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IN MY STINKIN MAILBOX/ON MY POOL TABLE

June 12, 2011 - Updated May 7, 2019 // 21 Comments

Guess who’s back? Back again? Jamie’s back….tell a friend.

Tehehe. My boyfriend would be proud of my mad rapping skills and referencing Eminem. We have vastly different taste in music. But anywho, I decided to do an IMM (started by my dear friend Kristi at The Story Siren)…and this is the first time I’ve done an IMM since I think wayyyy back in September when I made a fool out of myself with my first one. So I’m baaaack. And I ramble a lot again. Mostly about axe murderers. Oh and about books.

Books Mentioned:

Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn’t Have) (bought)
Vanish: A Firelight Novel (for review from publisher)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (for review from publisher)
Cold Kiss  (for review from publisher)
Abarat: Absolute Midnight (for review from publisher)
Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions (for review from publisher)
 **books I was too scared to go upstairs and get: Torment ((Fallen)) & Starcrossed & A Beautiful Dark

Blog mentioned:

Anna Reads

Hope you all had a good mail week and didn’t have to do the Mailbox Walk of Shame like I had to do last week!!

What have I been up to this week?

The Book Blogging Balancing Act: Part 3 — all about commenting and blog reading
Review of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Reflections on Thirteen Reasons Why + Giveaway
Why I think YA Saves

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Jamie is a 32 year old married lady (with a new baby!!) who is in denial that she's actually that old to be a married lady and a mom. When she's not reading you can find her doing Pilates followed by eating ice cream, belting out Hamilton (loud and offkey) and having adventures with her husband, daughter and rescue dog.

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  1. Tara says

    June 12, 2011 at 5:36 am

    Ahghafeafaiofae I want Vanish and the Girl of Fire and Thorns – I am SO BEYOND JEALOUS. <3 Hope you enjoy them all!

    Reply
  2. Jennifer A says

    June 12, 2011 at 6:07 am

    You are so stinking cute. You need to be doing vlogs every week! Seriously.

    Oh, such great books this week!

    Yay for Vanish. I still need to read the first book.

    You got to meet Maureen and John Green??? Ahhh! I am so jealous, I can't even tell you.

    Love your that's what she said joke. LOL

    I completely understand about being afraid of being at home alone. I'm the same way sometimes.

    Reply
  3. Jamie says

    June 12, 2011 at 6:11 am

    Tara — let me know if you still want them when I'm done. I am more than happy to pass them around.

    Jennifer — Aww thank you. I'm kinda just a dork reallyyy but thanks šŸ˜› Oh and I met Maureen today not John! It was Maureen, Sara Shephard and Sarah Mlynowski. I think I made that confusing when I was mentioning who wrote Let It Snow. I tend to digress and jump all over the place in vlogs….and in general when I talk lol

    Reply
  4. Jennifer A says

    June 12, 2011 at 6:49 am

    Yeah, I just came on here to say I'm a dork, and that obviously you didn't meet John green because he's in Amsterdam right now. LOL. Still, super jealous you met Maureen!

    I still say you should vlog all the time. I don't mind your rambling. šŸ™‚

    Reply
  5. Aleeza says

    June 12, 2011 at 8:20 am

    i SO want to read ten things we did and the girl of fire and thorns. like, REALLY bad. so i hope you enjoy them! šŸ™‚

    check out what's in my mailbox this week!

    Reply
  6. Celesta says

    June 12, 2011 at 8:49 am

    here's hoping you make through till tomorrow! Cute IMM! It seems that ones TBR pile only grows, never diminishes, but that makes me so happy (though a little stressed with so much to read)!

    Here’s my IMM!

    Reply
  7. Carla says

    June 12, 2011 at 11:38 am

    Watching your IMM makes me miss you MORE AND MORE.

    Reply
  8. Anna says

    June 12, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    I WAS HOME ALONE TOO. Watching Dear John. See. This is why we need to live close. WAHH. Miss you. PS: Thanks for the shoutout, girrrrrrl.

