The Weekly Wrap-Up (32): Hello, October. We meet again.

How is it already October?! My goodness, you guys. I just don't understand how a year can go by so freakin' fast. I'm already knee deep in my party planning and holiday happenings, both for personal life and my work. I'm planning my work's Anniversary party--it's in JANUARY!
How's life, everyone? I'm in a weird stage of finally being able to manage work and trying to get back into the swing of life. I'm going to admit that I heavily considered giving up on my blog and going on hiatus…but every single time I seriously thought about it, I became so sad and distraught at the idea that I finally realized it meant I shouldn't do it. I love this piece of my life, and I'm not ready to let it go yet. If ever.
So of course I'm going to ruin any time I may have by…possibly doing NaNoWriMo! Anyone else taking it on? I try it every year for the last 6 years but have only won twice. Maybe this will be the third? A girl can dream.

In case you missed it...

Just Like the Movies by Kelly Fiore
Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things To Mend by Katie Finn
A Blind Spot For Boys by Justina Chen
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Telley
Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang
Top Ten Books That Were Hard For Me To Read

Special News
My review of Lies We Tell Ourselves was published in the Australian Times Books magazine!
Check it out here!

Coming up...

Reviews of A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray, Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins, and The Jewel by Amy Ewing. I'll share my TBR for the rest of the year, and I've also got way too many books piling up in my house, so it's time to purge some ARCs--which means giveaway time coming soon!

Onto the books!

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews

The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Throne of Glass (TOG#1) by Sarah J. Maas (I had to have a matching hardcover set!)

Heir of Fire (TOG #3) by Sarah J. Maas

Nightmares! by Jason Segal and Kirsten Miller

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

Lullabies by Lang Leav

Winger by Andrew Smith

Just Like Fate by Cat Patrick and Suzanne Young

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

What books came into your possession recently?

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The Weekly Wrap-Up (13)

This week's blog happenings:

Review: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. Totally worth all the heartache. 4.5 Stars

Monthly Reads: October 2012. I'm being ambitious, but they all look so good!

Shanon's FIRST review(!!): The First Part Last by Angela Johnson. 4 Stars

Event Recap: Shannon Messenger's Keeper of the Lost Cities Launch Party!

Coming up next week:

Reviews for The Other Normals by Ned Vizzini and Between You & Me by Marisa Calin, and a FAB Waiting on Wednesday pick!

In case you missed it...

I was over at the amazing Katelyn's blog for a fun This Or That session! Click over to see how I seamlessly blend Zombieland, Buffy, and genre binging into one post :) (Thanks Katelyn!)

My giveaway to celebrate Shanon being a contributor here ends Sunday! Have you entered yet? It's INTERNATIONAL! The winner can choose one of these books:

Onto the book haul!

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews, The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer, and In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren!

 I wasn't going to do one, but I realized I forgot a few in last week's epic post!

Library

Purity by Jackson Pearce

Been dying to read this and it finally came into circulation - yay!

Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins

I've been hearing a lot of great things about this author, and when I saw this sitting right next to my table at the library...

Purchased

Burn For Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian

I went to their tour kickoff, so I bought it there! And lucky for you all, I got my ARC signed and an extra poster to give away...but that'll be later ;)

Ten by Gretchen McNeil

Because I went to her book launch event up in Redondo Beach! She's hilarious and adorable. I also got my ARC signed by her, which I'll be giving away at the end of October!

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger (pictured here)

I took the picture of the books before the event (recap here!), but I bought it for her Launch!

Won

Crewel ARC by Gennifer Albin (signed!)

Through her Twitter contest! I actually already have a personalized ARC from her, so this'll be given away at some point, too :)

What books came into your possession this past week?

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The Weekly Wrap-Up (IMM, STS, and The Sunday Post)

Getting Shelf/Mailbox/Basket/etc posts up by Saturday is nearly impossible for me right now, so I've decided to link up to multiple haul memes since the goal of these posts is to connect with other bloggers and see what everyone else will be reading, and these seem to spread throughout the weekend. Hope that's ok!

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews, The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer, and In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren!

So, it's been slow around here because work got a bit complicated, and after a very abrupt department switch and work hour adjustment (I now work from 6:30a-3p...have I ever mentioned I'm a night owl? Because I am.), it's been a lot more of a lifestyle change than I was prepared for. HOWEVER, I've finally carved a bit of time, and I have been reading some pretty awesome books lately and gone to some pretty sweet events...I'm excited to share and chat about them.

Coming up this week will be my October Reads post (check out my September one!), a review of Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry, and my brand new brilliant contributor Shanon will have her first review! Speaking of, did you see her intro post and read how fabulous she is? There's an International giveaway to celebrate her!

Onto the Book Haul!

I haven't done one of these in awhile - and I was hoping not to for awhile because that meant I'd finally curbed my book intake. And I was doing really well!...until. Oh, until. You need to see what AWESOME I got...

Library

False Memory by Dan Krokos

The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse

Purchased

The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

I read this when I was a young teenager, and while I know I loved it then, I simply don't remember it. Hope to re-read soon, since I'm seeing the movie next week!

Gifted

Safekeeping by Karen Hesse (ARC)

Ksenia from MacMillan was cleaning out her Fall galleys on Twitter, and I snapped this one up when offered.

52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody (ARC)

donated to ARCycling from For What It's Worth - thank you so much Karen and Jen!

Won

Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn

Won from the amazing Tara at Hobbitsies! This girl jumped through crazy hoops to get me a signed copy when the prize got delayed, and I am so grateful. Thanks Tara!

Across the Universe swag from Jen at I Read Banned Books

LOVE this swag! Books are mine, I just had to unite the pretty together for the pic :)

And now what completely blew me out of the water...Katelyn from Kate's Tales of Books and Bands has been one of my favourite book blogs since I ever discovered them, and she is so sweet and awesome. Her blog turned 2 a few weeks ago, and she celebrated with a HUGE giveaway. And by HUGE, I mean...

HUGE.

This greeted me one afternoon. That's a magazine there to the left, for size comparison. 

SO. MANY. BOOKS!

SO. MUCH. SWAG! (and the loveliest card :))

I KNOW. I seriously need a whole new bookshelf, and now I have so many I want to read!! Thank you Katelyn for all the books and amazing swag, your kindness and generosity knows no bounds!

So, that's the haul...and now I need to find a new house to have room for a new bookcase. Yep.

What's on your shelves?

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