Sunday, May 06, 2012

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (2)

Xpresso Weekly is my edition of Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews featuring the books
I got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week
.

So as you can see I decided to merge my Xpresso Weekly with Tynga's Stacking the Shelves which you can find at Tynga's Reviews. So if you're looking for an alternative to IMM, head over to check them out!

This week at Xpresso Reads I had the Hemlock blog tour stop by - which is one of my top favorite reads of this year so make sure to check out my fabulous interview with Kathleen and my glowing review. I also had a few cover reveals, the first includes five wonderful covers posted here, the second and third: the Prodigy cover, the sequel to Legend, and the Fuse cover, sequel to Pure by Julianna Baggott, I posted on my Facebook page. There was also a new giveaway posted on Monday as part of the Spring Fling giveaway hop. Lastly, I forgot to mention it last week, but I was featured on Bewitched Bookworms' My Reading Spot - you can find out where I read and stuff here and check out Danny's lovely blog! :)

As for books, I had a pretty insane week.
I got for review (Click on cover or title links for Goodreads):




*I want to send an immense virtual hug to Sterling Publishing, Macmillan Publishers, Candlewick Press, Simon & Schuster Canada, Random House Canada, Raincoast Books, St. Martin's Press, Random House Children's Books, and J.L. Bryan for these fabulous books*


I also bought:


This was a pretty insane week for me I hope I don't get very much next week so I don't suffocate.

What did you get this week?
Link me up! :)


108 comments:

  1. Hahaha yes! Read The Enemy as soon as you can. I hope you like it. Even if you don't I will still love you. And I am uber jealous you got Outpost. *shakes fist*

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  2. WOW such amazing books! Which one will you read first?

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  3. Giselle, this is utterly insane. I am so excited for you. I am most excited for the Laura Buzo and Eve and Adam but you will have SO much amazing reading coming up. I hope you have enough time for even half of them:) I have no idea how you accomplish so much!

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  4. Oh my goodness! That's a lot of books! Eve & Adam, Girl of Nightmares & Meant to Be are on my TBR. Looking forward to your reviews! It looks like I've got some more books to check out from your haul.
    Happy Reading!

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  5. Holy! That is a week of insane. I'm really interested in that The Enemy, can't wait to see what you think! Never Enough also looks really good and I like the cover for The Infects. Hope you enjoy them all!

    My STS your mentioned!

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  6. I am so jealous right now! I am dying to read Girl of Nightmares. Lucky girl! :-)

    I'll be looking forward to seeing what you think of Eve & Adam. I'm very curious about that one.

    I self-host my book hauls now, but you can find it here, if you just so happen to be curious. Have a lovely Sunday!

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  7. I also got Code Name Verity and Insurgent! So excited for both!!

    Melanie @ Reviews of YA Lit
    http://reviewsofyalit.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-my-book-bag-2.html

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  8. Insurgent of course! I still haven't received mine yet :-( Meant to Be looks cute and fun! I'm hoping to get Wake any day now. I love Amanda Hocking so I'm really excited about that one.
    My Stack

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  9. Ohhh so many amazing books you received this week! I don't even know where to begin! x) Eve and Adam sounds like amazing read - the cover is amazing! Can't wait to read your review on it! Burn for Burn seems awesome too! :)

    Happy reading, Giselle! :)

    Here is my haul this week!

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  10. you just have the most awesome shelves this week! did you know? omg i loved it the covers and they looks amazing, omg. that is all. :) x

    Happy reading Giselle.<3

    Ƹ̴Ӂ̴ƷFICBOOKREVIEWSƸ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ

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  11. wonderful blog, interesting.

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  12. OMG you got awesome books this week!! I cannot wait to read Meant to Be and all the Simon and Schuster titles!! Happy Reading

    http://lovesbooksreviews.blogspot.com/2012/05/stacking-shelves-43.html

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  13. That is an amazing book haul :) Mine's at http://www.thebookbelles.blogspot.com

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  14. Love and Other Perishable Items sounds really good! And I'm so excited about Insurgent! I still need to get a copy though :( Great mailbox as always :)

    My Showcase Sunday post

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  15. Oh my, so many good books!! :) Wake and Surrender's covers are soo so beautiful. I hope you enjoy your reads. Happy STS, and I'm a new follower as well!

    I would love it if you could check out my STS! :)

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  16. Ah, you got Adam and Eve and Girl of Nightmares!? Lucky!
    Check out my book haul:
    Nereyda @Mostly YA Book Obsessed
    http://BooksandSparkles.Blogspot.com

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  17. So many books!!!!! Which one to read first!!!

    http://makaylas-books-galore.blogspot.ca/2012/05/showcase-sunday-2.html

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  18. Wow such a great haul! I got The Infects last week. I really want to read Fairy Blues since I really enjoyed Fairy Metal Thunder.
    I'm super jealous of Insurgent.