    Reply
  9. danya says

    June 12, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    I totally hear you on the series thing, I get tired of waiting to get my questions answered too! (Speaking of which, the Abarat book is part of a series too, LOL. I haven't read them, though.) Cold Kiss sounds pretty fabulous, something different from most paranormal. Enjoy your books!

    Reply
  10. Yani {AvidReader} says

    June 12, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    Other than Starcrossed I have yet to read any of those books! very jelly of Vanish and I NEED to buy Ten Things We Did this week, everyone is talking about how great it is.

    Reply
  11. Jennie says

    June 12, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    I want Vanish SO bad I can't hardly stand it! So jealous!

    Reply
  12. Shannon@BooksDevoured says

    June 12, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    I have never seen anything about Abarat: Absolute Midnight. That looks really interesting! Love your vlog!

    Reply
  13. YA reader says

    June 12, 2011 at 4:30 pm

    great vlog! thanks for visiting mostlyreadingya too, have a great week.

    Reply
  14. Michelle says

    June 12, 2011 at 5:05 pm

    My husband is on night shift. It sucks! When he first went I freaked out every night. I'm a little better now but only because I have a German Shepherd that will eat someone if they break in.

    Nice books though!

    Reply
  15. Tiffany says

    June 12, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    Great books! The Girl of Fire and Thorns and Cold Kiss sound really good šŸ™‚

    Reply
  16. Bookish Brunette says

    June 12, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Oh mu gosh!!! You got SO many FAB books!! *jealous*

    Check out my IMM!

    Reply
  17. Jenny says

    June 12, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    I'm jealous of The Girl of Fire and Thorns! You got some awesome stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of them. Happy reading!

    Reply
  18. LiLi says

    June 13, 2011 at 2:43 am

    Lol, found your blog. Should have just typed in your username from youtube into goggle. (duh) Anyway, let me know if you're interested in any of the books I have.

    Reply
  19. Jacinda (The Reading Housewives) says

    June 13, 2011 at 3:11 am

    I love it how you say it will be a short IMM but it's over 7 minutes and you only have 6 books to share. I'm falling asleep on the computer so I didn't watch the whole IMM! Sorry!

    P.S. I no longer watch CSI because it freaks me out and the hubby is only ever sleeping at home at night with me one week out of three…

    Reply
  20. Jen (Makeshift Bookmark) says

    June 13, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Hahaha I love watching your "short" IMM turn into Jamie-rambling. (Jambling?) It's seriously my favorite. Also, you say you were sleeping, but why does your hair look perfect?

    Reply
  21. kathy says

    June 14, 2011 at 1:15 am

    Wow, great books. I just won Ten Things We Did so I'm excited to start that one. šŸ™‚
    also, ps, your glasses are super cute. Where did you get them?

    Reply

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These indie bookshops are so vital to our communities and I know everyone’s situation is different so this isn’t to shame but That Website can’t replace what can be created in these book spaces. Shop local when you are able! #indiebookshop #bookshop #bookshopping #independentbookstore
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The Trouble With Anna — I enjoyed this delightful little historical romance about a heroine who is carving out her independence only to find out, when her grandfather dies, that he tied her inheritance/future to marrying her best friend’s brother — a not-so-happy surprise for both of them. I could understand why they both had some guardness/walls up and I enjoyed watching them slowly start to lower them.

Mayhem and the Mortal - I’m not too far into this romantic fantasy but it is one of my most anticipated that came out last month and I’m excited to dig in more.

Hamnet — I know, I know. For April I decided not to make a traditional TBR list of books I wanted to read but instead give myself some prompts to guide my reading (bc I’m overwhelmed with all my choices at hand) without feeling rigid. One of the prompts was to read a book I HAD TO BUY but is still unread. So going to finally get to it. Have you read this one or watched the movie?

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I had no idea what I was getting into.

I hadn’t really known what it was about but I didn’t really need to given its TJR & the fact it was 1980s NASA & astronauts.

But this book was about love to me - romantic love, platonic love, familial love, love for something bigger than yourself, love for the person you are & are becoming, love in the face of obstacles, love for what lights you up.

Having been invested in real life astronauts & their journey lately really made this book even more vivid to me — seeing the bonds of the crew so deeply, feeling the fragility that exists while they are doing this wondrous & crazy thing that often still boggles my mind that we can do.

