RAK Wrap Up May 2012

May 2012 saw me return to participating in RAK for the first time since late 2011 and what a great month it turned out to be. 

RAK or Random Acts of Kindness is a monthly event hosted by Book Soulmates in which bloggers and individuals give and receive books and bookish items. The way it works is that at the beginning of the month,you enter your details in that oaths formi.e. name, website, email along with a link to a Wishlist of books that you would like to receive ( both electronic and paper format) then you look at the list and choose one or more lucky people that you will send something from their Wishlist. 

This month I was lucky enough to be chosen by Jessica from Crossroad Reviews to receive the following:



Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
The Selection by Keira Cass
Black Dawn by Rachel Caine
Above by Leah Bobet
Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin


In turn I chose Michelle from Beagle Book Space to receive:




Signed copy of Fallen by Lauren Kate (acquired when Lauren Kate visited Australia in 2011)
Torment by Lauren Kate 

For more information or to get involved in June's RAK, head over to Book Soulmates. 

So I have to ask the question,how big was your RAK in May?

In My Mailbox #21

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.

Not a bad little week this week.  Thought it was gonna end up being quiet but I ended up getting some really great titles this week so very excited!

Firstly thanks to Jessica from Crossroad Reviews who got me an awesome RAK gift:




Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
The Selection by Keira Cass
Black Dawn by Rachel Caine
Above by Leah Bobet
Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin


For more information about RAK (Random Acts of Kindness ) and how you can get involved head over to BookSoulmates

Purchased

Until I Die by Amy Plum
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare


So as you can see I have some awesome titles to start reading. What was in your mailbox this week?

In My Mailbox #16

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

So a slightly slower week this week which is not necessarily a bad thing as it gave me some time to catch up on my reading :) This week for review:

Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel       

Pre order: Book Depository | Amazon

I also did some more purchasing on my kindle.  Got paid this week so bought:

Hallowed by Cynthia Hand           

Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository

Next up, and awesome offer from my favourite author Traci Harding and Harper Collins Voyager.  To celebrate the release of Traci's 15th & latest book The Light-Field on 1st February 2012, between the January 9 and March 1, readers can download an e-copy of one story per week for 6 weeks, each of the 6 stories from Traci's print book Ghostwriting to to be published as an e- book in March 2012.  This offer is available on Kindle, Nook and Itunes but I think it may only be available to Australian readers or readers with a registered Australian address.

For more information, go to www.traciharding.com

This week's free story was :

Purchase: Amazon 

And then there were some Kindle Freebies:

Slumber by Samantha Young

Blood will Tell by Samantha Young

Smokeless Fire by Samantha Young

Every Last Kiss by Courtney Cole

Lastly, now that I have read all the Sookie stackhouse novels,  I returned these to the library and have borrowed the first book of the Harper Connelly series ( also by Charlaine Harris) and a couple of other books:

Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris

My Love Lies Bleeding by Alxandra Harvey

Blood Feud by Alxandra Harvey

Out for Blood by Alxandra Harvey 

So what was in your mailbox this week?

Teaser Tuesday #16

Welcome to Teaser Tuesdays.


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:


1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a random page
3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too muchaway! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!


My current read is  Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris and my two lines are from page 257  :


""Since I hadn't been home to check the calendar symbols, I'd forgotten we were close to the full moon. There were claws on Quinn's hands now, claws at least three inches long, instead of fingers.

Purchase:  Amazon | Book Depository |

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!