hit me: You have a kindle, use it! So I did and downloaded a few Sarah Dessen books I hadn't previously read.

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Sixteen-year-old Macy Queen is looking forward to a long, boring summer. Her boyfriend is going away. She's stuck with a dull-as-dishwater job at the library. And she'll spend all of her free time studying for the SATs or grieving silently with her mother over her father's recent unexpected death. But everything changes when Macy is corralled into helping out at one of her mother's open house events, and she meets the chaotic Wish Catering crew. Before long, Macy joins the Wish team. She loves everything about, the work and the people. But the best thing about Wish is Wes—artistic, insightful, and understanding Wes—who gets Macy to look at life in a whole new way, and really start living it.

I'd heard so much about this book. Everybody loved it, everybody recommended it, but somehow I never got around to reading it. Let me tell you, YES, it really IS THAT GOOD!
I went through all the emotions while reading this book. I felt frustration, so much frustration I just wanted to scream at the mother, I felt butterflies in my stomach, first love *sigh*, I felt the sorrow of a loss and I cried, and I laughed and smiled and felt hope.
So, if you somehow have lived under a rock these past five years and haven't read this yet GO READ IT RIGHT NOW!..I'll wait  :P

In My Mailbox # 18

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IMM # 18 - Back from Blogvacation

Hi, I'm back from my little blogvacation due to Easter-holidays and crazy-times at uni. It's been a slow two book-weeks, what with there having been so many bank-holidays -> no books being delivered :/.
All links go, as always, to Goodreads

Along Came a Stork - Marisa Mackle

The Perfect Hero - Victoria Connelly; I've said it before, I can't resist anything Jane Austen!

Meet Me at the Cupcake Café - Jenny Colgan; Colgan is a long time favourite of mine!

Abandon - Meg Cabot, the cover is soooo breathtaking in IRL!

Kindle-Books

Keeping the Moon -Sarah Dessen

The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen

This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen

Endless Summer - Jennifer Echols

Any Man of Mine - Rachel Gibson

In My Mailbox # 17

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IMM # 17 aka the crazy week.

Welcome back everyone, to another back to back IMM-post. I've been away at uni all week and didn't get around to posting my planned features/instalments/posts, which I'm very sorry for. I didn't even get around to reading this week, which is previously unheard of!

Need - Carrie Jones

Captivate - Carrie Jones

Entice - Carrie Jones

The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han

It's Not Summer Without You - Jenny Han

Royally Crushed - Niki Burnham

Who's Afraid of Mr. Wolfe? - Hazel Osmond

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott. I got myself another Penguin Classic, I loved Little Women when I first read it many many many years ago :)

Book-related Stuff

I bought myself a Kindle-sleeve and a Kindle lamp :) 

A Barrons Books & Baubles Book-bag / Karen Marie Moning - Fever-series

And a Kiss My Petunia Hoodie / Karen Marie Moning Fever-series

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

Happy Reading!

In My Mailbox # 16

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IMM #16 aka Chick-lit week at its finest :)

Hello everybody and thanks for stopping by my blog.

This week was a busy week, with uni starting again (not that I was on vacation before, I could work from home for the last three months, writing my masters-thesis). I live a bit away from my uni (it's cheaper where I live and I'm doing my masters which means I can do a lot from home, no lectures or seminars).

Anyway, this week has been more chick-lit-y than my past IMM's which seems kind of weird. Also, my missing books arrived (well, not the ones that were missing, but the ones that were re-sent to me) but an other book-related parcel is way overdue ( I've ordered a bag and a sweater that are book-related and they haven't turned up, hope it was a legitimate company :S :S). So, this is what I've got this week:

Playing Hurt - Holly Schindler. This is one of my 'missing books' that finally turned up. I was waiting for ever end ever for this one. Ordered it a long time ago, it was shipped...and...nothing happened. It just didn't arrive. Anyway, I was very happy when it finally arrived on my doorstep, after lots of emails to customer-service. Anyway. I've started it, but couldn't really get into it. The story in the book is not the one described on the jacket (or at least what I'd expected from the blurb). And I have a feeling there's some cheating going on there. :/ But everyone else loves it, so give it a try :)

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare. Yay, it arrived, beautiful hardback.

Looking for Leon  by Shirley Bentely. I just love these *big*-paperbacks :)

Girl on the Run by Jane Costello. I did my own little happy-dance when this arrived. Didn't think it was out yet. So it was a complete surprise. I LURVE Jane Costello's books. I LURVE THEM!

The Truth About You - Melissa Hill. I'm quite new to Melissa's books, I've only read two of them. But I've enjoyed both of them. She has a way of writing that's just like chocolate mousse or something. And all the twists and turns...oh my...I hope I like this one as much. Love the cover, (it reminds me of Lucy Dillon's books)

The Finishing Touches - Hester Browne. A few weeks back  I was raving about Hester Browne's new book: Swept off her Feet, (here), and a few of you mentioned this book of hers, that I should read it, so I've bought it :)

The Provence Cure for Brokenhearted by Bridget Asher. I love the Provence, hope I'll love the books as well :)

So, this is it for me this week. What did you all get?

Happy Reading!

Bookshelf tour - aka 'I own too many books'

I own way too many books :)

I think it's time for another bookshelf tour. Yes, I know, I've done it before, but I for one never tire of them, I love looking at other people's bookshelves, so I thought why not do another. I actually wanted to do it as a vlog, so I just spent a lot of time filming my bookshelves, but it didn't turn out so well, so I'm showcasing my shelves with lots of pictures instead. (Please ignore the dust you'll see in some of them, it's not easy to keep dark surfaces dustfree haha).

My books

Yes, I'm running out of shelf-space :)

Yes, I like pink, why?

yep, and hearts too...

and pretty covers...

So, that's it. You can, obviously, only see the front row of my books on my shelves, there are, eehhm, lots of books behind the books you can see pictured..and I have boxes full of books under my bed, in my closet....and so on...

Contrary to what you see in the pictures I'm actually not a very girly girl. Not outside my bedroom. My friends are mostly guys, I watch sports, hate shoes and make-up and other girly stuff, and I don't have many girl-friends..Yep, contradictory that's me :)

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!