IMM: May

I don't have time to do an IMM vlog because I am in the midst of (sort of, maybe) organizing for the Jane in June shenanigans, but I do want to tell you about the greatfantabulous books I got this month.  If I have a sane moment in the coming weeks, I may pop back in and do a vlog, but for now, here's the list...
[also, I know I keep saying I am going to buy fewer books every month, and so far that hasn't happened -- and I'm NOT going to say that for June, I'm not even going to THINK it, because that would be a lie -- I'm going to ALA, and I damn well better come home well-laden with books.  So look for another big IMM at the end of June, and THEN I am going to ease up.  Really...]


BOUGHT:

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

What I Was by Meg Rosoff

Exodus by Julie Bertagna

The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose by Mary Hooper

The Grand Tour: Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworn Testimony of a Lady of Quality by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

Jinx by Meg Cabot

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

Angels on Sunset Boulevard by Melissa De La Cruz

East by Edith Pattou

The Wish List by Eoin Colfer

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
Squire by Tamora Pierce
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield


GIFT BOX from my buddy BILL (thanks Bill!)
The Devouring by Simon Holt
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Savvy by Ingrid Law (!!! I love this!)
The Tale of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
Breathe: a Ghost Story by Cliff McNish
Angels by Cliff McNish 

                         

WON:

Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap (from Kate of the Neverending Shelf.  Thanks, Kate!)

The Spellman's Strike Again by Lisa Lutz (from Elizabeth of Strange and Random Happenstance.  Thanks, Miss Eliza!)
(I won some other stuff as well, but it hasn't come yet, so I will wait to share it with you)

LIBRARY:
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb for my bookclub

and a whole mess of Jane Austen related lit for Jane in June!

FOR REVIEW:

A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley (thanks, Random House/Alfred A. Knopf and Casey!) -- check out my review here!

The Darcy Cousins by Monica Fairview (thanks, Monica and Danielle from Sourcebooks!)

Intimations of Austen by Jane Greensmith (Thanks, Jane!)
Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd (Thanks, Lynn and Beautiful Books!)
Miss Bennet and Mr Bingley by Fenella J Miller (Thanks, Fenella!)

My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking (Thanks, Amanda!)

Android Karenina by Ben Winters and Leo Tolstoy (thanks, Quirk Books and Tiffany!)