In My Mailbox #14: Monthly Edition (for November)

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.

It's where we post about the latest books we've purchased, gotten from the library, or received for review... it doesn't necessarily have to be ones you got in the mail. Although a lot of mine DO come from my mailbox. :)

One thing I can say about November's purchases is that I took advantage of amazing deals! Especially the Nook Books. I just have to tell my fellow bloggers, if you like the way one of them sounds, check for your e-reader and see if they're still on sale, because they had great prices! I also snatched up several books on writing from a super sale on the Writer's Digest site.


Amazon, B&N, Online Store, or Other Store:

• Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs
• Breathing by Cheryl Renee Herbsman
• Breathing Life into Your Characters by Rachel Ballon
• Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time by Jordan Rosenfeld
• The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing by Jack Heffron
• On Writing Romance: How to Craft a Novel That Sells by Leigh Michaels
• Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock 'em Dead with Style by Hallie Ephron
• Alone With All That Could Happen: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom about the Craft of Fiction by David Jauss

Nook Book:

• The First Time by Jessica Verday (Editor), Rhonda Stapleton (Editor)
• Brightest Kind of Darkness, YA Paranormal Romance (Book #1) by P.T Michelle
• Parallel by Claudia Lefeve
• Slumber by Samantha Young
• My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison
• Junk Miles (A Brenna Blixen Novel) by Liz Reinhardt
• Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu
• Things Change by Patrick Jones
• Grounding Quinn by Stephanie Campbell
• He Loves Me...He Loves You Not... by Lauren Hammond
• The A Circuit by Catherine Hapka, Georgina Bloomberg
• Girl Overboard by Justina Chen Headley

ARC/NetGalley/PDF for Review:

• Blue Sky Days by Marie Landry

So! What did you get in YOUR mailbox?

~Jessica

Now That November Has Come To A Close...

NOVEMBER WRAP UP 2011

Hahahaha! That picture just cracks me up. I love how you can find such random things online like that... Anyways! November was a crazy busy month with NaNoWriMo going on. I didn't get a ton accomplished reading-wise, but I got a lot accomplished in my writing. That was a first. And it was GREAT!


Total # of books read:   5
List of books read...

• Craft & Technique (Writer's Little Instruction Book) by Paul Raymond Martin
• Double Clutch by Liz Reinhardt
• Inspiration & Motivation (Writer's Little Instruction Book) by Paul Raymond Martin 
• Getting Published (Writer's Little Instruction Book) by Paul Raymond Martin
• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

List of articles/events posted...

• NaNoWriMo Starts Today! Ready, Set, WRITE!!!
• Coming soon... The Classics Reading Challenge!
• Interview With Geek Girl Author Cindy C. Bennett
• My Guest Post For Totally Twilight Month
• The Balancing Act Of The Aspiring Writer 
• Halfway Through NaNoWriMo--What are your thoughts?
• Dreaming Of Books Giveaway Hop Coming Soon!
• Do You Work In A Bookstore? I Need Your Opinions!
• Young Adult Giveaway Hop Coming Soon!)
• NaNoWriMo ends today...
• NaNoWriMo Journal 

Total # of book reviews: 2
List of book reviews...

• Geek Girl by Cindy C. Bennett
• Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin  

List of Sign-Ups For 2012 Challenges...

• 2012 EBook Challenge (10 books)
• 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (21 books)

WHAT TO EXPECT IN DECEMBER

Much more reading and hopefully a bunch of book reviews for catch up. I wrote out a few in between NaNo to break up the daze. I have a feeling that I won't have too much going on in December. A few fun things--articles, sign-ups for my Classics Challenge, possibly a guest post from an author... we'll see what else is up... I'm mostly planning on plotting out January next month.

~Jessica