ARCs received in the mail, August 2008

We're getting so many ARCs in the mail that we needed a new, faster thread!

Very true, so in the spirit of moving things forward, I will ask again here:

What were the titles of the seven middle grade books in the bundle? The curious among us thank you for this info...

bumping this thread up

aviannschild, in the Canadians thread we were speculating that Penguin USA does not send to Canada, although it didn't stop some of us from requesting and trying for that selection of 3 they had on offer.

Middle Grade Reader pack rec'd from Little Brown:
Daniel X Alien Hunter by James Patterson
The Mousehunter by Alex Milway
Fortune's Magic Arm by Suzanne Selfors
Suddenly Supernatural by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
If You're Reading This, It's Too Late by Pseudonymous Bosch
Phenomena: Secrets of the Senses by Donna M. Jackson
Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut by Paul Feig

my older two kids are ecstatic! LM10 has asked that I interview him for the reviews (he's a creative, not critical writer)

Anyone have any suggestions for leading questions to ask him (that will cobble together a review?)

Awesome. I hope I was one of the first 25, lol.

4: When I had a child do a guest review for me, I asked her:

Can you tell me what the book what about in a few short sentences?
What did you like most about the book?
Was there anything you didn't like so much?
What did you think of the way the characters interacted? Would you want to be friends with them? Why or why not?
What kind of readers would you recommend this to?

lenoreva - thanks for the tips! This is about what I ask the younger kids ... I love your "would you want to be friends with them ... why/why not?"; that should elicit a full answer -- great input, thank you.

>Devourer Just curious what is the Twilight Pack e-mail you were all referring to? Thanks:)

>8 nktk:,

In the other thread quadmama said she was surprised to receive the Middle Grade Reader Pack from Little Brown because she got an out of office email saying that they were all gone.

Lovemybooks and I were saying that we remembered getting an out of office email from Little Brown when we requested the Middle Grade Reader Pack, but that the message stated that some Twilight Pack was all gone. I'm not sure what the Twilight Pack offer actually was, though, because, as far as I know, nobody hear was aware of it.

gottcha Thanks!

In Indiana... (I always forget that part!)

I got The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis (release date 9-9-08), and The Terminal Spy release date two days ago.

I picked up my last post from the last thread and plopped it here to keep my place. :-D

I got the HUGE book Devil's Brood and a cold request Hurry Down Sunshine in Iowa

I'm in Ohio.

I also received The Necklace yesterday and The Terminal Spy today. Koolaidmom and I must be on the same request schedule!

Whoo Hooo!! I received The Shiniest Jewel today and The Keepsake today!! (I'm in So. California so I'm usually dead last to receive stuff. I think the shipments work their way from East to West)

I received The Necklace in the midwest today :)

I received Confessions of a Contractor today in So. Calif. :)

Avisannschild - I requested the Penquins from the US too and nothiing so far

Like #14, I'm often deadlast to receive mail...I received The Shiniest Jewel and When We Were Romans in SoCal.

sorry for the delay- it was such a crazy/busy day as usual around here- i was so excited to share my news on the books but didn't have time to give all the info earlier
i got the same books as # 4 reported
looks intriguing
:)

YAY - I did get Wordy Shipmates - how cool!

I received The Terminal Spy yesterday in IN via UPS.

ok-warning - this is going to sound awful

i got Schooled today in the mail and i am VERY excited about it- but (here it the awful part) i don't know where it came from ?!
I am so happy to get have it I really wanted it!

i will not question the book fairies deliveries to my house I will simply say thank you ! :)

I received When We Were Romans yesterday.

#22--Did you respond to the offer from Hyperion?

Just got When we were Romans this morning.

#24
i just looked back at my sent mail and i did send a response to hyperion on aug. 1st- didn't hear anything back from them but here it is
i started reading it
i like it already :)

I'm part of the Kathleen McCleary book blog tour, I'm the Sept. 26th stop, and I got my House and Home book today. It's a very pretty book, and I'm looking forward to reading it. :-D

19- I loved Schooled! I did a cold request for it and got it a few weeks ago! I feel bad though because all the Early Reviewers there were supposed to get it haven't :(

Here I've complained all week that I'm overwhelmed with the 13(?!?!?) ARCs I've received this week and now, when I finally have a day-long break from receiving any, I'm disappointed. I really, truly have a problem!

#29--A Day without a fix is not so good for the ARC Junkie. ;)

29- My pile that started at like 4 books is about to topple over.... and if it did it would land on my poor little laptop. I gotta find a new place for the pile...

I received When We Were Romans yesterday in OK. :)

no book, but i did get one of those Freezing Point chap sticks with a nice handwritten note from Karen Dionne saying her publisher ran out of books but she want to send something for my trouble.

i would have preferred the book, but the thought is very nice.
i might have to actually buy the book...lol

"The Practical Surveyor" by Samuel Wyld.

Doing a review for this one will be a challenge :O}

Today it was Schooled and The Necklace. Oh dear Lord, I used to only have a TBR pile of whatever book was waiting for me on the special order shelf at the library. Now this sucker is as tall as my desk and would probably squash the cat if it fell on him.... C'mon winter!!! And make it a rainy one! I need to spend some serious inside time!!

I got The Shiniest Jewel yesterday and When we Were Romans and The Necklace today. I also got Hurry Down Sunshine from LT earlier this week.

I got The Clinton Diaries in No. Cal today!!! The touchstones are weird for this one. It is an unbound galley. My first!

I got Confessions of a Contractor and City of Refuge earlier in the week.

Its been a fantastic ARC week!

When We Were Romans found its way to Oregon today, via UPS. I feel bad for the author--I requested it on 7/9, which should have been plenty of time for the publisher to get them out before the release date of 7/22 but no dice. It's got zero reviews on Amazon right now.

Today I received The Terminal Spy by Alan S. Cowell.

In Culver City, CA I got The Necklace today via UPS. I was starting to wonder about The Terminal Spy but I see it is working its way across the country now.

DoB: The same thing happened to me today. Nothing in the mail. Nothing! I have been spoiled with free books.

I finally got So Long at the Fair today. It had been delivered to our old house (via UPS) and then went missing. A couple of days ago, my old landlord said that 3 packages were now back on the stoop (I guess UPS had picked them up and then redelivered them), so he pulled them inside this time. So Long at the Fair was one of them, and one was a second copy of The Time Paradox that I had replaced thinking I'd never see it again (I'm thinking it'll make a good blog giveaway). The last was actually a book I apparently won from Simon and Schuster's kids division called Time's Up which came with a cute little backpack that my 6 year old daughter flipped over. Not really an arc, but a free book nonetheless.

Oh, and I got the chapstick from Karen Dionne, too. Very nice.

I got When We Were Romans today. I didn't expect to get it - since I live in NJ, usually I'm one of the first to get books, so I give up on them after a few days of others reporting, and I'd given up on this, too. Makes me wonder if any of the others that I'm missing will turn up too.

