Eve's Fan Garden

August 29th

We are so excited to be a part of this meme, called In My Mailbox, originally started on The Story Siren book blog.

Basically, each week we will post what goodies, give-a-ways, ARCs, etc we received in the mail, books we purchased, or checked out from the library.

To learn more about how the In My Mailbox meme works, check out the original post on The Story Siren.

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Maryanne~~

In my soggy,  wet mailbox Monday was an ARC of Meg Cabot’s sixth Allie Finkle book Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Blast From The Past. Plus, I got a signed note from Meg Cabot, thanking me for reviewing her book. And, I also got a set of Allie Finkle bookmarks  – my 12 year old will enjoy sharing those with her friends.

And, today (Tuesday), another rainy, soggy day – another ARC in my mailbox. Maybe rain brings books? I won an ARC of Della Says: OMG Keris Stainton on Goodreads. And, as an added bonus – it’s autographed by the author.

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Kate-

Not too many books headed my way this week  (but that’s okay I haven’t finished everything from last week yet!) Only 3 things to add- one actually in my mailbox and two from the library.

 Haunted by recurring nightmares since her mother’s disappearance over the Indian ocean three years before, fifteen-year old California girl Sienna Jones reluctantly travels with her psychiatrist father’s volunteer team to six-months post-tsunami Indonesia where she meets the scarred and soulful orphaned boy, Deni, who is more like Sea than anyone she has ever met.

She knows they can’t be together, so why can’t she stay away from him? And what about her old best friend-turned-suddenly-hot Spider who may or may not be waiting for her back home? And why won’t her dad tell her the truth about her mother’s plane crash? The farther she gets from home, the closer she comes to finding answers.

And Sea’s real adventure begins

 Native American Sherman Alexie presents a highly acclaimed collection of 22 interlinked short stories. “One of the major lyric voices of our time . . . these spare, disturbing stories trace with stark, lyric power the experience of American Indians in the modern world.”–New York Times Book Review.

 I didn’t actually get this book- but I did get a street team pack that included some great bookmarks (some signed!) plus some stickers. I’ve got some plans for the bookmarks- including giveaways and dropping them off at the area libraries- maybe I’ll even sitck some in my favorite books for some unsuspecting readers to find!

When Brie’s sister, Faith, dies suddenly, Brie’s world falls apart. As she goes through the bizarre and devastating process of mourning the sister she never understood and barely even liked, everything in her life seems to spiral farther and farther off course. Her parents are a mess, her friends don’t know how to treat her, and her perfect boyfriend suddenly seems anything but.

As Brie settles into her new normal, she encounters more questions than closure: Certain facts about the way Faith died just don’t line up. Brie soon uncovers a dark and twisted secret about Faith’s final night…a secret that puts her own life in danger.