BC Bookshelf Updates features my latest bookish and BookCrossing (BC) activities including book trades, RABCKs, book rings/rays, challenges, and all things BookCrossing. Enjoy!
Miraculously, I won two book giveaways recently! This is the first time I've ever won a giveaway hosted by another book blogger...so I'd like to send out a big THANK YOU to Lizzy at Cornucopia of Reviews, where I won a copy of Deception by Lee Nichols. Paranormal YA is awesome and I'm excited to start reading the Haunting Emma series.
Then I won Heather's giveaway over at Fire and Ice for a copy of River Secrets by Shannon Hale. I'm a huge fan of Shannon Hale. I loved Goose Girl and can't wait to read all the Books of Bayern. Thanks Heather! Check out Heather's blog for awesome jewelry giveaways. Her Little Red Reads shop on Etsy features adorable bookish inspired items.
In other news, I received three new ARCs in the mail. The King's Mistress by Emma Campion was released on July 6th and it's on the top of my TBR list. Dracula In Love by Karen Essex releases on August 10th, but I have to read Dracula first. I own a copy and I've read the first 1/3 of it before but got sidetracked for some reason. The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart will also release on August 10th.
Last Sunday, I attended the monthly Audubon BookCrossers meeting at Panera Bread in Audubon, PA. I left the meeting with less books than I brought with me...which was my goal. So I now have a volume from a new (well, new for me) vampires series and a handful of manga. I've never read manga before. My first graphic novel (The Courageous Princess by Rod Espinosa) was awesome so it'll be fun to experiment with manga.
Hunted: A House of Night Novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Crescent Moon, Vol. 1 by Haruko Iida
Tokyo Mew Mew, Vol. 1 by Mia Ikumi & Reiko Yoshida
Kodocha: Sana's Stage. Vol. 1 by Miho Obana
The Prince of Tennis, Vol. 1 by Takeshi Konomi
I should finish reading Pray for Dawn this weekend and try to post the review soon. Well, that's it for now. Happy Friday!
Thanks so much for posting this and enjoy!
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