Cover Reveal - Reached by Ally Condie

Yay! I still have yet to read the second book in the series, but I loved book number one.

So without further ado...

Reached by Ally Condie

In My Mailbox #20

Thanks to Kristi, The Story Siren for hosting IMM every week!

This past week I got some cool stuff from a contest I won over at Aine's Realm so many thanks to her!

First I got a book that I'm looking forward to reading soon:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie (Illustrated by Ellen Forney)

A poster signed by:

Kristen Miller

Brenna Yovanoff

Andrea Cremer

Ally Condie

Beth Revis

There was also a poster of the first three books in the Need series by Carrie Jones but I can't seem to get that picture to come through. It's still wicked cool!!!

Thanks again for the contest!! 

Review - Matched by Ally Condie

To be honest with you guys... I never understood what dystopian meant until I read this book. Yeah, I read The Hunger Games trilogy and I've been told that that's dystopian too... but i still didn't get it. Tad slow on the uptake I guess. There's so many genres and sub - genres it's hard to keep track of all of them.

Matched was a birthday gift given to me by my sister. Well, she paid for it, I picked it out. I grabbed it off the shelf not knowing anything about it other than everyone seemed to love it (yes, sometimes I AM a follower... I can't help it).

Without giving away too much, I liked this book. It had a "love triangle" of a different sort. Not the Bella/Edward/Jacob triangle that I can't stand (really though, I did like those books... honest... just hate the geometry). Both male characters were equally likeable it was hard to choose which one to "root for". And Cassia, the main character, seemed helpless to me at first. Always doing what she was told. What was expected of her. I wasn't sure I'd be too fond of her. But she proved herself in the end. She really did. I liked her. She was stronger than she let on in the beginning. And I loved her parents. Absolutely loved them.

I definitely look forward to reading the second installment when it hits shelves in November.

In My Mailbox #9

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi, The Story Siren. It's a chance to let everyone know what great new reads we got during the week. However we got them.

This week, I got books from the library, contests, and as (late) birthday presents. So I've got quite a bit to share!

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From the Library:

Won from Star Shadow Blog:

Won from Goodreads: First Reads:



From my sister for my birthday:

What did you get in YOUR mailbox?

AND... if anyone wants to be SUPER nice to me and have me absolutely LOVE you forever... check out my Random Acts of Kindness post for May!