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In My Mailbox is a weekly feature hosted by The Story Siren, where book bloggers share what books they bought, borrowed or received in the past week.


"The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" by. Katherine Howe
"Last Breath" by. Michael Prescott

Just In Time... for The Weekend

After the day today's been, this comic felt appropriate. Have a wonderful weekend! and enjoy :)



*Comic strip taken from the "Dilbert" comics by. Scott Adams, (C) 1994 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.*

A Comment I'll Never Forget

I thought I'd post about a nice thing done. Author Jay Asher visited my blog yesterday and left a comment on my post. I thought he deserved recognition for taking the time out of his day to do so. For an author as busy as he to visit a fan's personal blog was definitely worth mention. Thank you Mr. Asher!

Oh So Exciting!

My night has been made! Earlier today I left a comment on author-extraordinaire- Jay Asher's latest blog post, which was about his last author speech and his adorable son. And then tonight when I checked his blog again- he (SURPRISE) commented me back! Oh my goodness, what could be more exciting?! *Doing my happy dance*

If, by some weird reason, you have not read Mr. Asher's masterpiece Thirteen Reasons Why, you can pick it up here!

Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks"

Before I Fall

This is probably the only book that I've ever read that I felt the immediate feeling to go back to the beginning and reread it all over again. Just keep reading and re-reading it, like it's never ending. Of course- it did end, and do I ever regret the decision to start the last chapter. But, how can I really regret it? when I so eagerly began reading it. So many conflicting feelings...(tsk, tsk) that's what this book does to you. I cried many times since the beginning of this book. From the very first chapter to the last- I cried. But so many were happy tears, tears that sprang not only out of longing but out of fulfillment. I'm gonna miss this book and the life of Samantha Kingston beyond words.
Samantha Kingston has it all, the "best" of it all. The best of bestfriends, the best boyfriend, the best clothes, the best parking spot... one of the best "lived" lives at Thomas Jefferson High School. Until one Friday night in the blink of an eye- it's over. Samantha Kingston becomes the Samantha Kingston. And as fate would have it, she gets to relive the last day of her life- seven times over. One last week to relive it all. What would you do on the last day of your life? What would you say? Who would you spend it with? What would you wear? Who would you kiss? Would you eat turkey or roast beef? Would you go to school or would you hang out with your little sister? Would you go "all the way" with your boyfriend? or would you fall for someone else? Those are all questions that Samantha must make, and make the right ones she must-, in order to live... just one more day.

Excerpt from "Before I Fall": The thing is, you don't get to know. It's not like you wake up with a bad feeling in your stomach. You don't see shadows where there shouldn't be any. You don't remember to tell your parents that you love them or- in my case -remember to say good-bye to them at all. If you're like me, you wake up seven minutes and forty-seven seconds before your best friend is supposed to be picking you up. You're too busy worrying about how many roses you're going to get on Cupid Day to do anything more than throw on your clothes, brush your teeth, and pray to God you left your makeup in the bottom of your messenger bag so you can do it in the car. If you're like me, your last day starts like this:

Title: Before I Fall
Author: Lauren Oliver
Purchase Before I Fall here

Country Bumpkin' News

Today I watching the five o'clock news and found myself laughing at the content. The head story was about a home that caught on fire and, sadly, killed the two people inside. The woman was in her eighties and lived with her son who was missing a leg. The story ended with the news respondent telling how one of the few remaining pieces of the fire was the victim' prosthetic leg, which then flashes up on the screen, propped against the ashen front porch. I guess that's the kind of news that makes headlines in Kentucky. "As firefighters scoured the remains they found the 60 year old victim's prosthetic leg, detached but still in good condition..."

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In My Mailbox is a weekly feature hosted by The Story Siren, where book bloggers share what books they bought, borrowed or received in the past week.

"Before I Fall" by. Lauren Oliver
"Delirium" by. Lauren Oliver