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In My Mailbox – New Books This Week #48

April 15, 2012

In My Mailbox is a posting idea run by Kristi at The Story Siren (read all about it here: In My Mailbox)
for bloggers to share the books they’ve gotten that
week to help publicize as many titles as possible. It’s a
little preview on what book reviews to anticipate along with
a way to build excitement about new titles coming out.
All titles link to goodreads so you can add books to your
“to-read” list.

It’s been a little quiet around here for the last week since I was on spring break and I traveled to South America to help my mom celebrate starting her next decade with a culinary and wine tour through Chile and Argentina. I just got back to the States this morning and had some exciting packages waiting for me, so wanted to share, and let you know why it’s been so quiet. 

For Review

INSURGENT by Veronica Roth 
ARC sequel to DIVERGENT, which, hello?!, if you haven’t read it yet, why not?!) So, so, so excited for this one and thankful to HarperTeen and the lovely editor for this one (who, by the way, also edited INSIGNIA by S.J. Kincaid coming out in July-you can read my review here) who is showing her talent at finding great authors and putting out action-packed books!

RED KNIT CAP GIRL by Naoko Stoop
F&G Galley of a new picture book – I’m hoping to start adding a monthly-ish picture book review of titles I love to use with my students.  Thanks Little, Brown School & Library!

Won

THE VICIOUS DEEP by Zoraida Cordova
A mermaid tale from a male point-of-view. Looking forward to reading this one. Thanks to SourceBooks!

Library Check Out

POSSESSION by Elana Johnson
I’ll be starting my dystopian unit with my students soon, and I was asked to be on a blog tour for the sequel, SURRENDER, so I needed to get this one to the top of my to-read pile.
 

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  1. Unknown says

    April 18, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    I'm really excited for Insurgent! I can't to read the series. I've been dying to.
    My IMM

  2. Anonymous says

    April 16, 2012 at 1:41 am

    I'm really looking forward to The Vicious Deep. Can't wait to see what you think of it =)

  3. Christy Rush-Levine says

    April 15, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    I am soooo jealous that you already have Insurgent in hand!

  4. ellepaulette says

    April 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    Awesome selection of books this week!

    Thanks for sharing,
    Dani
    My IMM for this week – http://paulettespapers.com/?p=1934

  5. Alison Can Read says

    April 15, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    Great set! Yay for Insurgent. I still need to read Divergent.
    My IMM

  6. Molly says

    April 15, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    The Vicious Deep looks really good! Happy Reading 🙂 My IMM Post

  7. Sarah (Escaping Through Books) says

    April 15, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    A dystopian unit in school? That sounds so awesome! I wish my middle school and high school English teachers would have incorporated recently published YA books into lessons… it would have been such a nice break from The Scarlet Letter or Great Expectations!

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