In My YA Mailbox (Oct. 31, 2010)

The weekly In My Mailbox post is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It is fun to see what everyone else gets in their mailboxes, shopping bags, and library visits. Click on the link to The Story Siren's site to see the rules and join in the fun.

 

I guarantee that your TBR pile will grow when you see all the cool books everyone gets. You will discover lots of wonderful blogs and lots of books that you won't be able to live without. Here are the books that followed me home this week.

 

I spent last Friday and Saturday at KidLit Con 2010. These books are the result of that experience.

 

I had a chance to meet Swati Avasthi and hear her speak about how she was promoting her debut book Sweep. However, the bookseller was sold out and I had to get mine from Amazon after I got home. Luckily, I did have her sign a bookplate that I put in my new book when it arrived.

I won a copy of  Carney's House Party/Winona's Pony Cart by Maud Hart Lovelace for asking a question at the Blogging the Backlist session. I haven't read these. I feel behind because Lovelace is a much-beloved Minnesota author.

I also had a chance to get an ARC of The Hole in the Wall by Lisa Rowe Fraustino. This is a middle grade novel being published by Milkweek Books.

I also bought The Absolute Value of -1 by Steve Brezenoff and had a chance to get it autographed. This YA books has gotten mixed reviews and I am eager to see what I think.

These books actually did appear in my mailbox this week.

Eternal: More Love Stories With Bite edited by P. C. Cast has a number of stories by authors that I read.

The Fledgling Handbook 101 by P. C. Cast is for fans of the House of Night series who wish to learn more in a pseud-nonfiction book about being a fledgling. I thought it looked interesting. I know I have students who will be interested in this one.

I also bought Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick. I have already lent it to a student who has promised to read it and write a review for this blog. I didn't know when it would rise to the top of my TBR stack. So I am grateful for her help (and I love to feed reading addictions.)

I also decided to buy a few books that have been on my wishlist for a while. All of them are either or both steampunk or dystopias.

• Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi is up for some awards this year and I thought it was time that I read it.
• Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld has been out for a while and I had been considering buying it for quite a while. The publication of Behemoth tipped me over the edge. 

These are the books that have found a home on my TBR stack. What did you get this week?