In My Mailbox (13.6.2011)

Hosted by Kristy  from The Story Siren. 

Wow.. It has been long.. Been busy and such with work. 

But today let me show you what I get for my last week treasure! 

A J Tata - [Threat 03] - Hidden Threat
Alyson Noel - [The Immortals 06] - Everlasting

Andrew Zimmern - Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World of Food- Brains, Bugs, & Blood Sausage

Andrey Kurkov - [Penguin 01] - Death and the Penguin

Barbara Bottner - Miss Brooks Loves Books!

Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence

Barbara Seranella - [Munch Mancini 02] - No Offense Intended

Barbra Annino - [Stacy Justice 01] - Opal Fire

Belinda Roberts - Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard- A Tale of Tide & Prejudice

Brenda Jackson - Perfect Fit

Candice Gilmer - [Moonlight and Shadows 01] - Unholy Night

Cara Lynn Shultz - Spellbound

Carolyn Cooke - Daughters of the Revolution

D P Lyle - [Royal Pains 01] - First, Do No Harm

Daniel and Dina Nayeri - [Another 02] - Another Pan

David Abbott - The Upright Piano Player

Dean M DeLuke - Shedrow

Deborah da Costa - Hanukkah Moon

Diane Chamberlain - The Escape Artist

James White - [Earth- Final Conflict 02] - The First Protector 

Elizabeth George Speare - The Witch of Blackbird Pond

 Elle Jasper - [Dark Ink Chronicles 02] - Everdark

Erica Bauermeister - Joy for Beginners

Richard Lee Byers {Forgotten Realms} - [Brotherhood of the Griffon 01] - The Captive Flame 

Richard Lee Byers {Forgotten Realms} - [Brotherhood of the Griffon 03] - The Spectral Blaze

G R Yeates - The Eyes of the Dead

Hannah Howell - [Wherlocke 04] - If He's Dangerous

James Calder - [Bill Damen Mystery 02] - About Face

Jean Plaidy - [Queens of England 06] - In the Shadow of the Crown ♥

Jessica Andersen - [Nightkeepers 06] - Storm Kissed

Joanne Dobson - [Karen Pelletier 03] - The Raven and the Nightingale 

Joe Kimball - [Timecaster 01] - Timecaster

John Darnton - Almost a Family

John Ringo - [Troy Rising 02] - Citadel

Jon Land - [Caitlin Strong 01] - Strong Enough to Die

Jonathan Dixon - Beaten, Seared, and Sauced

Julie Hyzy - [Manor House Mystery 02] - Grace Interrupted

K C May - [The Kinshield Saga 01] - The Kinshield Legacy

Kevin Hearne - [Iron Druid Chronicles 02] - Hexed ♥

Lauren Dane - Goddess With a Blade ♥

Lauren Myracle - Shine ♥

Liane Moriarty - What Alice Forgot

Liz Braswell as Celia Thomson - [The Nine Lives of Chloe King 01-03] - The Fallen, The Stolen, The Chosen 

Lorna Barrett - [Booktown Mystery 02] - Bookmarked for Death

Lorna Barrett - [Booktown Mystery 05] - Sentenced to Death

Marie-Therese Browne - Olga- A Daughter's Tale

Mark Walden - [H.I.V.E. 02] - The Overlord Protocol

Martin Cohen - Philosophical Tales

Martin Gardner - The No-Sided Professor

Matthew Stover, Robert E Vardeman - [God of War] - God of War ♥

Meg Cabot - [Meena Harper 01] - Insatiable

 Michael Griffo - [Archangel Academy 01] - Unnatural

Michael J Marfleet - Tutankhamun Uncovered - The Adventure Behind the Curse

Mitchell Layne Cook - Z1N1- The Zombie Pandemic - 2012 Was Just the Beginning

Morgan Hawke - In Arrears

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“Bees that have honey in their mouths, have stings in their tails”
~ Scottish Proverb

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Book Review: Go The Fuck To Sleep; Adam Mansbach

genre } entertainment | humor
rating } pg 18+
date released } June 21, 2011

edition } Akashic Books (32 p.)
ISBN } 1617750255 | 978-1617750250
acquisition } lend from
available @ Book Depository | Amazon.com

 

Summary:
Go the Fuck to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach's verses perfectly capture the familiar--and unspoken--tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, they open up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations, and laugh at their absurdity.

With illustrations by Ricardo Cortes, Go the Fuck to Sleep is beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children.

My 2 Cents
My first reaction was err.. language? But what the heck, let’s pick it up and see what it has for me. My reaction? I was laughing at every page. Let’s put it up front. This is NOT a bedtime story! But in another hand, it’s probably portraying what some really exhausted but dedicated parents are thinking while reading a bedtime story for their kids.

The cover is however is beautiful and adoring, (ignore the French word, I have to say). The pages are also illustrated with wonderful illustration, perfect for a bedtime story. I Guess I can only say one thing about this book, is that.. it’s a comic relief.

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Sunday Stealing: The Team Jeffie Meme

Hosted by: Sunday Stealing

Q: Kissed someone on your friends list?
Yes a couple.

Q: Been arrested? No

Q: Held a snake?  Does staying in a small room , and running away from somebody trying to put it around me counts? :P

Q: Been suspended from school? No.

Q: Sang karaoke? I’m Asian.. what do you think?

Q: Done something you told yourself you wouldn't do?  Yes!

Q: Laughed until you started crying?  Yes

Q: Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Yes

Q: Kissed in the rain? Heh

Q: Sang in the shower? Yes

Q: Sat on a roof top? Yes.. But that’s flat roof!

Q: Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? Yes!

Q: Broken a bone? Heh

Q: Shaved your head? No!

Q: Played a prank on someone? Yes

Q: Shot a gun? Yes

Q: Donated Blood? No

LAST PERSON...
1. You hung out with? Mom

2. You texted? A customer

3. You were in a car with? Parents

4. Went to the movies with? Cindy

5. Person you went to shop with? Mom

6. You talked on the phone? Customer

7. Made you laugh? Cat

8. You hugged? Michelle hahaha

IN THE LAST 48 HOURS HAVE YOU...
1. Sang? Yes

2. Listened to music? Yes

3. Danced Crazy? Yes

4. Cried? No

FIRSTS .....
1.Who was your first prom (or homecoming) date? Den

2. Who was your first roommate? Cindy

3. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk the first time?

4. What was your first job? Creative Writing

5. What was your first car? Mazda

6. When did you go to your first funeral and viewing? err.. when i was real young.

7. Who was your first grade teacher? I forgot her name, but i remember her face.

8. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? years ago. i forgot the year.

9. When you snuck out of your house for the first time? err.. Forgot.

10. Who was your first best friend? Norimah

11. Who was your first Best Friend in high school? Don’t have any. too much drama, that i don’t trust any body to be that close

12. Where was your first sleepover? only at cousins and grandparents.

13. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day? my crazy gang

14. Who's wedding were you in the first time you were a Bridesmaid or groomsman? Auntie’s

15. What is the first thing you did when you got up this morning? Stayed in bed

16. First time you tied your shoe laces? when i was 7

17. Are you Facebook friends with your first crush? Yes lol

18. Who was the first person you met from the blogosphere? Janice!

19. What was the first music album that you bought? 3T

20. Who was your first celebrity crush? mm.. hard one.. Michael Rosenbaum? nah. To me he’s like a brother. Shawn Michaels? Like a brother too.. Oh yes… David Tennant and Matt Smith.. now that’s a crush ♥

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