Sunday 1 April 2012

In My Mailbox [35]

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren

So...this week was looking pretty sparse as far as new books go, but THEN I got an email from Netgalley saying Random House Children's Book has me autoapproved. How nice, I thought, I'll just mosey on over and see what they have to offer....

BIG MISTAKE

I requested a couple and then I had to restrain myself... But they all looked so FREAKING awesome:


For review:
Hanging by a Thread by Sophie Littlefield
Murder mystery! for YA! Horaay! 
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
I worship this woman. 
Velveteen by Daniel Marks
The cover. The concept. The male author. Hello awesomeness.

I'd like to say thankyou to Random House Children's Books for autoapproving all requests from me...I love you. 

So yeah...I'm pretty freaking excited. I'm also going to be starting 2 weeks work experience in the publicity department of...HARPERCOLLINS CHILDRENS' BOOKS (UK) on Monday so I think I'm about to burst from the excitment of it all...

What did you get in your mailboxes? Did you get anything I got? Are you looking forward to any of them? Let me know in the comments, and leave links to your own IMMs!!





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  1. Shellie31 March 2012 at 23:37

    OoOo congrats on the auto-approve they all look like great reads. I can't wait to read Velveteen! Looks and sounds amazing!
    Shellie @ Creative Reads

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  2. Beverley31 March 2012 at 23:49

    Enjoy all your books, they look really good! Work experience at a publisher's sounds soooo fun, I hope you enjoy that too!

    What is NetGalley? I've heard almost every blogger talking about it!

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    1. Marathon1 April 2012 at 14:52

      http://www.netgalley.com

      It's a place where bloggers (or just reviewers in general) can pick up pre-release titles, e-ARCs, and, once approved, can read them in exchange for an honest review, which you can send in to the publisher directly using the website. I hope I explained it okay!

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    2. Beverley2 April 2012 at 21:56

      Thanks for explaining! It sounds really cool, will have to check it out sometime :)

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  3. Unknown1 April 2012 at 00:26

    Great books from Random! Congrats on your soon-to-start work experience :)

    Liza’s IMM

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  4. Jessica @ a GREAT read1 April 2012 at 02:37

    Oh wow Cait that is freaking awesome!! I would love to be able to work with the publishers with something!! Even if it was just 2 weeks! That's just too cool! As are your reads too! Happy Reading and Congrats!

    My IMM will be up tomorrow so be sure to stop by then!

    Have a GREAT weekend!

    Old Follower :)

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  5. Avery1 April 2012 at 03:10

    HOLY SHIZZZ CAIT! First Entangled and NOW HARPERS?!? *Cue green-eyed monster* ;)

    PS. Those books look awesome! And lucky you for being autoapproved- I don't think I have ever been approved for a RH book before... ;)

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  6. Lisa1 April 2012 at 03:19

    Great mailbox! I'm so excited for your work experience deal <3 HAVE FUN!

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  7. Nina @ Death, Books, and Tea1 April 2012 at 08:15

    I asked for Velveteen and Unspoken... they never got back to me. Have fun with your work experience!

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  8. Kristine A1 April 2012 at 08:25

    Great mailbox haul! I recently received Unspoken too, and can't wait to read it! I also thought of requesting Velveteen because I loved the cover, and the synopsis sounded different and interesting. But I'd already requested several others, so I was holding off. Now I want to request it more than ever, though. Haha!

    And you get to work with Harpers! HOW EXCITING!! I'm jealous!

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  9. iffath1 April 2012 at 12:40

    I got Unspoken too! Can't wait to read it! AND OMG, yay for work experience at HarperCollins! GO YOU! Ennjoy your books ;)

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  10. Silverlight1 April 2012 at 12:57

    I got Velveteen too, can't wait to read it!
    Good for you, work experience from HC is so cool!

    MY IMM
    http://pnrurbanfantasyreviews.blogspot.com/

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  11. Bungle1 April 2012 at 13:10

    Brill books this week! Nice to hear about your work experience!
    Happy reading :)

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  12. Leah @ The Pretty Good Gatsby1 April 2012 at 14:25

    Lovely mailbox!! I'm really interested in Unspoken (and it has such a pretty cover too)!

    Getting work experience at HC sounds amazing!! That's awesome and I hope you have a great time.


    My IMM

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  13. Brodie1 April 2012 at 14:42

    Auto-approval is BAD BAD BAD. Because there is NOTHING holding you back from requesting then. Not the fear of rejection. So resisting is 50 times more harder. But... it is kinda freaking awesome :D

    AHH I am SO tempted to grab Velveteen! But I want to see what some of the early reviews were like first. I REALLY hope it lives up to the hype!

    AND OMG. YOU. WORK EXPERIENCE. HARPER COLLINS. GASSSSSPPP. Okay, so maybe I'm thinking it's the pefect opportunity to be all ninja and steal an ARC of Insurgent, but... I'm not sure you want to arrested for theft on your first day. Sigh.

    I hope you have an amazing time there!

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  14. Marathon1 April 2012 at 14:50

    I totally admire your willpower, Cait. HOW DID YOU RESTRAIN YOURSELF FROM PICKING UP SO MANY ON NETGALLEY! Geez, so awesome this week! Aren't you just in love with the cover of Velveteen? *stares*

    Have an amazing reading week!

    — Asher

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  15. Molli @ Once Upon a Prologue1 April 2012 at 15:57

    Eeee, Cait! SO EXCITED for you. And Veleveteen. UH. *flails a lot* And wow, an internship at Harper! EEEEEEP!!!! :D

    My IMM

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  16. Unknown1 April 2012 at 16:36

    Yes I go crazy with auto approve as well! I'm dying for Velveteen! I requested it so I have my fingers crossed!
    My IMM

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  17. Melissa Haggerty1 April 2012 at 19:47

    That is so awesome to get auto approved! I hope I am one day. Such great books this week!
    Here is my IMM

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  18. Amy1 April 2012 at 21:54

    How awesome to be auto approved for Random house books!! They usually approve my requests, but I am not auto approved with them. Velveteen looks so awesome and Hanging by a Thread.

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  19. Raimy from Readaraptor Hatchling2 April 2012 at 19:08

    ok I may have to take a trip to NetGalley myself and see if I can get these!

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  20. Aylee3 April 2012 at 03:22

    Wow, congrats on getting auto-approved and the awesome work experience!

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  21. Liz. R9 April 2012 at 01:22

    Unspoken! So jealous, looks awesome. So does Velveteen!

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