For What It's Worth


Saturday, March 12, 2011

In My Mailbox

So last week I tried to shame myself into reading my looming TBR pile instead of buying new books. It seems to have worked! I read 4 books this past week. (on my 5th book today) I also sorted through the stack and cut about 10 books loose. They will be sorted into giveaway and library donation piles - never to be read by me. I will not feel guilty. Nope. OK Maybe just a tad but it's better to focus on the books I'm interested in reading instead of getting myself into another reading slump.

Now for the downside. I bought more books. Only two though, and they're very tiny paperbacks so they don't even really count. Right? I blame B&N - they sent me a 15% off coupon. You should not be enabling an addict B&N!!


I bought:

Blue Diablo by Ann Aguirre - The author has been added to my must read author list. I already love her Sirantha Jax series and I was completely blown away by her YA debut novel - Enclave (releases 4/12) so I'm trying to catch up on all her series.

How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper - I've read a few books by Molly Harper and they are always fun palette cleanser types of books for me and this sounds adorable.

The Best of Fine Cooking - Breakfast - I have a weakness for cooking magazines (& for breakfast) I'm sure if you ask me a month from now I will not have made anything from this magazine even though it will be littered with post-it notes of recipes I want to try.

Under the Radar - I just started getting this magazine because it has - oh - actual music as content! Unlike a certain other music magazine that cares more about various singers drug addled sex lives AND has Snookie on the cover this month. WTF?

What did you get this week??

9 comments:

  1. Great books and glad that you read through the reading pile. Got Grimspace this week.

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  2. Can't wait to see what you think of How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf, I thought it was cute:) I've been wanting to read Blue Diablo as well since I'm a fan of Ann Aguirre, you'll have to let me know how it is!

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  3. Aww, the cover for How To Flirt With A Naked Werewolf is so cute! I subscribe to Taste of Home magazine, so I can relate to your weakness for cooking magazines :)

    LOVE YOU!!!

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  4. I do the same thing with cooking magazines and books! They're everywhere and dozens of post-it notes sticking out everywhere. I think I've cooking maybe 5 things out of something in the last six months. XD I just can't help it when I see pretty pictures of food. I have to buy.

    Great IMM this week! ;D

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  5. that breakfast cover has me wanting to go raid the kitchen!!

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  6. Yay Karen! I'll be reading How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf soon! I've read some great reviews for it.

    And I'll be inviting myself over for breakfast, thank you. :D

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  7. I'm so proud of you for donating books! You are an excellent blogger, madam.

    Blue Diablo was good--but i thought the heroine should have stuck with the guy I picked. :-)

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  8. I'm so glad you got UNDER THE RADAR! I was on the verge of buying you a subscription. :-) I like to keep the issues and look back on them a year or two down the road and see which bands have grown or disappeared.

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