I got the pack of seven middle grade books from Little Brown, The Necklace, Schooled, Christmas is Murder, A Passion Redeemed, a book for a giveaway, and one other for a blog tour..the post office just left the packages in a box on the porch..oops!

lovemybooks: That would be fun, opening my door to get the mail and finding a whole box of books :-D

I got Schooled in the mail today.

thekoolaidmom I'm also participating in the book tour for Kathleen McCleary's book House and Home...and it arrived today!

Also, I received Sweetsmoke this week and have been talking to Hyperion about a book give-away on my blog the week before its release date. Will keep you all posted on this on the blog giveaway thread once I know more.

And ...got Devil's Brood...wow, huge book. But having read her books in the past, I know how quickly they read. Can't wait to get to this one.

Found Schooled squished in my itty bitty mailbox today. I know it's OCD and all, but I really hate getting a new book and having the corners all smushed up and bent.

I had just received my FirstLook book, Dracula Dossier, and then the next day I got my minibookexpo book, Chasing Elvis and the day after that, my ER book, Dawning of the Day:A Jerusalem Tale. This has been the greatest week EVER! I don't even know where to start.

writestuff,
I am so glad you said that about Devil's Brood as it just arrived today.

Other arrivals during the month of August
Resistance
Shifty
Confessions of a Contractor
Acedia & Me
Glamour
RuneWarriors

Got When We Were Romans yesterday.

Can someone tell me about the middle school reader packs? I am a middle school educator, and would love opportunities to read more books I can use in my classroom.

Kris

#50
It was an offer for the first 25 respondents about a week ago so they are all spoken for.

I got the Freezing Point chapstick the other day. Yesterday I received Chasing Elvis, which I requested through minibookexpo.

Today it was the Little, Brown middle grade readers pack (most of these look very good, a few may have to go) and two copies of Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay just 'in case' I wanted to 'share with a friend' (my friend in the office already snatched it up).

#53...from where did you get Sarah's Key?

>54 lovemybooks:, One of the publicists at St. Martin's found my blog and emailed me about it. I don't want to necessarily give her direct email, but this page has an address to send emails about review copy inquiries. The paperback is being released at the end of September, so they might be looking to give more out.

thanks, I was just curious if someone had finally received a response from the Reader's Group Gold...it appears not. :)

I received two copies of Schooled today.

I also got Schooled today. And the book When a Man Loves a Woman which I requested from Bostick awhile ago. (not really an ARC)

ohhhh...got When We Were Romans today. and a nice hardcover, not a paperback ARC.

What are you guys getting for Schooled? I got a nice hardcover!

#60--an ARC

My Schooled is a paperback ARC - I guess they ran out and started sending out some hardcovers. Lucky you :)

I got a regular ARC of Schooled as well. I started it yesterday because it is pretty close to release and I'm behind on reviews, it's okay so far.

Today I got Descartes' Bones from the UPS man. I wavered on this one when requesting, but now that I've got it, it looks really interesting. Plus it has that freshly printed book smell ...

Nuts! I'm almost done with When We Were Romans and now you're telling me Big Brown's gonna give me another ARC?

I requested Descartes' Bones, too.

I've just started deleting the "New book" and Shelf Awareness emails. I can't look or I'll request! I have 24 on Mt. TBarc and two others in the kitchen Romans and Conquest of Gaul... which is really a Penguin book, but I owe a review of it still.

When will the madness end! :-D

#64 Wow you have more willpower than me! What if the book of your dreams is hiding in one of those emails? :)

I tried, I really really really tried. I tried to delete. I tried to disregard. I tried not to request..........*hangs head in shame.....I'm soooo weak......

Oh, and I got The Terminal Spy today.....:o)

I received The Terminal Spy in Culver City, CA today via the UPS guy named "Gene"
it took 33 days from request to delivery.

62- Maybe they didn't have the ARC's yet because I got the hardcover maybe 3 weeks ago. But that wouldn't make sense that they would have the hardcovers before the ARC's. Who knows! I'll consider myself lucky!

I also received The Terminal Spy today in Arlington, TX.

I got Forsaken, which was my ER book for July. My husband keeps asking me when I'm going to be able to read all these books (and you should see the looks I get when I mention wanting to buy a new book or four). I think I'm going to have to start hiding them when they come in the mail.

70- My mom told me she was going to burn them as they came in the mail! That was not even funny!!!

70 &71 omg, I feel your pain. Honestly, I just always try to get the mail so my roommates aren't shocked. I already have stacks and stacks of books. ;)

I got the Terminal Spy here in California today.

I received The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis today in California. Looks like a good short read. To the TBR.

I just received Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford, in the mail today from HarperCollins First Look Program :-) It’s an uncorrected proof.

I'm so excited!! This is the first review book that I've ever received :)
I can't wait to finish reading it & then review it.

I hit the absolute jackpot today. The mail lady thinks I'm insane. I got the 7 middle grade books (which I wasn't expecting), Schooled (also was on the tail end of that one), Anatomy of a Boyfriend (author contacted me), and Descartes Bones.

#71- eep!!! maybe time for a post office box? :-)

75- I got Anatomy of a Boyfriend too!

76- She's totally kidding. She's actually a worse packrat then myself!

77 - I was speculating that you would :)

78- I think that was the first time someone emailed me without it being a referral of some kind (that I know of). I was touched!

Descartes' Bones made it to Chicago today with my friendly neighborhood UPS man.

I also received The River, By Moonlight by Camille Marchettea for a blog tour.

The man in brown showed up with I Feel a Foot! by Maranke Rinck.

Publisher: Lemniscaat

The artwork is beautiful. Age range 5 and younger.

Just got my copy of The Grift from the UPS today =)

My copy of The Terminal Spy arrived today. Must. . .read. . .faster. . .

Ach, I got The Wordy Shipmates just now with SEVERE water damage! The pages are readable but the binding got soaked and smells really, really like fumes. I've propped it in front of my air conditioner to dry out...cross your fingers everyone...

84- That's no fun :( Fingers officially crossed!

Did anyone who got Descartes' Bones or Terminal Spy: a) get a confirmation or advance notice you were getting it? b) live outside the US?

A Man in Brown just dropped off Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason.

>86 anysia: No, no notice here.

86 - I got Terminal Spy, but no advance notice. I'm in the US.

The Grift via UPS in NJ.

I didn't get any today. I'm suffering from withdrawal.

Also just got Descartes' Bones from UPS (Wordy Shipmates was USPS). I didn't get a confirmation on either of those.

It looks like TWS is making a bit of a recovery. Still unattractive and generally messed up, but less smelly.

I'm so glad people are still receiving the Grift!

The Grift in NJ....

#86... no advance notice when I got Terminal Spy.

92- Same here! So far I've gotten everything that people have mentioned getting except for American Wife which I got from another LTer! and Glamour which I'm still crossing my fingers for!

I received The Grift today as well...made it to Central MA. Appeared like magic on my desk at work after lunch. =)

I got Terminal Spy yesterday and I live in Canada no advance email warning.

Received Will I Ever Know and Descartes Bones in Ohio. Also received my winnings - a copy of The Mercedes Coffin!

I got Descartes' Bones here in VA today.

>86 anysia: No advance notice on this one.

I got Descartes' Bones via UPS in IN today.

86-No advance notice.

