In My Mailbox #14 - Christmas/New Year Bumper Edition

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So its been a while since my last In My Mailbox so given that bookwise the last few weeks have been quite busy, I figured it best to do a Christmas/New Year Bumper edition :)

So the first awesome bookish event of December was an early Christmas present:  a new shiny Kindle 3 :)

I also got an awesome purple cover with an attachable light so I can read it at night in bed.  I was very excited about this gift.  So ofcourse the first thing I did was head to Netgalley and load up on the books I need to read and review.

Arcs i have i have received to review are :

• Under The Moon by Natalie J. Damschroder
• New Girl by Paige Harbison
• Slide by Jill Hathaway
• Halflings by Heather Burch
• The Juliet Spell by Douglas Rees

Second thing I did was load it up with e-books i already had on the kindle app on my ipad then I went shopping! :P

I bought:

• Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices #2) by Cassandra Clare
• City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3) by Cassandra Clare
• Magic Gifts by Ilona Andrews
• The Magic Word by Jennifer Fallon
• Seed by Ania Ahlborn

Then of course there was Christmas itself and i did well bookwise in the Christmas present department :)

Firstly, I participated in a Kris Kringle/Secret Santa in Goodreads group The Aussie Swap.

Thank you so much to Jayne from The Australian Bookshelf for the awesome gift of :

• The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
• The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

 Then from my dad I received:

• Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon
• The Sending by Isobelle Carmody
• Finnikin on the Rock by Melina Marchetta

Lastly, did I mention that I have an awesome local library and while I have been on holidays, I have been doing lots of reading and visiting the library every other day and here are some of the titles i have borrowed in the last couple of weeks and am in the process of reading:

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• Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble
• Haunted by Joy Preble
  Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
• Club Dead  by Charlaine Harris
• Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
• Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
• Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
• The Keeping Place by Isobelle Carmody
• The Stone Key by Isobelle Carmody
• The Time Traveller's Wify by Audrey Niffenegger
• The Haunted by Jessica Verday
• Lord of Sin by Susan Krinard
• Dark of the Moon by Susan Krinard

to name just a few




So what was in your mailbox this holiday period?

Netgalley Month January 2012

So in July 2011, my first attempt at NetGalleyMonth, I found out I was pregnant, got morning sickness and was unable to read anything on my ipad without feeling nauseous.  Needless to say July was a bust.  In October, I was so snowed under at work, I didn't even have time to declare myself let alone attempt a netgalley month so again... BUST!

HOWEVER

This time round, armed with my new shiny kindle I received for Christmas, I do declare January 2012 to be Netgalley Month and just as third time is the charm, this time I will succeed!! :)


Emily from Red House Books is hosting January's Netgalley month challenge which involves reading as many netgalley books as possible in the month of January 2012.

So why do I think I will succeed this time when i so epically failed the last two times?  Here is why:

1. Time : This month I have ten days of holidays with not much I have to do but read.  Plus I am 30 weeks pregnant so this is an awesome excuse to take it easy :)
2. Reading Device: I received a shiny new Kindle 3 for Christmas which already I am making use of, complete with a cover with a readng light so I can read at night in bed.
3. A Netgalley TBR list already half a mile long so once again the perfect excuse to get through it (like i need an excuse :P).  These titles include:

• Under The Moon by Natalie J. Damschroder
• New Girl by Paige Harbison
• Slide by Jill Hathaway
• Halflings by Heather Burch
• The Juliet Spell by Douglas Rees
• The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

and others which I will add as I go through them :)

So there you have it, three big reasons why January will be an awesome Netgalley Month for me :)

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

Well wish me luck because here I go...