Saturday, June 16, 2012

Stacking the Shelves (8)

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.

Note: Starting this week, my Stacking the Shelves posts will go up on Saturdays, and my Fresh Batch will be posted on Sundays

Another week dead and gone, huh? I had a fabulous week. Great weather, awesome food, all that jazz. >.< So this week at Xpresso Reads I had the fabulous Rhiannon (right? It's like she's trying to take over or something!) over on  the blog for the Last Bastion of the Living blog tour where you can read my absolutely giddy review, see Rhiannon's dream cast, and enter to win a copy! I had a bunch of cover reveals, too, in case you missed any: Blood Bond by Heather Hildenbrand, Mind Games by Kiersten White, Crimson Frost by Jennifer Estep, and The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell. I also scheduled a new blog tour - the Circle of Silence - that you can look forward to in July.

Did you miss any reviews this week?

So eeep I did another vlog! I noticed after that I have all the tour dates wrong, so it's obvious that without my blog schedule in front of me I've no idea what's going on. Enjoy! :)


(click on covers or title links below for Goodreads)

I got for review:

*Big thanks to Random House Children's Books, Tor Books, Penguin Young Readers Group, Karice Bolton, and Bewitching Book Tours for the review copies*


I bought:


That is all for me!
What did you get this week?
Link me up!

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  1. Awesome haul Giselle Enjoy all the awesome books!

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  2. Oh man! I am just DYING for Origin! Great haul this week, thanks for sharing!! :D Off to check out your reviews... ;)

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  3. Great Vlog. I like these Stacking the Shelves. Mine will be up tommorow morning. I love E-books.

    Grace

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  4. Another great vlog! So jealous that you got Origin, I wish I had requested it sooner. I totally love that neither of us read blurbs! haha I skim them, and I'm not gonna lie, it HAS gotten me into trouble before, being stuck in a historical that I had no idea was a historical!

    DUALED SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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  5. Awesome VLOG! I'm totally jealous you have Origin. I sent in my request to Edelweiss over a week ago and still have heard NOTHING. I'm wondering if I should resend.

    Hoping my approval for Dualed comes in tomorrow. Those indie books you got look really good too. Nice haul this week.

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  6. hahaha... Lost sure did fail in a splendid fashion. I can't wait to see what you have to say about Origin! :) Dualed too. I submitted a request but am still waiting to see. *fingers crossed*

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  7. Great vlog, hun! I would never have guess that Solstice was about zombies from the cover!

    And I really want to read some Susane Colasanti, I hope you enjoy Take Me There!

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  8. Love the vlog! Enjoy your books :)

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  9. Origin is really high on my list. I can't wait for it to come out. We are going to to Austin to meet her in September. I'm going to be adding a lot of these to my list.

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  10. Hi Giselle {waving!!!}
    I'm so happy to see that you've decided to continue doing a vlog, you're adorable!
    I really enjoyed Susane Colasanti's new book too! I was able to briefly meet her at BEA last week, and I'm excited to say that I'll be seeing her at another signing on Wednesday! I hope to be able to pick up another one of her books (or two, three, lol) too!
    Great stack, enjoy them all :)

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  11. OMG YOU ARE SO FREAKING CUTE!!!!!!! I'm so happy I finally get to see your faaaceee!!!!! Seriously, this excites me. And your accent!!!! It's so DIFFERENT! I officially love you more. Like that was possible :P

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  12. I'm tempted to try out Sherrilyn Kenyon's books! The cover looks so good! Happy reading! <3

    Michelle

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  13. Okay, first off, can I just reiterate that YOU HAVE THE BEST ACCENT? Because, yeah, you totally do. Also you're just generally super adorable and awesome and you must keep vlogging for us.

    And fabulous haul for this week. :D Dualed looks CRAZY good and Elsie is the best, which is actually why I didn't request it--I know I typically enjoy books more when I read them in print. But you have a Kindle, so that's a different story. I hope you love it! Also, I've got very high hopes for Origin. It sounds pretty great, so I'm interested to see how it turns out.

    My Stacking the Shelves

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  14. Super cool haul. you've gotten books i'm itching for. Check out my haul

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  15. I camt wait for Origin! Great books, another awesome week for you. My book haul will be up tomorrow, hope you can stop by!

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  16. 16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm learning my lesson!

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  17. AH! You've got ORIGIN and DUALED! *glares enviously* And INFINITY, too! *sigh* You just get the most awesome books ever.

    Enjoy!

    Meg @ The Book Galaxy
    Check out my Saturday post?

