April books received

Feel free to post here when your book arrives, if you like!

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Title: Ari figue's cat by Jacob Russell
Date Received:4/28/2015
Method of Delivery:Email
Sent from: Deep Sett
Format: PDF;Epub;mobi
Publisher: Deep Sett Press

Title: Taken By Love by Sharon Kleve
Date Received:4/28/2015
Method of Delivery:Email
Sent from: Books To Go Now
Format: Epub and Mobi
Publisher: Books To Go Now

Title: The Eye of Strife by Dave Duncan
Date Received: April 28, 2015
Method of Delivery: email
Sent from: 5 Rivers Publishing, Neustadt, Ontario, Canada
Format: Epub, PDF
Publisher: 5 Rivers Publishing

Title: The Eye of Strife by Dave Duncan
Date Received: April 28, 2015
Method of Delivery: email
Sent from: 5 Rivers Publishing, Neustadt, Ontario, Canada
Format: Epub
Publisher: 5 Rivers Publishing

Title: Grain of Truth by Stephen Yafa
Date Received: April 30, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: New York City, New York
Sent to: Geneva, Illinois
Packaging method: White bubble envelope
Format: Advanced Uncorrected Manuscript
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Came with: Letter of congratulations and asking to spread word, from Penguin Random House

Title: Same Time Next Week by Lee Gutkind
Date Received:05/01/2015
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from:PA
Sent to:OH
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: TP
Publisher: In Fact Books
Came with: nothing

Title: Holding Fast to Dreams
Date Received: 05/01/15
Method of Delivery:
Sent from: Media Mail - USPS
Sent to: Rockville, Maryland, USA
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: Letter from Beacon Press sales assistant

Thank you!

Title: Cinderella Had it Easy by Jennifer Conner
Date Received: 1 May 2015
Method of Delivery: Email
Format: PDF, ePub, & Mobi
Publisher: Books To Go Now

Title: Among Chimpanzees
Date Received: 2 May 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Boston MA
Sent to: Lancaster PA
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: letter from sales assistant

Title: Two is for you by Bobby Williams
Date Received:05/04/2015
Method of Delivery:Email
Format: PDF;Epub;prc
Publisher: Open Book

Title: Lived through This by Anne K. Ream
Date Received: May 4, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Boston
Sent to: Charlottesville, VA
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: paperback, complete book
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: letter from sales assistant

This is the second month straight that I have promptly received a book from Beacon Press.

Title: Straight A's Are Not Enough by Judy Fishel
Date Received: 4/30/15
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority Mail
Sent from: New York
Sent to: California
Packaging method: Large Envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Flying Heron Books
Came with: Thank you letter

Title: Grain of Truth by Stephen Yafa
Date Received: May 04, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Austin, TX
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Came with: Letter

Title: Same Time Next Week by Lee Gutkind
Date Received: May 04, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS, Media Mail
Sent from: Pittsburgh, PA
Sent to: Phoenix, AZ
Packaging method: #2 eco>lite Kraft Bubble Mailer
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: In Fact Books
Came with: nothing

Title: Stuck in The Passing Lane
Date Received: May 4, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Forrest Park, IL
Sent to:Runnemede, NJ
Packaging method: Envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: The Cadence Group
Came with: Congratulations Letter

Title: Grain of Truth by Stephen Yafa
Date Received: May 04, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Phoenix metro area
Packaging method: Bubblepak
Format: "Advance Uncorrected Manuscript" trade-sized paperback
Publisher: Hudson Street Press/Penguin Random House
Came with: Congratulations/Spread the Word letter

Title: Circling the Sun
Date Received: May 5, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ, USA
Sent to: Ipswich, MA, USA
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: Advance reader trade paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter to reader

This is the quickest that I have ever received an ER book. I will return the favor and start it right away!

Title: Holding Fast to Dreams
Date Received: 05/04/15
Method of Delivery:
Sent from: Media Mail - USPS
Sent to: Greer, SC, USA
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: Letter from Beacon Press sales assistant

So excited to read it!

