Thursday, August 16, 2012

Under-Cover Thursdays [3]

Under-Cover Thursdays is a monthly feature that was inspired by One A Day Y.A.'s Under-Cover Sundays. "The idea was to share that extra-special touch publishers sometimes put into a book, under the dust jacket of a hard cover." The third Thursday of every month will be an Under-Cover Thursday, so mark your calendars!

This month we have. . .
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The Cover:

Under the Cover:

Close-up:


















Disclaimer: The quote in the Under-Cover Thursdays description is taken from One A Day Y.A.'s Under-Cover Sundays.
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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Shoved Through My Mailslot #9

Shoved Through My Mailslot is a bi-weekly meme here at A Book Lover's Ramblings, it's purpose is to showcase all the books (or bookish items) I got in the mail or bought over a two week period.

Last week: Mail
I got nothing in the mail.

Last week: Bought/Received
On Tuesday, I went with my cousin to Schuler's Books in Grand Rapids for Anne Greenwood Brown and Susan Dennard's signing. While waiting for the event to start I browsed the used books section and came across a whole set of the Study books, as well as Prophecy of the Sisters. I also picked up The Goddess Legacy.

As previously stated, I went to Schuler's for Anne Greenwood Brown and Susan Dennard's signing, so I got their books, Lies Beneath and Something Strange and Deadly, as well as some swag.


This week: Mail
  
A couple weeks ago, I entered in Meagan Spooner's Sky's The Limit giveaway, and I won this signed and personalized Skylark postcard.

This week: Bought/Received
While at Sam's Club, I came across The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales, and I just had to get it.

On Thursday, my cousin Amanda found out that Jim C. Hines was going to be in Grand Rapids that evening to launch his new book, Libriomancer. We worked things out so we could go to the event, and go we went. (I totally didn't mean to rhyme there)

Yesterday, Susan Dennard had a signing in Holland, which Amanda and I went to, even though we had just seen her the week before. After we unveiled a secret project we were working on, and talked with Susan for about a half hour, she gave us these "Aim for the Knees" t-shirts. (Our project can be seen here, and on Tea for Three, hopefully soon.)

What did you get shoved through your mailslot in the past two weeks?
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