Books & Love Letters #38

Books & Love Letters is a weekly post in which I discuss all the books I received in the previous week (for review, bought, borrowed, swapped ect...), tell you what I've read and reviewed and showcase all the pretty letters that come to my mailbox.
Lovely Laura from The Traveling Owl lent the name and hosts the original Books & Love Letters post.


Hello there! Wow, what a week and what a DAY! Today is mother's day in Germany (HI MUM!!!), it's Formula 1 GP in Barcelona and Harbour Birthday in Hamburg! So don't be upset with me if comment replies take a while! Still love you guys! ;)
But my book week has been spectacular, too! Check out below what I got this week:

New On The Shelves
Bought/ Won:

The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross
I read this one pretty much a year ago as an ARC from netGalley and really loved it. Unfortunately the paperback that was announced got pulled and so I had to wait a whole year to add it to my shelves. But the new paperback has The Strange Case of Finley Jane as a bonus story and I love that Harlequin put it in the beginning of the book - where a prequel usually belongs :) Yay!
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar, the second book in the series, is on netGalley right now.
Shelfability: Acquire.

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Yay, I finally got my own copy of Insurgent! It's HarperCollins' pretty Export edition and almost the same size as my old UK edition of Divergent. I love my covers matched and hated to see that the UK ones were changed (these are much prettier!). I was already worried that I'd have to wait a year to get to read Insurgent but thanks to Sarah @ Miss Page-Turners I found this edition and I'm more than happy with it!

You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith
I have been dying to read this book! Ever since I read The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight I have J.E. Smith on my radar and this absolutely gorgeous paperback edition just got released. I am really in love with with this cover, especially the softness of the colours! And the story is awesome, too! Once again Smith has managed to create two absolutely likable characters and a sense of need to travel that I haven't seen matched yet.
Shelfability: Covet!

7 Clues to Winning You by Kristin Walker
Another YA contemporary to mark the beginning of summer - yes summer is my contemps time :) I've seen this one around in the bloggosphere and it sounded cute and like a lot of fun so I let it take the last slot in my May order :)

City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
I won this one from Ange @ The Moonlight Reader in her Pre-Order Giveaway - yay, thanks Ange! It's so huge and thick I thought I got a flagstone delivered when the postman carried it up - he made a face as if he thought the same. LOL
Although I haven't been too happy about CoFA I have heard some good things about this one and I really hope to fall back in love with the series all over again :)


Recently Read:
You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith: Yes, that's the only book I read last week. I have been waiting for You Are Here for forever and didn't want to squeeze anything else in. I really, really enjoyed this book. As I said above, Smith has a way of capturing the feel and need for traveling that I haven't see anywhere else before. Both main characters, Emma & Peter, are absolutely great and leave an impression right from the start. I laughed a lot and shed tears and in the end I was wiser again. Great book!
Shelfability: Covet!

Recent Blog Activity:
In My Mailbox: #37 [the waiting issue]
Book Review: Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross
Waiting on Wednesday #29: Adorkable by Sarra Manning


Phew, I think that's the most links I have ever packed into one post - took forever >.<
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