In My Mailbox #26 - New Books This Week!

In my Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren in which bloggers share the books they have received each week.

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Last IMM of 2010!  These are all the book I got in the last fortnight.

For review: 

 So, when I first heard of Low Red Moon I loved the sound of it. Since then I've read some not so good reviews. Now that I have a copy, I guess I can decide for myself.  If you've read this one, what did you think?

The only thing Avery Hood can remember about the night her parents died is that she saw silver—deadly silver, moving inhumanly fast. As much as she wants to remember who killed them, she can't, and there's nothing left to do but try to piece her life back together. Then Avery meets the new boy in school—Ben, mysterious and beautiful, with whom she feels a connection like nothing she's ever experienced. When Ben reveals he's a werewolf, Avery still trusts him—at first. Then she sees that sometimes his eyes flash inhuman silver. And she learns that she's not the only one who can't remember the night her parents died.Part murder mystery, part grief narrative, and part heart-stopping, headlong romance, Low Red Moon is a must-read for teen paranormal fans. As breathless as Twilight and as spooky as Shiver, this is a book to be devoured in one sitting—by an acclaimed YA author making her paranormal debut under the pseudonym Ivy Devlin.

Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #1) by  Heather Brewer

Mortlock by Jon Mayhew

These were all surprise review books this week, and honestly, they are probably not for me. I don't know much about Mortlock, but as for Rot and Ruin, I simply don't do zombies (is this weird?) I really don't like zombie stuff - even the covers of zombie books make me feel all uncomfortable. lol! I actually declined a request for Eighth Grade Bites as I thought the series might be a little young for me, but then a copy arrived in the post.  I'm always willing to change my mind though, so if you've read any of these let me know what you thought of them!

Small Blue Thing by S.C. Ransom

 This book is from a new UK publisher called Nosy Crow. I can't wait to see what they have in store for the YA market!

Crusade by Linda Press Wulf

I love historical fiction, and I also love the cover of this one. I haven't seen any reviews for it yet, so if you've read it, let me know what you think!

Tyme's End by B.R. Collins

I love the cover of this book. I featured it in Cover Candy last week and then it arrived in the post as a nice surprise. Yay! Looking forward to this one!

Gift:

I got an early Christmas surprise when I found this in my mailbox this week! I can't wait to read this one, and it's signed too! Thank you *SO* much Heidi from YA Bibliophile.

From National Book Award winner Judy Blundell, the tale of a sixteen-year-old girl caught in a mix of love, mystery, Broadway glamour, and Mob retribution in 1950 New York.
When Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City, she doesn't have much. She's fled from her family in Providence, Rhode Island, and she's broken off her tempestuous relationship with a boy named Billy, who's enlisted in the army.

The city doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. She gets a bit part as a chorus girl in a Broadway show, but she knows that's not going to last very long. She needs help--and then it comes, from an unexpected source.

Nate Benedict is Billy's father. He's also a lawyer involved in the mob. He makes Kit a deal--he'll give her an apartment and introduce her to a new crowd. All she has to do is keep him informed about Billy . . . and maybe do him a favor every now and then.

As she did in her National Book Award-winning What I Saw and How I Lied, Judy Blundell traps readers in a web of love, deceit, intrigue, and murder. The result? One stunner of a novel.

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Thanks to Bloomsbury, Penguin, Simon & Shuster UK  & Nosy Crow for review copies.