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  18. Origin sounds soooo good!!! >.< I want to read The Chronicles of Nick SOOO BAD!!! it's ridiculous! :P
    oooh I still need to get 'Keep Holding On' and by your review I would have done the same thing and buy the book by Susane based on the fact that it was written by her only :P

    Enjoy!!!!!

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  19. Love the vlog and awesome books this week! Thanks for the tip on Dualed! I'm absolutely DYING to read it! *requests on Netgalley*

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  20. Aaaw I love your vlogs, Giselle!! And I am completely infatuated with your cute and amazing accent. <3 Please keep vlogging! :) And wow great books this week, as usual. I remember your review of Keep Holding On, and how much you loved it, so I am definitely going to keep my eye out for Susane's books. I also got to interview her, and she is SO sweet and awesome and smart and stuff. :P Great haul!! Hope you love your books, Giselle! <3 Btw I LOVE your bangs (it's a look i have been desperately trying to pull off... and failing) :P

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  21. Yeah ! You did another vlog.
    I love your accent. Do you speak French ?
    I'm so glad you finally got your copy of Dualed. I saw you getting excited on Twitter. ;)
    Lonely Souls and Solstice look pretty amazing. :)
    Origin is like Lost ? That's so awesome. I had no idea actually. :) I'll be on the look-out for that book when it comes out next year.
    Anyways, enjoy all your books, Giselle. :D
    Happy reading !

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  22. Oh Em Gee Giselle, wonderful haul! I hope you like Infinity, I started it once, but then I had to put it away and never really went back. I want to though.

    *salivates over your copies of Dualed and Lonely Souls* Such awesome books!

    Shaheen @ Speculating on SpecFic
    Instead of an IMM post I now have a new feature, Stocktake Saturday.

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  23. OH MY GOD! you got DUALED? I AM SO EXCITED! will go on net galley now and see if its still there! ooh and origin sounds awesome, I agree about lost epically failing in the end =\

    awesome books this week! keep the vlogs coming!!

    - juhina

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  24. I'm really curious about the Lisa Desrocher book, it sounds really nice. Enjoy all of them and happy reading!

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  25. Fantastic haul, Giselle! I love that you have Dualed, and the cover of Solstice looks awesome. Enjoy! :)

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  26. Dualed! So cool! Origin sounds good too! I also got Lonely Souls and forgot to include it. I'll have to remember to add it to next weeks stack. Awesome book!
    My Stack

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  27. Great haul this week Giselle. I requested Origin and Dualed but I was refused :( I bought Infinity just a few weeks ago myself, I haven't read it yet but it sounds really good.

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  28. Awesome haul! So jealous that you have Origin and Dualed! Solstice sounds interesting. I love your vlogs - I just subscribed to your channel. Wahoo! :)

    Happy reading! =D

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  29. Awesome review books, and yay for deals at Chapters! I honestly didn't even know you were Canadian until I saw the stamp on your blog lol.

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  30. Another nice vlog. I really like them, so keep up the good work :D I'm a bit jealous that you have Origin and Dauled! :D Those books look amazing, so happy reading! ^^

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  31. Ooooh! I really want to read Dueled. I featured it in my WoW this week ... or the other week...
    Anyways! I really hope that you enjoy all of your books!

    Thanks for sharing!

    My Stack
    Renae @ Rolling with the Moments

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  32. Aww I liked your house though LOL ;) I have Infinity at my library, but I haven't gotten to actually reading it because I'm a little wary but I'm not sure exactly. This is the first time I'm hearing about all the other books, too, but Solstice's and Lonely Souls' covers look absolutely gorgeous! :)

    Check out my Stacking the Shelves!

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  33. Fabulous mailbox! I'm really looking forward to your reviews of Origin and Dualed :)

    ~Emily@Emily's Crammed Bookshelf

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  34. I love your vlogs Giselle!

    I thought of you when I saw Dualed up on Netgalley. I have requested it but I try not to get my hopes up about NG books in case I get declined. xD

    I hope all your new books are awesome! I'm on the Lonely Souls tour as well! :D

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  35. What is Dualed? I haven't heard of that one but with that tagline, I'm in! Busy, crazy, awesome week! I'm hoping this fab weather continues because it's sitting-on-the-porch-reading weather.

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  37. Oh so cute!!!! I missed your Vlog last week, so this is my first time seeing your lovely face!
    You got some awesome books and .. ILOVE the Infinity series! It's awesome and there are actually more than 3 books, I think there are 4 planned right now! It's super fun and awesome!

    About the Personal Demon's series, love this one too! It's a hotter piece of YA :) Have fun!