#96 - Thanks Nitestar. Hope springs eternal. I may get it after all.

Edit: Thanks everyone else who answered my questions too.

I got The Terminal Spy today:) in West Texas!

Terminal Spy arrived today in CAvia UPS.

The Grift arrived in northern NJ today as well.

I got The Hunger Games out of a cold request. I really, really wanted this one!

The received The Terminal Spy today in SF. No advanced notice but a letter inside acknowledging my request.

I received a TPB ARC of Schooled today (that was super-fast as I requested it only last Thursday)!

Still crossing my fingers for Descartes Bones, but not so sure anymore. I got When a Man Loves a Woman (Indigo) in the mail today, though.

The Grift made it to Chicago today, although it was released YESTERDAY. It is a lovely hardcover edition. One of the two books HarperCollins thinks I need to review, The Hunt for the Seventh came as well.

Descartes Bones arrived today, I can't wait to read that one. The Terminal Spy came recently as well, and I've started reading it, but it's really not my type of book. I'm not sure why I requested it; I should have known better.

I got My Father's Paradise today - I requested it Monday.

#110> Wow! Where are you located?

When We Were Romans today in NJ.

I got Schooled - thanks to the poster who gave the heads up about the web giveaway!

The man in brown delivered a nice hardcover copy of The Grift today.

The Book Fairy dropped off The Grift today. I suspect the MIB... (Man in Brown). ;-)

Oh I hope The Grift comes my way too (I'm in Canada, so who knows). Fingers crossed!

I received a nice hardcover copy of The Grift today in IN via UPS.

I'm in South Carolina.

I got The View from Garden City today and When We Were Romans. Since I have all my ARCs mailed to work and I haven't been in to get mail in two weeks I don't know exactly when they arrived.

119- The View From Garden City sounds amazing!! Can't wait to read your review :)

Also received a hardcover copy of The Grift today via UPS (it was supposed to be delivered yesterday but I missed it while I was out). Never received an e-mail about this so it was quite a pleasant surprise!

I also got my nice hardcover copy of The Grift in Ohio today. I sometimes wonder what the mail-lady and the UPS guy think!

today brought two lovely gifts here to da Joisey Shore by The Man in Brown....an ARC of The Gone-Away World and "A Sampler of the Best from the New Collins" , 20-35 excerpts from 5 Collins books. I am still hoping to get the entire copy of I Had to Row Across the Ocean by Tori Murden McClure but it's a start.

Oooh, wondered when the Collins Sampler would start to appear.

I got an email notice that Gone-Away World was in the mail.

And received My Father's Paradise.

#123 They said the sampler would come first and the full galleys would come a few weeks later so don't give up hope!

#124--I just got that email notice as well!

Freezing Point chapstick arrived in Canada. I also got The Retreat by David Bergen. Hmm tried to touchstone it and not in database?

Wooo! I got The Terminal Spy today (at first I thought it was a very unlikely cold request being filled, but this is good too).

Air Mail from New York, NY to Canada (no prior notice, enclosed letter of advance praise).

#125
yes, there is a letter in the front of the sampler saying that if you had requested individual books, they would be sent out in the next few weeks. and if you had not requested them yet, then to go to collinsreads.com to put in a request.

edited because i am an idiot and referred back to my own post...lol

M 124 and 125: Me too! I had started to think that maybe the ARC gods had turned their backs on me but maybe not. That or my postman is absconding with any books that arrive. Hmm.

Mailman fairy brought me When We Were Romans today, yay =)

Thought it'd be a little thicker (the longer the better, according to the husband,) but hey, I'm not complaining!

130- These days for me, the shorter the better! ;)

I got the phoenix egg today, but I don't think it's an ARC. I also got an email saying The Gone-Away World is in the mail.

i have never gotten an e-mail about any of these books...but that is just fine so long as i get the books! ;-)

got an email about The Gone-Away World as well

Also received recently When we were Romans, The Shiniest Jewel, Schooled

and today got a second copy of Savvy and my copy of The Organ Grinder arrived.

Songbirdz, With When We Were Romans, longer is definately NOT better! It went on a little longer than it should have (in my opinion), but I did like the ending.

On the other hand, I loved When We Were Romans, so you might continue to wish it was longer instead!

When we were Romans arrived in SF today. Just the right size.

The Grift came today in the midwest in a huge envelope!

I got the email message about The Gone-Away World and a copy of My Father's Paradise.

I also got the email about The Gone Away World and a copy of Descartes' Bones.

#138 funny you should say that. my copy of The Grift is a nice hardcover and it is a fairly big book, but the envelope has huge.
on the other hand, the sampler, while fairly small, came in a very small envelope.

141- Yeah! I'm fairly certain two copies could fit inside of it!

Today was quite a good day, I received the following:

The Harper Collins Sampler
The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy
The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss from a cold request to Random House!

Descartes' Bones arrived in SF this morning via the little brown man in the big brown van.

I got The Triumph of Deborah and Schooled this week. I also got a copy of Stone Creek in a Random House envelope with no note...Not quite sure where that one came from, but I'll take it.

The Harper Collins Sampler.

I had also asked for the "Thoreau you don't know" but nada thus far.

I got The Mysterious Receding Seas in the mail today in Indiana.

I have received "Schooled" in the mail! My first from a publisher request outside of LT.

I came home yesterday and found the following three books on my doorstep.

The Zoey Zone by Margie Palatini - ARC copy
The Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw - ARC copy
The Grift by Debra Ginsberg - This was not an ARC even though that's what I requested. This is a final hardback copy. Yay!

A hardcover copy of The Grift and a hardcover copy of When We were Romans arrived today here in So. Cal!! I also received an ARC of The 7th Victim by alan Jacobson (touchstones don't work on this one) a successful cold request.

The Triumph of Deborah arrived here today.

"Gene" my UPS guy brought me The Grift today. I can't wait to get to it since I actually do psychic readings from time to time.

I am in Culver City, CA. It is so much fun to watch the books slowly get delivered one section of the US at a time.

UPS brought me Descartes Bones today. Woot! I had begun to give up hope. Came with a little "With the Compiments of" card. At least now I know exactly where to send my review.

UPS brought me The Grift today. I really don't remember requesting it, but that's probably a problem with my memory. The description sounds faintly familiar and it's definitely a book that would interest me.

Mine came without a letter or anything (not that I need one). I've had such a good week and this was a lovely capper. I'm very happy tonight!

Hello everyone! This'll actually be my first post to this group. My mail people haven't come today, so I have nothing new to report there... but I do have a suggestion for keeping track of your ARCs.

I have a small notebook I keep on top of my TBR stacks... When I request a new ARC I write the name, the publisher, and the date I requested it. If I get a confirmation e-mail I'll put that date down as well... when I get the book I write that date down. So it looks like this:

'When We Were Romans' (Doubleday)
7/9 ---- 7/22

This way I can keep track of what I've requested, what I still haven't recieved... plus, I'm watching for a pattern to see if certain publishers are better about sending ARCs or fast shipping or whatnot.

Anyways- hope this idea helps some of you out. It doesn't take a lot of time and this way I'm not double requesting anything.

