In my Mailbox #24 [The Long Goodbye]

In my Mailbox is a weekly meme started by The Story Siren which gives bloggers a chance to showcase all the books they received in the previous week (for review, bought, borrowed, ect...) but for which they sometimes have no space to showcase in detail on their blogs.

eARCs:

Death Watch by Ari Berk

At the moment I'm extremely fond of the dead and the underworld. This title has been on my wish list for about half a year and I'm extremely happy that Simon & Schuster featured it in their October newsletter.

The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

A book the bloggosphere has been abuzz about for quite some time already and many bloggers had it in their August newsletter - I didn't, so here it is now. I didn't read Derting's other books and I'm not a very big fan of Dystopia, but I think there is no path leading past this one.

*thanks to Simon & Schuster for granting me access to Death Watch and The Pledge.

Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel

Steampunk meets Supernatural. Gail Carriger and Kady Cross are very successful in that department and I have a feeling that this one is going to be great, too!

*thanks to Del Rey Books via netGalley for giving me access to this title.

Bought:

Red Glove by Holly Black

I read this as an eARC and although it wasn't as great as White Cat, it was still great. I finally had the order-space to get myself a finished copy, so here it is.

Shelfability: Acquire.

The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

This one has been on my wish list for a long while and now I finally got my hands on the first book (not that book #3 just came out, I'm so behind on this...). I love everything dark and mysterious, this is at the top of my reading pile (which is ginormous at the moment) and I can't wait to dig in.

Personal Demons by Lisa DesRochers

This one has been on my wish list for an even longer while. I think I already had my eye on this while I still lived in London (*ponders*). Anyway, I got it now, I already finished it and I absolutely loved it! 

Shelfability: Covet.

After Obsession by Carrie Jones & Steven E. Wedel

I absolutely love Jones' Need Pixies Series and this was a must have. The plot sounds great, it's set in the same town as Need Pixies (I think) and even the cover matches the series! Can't wait to get started ;)

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

I have only just started reading this and so far so good, I haven't had anything set in space in a really long time. Glow really gripping and well written, even though I'm still not really friends with any of the characters. I hope that is going to change soon.

All these things I've done by Gabrielle Zevin

I just finished Elsewhere and it was pretty good. I hope that this is going to be even better, it sounds like prohibition with chocolate and coffee instead of alcohol (I so could not survive that >.<). Btw, this is the US hardback edition because the UK paperback looks like something I wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole (even though they've already changed it, I just noticed, but still no improvement...) :P

Signed:

Lovely Amy Plum sent me a signed bookplate for Die For Me for a review I wrote for the British Amazon Store. I was totally excited when I got mail from France(!) and this bookplate is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks Amy!

So, that's it from me this week.

Although there is some more to say. As most of you have surely noticed already, I haven't posted much over the past few weeks and I'm tired of making excuses. Fact is, my work eats my life currently and I have neither the time nor the energy to do much else than sleep, eat and work. So I am very sad to say that this blog is going into a part-hibernation. I will try to post an IMM like this once a month, but other than that I'm out until after Christmas. Next month brings the added "stress" of NaNoWriMo, and I've got  vocational training in December and January, so I'm not sure how much time there will be for reading at all. If you want to, you can follow my reading progress on Goodreads, I'll say a few words about every book I read, but there won't be any complete reviews for a while.

You guys have been great, thanks for an exciting time in the book bloggosphere!

Much love, The Book Shop Assistant no more.