IMM (#23)

In My Mailbox is a meme created and hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren with inspiration from Alea at Pop Culture Junkie. All book titles link to further info at Goodreads.  All books in this IMM post have been received for review/bought/gifted/loaned/sent by UK Book Tours/acquired through nefarious means.

Matched
Ally Condie
Razorbill 2010
I've already read this title (in fact, I seem to have three copies of it now so look out for a giveaway in the near future).  It absolutely lives up to the hype that is surrounding its release - beautiful writing and a haunting storyline. Review coming soon.

Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan
Puffin 2010
I was ridiculously excited about this book and am happy to say that it has lived up to and exceeded my expectations as you can see in my review.  The world that Rick Riordan has created is a place that I love disappearing into.  All I want for Christmas is to be a demigod so get on it, people.

13 To Life
Shannon Delany
St. Martin's Griffin 2010
Another really excellent book - werewolves, the CIA and the Russian Mafia.  Yes - you read that correctly.  It's a completely new take on the paranormal and I'm loving it.

Magic Or Madness
Justine Larbalestier
Razorbill 2006
I recently read the lovely Lauren's post on this title over at I Was A Teenage Book Geek.  As I've never met a Lauren-recommendation that I didn't like I went online and ordered it straight away.  It is sure to be good. If you don't already follow Lauren's blog then stop reading this one and go and sort it out - she rocks.

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Alan Garner
Harper Collins 2010 (new edition)
One of the reason that I love blogging is that I get approached to read titles that I probably would never have picked up.  This is one of them and I really can't wait to get started on what looks like a magical, old-fashioned fantasy story.

The Cinderella Society
Kay Cassidy
Egmont 2010
This is another book that I probably wouldn't have looked twice at in a book shop but am now quite excited to read.  It's not my usual sort of read but I've read a lot of positive buzz about it so am curious to see what I think.


And that's all, folks!  I've been keeping my book acquiring to a minimum  over the last few weeks as I've had a lot of studying to do and a huge TBR pile. However, I'm now settling into a workable routine (albeit one which requires me to do nothing every evening but read, take notes, read, write reviews ad infinitum) and should at least make some headway into my towering pile of novels.  I've also got some interesting ideas for blog posts so keep your eyes peeled and, until then, happy reading!