Title: Place Not Race
Date Received: 5/5/2015
Method of Delivery: neopost media mail
Sent from: Boston, MA
Sent to: Cape Coral, FL
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: first edition paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: marketing letter from sales assistant

Title: The Beautiful Bureaucrat
Date Received: May 6, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Baltimore, MD
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Softback, "Advance Reader's Edition"
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Came with: Form letter with information about the book and background info on the author

Title: Archivist Wasp
Date Received: 5/6/15
Method of Delivery: E-mail
Sent from: Small Beer Press
Packaging method: E-mail
Format: PDF, Mobi, EPUB
Publisher: Big Mouth House

Title: Underwater Secrets
Date Received: 05/06/2015
Method of Delivery: e-mail downloadable file
Sent from: book marketing manager
Sent to: me
Packaging method:
Format: epub
Publisher: Booktrope publishing
Came with:

Title: The Liminal War
Date Received: 05/06/2015
Method of Delivery: email from publisher
Format: PDF
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Came with: Note on how to get mobi/epub version from ebooksite on release day.

Also of note, in order to download the PDF, I had to copy and paste the link into my browser; when I just clicked the download link in the email, I got an error message.

Title: We Don't Need Roads : The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy by Caseen Gaines
Date Received: May 8, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Pennsylvania
Packaging method: Airjacket (bubble wrap) envelope
Format: softcover advance uncorrected proof
Publisher: Penguin Group
Came with: nothing else

Very quick delivery — most appropriate for the title.

Title: Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont
Date Received: 5/8/2015
Method of Delivery:
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Austin, TX
Packaging method: cardboard envelope
Format: trade paperback; "Advanced Reader's Edition"

Publisher:
Came with: a loose letter from marketing and a tipped-in letter from senior editor.

Title: Circling the Sun
Date Received: May 7, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ, USA
Sent to: Sebago, ME
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: Advance reader trade paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter to reader from Quinne Rogers - Ballantine Marketing
I just read that I had been picked to receive a copy and it arrived the very same day! :)

Title: The Only Woman in the Room by Eileen Pollack
Date Received: 05/09/2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Boston, MA
Sent to: Chicago, IL
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: Letter

I wonder if I should push this down in the "to be read" pile since it's publication date isn't until September 15th (they aren't "embargoing" it like some other actual "early" ARCs have been ... but that's a long time out)!

Title: The Beautiful Bureaucrat by Helen Phillips
Date Received: May 9, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS Mail Innovations (Delivered by USPS)
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Houston, TX
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Softback, Advance Reader's Edition
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (Macmillan Holdings LLC)
Came with: Form letter with information about the book and background info on the author

Title: The Sound of Our Steps Ronit Matalon
Date Received: May 11 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: MacMillan Holdings LLC New York, New York
Sent to: Texas
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: paperback ARE
Publisher: Metropolitan Books, Henry Hold and Company
Came with: thank you letter from E Kobel, Marketing, Henry Holt and Company

Title: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Date Received: May 11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Arlington, VA
Packaging method: Cardboard envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Ballantine (Penguin Random House)
Came with: Letter from marketing department

Title: Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka
Date Received: 5/11/15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Phoenix, AZ
Packaging method: Padded envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Henry Holt (Macmillan)
Came with: Letter from marketing department

Title: Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka
Date Received: 5/11/15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY (I think)
Sent to: Albuquerque, NM
Packaging method: Padded envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Henry Holt (Macmillan) {-- just copying that from entry above ;)
Came with: Letter to LT ER member from marketing department

Title: Among the ten thousand things by Julia Pierpont
Date Received: 5/12/15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: E Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Boulder Creek, CA
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter to LT ER member from marketing department

Title: Cabin Fever: The Sizzling Secrets of a Virgin Airlines Flight Attendant
Date Received: 5/13/15
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent From: New York, NY
Sent To: Henderson, NV
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Penguin Group (Plume)
Came with: Book only

Title: Forgotten Suns
Date Received: May 14/15
Method of Delivery: email and download
Sent from: Book View Cafe
Sent to: me
Format: e-book
Publisher: Book View Cafe

Title: In a French Kitchen: Tales and Traditions of Everyday Home Cooking in France
Date Received: May 14, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Northern California
Packaging method: Sealed Air Jiffy Rigi Bag
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC
Came with: Nada

Title: The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics
Date Received: May 4, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Boston, MA
Sent to: Atlanta, GA
Packaging method: Padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: letter from sales assistant

Title: We Don't Need Roads by Caseen Gaines
Date Received: May 15, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Apison, TN
Packaging method: Airjacket (bubble wrap) envelope
Format: softcover advance uncorrected proof
Publisher: Plume (Penguin Group)
Came with: nothing

Title: Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler by Oliver Hilmes
Date Received: 5/16/2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Lebanon, New Hampshire
Sent to: Wall, NJ
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of New England
Came with: Congratulations letter from publisher