Cheers!
~*Coley*~

I started a list in which I track my requests, day requested, day received. It is interesting to see how the books come most in order but across the country. I am only missing a few that I requested, The Broadway Travels books, which I don't think anyone got, Watercooler Effect, Dachensword, City of Refuge, American Wife, Swimming with Strangers, and Guernica.

#156: That is a great idea. Sometimes, I receive a book, and have no idea why; worse, I have already read it. Anyway, I received The Given Day by Dennis Lehane, The Gate House by Nelson Demille (cold request), and The Night Villa by Carol Goodman (I reviewed her previous book for Bookreporter.com., and it came from them).

I received Descarte's Bones in Texas (UPS). I requested it August 1. I never received a confirmation email, so there may still be hope!

If you have a Mac, Bookpedia is the best $18 you can spend to track books, reviews, ARCs, lending, borrowing, etc.

And you can import your lists to LT. And you can try it for free. And I get $0 for plugging this software, I just find it indispensable.

I've started using Google docs to keep track. One of the options is a spreadsheet. Free for Macs or PC.

I can vouch for it being idiot-proof.

I use a plain old Excel table to keep track of what I request, if I get a response, dates, etc. It's easy and keeps me from double requesting.

I use the database feature that came with my Microsoft Works package. Similar to Excel I think, but it's really simple to use - which is good for me because I'm very technologically challenged. But my regular paper list was getting hard to keep up with.

Welcome, PirateColey!

I use the Works spreadsheet. The other things I put on it that I don't think were mentioned are the date I'm notified (if any), release/due date, reading start- and end-dates, and the date I posted the review.

I also have a place on the left side to number the order I plan to read them--it helps me prioritize. If the publisher sent me a confirmation email, that book might get priority over a book that arrives sooner, unannounced, for example.

FedEx brought me The Gone-Away World in South Carolina today.

The Gargoyle ARC
Doubleday (Marketing Department)
Doubleday Card: With Compliments of the Publisher
Eastern Connection Delivers (required signature)
Monday, 08/18, at 9:47 AM
Requested by e-mail: 08/10, at 3:55 PM
Saratoga Springs NY

I usually check my email history before I request something, just to be sure. (Gmail makes it very easy.) I have stolen somene else's idea of using a post-it note on the spine with the release date or "Out", so I know what I should be reading next.

I got An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination from Hachette Book Group today.

Received from Random House Last Night I Dreamed of Peace which is the diary of Dang Thuy Tram. I didn't request this book but there was a flyer in it saying it was part of their Read It Forward Program (www.readitforward.com)

Received Descartes Bones in Canada.

Interesting little card inserted:

"If you have a friend or colleague to whom you would like us to send a copy of this book in your name, e-mail us with his or her name and address. Don't forget to include you name so we can credit you."

Today via USPS I received Schooled. I am not sure when I requested it so I can't say how long it took. I know I requested it late though.

Waaaa!!! I still haven't gotten Descartes Bones!!!!

Fedex delivered The Gone Away World today.

Edited to add:

Does anyone else think it's amazing that it's only just August 18th, and we have 172 messages in this thread already - many with multiple books?

171- I love that animated graphic! So cute!

Today I received Tethered by Amy MacKinnon from Random House. I have absolutely no idea how it came to me - I definitely didn't request it. I don't really mind, though, it looks interesting and it's short. All it came with is a photo of the final cover.

Anyone else get this one and/or have any idea where it came from? If not, I'll just be happy that they have my address in the database and send me random books!

Today the FedEx guy and the UPS guy practically walked in the door together to bring me The Green Beauty Guide by Julie Gabriel (wrapped so it was just about bomb proof) and Last Night I Dreamed of Peace which is evidently the only book Random House is sending out for the Read it Forward program, although it sounds good and is a gorgeous hardback ARC.

> 174

Tethered sounds fascinating! Now if only random interesting-sounding books were turning up on my doorstep unannounced!

I received My Father's Paradise yesterday afternoon here in so. Cal.

I received Descartes Bones last Friday. Yesterday Fed Ex delivered Gone Away World. Today, I received
The American Boys Handy Book by US mail and it was packaged nicely in a box with a letter and catalog from Tuttle Publishing. It was a final copy Hardback and my son is looking forward to reading it. We will most likely read it together and write a review together on my blog.

I also emailed Kim at HCI books about The Green Beauty Guide
and mentioned that I am a book reviewer here and have a blog.
I forgot to post the link to my blog and she emailed back saying she would send the book and wanted the link to my blog. Publicists must realize that we are spreading the work about new books through our book blogging.

After reading so many good comments about Confessions of a Contractor I was very happy to have a copy arrive in Canada today!

The Gone Away World arrived today in Chicago, via FedEx.

>174 littlebookworm:

I got Tethered, too. It was part of the Read It Forward program. It wasn't one of the books they showed on the website, but that's what the flyer says it is. Specifically, it says this:

"Requested books distributed while supplies last (I didn't request any specific book, just sent my address); other great reads may be sent in their place."

I got Redneck Boy in the Promised Land as part of Read it Forward. Am I being stereotyped because I live in Indiana!!

Anyway, it's nice to get an unexpected book, but I think it is kind of sneaky that they don't seem to be sending the books featured when we all signed up.

I completely agree with you, iubookgirl. The book I received wasn't one that was originally promoted when I signed up for the program.

I'm sort of scared that if I do get a book from Read It Forward it will be something I don't want to read. I would feel horrible! Are these books coming with any letters of some kind. When sending out random books it seems like it's a shot in the dark that the person receiving it would actually want to read it and then review it. I guess that's just how it goes though?

>184 mint910: mint,

The thing about the Read It Forward books is that there's no obligation to review them. So, if it's something you don't care for, you can simply give it away. They stated that if they run out of the book you requested, they may send an alternate. I don't think it's sneaky, really. I prefer that actually to them just not sending anything. It would be different if they were expecting written reviews, but all they say is that they hope we'll read and enjoy the book and tell our family and friends about it.

185- Thank you! I feel better. It's so like me, worrying about something I don't even have yet ;)

#181 - I didn't even think of that, thanks! Mine didn't have a letter.

Today I received the graphic novel American Widow, The Gone Away World and The Green Beauty guide.

I received Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Dang Thuy Tram from the big brown sleigh today. I was really excited about it and wasn't expecting the book. I don't remember requesting it... wouldn't it be nice if it was the Book Fairy dropping it off because she knows exactly what I like? :-)

It's a diary of Tram about what she went through as a Vietnamese person durning the war.

koolaidmom, that's one of the "Read it Forward" books, I got that today too. It should have a half piece of paper flyer in it.

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#188--must know did you request American Widow from SA?

191- I know I know! I soooooooooo want to read that one.

Like #178, RedLadysBooks...

The American Boys Handy Book arrived by US Mail. The catalog too.

I got an email from Read It Forward this morning saying I didn't respond to their July newsletter quickly enough to get anything. Wonder when their next newsletter is coming out?

I got Rune Warriors today from Harper Collins First Look. I think it is funny they want their review in about 10 days. Oh well, maybe they'll get it, maybe they won't.

