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Sunday, October 3, 2010

In My Mailbox & Got Books Sunday!

In my mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren and Got Books Sunday is hosted by Paranormal Haven. The purpose of these meme's is to show off the "fruits" of our book hunt adventures.  These are the books that I received this week:
 
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How many lives do you need to live before you find someone worth dying for? In the aftermath of what happened at Sword & Cross, Luce has been hidden away by her cursed angelic boyfriend, Daniel, in a new school filled with Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans. Daniel promises she will be safe here, protected from those who would kill her. At the school Luce discovers what the Shadows that have followed her all her life mean - and how to manipulate them to see into her other lives. Yet the more Luce learns about herself, the more she realizes that the past is her only key to unlocking her future...and that Daniel hasn't told her everything. What if his version of the past isn't actually the way things happened...what if Luce was really meant to be with someone else?
 
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ARSON GABLE FEELS LIKE A FREAK. HE CAN CREATE FIRE. HE NEVER ASKED FOR IT. HE NEVER WANTED IT. BUT HE CAN'T SHUT IT OFF.


Before now, three things were true: he both loved and despised his grandmother; his life was going nowhere; and he was alone. But when a strange girl-who feels more normal behind a mask than inside her own skin-moves in next door, Arson hopes to find something he's never had: purpose. Using what he fears the most about himself, Arson must face his consuming past and confront the nightmare that is present as he walks the fine line between boy and monster. Dark, moody, and breathtakingly relevant, Arson, the chilling chronicle of an isolated boy with unimaginable ability, is sure to ignite the hearts and minds of a new generation.
 

Sixteen-year-old Maddie Dunn is special, but she needs to figure out how to use her new abilities before somebody else gets hurt. Ganzfield is a secret training facility full of people like her, but it's not exactly a nurturing place. Every social interaction carries the threat of mind-control. A stray thought can burn a building to the ground. And people's nightmares don't always stay in their own heads. But it's still better than New Jersey--especially once she meets the man of her dreams...


The second book of the Ganzfield series. Things are more dangerous than they seem at Ganzfield, and not everyone will survive. Does Maddie have what it takes? See what happens next in the sequel to Minder.

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Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) has been called the most popular western novel of all time. It is set in the mysterious canyon country of southern Utah, and the rugged landscape the novel inhabits is more than a backdrop for the action. Villains and heroes both try to use the stone labyrinth to their advantage, but it is the landscape's power and majesty that dictate the final result. Portraying the conflict between Mormon and non-Mormon settlers over the possession of land in the 1870s, the novel questions the right of a religion to tyrannize its followers and deprive them of freedom in the name of good.


They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the icy passes of the Sierra Nevada. They were men like Linus Rawlings, a restless survivor of Indian country who’d headed east to see the ocean but left his heart—and his home—in the West. They were women like Lilith Prescott, a smart, spirited beauty who fled her family and fell for a gambling man in the midst of a frontier gold boom. These pioneering men and women sowed the seeds of a nation with their courage—and with their blood. Here is the story of how their paths would meet amid the epic struggle against fierce enemies and nature’s cruelty, to win for all time the rich and untamed West.



In New Orleans, immortal Amazon warrior Samia is about to learn that there’s a worse evil coming to slaughter mankind than she’s ever faced before.


At fourteen, Nick Gautier is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity.



 
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12 comments:

Misha said...

You've got some great books. Happy reading!
Here's what I have got In My Mailbox

Nina said...

Infinity is good! I read it and it's amazing. Hopefully you will love it too.

Justine said...

Oooh, I'd like to read Infinity. Hooray for Torment! :D Happy reading!

~The Book Pixie said...

Torment is on my wishlist. I have and need to read Infinity and Arson. I recently won Minder so I should be getting it soon. A great haul of books! Enjoy. :D

~Briana

April (BooksandWine) said...

Oooo Louis L'Amour, what a throwback!

Happy reading :-P

Belinda said...

You have an amazing mailbox this week. Have loads of fun reading !!

Here's my mailbox this week

brandileigh2003 said...

You have great reading to look forward to! I LOVED Minder and Adversary and want more NOW :)
My IMMB is here Have a great weekend!
Brandi from Blkosiner’s Book Blog

Alison Can Read said...

Great books! I'm very excited for Torment. Minder sounds good too.
My IMM

Alison Can Read said...

Great books! I'm very excited for Torment. Minder sounds good too.
My IMM

♫♥✿Chas @ LovLivLife Reviews✿♥♫ said...

I have Infinity on my shelf but have yet to read it. I super excited because Kenyon is an awesome author!=)

Your blog is the first time I am reading the blurb for Arson. I've seen it briefly before but just overlooked it because of the cover. It kind of freaked me out but reading the blurb it sounds great! I am a big romance fan so i wonder how much romance between Arson and his neighbor there is.




Great IMM this week. Enjoy reading your books!!

Cass said...

I really liked MINDER, and am getting ADVERSARY in the mail soon!

Hope you enjoy.

Check out what I got this week here

Lori said...

Minder and Adversary were great books. I hope that you enjoy them. Happy Reading. Check out what was In My Mailbox.