In My Mailbox 4/3

Sunday, April 3, 2011

In My Mailbox is an amazing weekly meme hosted by Kristi from The Story Siren that features the books we have received during the week. It's so much fun because we get to see what our fellow bloggers stumbled upon this week and add even more to our piles of books! Without further ado, this week I received the following books:

FOR REVIEW
(ARC - Thank you, Sourcebooks)

Three days before her drama club's trip to Italy, Jessa Gardner discovers her boyfriend in the costume barn with another girl. Jessa is left with a care package from her best friend titled "Top Twenty Reasons He's a Slimy Jerk Bastard," instructing her to do one un-Jessa-like thing each day of the trip. 
At turns hilarious and heartwrenching, Instructions for a Broken Heart paints a magical Italy in which Jessa learns she must figure out life-and romance-for herself.

FOR REVIEW
(ARC - Thank you, Jabberwocky)

On a sunny Wednesday morning in October, a day that would mark the end of one life and the beginning of another, I found out my grouchy next door neighbor was the walking dead. When you turn around expecting to see something familiar, and instead see something else altogether, it takes a little while for your brain to catch up with your eyes. I call it the 'Holy Crap Factor.'A" Forced to flee his home and family, twelve-year-old Will Ritter falls in with the Undertakers--a rag-tag army of teenage resistance fighters.

BOUGHT
So Shelly by Ty Roth
Published: February 8, 2011

Until now, high school junior, John Keats, has only tiptoed near the edges of the vortex that is schoolmate and literary prodigy, Gordon Byron. That is, until their mutual friend, Shelly, drowns in a sailing accident.

After stealing Shelly's ashes from her wake at Trinity Catholic High School, the boys set a course for the small Lake Erie island where Shelly's body had washed ashore and to where she wished to be returned. It would be one last "so Shelly" romantic quest. At least that's what they think. 

37 comments:

  1. Instructions for a Broken Heart and So Shelly look really good! I hope you enjoy them :)

    Mine is below if you want to take a look
    http://alovelylittlebookblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-my-mailbox-8_02.html

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  2. I think it's so cool that Instructions for a Broken Heart is set in Italy! I hope you enjoy all your new books Melissa! :)

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  3. Instructions for a Broken Heart by Kim Culbertson looks really good! I am curious about So Shelly.

    Happy Reading!

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  4. I haven't been on for a few days. You changed your look! Nice. I like the header and the background. Broken Heart and The Undertakers look great. I'm loving these books set in Europe. As well as...zombies! I'm looking forward to reading So Shelly. It's been checked out at my library for quite awhile. Happy reading!

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  5. Ohhh. I love the sound of the contemporary novel. Enjoy your books! And I like the new look too.

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  6. So Shelly sounds really good, as does Undertakers. I'm looking forward to finding out more about both of these.

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  7. I really need to buy Shelly! Maybe I will once you eventually post a review for it(I know you're leaving soon, so who knows when this will be, lol). Great books this week! :)

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  8. O I can not wait for your review on IFABH! :)

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  9. I'm excited to read Instructions For A Broken Heart! Also, So Shelly looks really really good.

    Happy reading :-D

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  10. I can't wait to read So Shelly .. I'm really curious about it !! =)

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  11. I love the sound of Instructions for a Broken Heart...makes me wish I had a girlfriend in high school that encouraged me to be more independent of boys...unfortunately most of my friends were like me, wanting desperately for some dope to pay attention to us, lol.

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  12. So Shelly and Instructions For A Broken Heart sound nice and different. I love both covers, too! Happy reading! Hope you enjoy them all! :)

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  13. Instructions for a Broken Heart sounds really good! Also I have been really wanting to read So Shelly. Can't wait to hear what you think about it!

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  14. I am looking forward to reading Culbertson's book, I really liked the previous one :)

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  15. First of all, LOVE your new layout, it's so soothing and gorgeous:) Can't wait to see what you think of So Shelly, the reviews I've read of that one have been fantastic!

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  16. Great books this week.
    I'm really looking forward to Instructions for a Broken Heart - it's on my wishlist.
    Happy reading.
    Sally.
    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-my-mailbox-13.html

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  17. They all sound so good! Enjoy!

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  18. So Shelly sounds really awesome. I hope you love it! Great IMM!

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  19. INstructions for a broken heart sounds like a really cute read! Look forward to your review!

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  20. You will have to tell me how Instructions for a Broken Heart is. That definitely looks like my kind of read!

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  21. Great books! So Shelly sounds intriguing, I'll look out for your review :D

    Happy reading, Melissa!

    BTW, I love the new blog look!

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  22. I really enjoyed So Shelly. It can be a bit much at times, but overall the story was pretty poignant.

    Hope you have fun with these, Mel.

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  23. Greta books! So Shelly looks really good!

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  24. Great books this week. I loved So Shelly and the other two sounds very interesting. Happy Reading!

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  25. I'm dying to read Instructions for a Broken Heart! Viva Italia!

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  26. Instructions for a Broken Heart looks great! I like your mix of contemporary. :)

    Here's my IMM.

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  27. I'm not gonna lie, I would have never had any interest in Instructions for a Broken Heart, based on the cover alone. But I read the synopsis and it sounds really cute and fun. I'll have to check it out.

    Happy reading :)

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  28. Seen a lot of good reviews for So Shelly, I hope you enjoy it. Lovely books this week, happy reading :).

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  29. So Shelly is one I must read. Happy reading missy! :)

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  30. I'm really looking forward to reading So Shelly :)

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  31. Nice IMM. I won So Shelly. Can't wait to get it!

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  32. So Shelly! Wow, these are all good! Hope you enjoy all your books!

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  33. Nice mailbox! Oh I remember that first one...sounds like an intesting contemporary read. NEver heard of the second, but the third, I DEFINITELY remember that cover...very striking. Happy reading!

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  34. Great books Melissa! I am so excited to hear what you think of Instructions for a Broken Heart.

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