IMM (2)

If you don't know much about In My Mailbox, check out The Story Siren. She tells you everything you need to know about it!

Since J. Pardue did IMM last week, I get to do it this week! :) Anyways I got 4 books total in the last two weeks.
Three of them are from Pure Imagination. I won her Blogoversary Birthday Bash. I was really surprised, when I got the email. It was really unexpected. I hardly ever win anything. Like I enter almost all of the blogs on the New Year's Revolution Blog Hop and I didn't win at all. Well hopefully I win something in this blog hop! I just want to thank Lori at Pure Imagination again for the books and the awesome contests she has on her blog!

Contest Books That I Won:

Nevermore

ARC of Shade

She even put I red ribbon around the book. I thought it was the cutest thing ever!

ARC of Please Ignore Vera Dietz

I also joined Different Area Codes Book Tour. Which is basically an ARC tour. It's really awesome! 

ARC Tour Book:

Vixen (The Flappers)

I absolutely cannot wait to start Vixen. I have a week to read it. So I gotta hurry up and get off of here! I'm almost done with Nightshade. I got about 100 pages left, give or take. So as soon as I'm done with that, I'm moving start on to Vixen.

WHAT IT'S YOUR MAILBOX?

My New Home Away From Home

Hey guys! Today started a new chapter in my life. I officially moved into my dorm at my college. I gotta tell ya I'm exhausted! >.< I cleaned, and I mean CLEANED my dorm room good! I'm not really a clean freak, but when it comes to public places like a dorm room, hotel, anything really public I am. Think about it, there is no telling who has been in this dorm room, what has been done in this dorm room, and if this dorm room has ever really been cleaned. Maybe its just me. Lol. I still haven't gotten the chance to meet my roommate. I don't even know her name. She got here way before I did, unpacked all of her stuff, and then left. I don't think she has been back since then. Well we don't actually start our classes until Monday, but they let the residents go ahead and move in last Wednesday. I moved most of my stuff in that day, except my fridge and shower supplies (like shower shows!!! hahaha). That's the stuff I moved in today. I was going to stay on Wednesday night, but it was really hot in my room. I could barely breathe. It felt like 80 degrees up in that joint. So today I brought me a fan. I finally got my room cooled off. I hope my roommate isn't cold nature..... Well if she is hopefully we can compromise somehow. >.> I decided that I would share the pictures I took of my dorm room. 

Of course I'm not completely finished decorating it. I'm just whipped out today. I even brought the books that are in the giveaway so I can shipped them right out once I know who wins, contact them, and they contact me  back with their info. I would have felt extremely awful if the winner would've had to wait weeks before they got it. 

Oh yes I almost forget to tell you peeps!! Ok today was my first time ever going grocery shopping by myself. I mean I went to grab a few things every once in awhile back home for my parents, of course my friends were the cashiers and bag boys. Anyways, I was "buggieING" along and like everyone is staring at me! Ok I'm 4"11 and look really young, but come on people I'm 18! It's not like I'm five years old buying grocery. So the whole time I'm shopping, I'm laughing my ass off at the people giving me weird looks. I think its just so funny! Oh here's the good part! I get up to the check-out line and I have a really cute guy as my cashier. He asked me if I had an Ingles card, I told him no I just moved here. Well that struck up a conversation between us. He just moved here from Ohio. We talked and talked until the old guy came up behind me wanting to check out, I'm thinking of all check-out lines you had to come to mine?!?! The cute cashier guy was really sweet. At least now I have something to look forward to, when I go to the grocery store! :) Oh and sorry boys. I know that was more of a girl thing. But I thought I would share it with you!!

Update- Still reading Nightshade. A little over half-way finished with it though! The blog hop is going great guys! Thanks for those of you who became followers!! I joined another blog hop giveaway. It start Jan. 14. I explain more about it when it gets closer to the date. I have no idea what I'm giving away yet. I might giveaway the books that's left over from this one, but throw in something extra. I don't know yet though! 

Happy Readings to All!!

Teaser Tuesday! (1)

Hi guys and of course chicks! I haven't done a Teaser Tuesday in a couple of weeks. Being the holidays and all, I never had any time! >.< Hopefully I get back in the groove of things!
Teaser Tuesday was created by MizB at Should Be Reading. 
It's actually really fun to do. A lot of blogs are starting to do it now. It's a fun way to see what our fellow bloggers are reading and get a little teaser of the book and see if we would be interested in reading it too! Anyone can do Teaser Tuesdays! 


Teaser:
"I think we should try it. One step at a time," I said. "If it sucks, we'll separate and wait until the order is given in October."

Author: Andrea Cremer

Title: Nightshade: Book 1

Challenges!!

I was just sitting here thinking, "hmmm what could make this year more fun than the last?" Then I thought about a challenge!! I'm going to do being two. The 2011 Debut Author challenge and my own challenge of 30 Books in 365 Days. Hopefully I'll be able to accomplish these tasks, while still maintaining good grades, keeping up with my blog and the blog world, also graduating high school!
Now the 2011 Debut Author Challenge is hosted by The Story Siren. (cool name by the way) The challenge consist of reading a minimum of 12 YA/MG books. The authors of these books must be making their debut with publication in 2011. This challenge begins on Jan. 1, 2011, which is today in fact so Happy New Years! It ends on Dec. 31, 2011. If you would like more info on this challenge or would like to join click HERE.
I already have 4 of the books pick out for this. They are:
For January- Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
For February- A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford
For March- Clarity by Kim Harrington
For April- Enclave by Ann Aguirre
When I get the rest picked out I'll make a new post with all of them.

Finally 30 Books in 365 Days is my own challenge. I want to try my best to read 30 books before this year is over. My first book is going to be Nightshade: Book 1. Now this challenge it doesn't matter when the books are published or anything, just as long as I read them in 2011.