    My Sunday Post:
    http://inlibrisveritas.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/the-sunday-post-2/

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  19. Wow, congrats on receiving BURN FOR BURN. I can't wait to see your review :)

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  20. You most definitely had an insane week! So many books! Golly gosh!

    I got Code Name Verity this week, too! I've only just started it, but its pretty good so far!

    Thanks for sharing!

    My IMM and Giveaway
    Renae @ Rolling with the Moments

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  21. Wow! Another great haul this week!! :)
    I AM SO EXCITED TO READ INSURGENT!!! I have a few other books I want to read first, but eeeeee! Super pumped!

    I decided to join in on Tynga's meme as well since she is a fellow Canadian blogger! :)

    You can find my Stacking the Shelves post here!

    Ashlee
    taleswithtea.com

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  22. Awesome book haul, Giselle :)
    Hope you enjoy all of them :)

    My book haul :
    http://nicksbookblog93.blogspot.com/2012/05/stacking-shelves-2.html

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  23. SOOOO jealous you got Envy, Burn for Burn and Outpost. Here's my Summary and haul

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  24. Oh my gosh, what a huge week you had! I hope you enjoy all of them.

    I'm currently reading Code Name Verity, and I like it, but I'm finding that I'm having to go super slow so I can fully soak it in. Not one that you can easily run through. I'd love to know what you think about it.

    Laura @ The Traveling Owl

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  25. You got a great haul this week! I'm openly admitting my jealousy here. D: It all looks so good! I hope you enjoy them all! :)

    My StS this week!

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  26. Loving this full mailbox - and lots of the titles are books I want to read, like Girl of Nightmares. The Infects (just because I love the cover) and Insurgent.

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  27. Gorgeous reads, Giselle! I did have an awesome week! ;) I'm really jealous about The Unnaturalists! Please, read it fast, - I so need to know if it's good enough to pre-order, because I love that cover :)

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  28. whoa looks like you had an amazing week. i am totally jealous of girl of nightmares. i loved anna and can't wait to read the sequel. i really love the cover to mean to be, too. do you know who the cover artist is?

    enjoy your new goodies!

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  29. you really have some beautiful books. I really want to read the Anna series, it sounds so good! Enjoy all your new books and Happyr eading!

    here is mine

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  30. Oooooh! Nice stack! Looking forward to the reviews. I'm reading Code Name Verity too! Hehe. =D

    My new books on the shelf:
    http://wishingonashootingstarreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/on-my-shelf-1.html

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  31. Such a great book haul!! I have a copy of Unnaturalists that I am dying to get to! Looks so amazing! Girl of Nightmares and Meant To Be are also high on my wishlist!! Enjoy!

    Here's my haul!

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  32. You received Eve & Adam, that's great! I'm so curious about that one :) Amazing books, I hope you will have a great time reading them, enjoy!

    My STS

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  33. Amazing haul Giselle :) !!
    I'm dying to read Meant to Be so I'm really jealous of you right now !!!
    I look forward to know what you think of all these books !
    Happy reading !!

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  34. OMG! Like half of your new books is on my wish list! You are such a lucky girl!
    Hope you enjoy reading them :)

    Nickey @ The Book Shop Assistant
    Here is my Sunday post: http://tinyurl.com/6ugdpzq

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  35. Eeeeek! You got a ton of amazing books this week! I am completely envious of your copies of Burn for Burn, The Unnaturalists, Eve and Adam and Girl of Nightmares! AND you got Outpost you lucky thing! :D I hope you enjoy them all and can tell me how fabulous they are. Happy reading!

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  36. GIRL OF NIGHTMARES! INSURGENT! MEANT TO BE! BURN FOR BURN! THE UNNATURALISTS! I have to admit that I'm just a tiny, tiny bit jealous. Maybe a huge bit. :D Awesome books! Happy reading, my dear!

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  37. Quite the haul this week Giselle, I haven't actually heard of a lot of them. I am one of the few who hasn't yet read Divergent so I can' appreciate Insurgent yet lol. Hope you enjoy all your books, you'll be busy :) Happy Reading!

    My Stack

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  38. OH MY O-O *dies* You did have an insane week!!!!
    If you ever feel overwhelmed you could always suffocate me! LOL!!

