Stacking the Shelves (14)

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which bloggers share the books they stacked their shelves with during the week!

This week, I was extremely lucky. Not only was I able to attend the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour in Montreal last weekend, but I got to meet amazing bloggers! I only purchased one book but I ended up receiving fourteen other books! Yeah, I have a huge stack of books to add to my shelf this week. Check it out! 

 
Gifted:
- Vampire Diaries: The Return, Vol.3 Midnight by L. J. Smith
- Bad Girls Don't Die (Bad Girls Don't Die #1) by Katie Alender
- L. A. Candy (L.A. Candy #1) by Lauren Conrad
- The Gatecrasher by Madeleine Wickham (aka Sophie Kinsella)
- Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
- Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry #1) by Simone Elkeles (I'm so happy I got a copy of this! Been going back and forth on buying it for a year!)
- Witch Eyes (Witch Eyes #1) by Scott Tracey
- Blood Wounds by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Halo (Halo #1) by Alexandra Adornetto
- Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- The Luxe (The Luxe #1) by Anna Godbersen
- Splendor (The Luxe #4) by Anna Godbersen
- Unearthly (Unearthly #1) by Cynthia Hand

Won: 
- Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore

HUGE HUGE thank you to Lucy from Moonlight Gleam's Bookshelf for the amazing gifts above the the prize! It was so generous and I'm really thankful! You are awesome!

Bought:
- Beautiful Chaos (Beautiful Chaos #3) by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia (purchased for the Smart Chicks Signing!) 

Swag:
- Black Dawn bookmarks
- Morganville tattoos
- Morganville identification cards
- Beautiful Creatures bookmarks
- Beautiful Redemption bracelet
- Texas Gothic bookmark
- Carnival of Souls card
- Smart Chicks flyer
(Thanks to all the Smart Chicks and Chapters Pointe-Claire for the swag!)

Phew! *wipes forehead* That was a lot of stuff! What did you stack your shelf with this week?

- Ciara (Lost at Midnight)

Stacking the Shelves (3)

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which bloggers share the books they stacked their shelves with during the week!

Once again, I'm going on a book ban. Inspired by my friend Crimson who made a reading list, I decided to make a massive list of the books I own, but have yet to read. That list had 94 books on it. *faints* It has gotten to the point where I can't even fit more books in my room! So, for now, I'm avoiding the book store. But, I did buy/receive a few books these last two weeks, so here they are!
 

Bought:

- Never Eighteen by Megan Bostic

Borrowed:

- Partials by Dan Wells (Library)
- (ARC) The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead (Huge thanks to Katie for dropping off the copy and to Emilie for letting us borrow it!)

Won:

- Demon's Lexicon by Sara Rees Brennan (Big thanks to Lucy at Moonlight Gleam's Bookshelf for this prize! Can't wait to read it!)

Swag:

- Signed Last Rite bookmarks (Thank you Lisa Desrochers for sending these to me! I jumped up and down when they arrived)


What books did you stack your shelves with this week?


- Ciara who is lost at midnight

Women of the Otherworld Mini-Challenge #1

Hello, book-a-lovin' peeps!

Today, I'm going to be participating in the first "Mini-Challenge" for The Women of the Otherworld Reading Challenge hosted by the lovely Lucy over at Moonlight Gleam's Bookshelf! I posted about the challenge earlier, but I haven't had time to participate yet, due to this lovely thing called school. Now that I'm on summer vacation *cue cheering* I'm going to try and catch up.

For this first "Mini-Challenge", Lucy has asked participants to take a picture of all the books they own written by Kelley Armstrong, be it her novels, short stories, or anthologies. 

So, let me say this up front: I'm a bit of a Kelley Armstrong fanatic. Although I don't own everything she's ever published, I've read the vast majority (yay, library!) and own a significant amount. Without further ado, here is the collection:

My Darkest Powers/Darkest Rising collection. I haven't bought The Calling yet!

My entire WOTOW collection (include anthologies and Sub. Press novellas)

Nadia Stafford series

Kelley Armstrong anthologies

Kelley Armstrong swag AND WOTOW Primer!

Inside the Primer, note the signature!

My entire Kelley Armstrong collection

There you have it! My entire collection. I own almost all her published novels (except for The Calling), although in lots of different formats. I started buying The Women of the Otherworld series before they were re-released in Canada, so I have a mix of new and old covers. I actually got both of my Nadia Stafford books at the thrift store, which was just fantastic. I also bought all three of her Subterranean Press novellas, which I am ridiculously happy about (two days after I ordered Angelic, it was sold out). The Otherworld Primer is something I feel very lucky to have. Many people don't know about it, since the series isn't being made into a comic anymore. I ordered the primer the day I found out about it, and although the comic was cancelled (as far as I know) they did print and send out the primer (which I love!) I have also been lucky enough to attend two Kelley Armstrong signings, so all except for one of my books is signed. AND I'm going to a third signing in September, so my entire collection will soon be complete!

Thinking about reading The Women of the Otherworld series? Why not join the challenge! It's a fun, laid-back reading challenge to get people into the series! All the details are here.

That's all for now! How's your Kelley Armstrong collection?

- Ciara who is lost at midnight

In My Mailbox (4)

 
In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren, in which bloggers post about the books they got during the week!

I haven't done an IMM in a few weeks because I didn't really buy any books. I'm still trying to cut back both because I'm broke and because my TBR pile is already out of control! I did find a couple of baraign books which I just couldn't resist. Here are the books I picked up over the last couple of weeks!

                                                             Bought:

- Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz (Goodreads)
- Turn Coat by Jim Butcher (Goodreads)
- Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (Goodreads)

Borrowed:

- Falling in Love with English Boys by Melissa Jensen (Thanks to Emilie at Emilie's Book World!) (Goodreads)

                                                               Swag:

I received a surprise in the mail the other day! Michelle Zink, author of the Prophecy of the Sisters trilogy and the new book A Temptation of Angels, sent me a postcard. It was really exciting! Thanks, Michelle! 

That's it for now! How was your mailbox?

- Ciara who is lost at midnight