Sunday 25 November 2012

In My Mailbox 138


This meme was started by Kristi of The Story Siren who was inspired by Alea from Pop Culture Junkie. Check out their blogs for more information. All summaries are from the book jackets unless otherwise stated.

For review:

The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey

Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead, but the wilderness is a stark place, and Mabel is haunted by the baby she lost many years before. When a little girl appears mysteriously on their land, each is filled with wonder, but also foreboding – is she what she seems, and can they find room in their hearts for her?

Thank you to the self-proclaimed Christmas Elf at Headline for this! I’ve been after it for a while!

I popped in to my old house on my way home in the week and found I had three lovely books from S&S that had been sent to the wrong address!

Lovely, Dark and Deep – Amy McNamara

Since the night of the crash, Wren Wells has been running away. Though she lived through the accident that killed her boyfriend, Patrick, the girl she used to be didn’t survive. Instead of heading off to college with her friends as planned, Wren retreats to her father’s isolated studio in the far-north of Maine. Somewhere she can be alone.

Then she meets Cal Owen. Dealing with his own troubles, Cal’s hiding out too. And when the chemistry between them threatens to pull Wren from her hard-won isolation, Wren has to choose: risk opening her broken heart to the world again, or join the ghosts who haunt her.

Lexiland – Suzi Moore

One year ago, Emma’s twin sister, Laura, died at their birthday party, and since then Emma’s life has not been the same. Without her louder and stronger sister, Emma starts to feel lonely and invisible, missing the one person that she could always rely on to be on her side. Then she meets Lexi and everything changes.

Lexi is wild, crazy and surrounded by mystery, and Emma quickly finds herself pulled into the orbit of ‘Lexiland’, a place where it seems like anything can happen. And, as their friendship grows, Emma starts to realise that letting someone new into your life can be the best way to mend a broken heart...

The Disappeared – CJ Harper

Jackson’s life is perfect, he’s top of his class, wants for nothing and is destined to be part of the leadership that runs the country. But when a violent incident leaves Jackson badly beaten and his best friend dead, everything changes. Suddenly, his teachers claim not to know him, his records are deleted...Jackson doesn’t exist anymore.

Dumped in an academy, where teachers are kept in cages and being a good fighter is all that matters, Jackson realises that to survive he needs to adapt, and fast. And, as he learns the academy’s terrible secrets, Jackson discovers his whole life has been based on lies; the leadership is corrupt to the core and they’re coming after him.

Time is running out, can Jackson destroy the man at the heart of it all before he makes Jackson disappear for good?

Geek Girl – Holly Smale

Harriet Manners knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a “jiffy” lasts 1/100th of a second and the average person laughs 15 times per day. She knows that bats always turn left when exiting a cave and that peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.

But she doesn’t know why nobody at school seems to like her.

So when she is spotted by a top model agency, she grabs the chance to reinvent herself. Even if it means stealing her best friend’s dream, incurring the wrath of her arch enemy Alexa, and repeatedly humiliating herself in front of the impossibly handsome model Nick.

Veering from one couture disaster to the next with the help of her overly enthusiastic father and her uber-geeky stalker, Toby, Harriet begins to realise that the world of fashion doesn’t seem to like her any more than the real world did. can Harriet go from geek to chic before she ruins everything?

I’m really looking forward to this. It’s meant to be the teen release of next year... Thanks, HarperCollins!

Sophie

14 comments:

  1. What a great list of books. I adored The Snow Child and am looking forward to seeing what you think of it. Happy reading!
    - The Reading-ista

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  2. Pretty jealous about Lovely, Dark and Deep! The cover is so beautiful, I want it framed and all over my walls. I got Geek Girl too, so excited to read it! Looks so cool :) Happy reading, Sophie!

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  3. Geek Girl looks awesome, can't wait to hear what you think of it!

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  4. The Dissapeared has a beautiful cover!!! And it sounds good :)
    Happy reading :)

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  5. Lovely, Dark and Deep looks very good but very sad. Looking forward to seeing what you think of it.
    Enjoy all your new books!
    My Sunday Post

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  6. I really want to read 'Geek Girl'; I can't wait to see your review! :)My In My Mailbox: http://aliceinreaderland.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/in-my-mailbox/

    Alice @ Alice in Readerland

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  7. Lovely, Dark and Deep sounds SO good! I am so looking forward to reading it! Happy reading!

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  8. Geek Girl looks great and I love the sound of The Disappeared by C J Harper. I haven't heard of either of them but they look like they'll be good. Happy reading :)

    Ayana @ My Book Memoirs - My IMM

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  9. "Geek Girl" sounds interesting, I will wait for your review.

    In my mailbox were these books: "A Clockwork Orange", "D Day" and "The Hobbit", you can check my post here: http://j.mp/S5xHvE

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  10. I saw the Disappeared on Goodreads and I've wanted to read it ever since. I hope you enjoy it. :)

    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

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  11. I love covers of the first three book, so pretty.
    Geek Girl sounds like such a cute and funny book! Enjoy your reads!

    This is my IMM at Bookmunchies (:

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  12. eeee such exciting books! I cant wait to read Geek Girl and Lovely, Dark and Deep sounds incredibly, thats firmly on my wishlist!

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  13. I'll be watching for your review of Snow Child as I love the cover and have been umming and ahhhing over it for AGES now.

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