Me on In My Mailbox (46)

In My Mailbox is a bunch of weekly fun hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. :)

Hi. :) Yeah, so, I'm way ahead for NaNoWriMo, but then I caught the burnout (which wasn't surprising). On Tuesday I stopped writing early because I was tired and didn't want to spend the whole night writing, so instead I rearranged my bookcase and forgot that some of my books are signed. Oops. ;) Then I took Friday off to read. And my ankle is fine. I saw our family doctor and he said I probably stepped wrong and aggravated the scar tissue. I'm not surprised, considering it stopped hurting after 18 hours.

I also brought up something that other people agreed with, that when you make that first e-mail to a publisher about requesting review copies you're always super nervous. I sent off e-mails twice this week and was on pins and needles every time I got a new e-mail. It's weird, because they want bloggers and they want the publicity, and you want the books, but if you sound grabby then there's no way they'll enjoy sending you books. I love it when they send me books. They're awesome for sending me books, because I'm a shy, over-excitable book nerd. ;)

I've started my list for the 2012 Debut Author Challenge, which will probably be the only challenge I do next year. So many books to read.

Let me know if you'd be interested in me putting up a post that would essentially be me live-blogging while reading a book. I'd probably totally spoil it, telling you what parts I liked and what parts were weird and so on, so if you have any book suggestions, feel free to put them in the comments. :) Considering it's been out for two years, I'm thinking of live-blogging as I read Paper Towns.

Bought:
Amplified by Tara Kelly
Paper Towns by John Green (I stuck this into last week's post since I got it last Sunday, it's here again in case you missed it and started wondering where I'd gotten it.)
Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson

Borrowed from Caitlin/or just from Caitlin:
A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford (I don't remember if she said I could keep it or not.)

Received from HarperCollins Canada to review:
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows (it's so pretty)

Borrowed from the library: (no picture, darn those e-books)
Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay (e-book)

To review: Juliet Immortal, Beautiful Chaos, Born Wicked, A Million Suns, Unraveling Isobel, Incarnate, Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse, A Touch Morbid, and The Fine Art of Truth or Dare. Maybe Paper Towns if I don't live-blog it.