Received yesterday (8/19), via USPS media mail (cardboard mailer):

The Mysterious Receding Seas by Richard Guy
Requested... I don't remember! But it was via a Bostock email.

Received American Widow today via FedEx in IN. I requested through the Shelf Awareness ad.

The Grift finally arrived and it's a beautiful hardcover book. Yay!

Also received When One Man Dies from Read It Forward, the first in a mystery series by Dave White.

I've received When We Were Romans and Descartes Bones recently.

I just received The Gone-Away World from the UPS guy. (Gene was off today). Wow, can we say day-glow pink and green. I sure am happy the actual cover is not what they sent out on the ARC. I should have no trouble picking that book out from the stack so long as my eyes can take the brightness. Oh by the way I am in Los Angeles

>200 silverheron:, that's what I initially thought too, but I think that IS the actual cover. The other editions in LT seem to have the British cover. I found the same cover as the ARC on Amazon.com and the other LT covers on Amazon.co.uk.

I agree, though, that cover is terrible.

I received 2 hardbacks today. The Road Home by Rose Tremain, which comes out next week, and Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons, which came out last week.

Apparently the Read it Forward people can read minds... I got a really awesome looking book called Superpowers

I received Midwife of of the Blue Ridge and Inside out girl today.

Today I received The Gone Away World and the Collins Sampler. I received Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford from Harper Teen yesterday. They want the review by 9/1 - but who knows if their site will be back up by then!

This is my lucky day! Acedia and Me arrived today as well as the other two I mentioned in message 198! Kathleen Norris is one of my favourite authors, so I'm really looking forward to reading this one.

206 - monkimon, you can also go to Harper Children to their First Look program (sorry, I don't have the link right now) and submit your Harper Teen review there, I believe.

I got The American Boy's Handy Book in SC today.

Gone Away World arrived in eastern Kansas and I have a mysterious package from Penguin waiting for me at my local UPS office.

I received Quintet today in IN via USPS. I don't remember requesting this one.

Edit - I think I requested this from minibookexpo

Today my favorite book fairy in the big brown truck brought me The Bodies Left Behind, whooo hooo!!!

I got The Green Beauty Guide, In Hovering Flight and Midwife of the Blue Ridge today! Three in one day is a first for me!

I got my Read It Forward Book...Crossed Bones which is really the Tenth Gift

My Read It Forward Book The Unthinkable came via the UPS guy today in Culver City, CA. Does anyone know if we have to sign up for this over and over again, or will they just send out books, or is this our one and only?

#215 - I wondered the same thing. I sent them an email with links to books I had reviewed that were coincidentally Crown publishing books, we'll see if anything comes of it.

This week I have gotten Descartes' Bones, The Grift, Nation by Terry Pratchett, and Out-takes from a Marriage which I don't even remember requesting but I'm sure in my ARC frenzy, I did somewhere.

Has anyone received Glamour?

Oh! You got Nation! So jealous! I will eagerly await your review.

As for me, I got Gone Away World but don't quite know when I'm going to read that as my class assignments have started rolling in . . . gulp. I hope I still love to read at the end of all this!

217 - First time I've seen someone mention Nation - cool!

Quite a few received Glamour a while back by FedEx. I got a note from FedEx today saying they couldn't deliver to a PO and could I call with a new address...

I received a Harper Collins First Look Teen selection Getting the Girl by Susan Juby. I am excited about this. I read a lot of YA.

217- I know some people got Glamour a few weeks ago, I didn't though. :(

UPS Fairy dropped off Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo this morning. Nice little surprise from Author Buzz to wake up to!

Nation was a good read. I liked the book and laughed my fanny off, but Pratchett's anti-god theme got a tiny bit tiresome after awhile.

217 - I received Glamour on 8/5 in IN.

This is my lucky week! After a dry spell of nearly three weeks, I received three books two days ago and another three today!

I got The Nettle Spinner from Mini Book Expo and Mudbound and The Corpse Will Keep from Harper Collins Canada.

#203: How did you get The Road Home? I'd LOVE to read that one!!

The Grift arrived in California this week :) Nice hard cover, first edition.

writestuff - A rep from Hachette Books offered me several books and that was one of them. You might try contacting them.

Yesterday I received The Gone-Away World, and two YA books from HarperTeen, Freeze Frame and Getting the Girl. They want both of the YAs reviewed by 9/1. Maybe they should have used something other than UPS Ground to send them in that case? LOL. Actually I'm thrilled to have them, and they both look like fun quick reads. I can probably get them done this week, especially if Guernica never shows.

228- Does Harper notice if you don't post your reviews by the given date. It seems in most cases it's almost impossible to do so. I haven't tried for any books through their program in like a year but was thinking of trying again. Just wondering how much they ask after reviews.

Thanks bermudaonion (#227) I'll try that :)

Received Crossed Bones now titled The Tenth Gift ARC from Read it Forward.com today via UPS.

Today I got Anita Shreve's Testimony. Looks like its a good one!

I've heard Testimony is great. I asked for it today. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Today I found 4 books waiting for me:

Crossed Bones / Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson - Read It Forward Program
Whiskey Rebels by David Liss - LT Early Review Program
The Grift by Debra Ginsberg - SA newsletter
Passenger by Ronald Damien Malfi - direct request

A question please. Both Testimony and The Road Home are published by the same group. I don't see a lot of ARCs available that I really want but I want these two! If I send requests for each book (seperately), is there a change I could get both? There is a two month time period between their release dates. Is asking for two from the same publisher a no-no? Would I have a better chance if I waited until after I received the first one before asking for the second one?
Thank you all.

Received The Unthinkable: Who... by amanda Ripley from Read it Forward today. A definite substitution - not my usual style but we'll give it a go. Anyone else get it?

Oops guess this should have been in the Read it Forward thread....

#235 Hachette is a blog friendly group. I say ask for both, they'll probably send them.

#235 They are the best publishers out there to work with, as long as they see you are doing the reviews:) Request Away!

Don't they want like visitor stats for your blog when you request an ARC? I wouldn't know what to give them.

No one has ever asked me for my stats.

This is what I'm referring to, they ask you to include info when making a request and this is one of the bullet points:

"specific information about your website, including short description of site and visitors plus traffic information"

You can see it on the right hand side of this page.
http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/trade_media_index.aspx

I just may need to write to them if they aren't so concerned with their list ;)

>229 mint910: I'm relatively new to this and these are my first books from HarperTeen (or Harper Collins), so I'm not sure how much they hold you to the review date. I figure, though, that if I can get them in on time I'm more likely to get more books? Not sure if it works that way.

>235 posthumose: I'd probably request both in the same email, if it were me. Just say you're interested in review copies of the following books, and so on.

>239 mint910: Never had anyone ask for stats or give any indication that they visited my blog, which is only a little over a month old. Out of 21 requests (apart from LT) I've received 8, plus "yes" emails to 2 additional ones--so, a 50% success rate.

hmm. I have never included that info in my requests, so you could just tell them about your blog, include a link and your review requests and see what happens:) You could also get sitemeter which is free for your blog and then you will have some stats to offer if they ask, but I wouldn't worry about that, like I said above, I request from every publisher and haven't been asked yet.

