In My Mailbox (4)

This is a meme that I first heard about from Kristi over at The Story Siren and immediately wanted to jump on board. Every week we’ll post about what books we have received (whether they’re bought/borrowed, etc… you get the idea). This is generally done on Sunday, but I’m told that it’s really whatever day works for you; I’m going to be posting mine on Fridays because I tend to post less on the weekends. Everyone participating will try and visit other lists to comment and possibly pine for the new arrivals everyone’s talking about. I’ve learned that it’s a great idea to really try and stop by at least two or three lists because I’m constantly finding out about new books that I’ve later added to my TBR list.

This week I tried not to burn a hole in my pocket like last week and stuck to purchasing one book for my collection:

Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder

I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if I occasionally use the pipes to sneak around the Upper levels? Not like it's all that dangerous - the only neck I risk is my own. Until I accidently start a rebellion and become the go-to girl to lead a revolution. I should have just said no...

If I was only going to purchase one book this week...why did I choose this one do you ask?  Well it's because I have some very exciting news....I'm going to my 1st book signing on Saturday, and yes it's with Maria V. Snyder!  Maria will be at the Borders store in Lancaster, PA and I can't wait to meet her and experience a signing for the 1st time!  Maria's quickly become one of my favorite authors and I can't wait to read Inside Out.  Because of my excitement over the book signing and over having 39 followers (I love you guys!) I thought it might be time to host my 1st giveaway featuring....you guessed it - Inside Out.  There may be one or two more books thrown in as well since I want the first giveaway to be as exciting for you guys as it is for me to host it.

I'll have more information on the giveaway early next week so be sure to check back in for that, and can we please cross our fingers that I can figure out how to work Google Forms by then, lol!  Also be sure to check out the rest of Maria's tour schedule for Inside Out on her site and you'll also find that you can read the 1st three chapters of Inside Out there.

Having nothing to do with Maria V. Snyder but connected to the topic of book tours, I wanted to give everyone a heads up that Alyson Noel has just posted her tour schedule for her upcoming novel, Dark Flame.  Unfortunately she's not coming anywhere that wouldn't require me to get on a plane to see her or I'd totally be making my plans and mapping out my driving course, but if she's coming near you I think it would be a great opportunity for anyone!

And on a last note before the weekend....it being Friday it's of course Blog Hop Time!!!!  So don't forget to visit the Book Blogger Hop over at Crazy-for-Books and check out some great blogs that you may not know about. Since I've joined I've found some amazing ones and I can't wait to see who joins this week!

Happy Reading!