July is NetGalley Month

So my to read and review pile has gotten a little out of control and I have been looking for a wait to peel it back and get some reading and reviewing done.

Now I have found the perfect solution.

Emily from Red House Books has declared July as Netgalley month and is hosting a challenge to read as many netgalley books as possible in the month of July.

Now this is perfect for me given that most books on my to read and review pile do actually come from Netgalley.  There will also be challenges throughout the month and prizes to be won.

Some of the Netgalley books I plan to read in July are:

• Spellbound by Cara Lyn Shultz - Finished 10/7/11
• Cat's Tale:  A Fairy tale retold by Bettie Sharpe
• South of Salem by Janni Nell - Finished 12/7/11
• The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair - Started 12/7/11
• The Shadow Wolf by Bonnie Vardak
• Misfit by Jon Skovron
• Luck of the Devil by Patricia Eimer
• Agatha H and the Airship City
• Lord of the Vampires by Gena Showalter
• Out in Blue by Sarah Gilman
• The name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
• Tris & Izzy by Mette Ivie Harrison

and i have others... (see what I mean about a long TBR&R list?).

For more information on July is Netgalley Month or to declare yourself check out the official post at Red House Books

Well wish me luck because here I go...

In My Mailbox #10

Welcome to  In My Mailbox, a meme run by The Story Siren where each week over 200 bloggers post on their blogs the books they have bought, received to review or won in the past week.

To find out more information, get involved yourself or see what's in other bloggers mailboxes this week head over to The Story Siren or to find out what is in my mailbox this week, keep reading.

Don't forget to comment and post your IMM link or just let me know what's in your mail box this week:

For Review :

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Golden Healer, Dark Enchantress by Christine E. Schulze
Source : Goodreads Giveaway
Release Date: 6 January 2010
Goodreads | Amazon

Cats Tale : A Fairy tale retold by Bettie Sharpe
Source: Carina Press via Netgalley
Release Date: 27 June 2011
Goodreads  | Amazon

Spellbound by Cara Lynn Schultz
Source: HarlequinTEEN via Netgalley
Release Date: 28 June 2011
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository

The Name Of The Star by Maureen Johnson
Source: HarperCollins Australia via Netgalley
Relase Date: 1 October 2011
Goodreads | Amazon

Lord of the Vampires by Gena Showalter
Source: Harlequin Nocturne via Netgalley
Release Date: 23 August 2011
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository

End of the Night Girl by Amy T Matthews
Source : Boomerang Books Early Critics Club
Release Date: 2011
Goodreads | Book Depository | Boomerang Books

South of Salem by Janni Nell
Source: Carina Press via Netgalley
Release Date: 30 May 2011
Goodreads | Amazon

July R.A.K:

I received another July R.A.K. gift this week.  Thanks so much to Cherie from Mystrez's Crazy Maze
for : 

Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository 


Summer Exchange :

I participated in the Awesome Summer exchange held by Ruby at Ruby's Reads which was kind of like a summer secret santa where everyone who participates is allocated another participant whom they buy a book of that participant's wishlist and in return receive a book from their wish list from someone else.


I sent a gift to the participant i was given around the end of June and it arrived today.

I completely lucked out in regards to what I received.  It arrived in the mail this week.  Thanks so much to the Awesome Aurora who sent me the awesome gift below. Thanks again Aurora :)

Passion by Lauren Kate Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository


Thanks you also to Ruby for running such a great event.  I will definitely participating again next year!

Lastly, I was at Winterfest last weekend and picked up a little mascot to re-present my blog Realm of the Sapphired Dragon.

Isn't he cute?



So what was in your mailbox this week?