I've been asked for traffic information before. I think it's the sign of a smart and savvy publicist! :)

I use both statcounter and google analytics. Where is your blog hosted? It's relatively easy to install. Plus, I think measuring your traffic is super fun and will also show you what posts are more popular etc. You can see where people are coming from what activities are causing people to visit etc. I recommend it.

When asked I usually say I have so many unique visitors a week and so many subscribers.

M 244: Anyway you could post a link to a good site for that? I looked into adding something a while back but became a bit befuddled.

If you have sitemeter, anyone can access your stats - and then they don't have to ask.

It's true that you can allow anyone to access your stats with sitemeter, but you're not required to. You can make them private.

Thanks you guys! I actually added sitemeter a few weeks ago and have goggle analytics and some other tracking thing. I guess what I'm sure about is what information to give them. I think in one case I tried to count myself out of the stats but it somehow didn't work. So I'm not sure if my stats are accurate. Personally I don't care but they wouldn't be the best to provide to someone else.

I'll definitely keep Hachette in mind! I was looking around on their site yesterday, does anyone else find it sort of strange for navigation. I didn't feel like there was that much information there.

Anyone can access your stats with Statcounter as well....I just don't like to make mine public, since it shows quite a bit of information. I remember how shocked I felt (back when I was a newbie) when I followed someone's public stats and saw all my info there! I think it's a bit of courtesy to keep them private, IMHO

Today I received Midwife of the Blue Ridge in the mail, which I had requested from the author a while back (Thank you Thank you Thank you, Christine!), and it looks fantastic. Plus she signed it! Am I a lucky girl, or what?!

I received a copy of Wife in the North, and along with it came coasters printed with quotes from books!

I got Something Wickedly Weird today in SC

Yesterday I got The Organ Grinder and the Monkey in the mail. Today in the mail I got a signed copy of Midwife of the Blue Ridge from the Author. I was so thrilled to get a chance at it. I had seen the book advertised and knew I would like to have it and then got a chance at a copy. I am psyched. Then to top it off I got The American Boy's Handy Book. I do a lot of nature stuff with kids so I know that it will be so valuable in my library. Whoo Hoooo. I am having a good day.

252 - ooh I hope I get it too!

I got The Organ Grinder and the Monkey in the mail today.

I'm telling you what... I was already fighting at best a stalemate before with Mt. TBarc, but with this last week off for funeral and a house guest, I'm ready to give up on the thought of ever winning the war!

It's a battle I'm happy to fight, though ;-)

I got The Spiritualist yesterday. Strange, I don't remember requesting it - but I must have! Anyway, it does look incredibly interesting.

I also got a signed, beautiful new trade paperback of Midwife of the Blue Ridge today! I'm very happy and I'll be reading it soon.

I've slowed down my ARC requests since I got a bit overwhelmed and I'd like to read a few more books for me. It's a little sad not to get free books all the time, but it makes me feel less guilty about picking up The Last Enchantment while I wait for those books I really want to turn up.

>256 ankhet: ankhet

The Spiritualist was one of the original books listed on the Read It Forward program. Perhaps that's where it came from?

The American Boys' Handy book arrived in Oregon today.

#191 it was from SA.

I finally received Guernica today. It's a nice hardcover, too.

I got Something Wickedly Weird, The Devil's Brood, Midwife of Blue Ridge, Gone Away Worldand several blog tour books. I feel overwhelmed again.

Guernica made an appearance today in my mailbox, here in so. California. A nice hardcover copy.

I also received The American Boys' Handy Book yesterday! It's one of the nice hardcovers. Yay!

Has anyone received Stalin's Children? I got an email confirmation that I would be receiving it "in the next couple of weeks" on July 21.

I don't remember if I requested Stalin's Children or not, I haven't received it in either case.

I did receive Something Wickedly Weird: the icy hand in the mail tolday. It looks like a lot of fun, and my review may include one from Mag's as well, as it's geared for ages 9-12. The cover is reminiscent of Lemony Snicket's.

I got the email confirmation for Stalin's Children July 21st as well and have not received it. However, I got my email confirmation for Resistance the same day, and that didn't come until August 4th, so maybe Stalin's Children is still coming.

Like koolaidmom, I also received Something Wickedly Weird: The Icy Hand in the mail today.

Strange. I got Something Wickedly Weird: The Wooden Mile on Saturday.

I think I got The Wooden Mile as well, #267.

Guernica came today in NJ, along with Midwife of the Blue Ridge

Today I received Blue Genes by Christopher Lukas. I never requested it but have done other reviews for the individual at Doubleday that sent it to me. It's the first one I have received that I didn't ask for & it was an exciting surprise!

#270...that's awesome, congratulations!

I got Midwife of the Blueridge byChristine Blevins in my mail today directly from the author.

I also received Blue Genes by Christopher Lukas and I don't remember requesting it either, but it looks like a great read. I have received other books also from the same person at Doubleday, so maybe it's a pattern.

I also received Midwife of the Blue Ridge directly from Christine Blevins today. I'm tempted to bump it to the top of my pile, despite the fact that I have another dozen books competing for my attention.

Are you guys sure you didn't request Blue Genes? Because I definitely remember requesting it. In fact, according to gmail I requested it July 19th.

I got the Stalin's Children email too but the book hasn't arrived.

Two near Boston in the past few days ... Guernica on Saturday, and Blue Genes today.

For me, Blue Genes was the result of responding to an S-A ad on 7/16 (email to doubleday marketing @ random house)

#267 bermudaonion: the letter I got with it said they were all out of the first book, so I got the second with the promise it's good as a stand alone.

I need to stop checking this thread. Am envious that you receive mail on Saturdays in the US - the only time I got Saturday mail delivery was for the Harry Potter books, which was on their release dates.

I received Confessions of a Contractor last week, and have been patiently waiting for my July ER book to come.

Did not get "Icy Hand" today. I was rather late late late with my request. Instead they sent a cool bookmark with a old metal key attached.

All a surprise as I hadn't remembered requesting the book.

That's pretty cool, when they send something anyway! :)

Guernica finally arrived in Oregon today, as did The Icy Hand (Something Something Wickedly Weird). Never seen this on an ARC before: "This uncorrected galley hasn't been proofed or Americanized." I love that. I'll have to be sure to read with a British accent (planning to read it aloud with my boys).

Received Blue Genes today, and yes, I did request it.

Inside is a card requesting feedback to Adrienne Sparks at DoubleDay. The note also says that they will send a copy to a friend or colleague, if I wish, and 'credit' me. So, if anyone is interested in the book, it would seem copies are still easily available.

280- The old metal key sounds pretty cool!

Yikes--Today my badly overworked mail guy brought three--
Stalin's Children, The Icy Hand, and my August ER book--The Book of Matthew--wow--that was sooo fast

lol, speaking of Stalin's Children...

Yes, the children went rabid when they saw that key. It now sits in 'the place of time out items'

:o)

287- I got the key too! Definitely fun :)

I too received Something Wickedly Weird: the icy hand by Chris Mould. I'll be reading it to the kiddos over the next week. What a way to spend the week before starting school!