    Wow, I think I missed your Hemlock review *checking it now*
    And I did see your feature at Bewitched Bookworms' My Reading Spot last week, your son is a doll! Cutie! And how can you "NOT"(sarcastic tone) love Elmo??? Thank goodness my 4 yr. old is sooo over Elmo! This week he's into Stuart Little, I swear I've watched it 3000 times--*Gouges eyes* Oh, I'm bald, BTW!!! ;) Baaaahhhaaaa

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  39. Wow, awesome haul this week! Never Enough is so so so good, you have to read it soon!! I requested Meant to Be and Love and Other Perishable Items on NG, too, but they haven't responded yet... And of course, INSURGENT!!! :p Hope you love all your books :)

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  40. Lots of books - many I haven't heard of. I do want to read Girl of Nightmares though.

    Our Media Mail post and Linky are at Book Sake. –Jessica

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  41. I can hardly wait for Outpost! AWESOME haul this week and I REALLY like the Prodigy cover! Thanks for stopping by my post yesterday! :)

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  42. So jealous of OUTPOST, EVE & ADAM, and WAKE! Those books look amazing!

    Check out the books and beauty items I got this week on Books & Beauty!

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  43. Girl of Nightmares!!!! I cannot wait for that one! So many great books, enjoy! :)

    You can see what I got this week Here!

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  44. Oh, I so badly need a copy of Meant to be! It looks like exactly the type of book I'm in the mood for right now! Hope you enjoy all of your books! <3

    And good luck with not suffocating! ;]

    Patricia // My Week

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  45. This is JUST ANOTHER REMINDER of how horrible a reader I am for letting Enclave slip to the backburner. Before you know it the whole series will be done, and I'll be the only who HASN'T read it. Silly me. Everybody seems to LOVE Code Name Verity and I can't wait to start my copy. I'm so disappointed in the change of the Fury series covers, darn it. The first was AMAZEBALLS.

    Giselle, you are TOTALLY stacking it up this week. Love the haul!

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  46. Djeeees, that's an insane mailbox indeed :D There are so many books I'm waiting for: meant to be, eve & adam and wake are my favorites!

    Happy reading :D

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  47. Holy cow! That's a lot of books girl! Eve and Adam and The Unnaturalists look SO good! Check out Our Week in Books at Libby Blog! Happy reading!

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  48. Fab books this week! I also have to tell you, again, that I LOVE the new look!! Enjoy

    Here is my IMM

    Happy Reading!
    Lindsay @ Turning the Pages

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  49. Your mailboxes the last few weeks have been enviable such pretty covers, happy reading. Want to see what i got in my mailbox click on my name.

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  50. Girl of Nightmares! You'll have to let me know if that one's as good as the first one. And I'm going to plan on reading a few of Rhiannon Frater's books because of your glowing reviews. I'm looking forward to devouring my reading pile. Great haul and good luck catching up!

    My haul

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  51. Wow that is a low someone is going to busy LOL. Happy Reading xoxo
    Goodies I Received This Week

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  52. You got SOO many books! I'm so jealous. :) I loved Insurgent, by the way, and I bet you'll love it to! I haven't heard of the other books, but they all sound so extremely good and I can't wait to see them for myself. :)

    My Stacking the Shelves

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  53. OMG!!! GIRL OF NIGHTMARES!! I am super envious of you. I am DYING to read that book!! What a super great haul this week. Meant to Be sounds really good I loved Insurgent. I got the Infects from NetGalley and it looks good. Wake is also a book I am looking forward to.

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  54. That is pretty insane! So many amazing books! Envy, The Unaturalists, and Meant to Be look pretty good. I also got Insurgent this week :)

    Liza’s Shelves

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  55. You have a ton of great books this week! I haven't seen a few of the books in the top collection, so I'm definitely going to check them out! :)

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  56. O_O REALLY awesome haul. Meant to Be, Eve & Adam, GIRL OF NIGHTMARES, The Unnaturalists, Code Name Verity, Insurgent . . . *-* That is a LOT of awesomeness. I really hope you enjoy these. :D

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  57. o0o0o Giselle that haul is seriously epic!! Outpost, how lucky of you :D

    So Betrayal LOOKS really good and I want it, but I'm pretty sure it's not my thing. BUT, The Enemy and Girl of Nightmares look awesome.

    Happy reading dear!
    Shaheen @ Speculating on SpecFic
    Stocktake Saturday

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  58. Amazing books as always! J.L. Bryan rocks!

    Girl of Nightmares *jealous stare* !!

    Enjoy!

    My Sunday Wrap Up

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  59. Amazing haul this week with some books that I have had my eye on for a while.
    I hope you enjoy them all!!