Title: Dinner with Buddha
Date Received: 5/14/15
Method of Delivery: usps
Sent from: NC
Sent to: MA
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: Hard Cover
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Came with: Letter of Congrats

Title: The Sea Mark: Captain John Smith's Voyage to New England by Russell M. Lawson
Date Received: May 16th
Method of Delivery: Mail Innovations (UPS & usps)
Sent from: Lebanon, PA
Sent to: Concord, MA
Packaging method: Padded mailing envelope
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Publisher: University Press of New England
Came with: Letter of congratulations from marketing coordinator

Title: Jewish Soul Food: Traditional Fare and What It Means by Carol Ungar
Date Received: 5/16/15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Lebanon, PA
Sent to: Boston
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Came with: Letter from New Media Marketing Coordinator, University Press of new England

Title: Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler by Oliver Hilmes
Date Received: 5/19/2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Lebanon, New Hampshire
Sent to: NC
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of New England
Came with: Letter from publisher

Title: The Bitch in Your Head
Date Received: May 18
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: PA
Sent to: MA
Packaging method: Cardboard
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing, Rowman & Littlefield
Came with: Letter & bubble wrap!

Title: Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler by Oliver Hilmes
Date Received: 5/19/2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Lebanon, New Hampshire
Sent to: Walnut Creek CA
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of New England
Came with: Letter from publisher

Title: Shirley, I Jest! by Cindy Williams with Dave Smitherman
Date Received: 5/20/15
Method of Delivery: USPS media mail
Sent from: Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Sent to: Knoxville, TN
Packaging method: Cardboard box
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Taylor Trade (Rowman & Littlefield)

Title: Shirley, I Jest by Cindy Williams
Date Received: 5-20-15
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Sent to: Warner Robins, GA
Packaging method: Cardboard Box
Format: Finished Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor Trade
Came with: Letter

Title: Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler by Oliver Hilmes
Date Received: 5/19/2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Lebanon, New Hampshire
Sent to: Healdsburg, CA
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of New England
Came with: Letter from publisher

Title: The Bitch in Your Head: How to Finally Squash Your Inner Critic by Jacqueline Hornor Plumez
Date Received: 5/20/15
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Sent to: Lawrenceville, GA
Packaging method: Cardboard bookfold mailer, book was also covered by bubble wrap
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (Roman & Littlefield)
Came with: Letter

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Title: The SOUND OF OUR STEPS, by Ronit Matalon (Translated by by Dalya Bilu from the Hebrew to English)
Date Received: MAY 21, 2015
Method of Delivery: POSTAL DELIVERY
Sent from: PUBLISHER (H.H. HOLT, & COMPANY)
Sent to: MYSELF
Packaging method: NORMAL SHIPPING
Format: BOOK
Publisher: METROPOLITAN BOOKS, HENRY HOLT & COMPANY
Came with: LETTER OF DESCRIPTION FROM MARKETING MANAGER

Title: Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs by Davide Cali
Date Received: 5/22/15
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Crawfordsville, IN
Sent to: NW Ohio
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Came with: Nothing

Title: In a French Kitchen ~ Tales and Traditions of Everday Home Cooking in France by Susan Herrmann Loomis
Date Received: 05/26/15
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Westminster MD
Sent to: Eustis FL
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: trade paperback
Publisher: Gotham Book/Genguin Group
Came with: packing slip and form congrats letter from publisher

I finally received Elena Vanishing! I had given up and marked it as unreceived just a few days before.

Title: Elena Vanishing
Date Received: August 6, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent to: NYC

Title: William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace
Date Received: September 19, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sent to: Columbia, Pennsylvania
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Quirk
Came with: nothing

Title: Manhattan Mayhem
Date Received: September 19, 2015
Method of Delivery: U.S. Mail
Sent from: Philadelphia, PA
Sent to: Medford, MA
Packaging method: Jiffymailer Sealed Air
Format: Hardbound
Publisher: Quirk Books
Came with: nothing

And this is the final published edition - certainly not an Advance Reader's Copy! Woohoo!

Title: Manhattan Mayhem
Date Received: September 21, 2015
Method of Delivery: U.S. Mail
Sent from: Philadelphia, PA
Sent to: Eastern Panhandle of WV
Packaging method: Jiffymailer Sealed Air
Format: Finished Hardback
Publisher: Quirk Books
Came with: nothing

Title: The League of Regrettable Superheroes
Date Received: September 23, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Philadelphia PA
Sent to: Surprise AZ
Packaging: Jiffy Mailer
Format: Finished Hardback
Publisher: Quirk Books
No enclosures