In My Mailbox #18

*In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren which allows bloggers to share what books they bought/received each week.*

Hey Bookies! This week will be the eighteenth time hosting In My Mailbox and I am so excited to share with you what I received in my mailbox recently.

The books I have to share this time around are all from a book-sale last weekend. Have you read of these yet? Which would you recommend I read first?

Purchased:

*If you're interested in the other books that are on my radar you can check out my Amazon Wishlist: Books I Dream About!

Happy Reading!

Wishlist Wednesday #68

*Wishlist Wednesday is where you show a book that has been on your wishlist/TBR list for a while, the meme is hosted by Pen to Paper*

The Island of Excess Love by Francesca Lia Block

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); First Edition edition

Release Date: August 27, 2013
Pages: 240

The Story:

In The Island of Excess Love, Pen has lost her parents. She's lost her eye. But she has fought Kronen; she has won back her fragile friends and her beloved brother. Now Pen, Hex, Ash, Ez, and Venice are living in the pink house by the sea, getting by on hard work, companionship, and dreams. Until the day a foreboding ship appears in the harbor across from their home. As soon as the ship arrives, they all start having strange visions of destruction and violence. Trance-like, they head for the ship and their new battles begin.

This companion to Love in the Time of Global Warming follows Pen as she searches for love among the ruins, this time using Virgil's epic Aeneid as her guide. A powerful and stunning book filled with Francesca Lia Block's beautiful language and inspiring characters.

-via Amazon

Meet the Author

Francesca Lia Block, recipient of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award. has been publishing novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and poetry since 1989. Her work has been translated into many languages. Ms. Block lives in Los Angeles where she teaches writing workshops that are also available online.

Want to see my entire Wishlist? Check it out on Amazon: Books I Dream About

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday #11

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just flip through your current read to a random page -- or not -- and share two teaser quotes from somewhere on said page.

This week my Teaser Tuesday quotes will be taken from my current read, Behold The Bones by Natalie C. Parker.

Teaser #1:

"I wake Tuesday morning heavy with dread. It puts me in a foul mood. I prefer emotions with a sense of movement like courage or desire or fury. Dread is useless and sloppy, like walking across a carpet in sopping-wet jeans." - page 189 

Teaser #2:

"The curse is real. The Craven Curse I've mocked my entire life as the worst sort of family nonsense is real.

Maybe more real than I am." - page 241

What teasers are you sharing this week?
Don't forget to tell me in the comments or on twitter; @TheTatteredPage. You can also use #BeholdTheBones on twitter if you're reading it! 

Happy Reading!