    Check out what I got this week

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  60. Great Book Haul. I would love to get Insurgent. I just haven't yet. Stop by my IMM-Weekly Roundup when you get a chance!

    Mary
    http://sweepingme.com/2012/05/imm-weekly-mailbox-roundup-33/

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  61. WOW! Awesome haul this week! Girl of Nightmares!! EEK! I can't wait to read it. The Infects and Beyond sound great too. Happy reading!
    Stacking the Shelves

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  62. Talk about a book haul!! That is a great pile you have there!! By the way - love the new look of your blog!! :)

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  63. Looks like you got some really great stuff! Totally jealous for Eve & Adam and Meant to Be. Enjoy all your brand new goodies!

    The Week at Book Brats!

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  64. Wow, incredible haul of books and a busy week!

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  65. This is an awesome book haul!! I can't wait for Girl of Nightmares.

    My Books

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  66. Look at all these lovelies! I cannot wait to get Meant To Be and Wake, those are high up on my list! Am I the only person who did not get Insurgent, lol! I haven't read Divergent yet (eeek, sorry!) Maybe some day ;)
    Enjoy your newbies, Giselle!

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  67. Wow Giselle this is an amazing haul! I'm insanely jealous! I can't wait to read Burn for Burn, Never Enough and Meant to Be looks amazing too! Happy reading! :)

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  68. Yup, insane pretty much covers it because that is an EPIC haul Giselle! SO jealous you got Girl of Nightmares. I'm dying to get into that book's creepiness. Good so far?

    Kristan @ Lost Amongst the Shelves: STS

    P.S. Can't remember if I've said it yet, but LOVE your new blog design!

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  69. i'm hearing a lot about eve and adam!! can't wait to hear what you think!

    My post is here:
    Sunday Shout Out

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  70. wow! what a fabulous week full of books! I am so jealous =)

    Insurgent! I need to have it but sadly it is not yet available in my local bookstore..

    have fun reading them all =)

    my haul:
    http://crazytrinket.blogspot.com/2012/05/book-haul-32.html

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  71. Wow you got a lot of fantastic books! I need to get Insurgent!

    Happy reading
    http://kristina-worldofbooks.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-my-mailbox-54.html

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  72. What a great selection! I'm very curious about The Unnaturalists and Burn for Burn. Happy reading!

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  73. OOH I haven't seen The Infects but it looks super fun. For some reason, my eyes were drawn to it immediately!

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  74. That's quite a haul, lady! Enjoy all your reads :)

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  75. What a great week!
    I can't wait to read Outpost.
    Happy Reading & Thanks for joining STS =)

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  76. Oh dear!! you did get an full awesome package this week!!
    enjoy them all!!! ^.^ muah!

    Dazzling Reads

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  77. Holy cow!

    I'm most jealous of Outpost and Meant to Be. Can't wait for those two!!!!

    My New Arrivals.

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  78. The Enemy is on my TBR pile - I was planning to pick it up soon! What a great haul this week...I'm jealous! :-)

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  79. So I honestly don't even know where to start so I'll just say OH MY GOODNESS, what an awesome collection you've got this week! Enjoy!!!

    Once Upon a Book Haul

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  80. Holy everything, girl LOL. That is one massive book haul of awesomeness Giselle ;)

    Envy has such a gorgeous cover.

    Happy Reading ;)

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  81. WOW you received some really great titles from our lovely friends at all the Canadian publishers. Happy reading! :)

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  82. Um...wow. I hope you don't suffocate under the weight of all those books either!

    So I decided to share my book hauls a bit differently as well. You can check out everything I got during April in this post:

    http://oneadayya.blogspot.ca/2012/05/my-life-my-books-april.html

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  83. AHHHH OUTPOST!!! So jealous!!!

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  84. I still have to read DIVERGENT! haha I also got Meant to be. Happy Reading!

    http://taysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-my-cart-2.html

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  85. WOW, you had a fantastic books week! I have a few of these on my wish list. I'm so jealous of Meant to Be and Girl of Nightmares!!! Enjoy :)
    ~ Jen @ A Book and a Latte - My Sunday Post: Book Haul & Blog News

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  86. Love all the books you go this week! So awesome :) I really want to read Meant to Be and Girl of Nightmares. I still need to buy my copy of Insurgent. Also, I got Code Name Verity too and I loved the Enemy! I hope you enjoy all these books. They look great and I'll be adding them to my list too :)

    My Book Haul

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  87. Wow, Eve & Adam. I can't wait to read that. Enjoy all your new books!

