{For Review}
Everything I Never Wanted to Be by Dina Kucera (ARC) (Pump Up Your Book)
Salting Roses by Lorelle Marinello (ARC) (TLC Tours)
Stay With Me by Sandra Rodriguez Barron (ARC) (TLC Tours)
{Bought}
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Center of Winter by Marya Hornbacher
The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
The books I bought all look awesome of course. I loved Hornbacher's memoirs, Wasted and Madness, so I figured it was time to spurge on her novel which the library doesn't have. It will be awhile til I get a chance to read Center of Winter but hopefully it is just as beautifully written as her non-fiction works.
This weekend besides schoolwork I'll also be enjoying Unstoppable in Stilettos, Arsenic and Clam Chowder and By Nightfall. A little ambitious I know, but there are just so many good books to read. Coming up for review next week I have the odd but awesome Of Bees and Mist, the non-fiction Unstoppable in Stilettos as well as the young adult Bones of Faerie and the romance All I Ever Wanted. Variety is the best right?
After getting a couple more ARCs in my mailbox I realize I have no idea what the book blog obsession with them is... they are not as pretty, not as sturdy and liable to typos- I definitely prefer finished copies, anyone care to explain?
Feel free to leave a link to your mailbox in the comments.
I cannot wait to read your review of Everything I Never Wanted. Mine goes up on Tuesday and I have already re-read it. It was THAT good. And it had a personal thing to me in it, so my review is going to get a bit personal. :)
ReplyDeleteI am completely there with you on the ARC, I have decided I don't want to read them but I would be happy to be a first reader of the completed copy. I honestly think the hype is being part of the '1st in crowd' but I can be wrong.
ReplyDeleteOn to your Mailbox :-) Hope you enjoy, the Hornbacher caught my attention, I have never heard of this author so will definitely read your reviews etc. I really enjoyed Glass Castle so I should read HBH also.
Everything I Never Wanted to Be looks great! I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it.
ReplyDelete@Marce- Half Broke Horses is amazing, I read it from the library and needed my own copy to reread. Book depository has it for only $6, shipping anywhere. Amazing book!
ReplyDeleteHi! This looks great! Stay with Me is on my TBR list- which keeps growing lol I had a fun MG novel IMM this week http://blog.juliealindsey.com/ Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHappy reading and have a great rest of the weekend!
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The Harper Collins rep at SIBA raved over Salting Roses, so I bet you're in for a treat with that one. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteYour entire list looks great. I'm seeing Salting Roses in a lot of mailboxes. Hope it's a good read!
ReplyDeleteSalting Roses catches my eye! For me personally, I like ARCs because they're free, so I'm willing to put up with typos. I feel guilty taking finished copies that have been polished and packaged for sale. Here's my Mailbox. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteSalting Roses looks so good. I enjoyed By Nightfall, and it's fairly short so shouldn't take too long. My mailbox is at The Crowded Leaf.
ReplyDeleteWhat great books you received this week! I love anthologies and story collections, too .. for some reason, it seems like you just get "more" AND you don't have to devote a big block of time to finish reading one of the stories@ Enjoy them all.
ReplyDeleteI have quite a few ARC's as well; although I don't overtly seek them out. If it's a story that I'll enjoy, I'm happy to receive it ahead of time, though. I don't hoard ARC's though; as soon as I'm done, I try to get them off to another book blogger .. that way there's more publicity from it.
Oh! So I read an article over at The Story Siren http://www.thestorysiren.com/ this week. Did you know that it costs more to print ARC's than it does a finished copy of a book? Because there are less printed, the quantity discounts are lower. Just some trivia; may come in useful for a Jeopardy segment or something :)
Julie @ Knitting and Sundries
This looks like an awesome mailbox week - great variety for sure. enjoy
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