Saturday, July 10, 2010

In My Mailbox + Announcement

It's been a really great week for me. First off, I have an awesome announcement: I've teamed up with Kelsey from The Book Scout to launch a site focused on blog tours- which of course differ from ARC tours in that it focuses on the book and author rather than just a series of reviews from one book mailed around. You can find the site here. Authors feel free to contact us and bloggers, you can sign up for us to know to contact you for tours. We've got several tours already started and more to be set up.

I also had the opportunity to guest blog for Suzanne Young where I talked about The Ten Hottest Boys in YA and a follow up for the Ten Hottest Girls in YA. You should definitely check them out!

Also... I hit 1000 followers on my blog which is basically astounding to me. So, seriously, thank you. In so many ways. You might also want to check back tomorrow for a contest....
And now on to what you really came for.... In My Mailbox this week!


For Review:
Special thanks to Liz Rudnik, Wendy Delsol, and Phenix & Phenix for these titles)

Bought:
Beautiful World by Anastasia Hollings
Dancing On The Edge by Han Nolan
Don't Judge A Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
If I Should Die Before I Wake by Han Nolan
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green


I also got a big swag pack from Emilee at Penultimate Page as well as some Freefall swag from Mindi Scott. So clearly, that meant dropping it all over the dog. But right after I took the pic, he sit up and made a mess of the swag sea. His butt might have harmed a piece or two.

IMM is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren.

Posted by Kari Olson at 9:00 AM

19 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 10, 2010 at 9:14 AM

    Congrats on the 1006 followers! That's crazy awesome and very well deserved!

    Great books of course which I hope you enjoy. Your dog is looking as cute and patient as ever haha. :)

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  2. BrianaJuly 10, 2010 at 9:26 AM

    If I Should Die Before I Wake was pretty good! I hope you enjoy it :)

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  3. Mrs. DeRapsJuly 10, 2010 at 9:32 AM

    Congrats on your followers, your new book tour blog, and your books! I love An Abundance of Katherines. Let us know what you think!

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  4. CaraJuly 10, 2010 at 10:11 AM

    Congrats on hitting 1000!! So great, you definitely deserve it. Also, I can't wait to see what you think of An Abundance of Katherines. (:

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  5. ExtremeReaderJuly 10, 2010 at 12:42 PM

    Congrats on your followers! I will definitely be checking out your blog tour site. I got An Abundance of Katherines this week too!

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  6. YA Book QueenJuly 10, 2010 at 1:01 PM

    Congrats on creating a tour site!

    Cool books! Tweet Heart was a cute read, Stork looks awesome! Awesome swag too,

    Happy reading!

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  7. Christina TJuly 10, 2010 at 3:26 PM

    Congratulations on reaching 1000+ followers! That is quite a milestone.

    You've got some nice books this week. I read and enjoyed Don't Judge a Girl By Her Cover. I still need to get Only the Good Spy Young. Toby looks adorable, especially in the last picture. Have a great week!

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  8. CHRISTIEJuly 10, 2010 at 5:06 PM

    Congratulations! 1000 followers is pretty freaking awesome. Oh, and enjoy your new books. I’m dying to read Tweet Heart.

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  9. NomesJuly 10, 2010 at 5:31 PM

    wow. 1000 followers os like your own small country town! :)

    And I'm off to check out your posts on suzanne's blog - love posts like that.

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  10. Alex Bennett from Electrifying ReviewsJuly 10, 2010 at 6:24 PM

    Congrats and I am so jealous of your haul this week!

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  11. AnonymousJuly 10, 2010 at 6:57 PM

    Congrats on the followers! You got an amazing bunch of books this week. Your dog looks adorably happy. :]

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  12. Badass BookieJuly 10, 2010 at 9:34 PM

    awesome hual this week! Your dog looks so cute in the first picture :P I'm off to see the new site now!

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  13. CorrineJuly 10, 2010 at 10:52 PM

    Congrats on starting up the blog tour site, and also for hitting 1000+ followers. That is amazing!

    As always, love the mailbox, and Toby! Hope that you enjoy all of the books you received this week... and that IS a lot of swag! :D

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  14. Lillie (AliseOnLife)July 11, 2010 at 12:03 AM

    Wow, awesome swag! I like the books in your mailbox, too.
    Happy Reading!

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  15. ~The Book PixieJuly 11, 2010 at 2:33 AM

    If I Should Die Before I Wake is a favorite of mine! Stork is on my wishlist. Great books and swag! :D

    ~Briana

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  16. Little Miss Becky :)July 11, 2010 at 3:07 AM

    Great stuff! I really loved Stork. Happy reading!

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  17. Cialina at Muggle-Born.netJuly 11, 2010 at 3:22 PM

    Wow. That is an impressive amount of swag. I'm jealous. Congrats! Good job on 1000+ followers as well.

    Enjoy your new books!

    - Cialina from http://muggle-born.net/

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  18. CindyJuly 12, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    Congrats on all the followers!! Can't wait to check out your new site!

    Awesome stuff you got this week, I love that last picture of Toby! :)

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  19. nymfauxJuly 13, 2010 at 2:05 AM

    Congratulations!!!! I LOVE your blog and I'm really excited about you and Kelsey teaming up! I know it will be amazing!!!!

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