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  38. Great haul! I have Solstice coming to my blog too and can't wait. Your accent is awesome by the way! :)
    Janiera @ Books & Beauty

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  39. I totally love your vlogs!! You are the cutest!! OMG!! Origin and Dualed!! Those both look so fab!! So I am getting ready to do my vlog for tomorrow even though I only have one physical book, but I will try to do a little dance lol!!!

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  40. Awesome haul this week, Giselle. I'm dying to read Origin and Dualed! Enjoy!


    Shortskie's Shelf

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  41. I liked infinity :) Quick and fun read!
    Happy reading :)
    T

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  42. Awww, Giselle you're so so cute!!! <3 <3 And I love your bun!! ;) :) And I hope you'll enjoy all your books! ;)

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  43. I LOVE Take Me There! I hope you enjoy all of your books!

    Happy Reading! (:

    Blogoversary Bash Giveaway

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  44. I've been hearing so many awesome things about Susane Colasantis books they look so good! I hope you enjoy everything you got this week and here's my IMM!

    http://paigebradish1996.blogspot.com/2012/06/in-my-mailbox-39-weekly-wrap-up.html

    ~Paige @ Comfort Books

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  45. Dualed! I'm squeeing along with you and Elsie! Too bad I just imposed a book request ban on myself because I was having trouble keeping up with everything. The again, it's not going to be released until 2013 so it probably couldn't hurt to request it, right? Haha, I'm already talking myself out of this ban. Meh, I should just go for it because dang, does it sound awesome!

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  46. Nice vlog, Giselle! :) Love it! Origin looks fantastic hope it's as good as it sounds! I also got Last Rite this week.

    My Stacking the Shelves

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  47. Hooray for Origin and Dualed! I absolutely cannot wait to read those books :-) I like the covers for the other books. I'm gonna check them out on GoodReads.

    Your second vlog was a success, love muffin! Your accent is so lovely and you look great on camera <3 Can't wait to meet you in person!! :-)

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  48. Oohh Loely Souls and Dualed! Awesome haul this week!

    My STS

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  49. Oooh nice your got Dualed! Enjoy :)

    Old email follower (chidoryx at hotmail).

    The Muggle

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  50. Yay for volgs! You have a bunch I haven't heard of yet this week! Fun! I'll have to go check them out! Here's Our Week in Books at Libby Blog! Happy reading!

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  51. I love the cover of Take me there.

    Cute vlog.
    My STS

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  52. I just stumbled across Dualed yesterday in Goodreads and it sounds amazing! And Origin also sounds great!

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  53. Looks like you got some great books there. I really really want to read Origin! Enjoy!

    My Stacking the Shelves post.

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  54. You got Dualed?! I'm so jealous! It sounds fantastic though, so I hope it's every bit as good as the summary sounds.

    -Lauren

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  55. Oh dear, you are TOO adorable. Can I say that? Because I just did. I LOVED your vlog and I really hope you keep doing them. I just adore seeing other bloggers "face to face" so to speak.

    DUALED! I really really want that one. Maybe I'll request it when I get caught up a bit more. EEP. SO excited for you and I loved you waving to Elsie. Isn't she so friendly?

    My book haul will be up a bit later tonight or I'd leave you a link!

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  56. The only author that rings a bell is Sherrilyn Kenyon, but I have never tried the Chronicles of Nick. I did not like him blaming Acheron for what happened that fateful day in New Orleans. However, I do hope this will be a great book for your sake! Happy reading!

    My STS haul

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  57. Great haul.
    Wow, your vlogs are good without editing (or did you edit them, just wondering), unlike my videos, which need lots of editing because I end up saying the wrong things sometimes, plus they end up being too long (since I film my monthly book hauls).

    I also got Solstice for a blog tour.


    Here's my weekly book haul: Saturday on the Shelves (7)

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  58. "Lost: A show I really loved until it failed epically at the end." --> I can't stop laughing.

    And damn it, you lured me back into NetGalley with Dualed. Can't wait to read that though!

    -Maggie

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  59. Awesome books! I have Infinity as well, but I probably won't get to it for awhile! But these are all great books.

    Happy reading!

    -Marybeth P.

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  60. Great Vlog!! Loved it! I've been wanting to read Last Rite. Dualed looks interesting, love the shadow on the cover, looks like she is kick a**. Have a great week :)

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  61. Amazing books Giselle! Dualed sounds fantastic..

    Love your vlog.

    My post - http://obsessionwithbooks.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/sunday-post-stacking-shelves.html

    Have a great week..