This is the first ARC I've received since joining this group and signing up with SA. Cool!

I got Something Wickedly Weird: The Wooden Mile today. I'm very excited to read this one, but I think my son may beat me to it.

Whoo hoo. Today was a good day. I received Something Wickedly Weird: The Wooden Mile, Romeo Romeo by Robin Kaye and The Book of Matthew.

I recieved an envelope today from Bloomsbury - which was empty! The seal was torn and haphazardly reclosed. I suspect it contained Guernica since people have been receiving it, and I did get a confirmation email about it. I'm disappointed since I really wanted to read this one. I feel like complaining to the post office even though I know I still won't be getting the book.

You should email Bloomsbury back, too, and let them know.

Yes, I think I will. Thanks.

#292 tara35: That's weird. I wonder if someone out there helped themselves to a free book. shudders at the thought

282: Alirambles wrote: I'll have to be sure to read with a British accent (planning to read it aloud with my boys).

I love reasing outoud to the kids with voices and sound effects, too. Right now I'm reading Molly Moon with Maggie, which is so much fun. Of course, the downfall to this is that Mags doesn't want to read by herself.

I think that by October (at the latest) we're going to need to go to two monthly "ARCs Received in the Mail" threads, like "What books came into your home". I can't believe we have 300 posts and the month isn't quite over yet!

koolaidmom - Oh do read to her as long as she'll let you. It will break your heart when she doesn't want you to anymore. Maybe you can get her to read to you from time to time as well, though. I used to have my son read to me while I cooked supper.

'Blue Genes' and 'Mexican Bowl Fishing' arrived today in Michigan via the MiB. No notes with either of them, but 'Mexican Bowl Fishing' had a receipt with it saying someone payed 14$ for it and had the book shipped to me. No pressure!

#292/293 I've noticed that a lot of the flaps of the envelopes my ARCs come in are barely hanging on by the time they get to me. I guess I should start emailing the publishers so they can be aware of the problem.

I just found Blue Genes: a Memoir of Loss and Survival by Christopher Lukas on my front porch in Indiana as well... The Big Brown Sleigh made it's rounds today ;-)

Blue Genes showed up in Chicago today as well!

Got Blue Genes in Rhode Island yesterday, and Guernica today, yay me! My poor book pile though..

I'm hoping the Blue Genes shows up on my doorstep soon. I'm really looking forward to that one!

Guernica arrived today in San Francisco

I got home late yesterday and didn't check the mail. This afternoon, I had Guernica, Midwife of the Blue Ridge, Blue Genes and the antique key instead of Something Wickedly Weird. Not a bad haul for a Tuesday.

I got months and seasons from the author, Christopher Meeks today. I'm in Canada so I asked him directly through RedRoom.

Anyone willing to tell me where they got Guernica? I really like the looks of that story. I just noticed the author is on LT, did anyone ask him directly ?

306-
I think most of requested Guernica through Shelf Awareness. That's how I obtained it. It's third in line on my to read list, and I'll post it on bookmooch if you are interested. I can post it now and delay it for a few weeks if you like.

In Culver City I received yesterday The Truth and Awakening the Genie Within a Journey of Discovery by Bettye Johnson both from the bostick emails. Today I got the Antique key instead of the Something Wickedly Weird series. I loved the key so much I went ahead and pre-ordered the books. I also received today Shadow of Colossus I remember asking for it at one time but I don't remember when. I think it was quite some time ago.

I got Confessions of a Contractor today. My husband and I were general contractors for years, and with everyone talking about it so much, I just had to write to the author and ask if there were still any copies floating around. (We were on vacation when everybody else requested it, so I missed out that time around.) I can't wait to get into it, we'd had some mighty strange clients over the years ourselves!

Ach, I'd been waiting so long for Guernica that I had given up on it entirely, and now it's arriving when I'm away on business for a week! I cannot wait to get back home and see what my neighbor has picked up for me!

I still haven't received the last two ARCs.

Staying patient, though, because I have plenty of books to read.

>292 tara35: tara

I got Guernica today, and my flap wasn't closed at all. The envelope was quite a bit larger than the book, and someone (presumably at the often complained about post office) had wrapped a rubber band around it, so my book was actually still inside, but if they hadn't done that, I'm certain I would've received an empty smushed up envelope. I'm thinking perhaps that whoever packaged these books for Bloomsbury failed to seal them properly (or at all, as in my case and possibly yours). As much as I do blame USPS for most things (like continuing to deliver my mail and packages to a vacant house 10 days after they were supposed to start forwarding them and folding books in half!! to make them fit in my itty bitty mailbox), I think they might not be at fault in this instance.

Well, out of the blue a copy of John Grogan's "The Longest Trip Home Arrived".

I am ABSOLUTELY sure I did not request it. So keep an eye on your mailboxes.

I did request it and haven't heard a thing...*keeping my fingers and toes and eyes crossed...

I live in No. Virginny, Kim. It didn't have as far to go for me.

I got The Longest Trip Home in South Carolina today. It was on Shelf Awareness and I requested on August 6.

I got The Gone-Away World today as well as a hardcover of Guernica (already got the paperback) and Sarah's Key from St. Martin's Reading Group Gold. I also got the sampler book from Harper Collins.

>318 bostonbibliophile:

Had you received a notification on Sarah's Key or did it just show up?

Speaking of packages being opened, one of mine arrived today with the flap 3/4 of the way open- thankfully the book was still inside! It's Shadow of Colossus which it looks like I requested back in June.

The book isn't an ARC either, just a nice paperback.

#318--re: Sarah's Key..inquiring minds need to know!! did you get any confirmation?

No, I never got any confirmation- the book just showed up.

UPS just brought me Life After Genius, Against Medical Advice and Testimony today. I am excited.

I received The Kings of Innocence by Michael Burns today from the author. He's the one who said he'd give 10 copies to anyone who'd put up a review at Amazon. He was nice enough to send one to Canada for me.
I also got A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson today.
I only requested it on Friday from Shelf Awareness. There was no response, it just arrived!
Thank you to everyone who answered my newbie questions in the last couple of weeks, they're starting to pay off.

I didn't see Birds of East Africa, was it an ad? (I wouldn't have requested it, myself, just curious).

>Message 325

It was one of my newbie goofs. There was no ad or offer. I sent a request to the person who'd reviewed it, thinking she was the right person as it gave her name and address at the bottom of the page as the "contact regarding reviews". Duh.
She wrote back saying she was just a reviewer but gave me an email address to send a request to. I did and here it is! My biggest problem is figuring out where to find ARCs that are available and who to ask (besides Bostick and Shelf Awareness I mean). I hope the publicists aren't reading these threads.
I swear I'm only stupid when I'm on the computer. lol

Oooh St. Martin's Reading Group Gold has sent a book yay!

I received The Longest Trip Home in Northern VA today.

I received Port of Entry today!

I received Operation Blue Light in the mail today. I seem to be the first (if not the only person to request it) person to receive it.

virginiahomeschooler:

Very interesting! Thanks for posting this. I did contact Bloomsbury and they said they would send out another copy which I thought was really nice (and what I was hoping for, too!).

