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Sunday, November 14, 2010

In My Mailbox: November 7-13

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. Anyone can participate in IMM and you are not limited to only sharing books that arrive via your mailbox. You can also share books that you've bought or books that you've gotten at the library. If interested please click the link above and sign up!

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from Lori @ Lori's Reading Corner

Zamora's Ultimate ChallengeSigned copy of Zamora's Ultimate Challenge by M.K. Scott

Mason and Carter Clover only agree on two things--their baby sister Isabella is a royal pain and their favorite video game, Zamora s Ultimate Challenge, is totally awesome. But fantasy turns to reality when Zamora s evil face appears across the brothers television screen. Claiming to have kidnapped Isabella, the queen challenges the boys to a daring rescue before she takes over their sister's soul. Zamora s plan is to use the baby as a human vessel to travel to Earth and dominate the world. Once the brothers figure out how to get inside the video game, they are hurled into the magical land of Boysen where they meet their helpful guides: a sage, a quirky mermaid, and a Pegasus (who flies them to each thrilling level of the video game). Racing against time, the brothers search for their sister, encountering a myriad of dangerous enemies including stinging fairies, haunted Master Souls, and brutish, knife-wielding pirates. Can they beat each level of the game while being hunted by a fire-breathing dragon, stalked by a robotic shark, and terrorized by acid-poop-bombing pterodactyls? Driven by the powerful bonds that unite siblings, Mason and Carter are determined to face their fears and will stop at nothing to bring Isabella home...but first they must survive Zamora s Ultimate Challenge!

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A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy--jumble them all together and you have this complicated and unusual first novel.
Gemma, 16, has had an unconventional upbringing in India, until the day she foresees her mother's death in a black, swirling vision that turns out to be true. Sent back to England, she is enrolled at Spence, a girls' academy with a mysterious burned-out East Wing. There Gemma is snubbed by powerful Felicity, beautiful Pippa, and even her own dumpy roommate Ann, until she blackmails herself and Ann into the treacherous clique. Gemma is distressed to find that she has been followed from India by Kartik, a beautiful young man who warns her to fight off the visions. Nevertheless, they continue, and one night she is led by a child-spirit to find a diary that reveals the secrets of a mystical Order. The clique soon finds a way to accompany Gemma to the other-world realms of her visions "for a bit of fun" and to taste the power they will never have as Victorian wives, but they discover that the delights of the realms are overwhelmed by a menace they cannot control. Gemma is left with the knowledge that her role as the link between worlds leaves her with a mission to seek out the "others" and rebuild the Order. 

The Pretender's Crown (The Inheritors' Cycle, Book 2)The Pretender's Crown (The Inheritors' Cycle, Bk 2) by C.E. Murphy

Events spiral as one queen is murdered, another is suspected of having plotted to kill her, and armies marshal on both sides. Belinda learns that she is a pawn in a game much greater than she could ever have suspected - and suddenly stumbles upon a shocking secret that changes her life forever. Her powers at their greatest, she turns away from her mother for the first time ever, and must decide how to forge a life of her own.





The Queen's Mistake: In the Court of Henry VIIIThe Queen's Mistake in the Court of Henry VIII by Diane Haeger

When the young and beautiful Catherine Howard becomes the fifth wife of the fifty-year-old King Henry VIII, she seems to be on top of the world. Yet her reign is destined to be brief and heartbreaking, as she is forced to do battle with enemies far more powerful and calculating than she could have ever anticipated in a court where one wrong move could mean her undoing. Wanting only love, Catherine is compelled to deny her heart's desire in favor of her family's ambition. But in so doing, she unwittingly gives those who sought to bring her down a most effective weapon-her own romantic past.


The Children of Henry VIIIThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife, Catherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the daughter of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, ahd his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. These are the players in a royal drama that ultimate led to Elizabeth's ascension to the throne--one of the most spectacularly successful reigns in English history.

8 comments:

Alison Can Read said...

Great reads! I loved Great and Terrible Beauty.
My IMM

Jenny said...

Oh you have A Great and Terrible Beauty, that's a fabulous one, can't wait to see what you think!

Belinda said...

I love the books you got this week :) Well done!
You can find my mailbox at The Bookish Snob

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

I am dying to read C.E. Murphy. I see his books all over and they sound fantastic!!

Enjoy your reads. Here's my mailbox:
http://lll808.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-my-mailbox-36-got-books-sunday.html

Barb said...

Great choices! Happy reading! Drop by my blog and say hi!

Julie Anne Lindsey said...

I'm a new follower! Love the site - entered your contest-I've been here way too long lol you can find me here http://blog.juliealindsey.com/

Jackie said...

Kelsey congratulations on your win and you got some nice books this week to enjoy... First time have heard of the CE Murphy series need to bookmark it to check into for myself!
Thanks for stopping by my post today, just got on the computer after being offline all day!

jackie >_<

Jenny Q said...

Great Mailbox! I really want to read those books by Libba Bray! I picked up The Queen's Mistake from the Borders bargain rack a while back, but I haven't read it yet. Happy reading!

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