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  62. So jealous that you got Origin for review. I requested it but they said that they had reached their number :(

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  63. Ooo I'll have to check out Solstice.

    Aww I missed your yelling on Twitter - lol. I got Dualed too. Doesn't it sound AWESOME?!

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  64. Solstice sounds awesome!! I can't wait to read your review :)

    http://sarahcatchingbooks.blogspot.com/2012/06/stacking-shelves-and-weekly-update-8.html

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  65. Whooo another vlog :D They're fun to do eh? I still love your accent! Ahh you have a Kobo! So cool! Adding Solstice on my list. Yes I agree about Lost failing in the end..I was so mad.

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    Giselle from booknerd.ca
    Stacking the Shelves

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  66. Origin sounds great, I'm off to read more about it on Goodreads. Dualed sounds intriguing, I hope it lives up to your expectations and MORE! I've yet to read a book by the author, Susane Colasanti, but Take Me There sounds great, especially her latest release, Keep Holding On. Enjoy your awesome haul of books! Happy Reading :)

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  67. Great vlog, I hope you continue to do the vlogs for stacking the shelves. I really enjoy them!

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  68. Awesome haul. I'm jeaous that you got Origins. Here's mine

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  69. Ooh, "Dualed" and "Origin" - I definitely want to read those. Enjoy all of your lovely haul this week! <3

    My StS this week!

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  70. Another vlog! Dualed sounds like a great book. Looking forward to see your review on it. Thanks for sharing Giselle and Happy reading.

    -TheUnseelieNerd

    http://www.bookwhales.blogspot.com/2012/06/stacking-shelves-4.html

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  71. Awesome haul this week Giselle! I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Dualed or Take Me There! Happy reading! Btw I love your accent! :)

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  72. Great haul! I'm dying to read Origin!!!

    Check out my Stacking the Shelves ?

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  73. Take me there looks great. You have got some awesome books this week!

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  74. Take Me There sounds fun, and I'm excited by Dualed. I saw the cover reveal for Mind Games and thought it was great! Happy reading :)

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  75. You got Dualed, wow! I am dying to read it! I thought Take Me There you bought was by Carolee Dean and not Susane Colasanti. I love, love, love Take Me There by Carolee Dean and haven't read the one by Susane Colasanti.

    Awesome haul, Origin and Solstice sound interesting!

    Here's my Book Haul post.

    Sana @ artsy musings of a bibliophile

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  76. Great Books!! Congrats on getting a copy of Origin! That was one that escaped me at BEA! Lonely Souls has an awesome cover...I'm waiting for my review copy of that one. Enjoy!

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  77. Nice haul! I'm looking forward to reading Origin, as it sounds awesome! And I really need to read Lisa Desrochers. Have all her books, just haven't read them yet. Happy reading!

    Here are my books.

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  78. What haunting covers, love them! How ever will you decide which to read first?!

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  79. Good book week! I got Infinity not too long ago on clearance as well. I have a couple Suzanne Colasanti books but haven't read them yet. Hope you enjoy your new books!

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  80. Wow, what a busy week! How do you do it?

    I read an excerpt of Origins and I can't wait to read the book. It really grabbed me.

    Rhiannon does seem to be taking over your blog, you're practically Siamese twins, lol.

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  81. Awesome haul, Giselle!

    I hope you enjoy everything you got this week, girl :)

    Jennifer @ Dream Reads

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  82. Nice vlog! I apparently missed your capslock tweet about Dualed, which made me realize I wasn't following you on Twitter. Oops! But I absolutely can't wait to see what you think of it! It's one of my most anticipated for next year, too!

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  83. Wonderful books!!! I hope you enjoy all of them! I cannot wait to read Origin!!!!

    my weekly recap is http://ilovebooksclub101.blogspot.com/2012/06/this-week-at-club-4.html

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  84. Ooooooohhhhhhhh Dualed! And Solstice sounds good, I picked that one up a few weeks ago. Lots of zombies and dystopia and paranormal, yay!

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  85. Awesome vlog cupcake and great haul!

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  87. LOL messed up on the last comment ;) YAY! I really want to read Lonely Souls and now that i see how excited you are: Dualed!!! :D I've been seeing Origin everywhere as well! And I can't believe you bought Take Me There without a second glance ;) HAHA, GREEAAAT HAUL GISELLE!!! :D

    My Book Haul

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  88. Oh man, I read the first Desrochers book, and I thought it was AWFUL. I hope you have a better experience with it, though!

    Zombie apocalypse tour? Nice!

    This week I had two book haul posts, one for my BEA books and one for my post.

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