I recieved Insatiable Desire today.

I received The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson today. This is my first Bostick book - it's not an ARC but a mass market paperback.

333> I just got this too.... The cover is really bothering me!

#334, I actually think it's pretty cool and spent a few minutes moving it back and forth (I'm easily amused), but I imagine it's going to be way distracting when I'm reading, especially because it's extra thick. It's a hologram, for those who didn't request this one.

I received Eva Etzioni-Halevy's The Triumph of Deborah today, sent to me by the author by way of Amazon. Gosh the script is small. I hope it's not a problem while I read.

Today is a good day. I got Nation by Terry Pratchett. The thing is, I'm pretty sure I got an email saying that I wasn't getting it. This is definitely the arc I've wanted more than any other, so I am psyched. All those poor arcs sitting on my shelf may have to hold off a little longer. Not sure I can wait to read this one.

I received The Late Bloomer's Revolution, which I got directly from the author. Have already dipped into it and it sounds like it's going to be great fun!

I got the key instead of Something Wickedly Weird too. Kind of a bummer since I wanted to read the book, but a nice thought (and a nifty key). Yesterday I got a notice from the post office that I had a parcel waiting for me so I dropped by today only to find The American Boy's Handy Book waiting! And it's a nice hardback publication copy, packaged in a box along with an ordering catalog. Thanks, Tuttle Publishing! Looks fun.

Nation was cute, VAhomeschooler. I laughed my fanny off at some parts. Let me know when you post your review.

VA-PamThe :)

the man in the brown truck brought Nation by Terry Pratchett today. i totally can not remember requesting it but i guess i must have. looked at the reviews here on LT and it looks excellent! looking forward to reading it....at some point...lol

Gotta love the man in brown :0)

i adore the man in brown!

I never see him but he visits my house every so often while I'm at work ;)

Regular post-officer delivered 'Guernica' in Michigan today. Finished hardback copy... which is funny, because I ARCed this book months ago. But it's still nice. And it may make a nice birthday gift for a bookie friend of mine. =)

ps: LOVED this book!!

i often see his big brown truck.
i know he is looking for my house.

got Blue Genes here in so cali

I received Blue Genes and The Longest Trip Home yesterday.

I got The Best Place to Be for a blog tour today.

Got The Longest Trip Home and Bone By Bone today.. didn't expect two at once!

Got Lucky Billy by John Vernon today.

College Girl by Patricia Weitz arrived today from Penguin. I don't remember requesting it. Anybody remember where this one was listed??

I'm pretty sure that was a Shelf Awareness offer. I think it was up at the same time as American Widow

352- That one sounds amazing. I'm crossing my fingers I get it too. :D and I second DevourerofBooks, that's what I remember too.

I also got Nation in the maile today. :-D

Ditto Nation! I've been lurking here since y'all started the group, but I don't see much I want to request, because I'm really only interested in reviewing YA (and some MG and some Teen).
Nation was the only thing I've requested and I was so happy to get it!
(loving Terry Pratchett - in a book-loving platonic kinda way!) Yay Shelf Awareness!

I got Nation today too!

I received College Girl via USPS in IN today.

#356, Did you sign up for Harperteen first look (if you're in the US)? Their site is down right now, but when they're back up, you can sign up to request YA books. I got 2 good ones from them.

Blue Genes found its way to Oregon via UPS Ground today.

Oh, yeah, I've done Harper Teen First Look since January - I've gotten 3 or 4 books. But their website's been going downhill for the last couple of months. (can't log in to give them a review, can't get it to take requests for books, now it's been down for at least 2 weeks)

I honestly hated the last book I got from them and tried to constructively and nicely say so. I don't know if that has anything to do with the fact that I was turned down for Nation, but I'm really happy to have gotten it anyway! :)

#360, Somewhere I read they're planning on relaunching their website "in the fall," whatever that means. Soon, I hope. What book did you hate? Just curious.

#361 Hmmm, interesting - I kinda thought they might have decided to do Facebook/Myspace instead. We'll see, I guess.
I hated Blonde of the Joke. The little review I did here is NOT the review I sent them. I've heard that the book has been delayed until next year, so maybe my dislike wasn't a big surprise to them. It's too bad, I loved the author's earlier books.

I received Nation yesterday in Northern VA.

klmnca, I loved Confessions of a Contractor! you can read my review here and a bit about the book signing I went to with the author here. He's really terrific - very charming and obviously excited.

I've gotten swamped with books in the last few days. Shadow of Colossus, The Last Days of Krypton, The Longest Trip Home (which I don't remember requesting but probably did), Nation and The Dharma King. That's it! No more books for me!

I'm actually thinking of asking a friend who loves the whole Superman myth to do a guest review of Krypton. Take one book off the pile and probably put it in the hands of someone who's more familiar with the story.

Received Nation on Friday and The Longest Trip Home and Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell today in NH. I was particularly happy to see the last one, I really enjoyed her Mallory series.

Edited to fix touchstones, those pesky things!

Today the mailbox yielded Sugar-Baby Bridge and a non-ARC that I won over at Read Street, The Spice Merchant's Daughter.

My Father's Paradise arrived in VA Beach today via USPS.

Got The Dharma King, Nation, Off the Menu, and some books for blog tours, plus a huge stack of books beautifully tied with ribbon and a thank you note to use as a giveaway for BBAW from some publicists. I have to tell you it made me really excited! :)

I got My Father's Paradise in the mail today, as well as Shadow of Colossus.

Recently in the mail I've received

My Father's Paradise by Ariel Sabar
The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan
Blue Genes by Christohper Lukas and
Eclipse by Richard North Patterson

361 and 362
That was HC Canada who's revamping their website (it's currently offline) and planning to relaunch in the fall.

I received Last night I dreamed of peace this week from Read it Forward which was a pleasant surprise.

371> the same holds true of both sites, I think.

>372 Alirambles: I don't think that is the case. The US site (Harpercollins.com) currently exists, whereas the Canadian site (Harpercollins.ca) does not (it goes to a blog).

Right, the regular US Harper Collins site is fine. It's the Canadian site and Harperteen.com, the site of the Harper Collins Teen First Look program we were talking about in posts 361 and 362, which are down.

I received The Last Days of Krypton on Friday in OK.

Two more books arrived! Nation by Terry Pratchett and Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell arrived Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Hey guys, I started a September thread.

I got Last Days of Krypton last Thursday - I think. Its been a busy few days. I got it hoping my husband could read it (he's a bigger comics fan than I) but he's even busier than me, so I'm going to dive in.

The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan... showed up in my mailbox either Friday or Saturday while I was away. I'm SO excited, because I really wanted to read this one. It came with a note saying if I had my review in by Aug 30 that I'd get a finished copy of the book... Umm... the book didn't show up untill the Aug 29 or 30.

Side note: Mexican Bowl Fishing was mediocre and Blue Genes was WONDERFUL! Was a good reading weekend.

374 - Ans again I discover more perils of trying to read threads on metered dial-up (aka skimming).

>380 anysia: No worries, as long as I'm right in the end, LOL. ;-)