    Safari Poet

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  88. Envy and Surrender look fabulous!!! Great haul! This looks like a lot of fun! Insurgent sounds fabulous too. Looks like you have got a lot of reading to do. And wow I love your new blog layout...you have really outdone yourself! Wonderful books :) Enjoy!

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  89. Oh, man! Outpost and Girl of Nightmares! *basically dies* I hope you enjoy all your books!!

    Check out what I got at Geek Chic This Week :D

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  90. I'm so jealous that you got a physical copy of Code Name Verity. I have a kindle copy and I can't wait to read it =) I also can't wait to read Wake and Insurgent! I hope you enjoy everything you got this week. Here's my IMM!

    http://www.paigebradish1996.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-my-mailbox-33-weekly-wrap-up.html

    ~Paige @ Comfort Books

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  91. Oooh, I love! I cannot wait to get my grubbies on Meant to Be and Eve and Adam. They sound/look sooo good! Surrender and Envy sound wonderful, too.

    What a great book haul! I'mma have to stop by your place the next time I'm in Canada and drool over your bookshelves ;-)

    Hope you enjoy all your lovelies!

    Mission: Acquired - http://www.blookgirl.com/book-blog/mission-acquired/150-may-6-2012

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  92. i want meant to be. i love that cover! and adam and eve looks cool too!! and lucky for girl of nightmares! i need to read the first book also, and i hear its great! and yea for insurgent!! great haul!!!
    Tara's Haul

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  93. So many amazing looking books! The cover of Surrender is so pretty. My other favorite is Fairystruck and of cource Insurgent. :)
    Happy Reading!

    My post.

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  94. Oh my GOODNESS! Giselle! This is an EPIC mailbox. Seriously... and it would be even if it was just Insurgent, but everything else? EEEEEEE! Wake! And Surrender! THe cover is SO pretty!

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  95. Outpost...WOW...Jealous... Enough said.

    Mirely

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  96. Nice! I love the Outpost cover, haven't read Enclave yet though so I'm going to have to put this on hold.

    I'm so jealous of Insurgent. :( I want my copy now! *brat*

    Happy reading!

    Janus @ The Blair Book Project

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  97. Wow, wow, wow! I hope you love Love and Other Perishable items (it's had a name change from the original Aussie version)

    And I love the look of Meant to Be and Burn for Burn and Surrender and almost every book here!

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  98. Hi there Giselle, thought of dropping by. :) You do have an insane week here. Lots of great books. I am a Marcus Sedgwick fan so I'm glad to see his book here. Is this his newest release? insurgent looks so good too. Is it an e-copy or a physical book? :)

    Here's my IMM for the week:
    http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/in-my-mailbox-45-bargain-books-and-library-loot/

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  99. Wow Giselle! You have received some truly amazing books this week. I am so anxious to get hold of Outpost and Girl of Nightmares.

    I look forward to reading your reviews.

    Sharon

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  100. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! T_T
    Yesterday I rocked and now I'm freaking 101 T_T
    ~sulks~
    AND
    OH MY GOD!
    You have GOT to be kidding me!
    ~excuse me while I drool all over your post~
    SURRENDER T_T
    I don't even own Anna Dressed in Blood and that cover of the sequel is just T_______________T

    I can't take it T_T

    Here's the new books I got this week, feel free to stalk, http://bookpics-reading2alba.blogspot.com/2012/05/stacking-shelves-2-book-angels-2nd.html

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  101. Wow, I've never even heard of most of these books before but the covers are stunning. Brilliant looking haul you have there. Happy reading! ♥

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  102. HOLD UP!!! Girl of Nightmares? Really?? I cannot wait for it, CANNOT!!!!!

    *Dresses in all black and quietly sneaks to your house to steal your copy*


    -Jac @ For Love and Books

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  103. Wow, awesome week! Insurgent is definitely the popular buy this week. I still need to read Divergent!

    I hope you enjoy your new books!

    Here's the link to my STS:

    http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.ca/2012/05/stacking-shelves-may-6-2012.html

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  104. Great books! Looking forward to all of your reviews!

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  105. Wow! You did have an insane week! That is a lot of books! And I am sensing a new cover trend -- Winged things in a glass jar.

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  106. Lots of interesting books there. :D The highlight, to me at least, is Insurgent. I picked that up this week too. Been busy with some of the other books I got and haven't read it yet, but it is here. :)

    Anyway, I hope that you have a fantastic week. Bye!

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  107. Ohh, this is definitely an awesome book week! Tons of fantastic looking books. I'm super curious about Eve and Adam and INSURGENT! Woot. :D Gotta read it ASAP. o:

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