And, hardest to put into words, that feeling of awe in the expansive nature & capabilities of love & the universe that I felt when a husband named a crater after his late wife which doubly helped me understand how Joan & Vanessa felt looking back at earth.

It made me sob & feel everything about being a human so deeply basically from that Frances/Joan phone call at 86% of the way through until the final words. Like could not breathe.

*might be a tiny bit spoilery so beware:

I think the way she wrote this was so impactful bc we start out knowing something bad happens &it’s not even that far when we know that some of them def won’t make it back & some are alive in peril.

I was like ā€œoofā€ when *it* happens early on. But each and every chapter where we learn more about these ppl & their relationships felt agonizing & I was retroactively grieving for them more deeply every turn of the page.

The hurt and grief just compounds from a moment that was sad from the jump to something that had dug in deep to me.

To know what happens right before this mission makes the mission control bits even more excruciating. Makes the peril a character is in hit even harder than just ā€œoh that must be scary!ā€. 

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3. I have always been a reader led by my moods (both how I feel reading wise and personally). This quarter was FERAL. Like the most feral mood reading ever. I couldn’t even categorize it. I’d decide on one book enthusiastically and suddenly I was like…absolutely not that.

4. I read way less fantasy than normal which was WEIRD but I felt like I also wasn’t surprised given my brain space.

5. I really started to resent people even more who said ā€œit’s a book account stop talking about politics etcā€. Babe, I’m a human who gives a shit but ALSO this has and always been an account of MY reading life. And my reading life was profoundly affected by the things that were going on in this country. Like they have been before - whether it’s been current events or things like having a kid, being depressed, slumps, etc.

6. I return to the fact that, for me, I am happiest when I pay attention to my reading whims. The end of the month I had a very specific reading mood (wanted time travel element but not a heavy time travel book) and I decided to pick up A Rip Through Time at the end of the month and I’m now halfway through book 4. Having the best time ever!!! 

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A book recommendation for all my historical fictio A book recommendation for all my historical fiction readers - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. My holy grail historical author came through for me again. I can’t express how much I cared for and was pulled into the lives of these women living in a boardinghouse in DC during the McCarthy era just as much as I was racing to find out what happened in this house. The tension mounted as we got to what actually happened?? Masterful. Truly. #historicalfiction #bookrec #bookrecommendation #historicalfictionbooks @williammorrowbooks
Made a fun family day out of Independent Bookstore Made a fun family day out of Independent Bookstore Day and hit up new faves @maveybooks and what used to be my second home when I lived closer @childrensbookworld which was so nice to be back home 🄹🄹

Book shopping is great but I can’t express how incredible building community is and indie bookshops do just that. I always wanted my own version of Cheers and, while not a bar where everybody knows my name, CBW was that place for me for almost a decade when I built community by going to YA book events there and moderating events. And while I am not able to get there as often as I was before I became a mom and we moved further away, It’s been so special to be able to share this beloved space with Riley.

These indie bookshops are so vital to our communities and I know everyone’s situation is different so this isn’t to shame but That Website can’t replace what can be created in these book spaces. Shop local when you are able! #indiebookshop #bookshop #bookshopping #independentbookstore
Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technic Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technically ATMOSPHERE but I feel like between my stories and my dedicated post to it, I’d rather talk about the book I read before it but didn’t update y’all on.

The Trouble With Anna — I enjoyed this delightful little historical romance about a heroine who is carving out her independence only to find out, when her grandfather dies, that he tied her inheritance/future to marrying her best friend’s brother — a not-so-happy surprise for both of them. I could understand why they both had some guardness/walls up and I enjoyed watching them slowly start to lower them.

Mayhem and the Mortal - I’m not too far into this romantic fantasy but it is one of my most anticipated that came out last month and I’m excited to dig in more.

Hamnet — I know, I know. For April I decided not to make a traditional TBR list of books I wanted to read but instead give myself some prompts to guide my reading (bc I’m overwhelmed with all my choices at hand) without feeling rigid. One of the prompts was to read a book I HAD TO BUY but is still unread. So going to finally get to it. Have you read this one or watched the movie?

