In My Mailbox #6

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. Here's what I got this week.



From giveaways / For Review

Witches of East End by Melissa De La Cruz (thanks, Mandy!)
Jane Austen Made Me Do It edited by Laurel Ann Nattress (from LibraryThing Early Reviewers)
Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (from teenreads)

Bought:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Ophelia by Lisa Klein
A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Bedside, Bathtub, and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie by Dick Riley and Pam McAllister

 College is keeping me really busy right now, and I'm finding it hard to set aside time for reading. I'll try to make more of an effort to fit some reading time into my schedule.

That's what I got in my mailbox this week. What did you get in your mailbox?

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Summary (from Goodreads): First, there were ten - a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal - and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. And only the dead are above suspicion.

My Review: This book was amazing! It was brilliantly constructed, and kept me guessing at every turn. I really don't want to give anything away, so I'll just say read it. You definitley won't regret it. There, that was really short, but at least it was spoiler free!

I also wanted to let you guys know what's going on. I'll be reading two classics a month for this following year, There are so many great authors and novels that I have wanted to experience, and this will give me that chance. I also will start to review the non YA, non classics books that I read. I will still be reading YA, I'll just be adding different books that you guys might find interesting.  

In My Mailbox #5

This week I got:
Nightshade and Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer (from Fire and Ice)
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater (from Book Chic)
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (From my university library. 4 floors of books!)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (from Bloomsbury)
The Train of Small Mercies by David Rowell (from Penguin)

That's what I got in my mailbox. Leave links to your IMM's below and I promise I will check them out! Also, I'm thinking about reading and reviewing two classics per month for a year, starting this month. Thoughts?

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.

In My Mailbox #4

This IMM is a little late...my apologies. I've been pretty busy. I only got two books for review this week.
The first is a non YA book that I won on Booktrib.



Little Did I Know by Mitchell Maxwell (goodreads/Amazon)

The other book I received came in the mail today, and I'm really excited about it.

The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore (goodreads/Amazon)

I haven't read I Am Number of Four yet, but I have seen the movie. I don't want to read this series out of sequence, so I will have to wait until I get the first one. Thanks, Harper Teen!

In other news, I am going to college tomorrow! I don't know how much this is going to effect my blogging, but I can say that my IMM posts will be less frequent. I will still try to get at least one review per week on the blog. Please be patient with me as I figure out the logistics of this blogging while in college thing.

That's it for me. What did you get in your mailbox?

Readathon Complete!

I finished the readathon! It was my first, and while I did fall asleep, I bounced back in the end. I'm now more than halfway through The Scarlet Letter and I started The Manual of Detection. It was fun and I enjoyed being a part of it!

Required Reading Wishlist

As a recent high school graduate, I have read my share of required reading over the past four years of my life. I'm sure that the amount will grow as I enter college. While I loved some of my required reading, I despised some of it as well. If I was able to pick my own required reading, this would be my list (I'm including some books that I was required to read. They will be written in green).

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora - Neale Hurston

The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

Paper Towns by John Green

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

That's my reading list. What's Yours? Let me know in the comments.

Read.Chat.Love. Readathon: What I'm Reading

The Read.Chat.Love. readathon starts tonight! This is my first readathon, and I'm really excited. I will be chronicling my experiences on the blog and on twitter (if I can stay awake, that is). Here's my reading list:

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard

The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

That's what I plan on reading. If you want to participate in the readathon, check it out here.