In My Mailbox (Vlog) - III

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The Bought

Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
Sebastian Darke: The Prince of Pirates by Philip Caveney

The Borrowed

None

The Received

Bookmarks from The Page Flipper
I Like You by Amy Sedaris
The Heights, the Depths, and Everything in Between by Sally Nemeth
Cycler by Lauren McLaughlin
Eragon & Eldest by Christopher Paolini
2 Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling + 2 pins
Hottie by Johnathan Berstein
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott
Tsubasa vol. 1
I Love You, Beth Cooper CD
Confessions of a First Daughter by Cassidy Calloway
Ninja Girls vol. 1 by Hosana Tanaka
X-Men Misfits vol. 1 by Raina Telegemeier, Dave Roman, and Anzu
Four-Eyed Prince vol. 1 by Wataru Mizukami
Shoujo Art Studio by Yishan Li

Delivering for Yan from Books By Their Cover

TMI by Sarah Quigley
Castration Celebration by Jake Wizner
The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters
Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills

Homg, it took ages for me to upload these vlogs! I think I died, searching for ways to upload them faster because waiting for 12 hours was way too long! And so sorry for the poor and dark quality!

Quick thank you to Lindsay from Just Another Book Addict =) for the Lemonade Award!

Announcement: Today is the last day to join all of the contests for my blogoversary! Quick, sign up now! All links above! Entries will be closed at 11:59 PM EST!

In My Mailbox (Vlog) - II + BBAW

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The Borrowed

None

The Bought

None

The Received

Blank Slate vol. 1 by Aya Kanno
Gakuen Prince vol. 2 by Jun Yuzuki
Switch by Carol Snow
Beating Heart by A.M. Jenkins

Doing an early IMM because I'm heading off to California tomorrow! Next week's IMM will be delayed until I get back! And quick thank you to ~The Book Pixie for the Your Blog Rocks Award!

Wdebo is celebrating her first blogoversary and birthday! She's giving away some pretty cool prizes so click here to check it out!

I was surprised when I went to check my email to find out that I was nominated for Best Graphic Novel Review Blog and Cultural Review Blog! Cultural Review Blog?? Hm, I'm still puzzling over that one. I rummaged back in my archive for links and was horrified that my "cultural" novel reviews weren't so great back when my blog was still new. Ah well, it's still something.

But I want to thank you so much to whoever nominated me! It made me really happy to know that you think so highly of my blog! Anyway, I decided to do a little meme for BBAW.

1) What has been one of the highlights of blogging for you?

Being able to communicate with fantastic bloggers and authors around the world and discovering all of the amazing YA books out there! Believe it or not, I sort of stopped reading regular novels before I decided to blog at one point of my life. But now, I have a huge selection and my brain is indulging them all! To all my blogger friends, love you all!

2) What blogger has helped you out with your blog by answering questions, linking to you, or inspiring you?

The Story Siren and In Bed With Books were the two blogs that stood out to me before I started blogging. They inspired me to start blogging because I was done summer school at the time and had nothing better to do for the next month. From there, Stop, Drop, and Read! was born.

3) What one question do you have about BBAW that someone who participated last year could answer?

Hm, I really don't have one! My blog was still pretty new when last year BBAW came around so I was quite unfamiliar with it. But I am definitely looking forward to this year's!

There is also a great contest you can join for Harlequin Teen! Check below!

In My Mailbox (Vlog) - I

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The Borrowed

Dragon Drive vol. 12 by Ken-ichi Sakura
N A N A vol. 13 by Ai Yazawa
Violet by Design by Melissa Walker
America's Next Top Model (forgot to show)

The Bought

None

The Received

Monster by A. Lee Martinez
Never Slow Dance with a Zombie by E. Van Lowe
Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert
How It Works by Laura Weiss

I received some awards but since there are so many posts to go through, I'll just give my thanks to the individuals here. Thanks to: MissAttitude, Leslie, Tynga, and Casey for the lovely blog awards! :D Hopefully I didn't forget anyone!

Yes, all giveaways will end on August 31/09! You guys still have time to enter them all! :) There are only two more this week so stay tune!

Oh! I forgot to mention! I'm heading to California for a week of vacation this Saturday! Yay! No worries, I will have tons of reviews scheduled up!

Happy Birthday to...

STOP, DROP, AND READ! //throws confetti// Yay!! Today's my first blogoversary! Oh I'm so proud of myself! //wipes away pseudo-tear// Please watch my little (failed attempt) video below!

(Oh god, I'm such a dork! First vlog for Stop, Drop, and Read! ever and I'm just spewing nonsense! Forgive me as this is also my first ever video on Youtube...)

Yep, yep, I am having a blog bash! AND EVERYONE IS INVITED! You live in the States? You're in (aren't you always?). In Vietnam? You're in. In Antarctica? You're in. Saturn? Hell, you're in too!

Summary of the blog for those who are lazy to watch or can't work the link:
~I have asked a few of my favourite YA authors to participate in my blog by writing up a post through any of their character's point of view!(You can learn more of your favourite characters!)
~Originally, it was planned to go on for two weeks but a few authors have not yet replied with their post (I'm working on it!!). So over a week has been filled up so far. THE BASH WILL GO ON FOR TWO WEEKS!!
~The bash will run through Monday to Friday and repeat the week after. I'd like to keep my Saturdays for reviews and Sundays for my In My Mailbox meme.
~There will be giveaways! YES, GIVEAWAYS! (International readers: Told you that your time will come soon!) ~Hint: Become a follower now (clicky follow in the sidebar) so you can get two extra entries in the giveaways I am holding!
~Come back this Monday, August 3, for the first author post!! (Which authors are participating? Well you would have to hang around to find out! But I'm sure you'd recognize a few!)

I have not decided on an ending date for the giveaways yet but no worries, I will announce it when I have smoothed everything over. They will all end at the same time.

I would like to thank all of my readers! You guys have brought Stop, Drop, and Read! alive! It wouldn't be here today without you! LOVE YOU ALL! ♥

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