What are you currently reading?
I had been waiting for the perfect time to read th I had been waiting for the perfect time to read this one after Random House sent me a finished copy as TJR is a longtime auto-buy author.  I found myself caught up in all the space joy and wonder and feeling quite parasocial about the Artemis crew...I decided now was the time.

I had no idea what I was getting into.

I hadn’t really known what it was about but I didn’t really need to given its TJR & the fact it was 1980s NASA & astronauts.

But this book was about love to me - romantic love, platonic love, familial love, love for something bigger than yourself, love for the person you are & are becoming, love in the face of obstacles, love for what lights you up.

Having been invested in real life astronauts & their journey lately really made this book even more vivid to me — seeing the bonds of the crew so deeply, feeling the fragility that exists while they are doing this wondrous & crazy thing that often still boggles my mind that we can do.

And, hardest to put into words, that feeling of awe in the expansive nature & capabilities of love & the universe that I felt when a husband named a crater after his late wife which doubly helped me understand how Joan & Vanessa felt looking back at earth.

It made me sob & feel everything about being a human so deeply basically from that Frances/Joan phone call at 86% of the way through until the final words. Like could not breathe.

*might be a tiny bit spoilery so beware:

I think the way she wrote this was so impactful bc we start out knowing something bad happens &it’s not even that far when we know that some of them def won’t make it back & some are alive in peril.

I was like ā€œoofā€ when *it* happens early on. But each and every chapter where we learn more about these ppl & their relationships felt agonizing & I was retroactively grieving for them more deeply every turn of the page.

The hurt and grief just compounds from a moment that was sad from the jump to something that had dug in deep to me.

To know what happens right before this mission makes the mission control bits even more excruciating. Makes the peril a character is in hit even harder than just ā€œoh that must be scary!ā€. 

I loved it. I needed it bad.
The theme of Q1 was ā€œjust go with itā€ — it being m The theme of Q1 was ā€œjust go with itā€ — it being my reading whims, quirks and troubles.

Interesting things:

1. January started out rough. I only read 1 physical book and leaned very heavy into audiobooks only. At first it was distressing that my brain -thanks to current events and their effect on my mind - couldn’t work out how to sit down and read with my eyeballs but I was like…let’s just roll with it and wait for it to pass. So I waited and enjoyed a ton of audiobooks.

2. I don’t think I’ve ever read so many thrillers and mysteries in a quarter. It’s a genre I love but I’m normally quite more balanced. However, it’s what I was craving and what my brain was tolerating so…I just went with it.

3. I have always been a reader led by my moods (both how I feel reading wise and personally). This quarter was FERAL. Like the most feral mood reading ever. I couldn’t even categorize it. I’d decide on one book enthusiastically and suddenly I was like…absolutely not that.

4. I read way less fantasy than normal which was WEIRD but I felt like I also wasn’t surprised given my brain space.

5. I really started to resent people even more who said ā€œit’s a book account stop talking about politics etcā€. Babe, I’m a human who gives a shit but ALSO this has and always been an account of MY reading life. And my reading life was profoundly affected by the things that were going on in this country. Like they have been before - whether it’s been current events or things like having a kid, being depressed, slumps, etc.

6. I return to the fact that, for me, I am happiest when I pay attention to my reading whims. The end of the month I had a very specific reading mood (wanted time travel element but not a heavy time travel book) and I decided to pick up A Rip Through Time at the end of the month and I’m now halfway through book 4. Having the best time ever!!! 

Anyways, tell me how your reading life was in Q1! Fave books? Biggest surprises??
New historical fiction books on my radar for April New historical fiction books on my radar for April and I feel like there is quite a bit of variety. Any of these on your TBR? #historicalfictionbooks #historicalfiction #newbookrelease #newbookreleases
Being someone who reads based on their ever shifti Being someone who reads based on their ever shifting reading moods (sometimes very feral) makes library holds and tbrs very hard. It’s the worst when 5 weeks ago I would have gobbled the library hold up but now when the hold comes in I’m like…I think not. #readersofinstagram #readerproblems #librarylife #librarybooks #moodreader

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