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In My Mailbox idea from Kristi @ The Story Siren, IMM is a meme in which I post the books and/or swag I won, received, for review, bought, borrowed, or etc. over the course of each week!

BOUGHT:

Looking for Alaska

by John Green

Paperback, 221 pages, Puffin

Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave "the Great Perhaps" even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then . . . After. Nothing is ever the same.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)

by Stieg Larsson

Paperback, 590 pages, Vintage

A sensation across Europe—millions of copies sold. A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue. It’s about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . . and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. It’s about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently at the wrong end of a libel case, hired to get to the bottom of Harriet’s disappearance . . . and about Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age—and a terrifying capacity for ruthlessness to go with it—who assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, astonishing corruption in the highest echelons of Swedish industrialism—and an unexpected connection between themselves. It’s a contagiously exciting, stunningly intelligent novel about society at its most hidden, and about the intimate lives of a brilliantly realized cast of characters, all of them forced to face the darker aspects of their world and of their own lives.

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Such a Pretty Girl

by Laura Wiess

Paperback, 212 pages, MTV Books 

They promised Meredith nine years of safety, but only gave her three. 

Her father was supposed to be locked up until Meredith turned eighteen. She thought she had time to grow up, get out, and start a new life. But Meredith is only fifteen, and today her father is coming home from prison. 

Today her time has run out.

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Mistletoe

by Hailey Abbott, Melissa de la Cruz, Aimee Friedman, Nina Malkin 

Paperback, 240 pages, Scholastic Paperbacks

Glittering white snowflakes. The handsome blond ski instructor. The sparkle on a cashmere skirt. Hot cocoa and kisses in front of a crackling fire. The holiday season is the ESSENCE of magic...and romance. Four of today's bestselling teen authors -- Melissa de la Cruz (THE AU PAIRS), Aimee Friedman (SOUTH BEACH), Hailey Abbott (SUMMER BOYS), and Nina Malkin (6X) -- bring us delectable tales of love and lust and holiday cheers (and tears) in this one-of-a-kind collection that teens will devour faster than a plate of Christmas cookies.

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If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger #3)

by V.C. Andrews

Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages, Pocket

Chris and Cathy made such a loving home for fourteen-year-old Jory -- so handsome, so gentle. And for Bart,who had such a dazzling imagination for a nine year old. 

Then the lights came on in the house next door. Soon the Old Lady in Black was there, watching them, guarded by her strange old butler. Soon she had Bart over for cookies and ice cream and asked him to call her "Grandmother". 

And soon Bart's transformation began... 

Fed by the hint of terrible things about his mother and father...leading him into shocking acts of violence. 

Now while this little boy trembles on the edge of madness, his anguished parents await the climax to a horror that flowered in an attic long ago, a horror whose thorns are still wet with blood, still tipped with fire.

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Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger #4)

by V.C. Andrews

Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages, Pocket

The final, haunting novel, in the extraordinary story that has enthralled millions! 

The horror began with Flowers in the Attic, the terrifying tale of four innocent children locked away from the world by a cruel mother. 

The shocking fury continued with Petals on the Wind and If There be Thorns. Now V.C. Andrews has created the last dark chapter in the strange, chilling tale of passion and peril.

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Dawn (Cutler #1)

by V.C. Andrews

Mass Market Paperback, 407 pages, Pocket

Dreams of happiness-and a nightmare of evil...Twelve-year-old Dawn Longchamp and her older brother Jimmy yearn to leave the unhappy past behind. When Dawn dates the handsome and wealthy Philip Cutler, she gains acceptance at her fancy new school. But Dawn's dream of a better life is shattered when, after her mother's death, she is thrust into a new family. Dawn now finds herself entangled in an evil web where secrets and lies destroy her happiness. Scorned and humiliated, she struggles desperately to find Jimmy and restore her future.

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Someone Like You / Keeping the Moon Flip Book

by Sarah Dessen 

Paperback, 509 pages, Puffin

Someone Like You

Halley has always followed in the wake of her best friend, Scarlett. But when Scarlett learns that her boyfriend has been killed in a motorcycle accident, and that she's carrying his baby, she's devastated. For the first time ever, Scarlett really needs Halley. Their friendship may bend under the weight, but it'll never break--because a true friendship is a promise you keep forever

Keeping the Moon

There's a secret to being confident, but it's not what you think.

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GIFTS/RECEIVED:

Kidnapped: His Innocent Mistress (Harlequin Historical Series)

by Nicola Cornick

Mass Market Paperback, 267 pages, Harlequin

If I accept his offer to be his mistress, I could have the finest silks, the best carriage and be transformed from ugly duckling to a pampered, pretty swan! And although I would feel a virtuous pride in turning down the wicked rake, I also have an unmaidenly interest in exactly what the role would entail....

Catriona is doing her best to resist the skillful seduction of the scandalous heir to the Earl of Strathconan. But kidnapped and shipwrecked with only this rake as company, her adventure has just begun....

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Confessions Of A Wicked Woman by Susanna Carr

Paperback, 320 pages, Kensingto

GOOD "BAD GIRL"… This is the reason Stephanie Monroe ran away from small-town America in the first place—this insane sense of buttoned-up propriety that's managed to get her thrown in jail. It's not her fault people can't tell the difference between her haute couture and lady-of-the-evening wear! But now, after several citizen complaints, Stephanie finds herself booked by one of Mayfield's finest…and finest is definitely the word. Everything about Jack Logan, from his strong jaw to the way he wears his holster, is irresistibly appealing. And now, the biggest temptation in town—a man in uniform—is resurrecting Stephanie's long-buried, apple-pie good girl…and she needs to do something about it fast…

MEETS "GOOD" BAD BOY It took a lot of hard work for Sheriff Jack Logan to turn away from his bad boy past and become the voice of authority and integrity in this town. So far, he's managed to keep that devilish wild streak buried beneath his badge and his duty. But the minute he looks into Stephanie's eyes, he knows he's in trouble. The big-city lady fights back with a style he admires, even if he suspects that bad-girl come-hither walk is nothing but an act. More and more, Jack can't decide whether to drag her across the city limits or into his bed. One thing's for sure—the longer she stays in town, the more ready this reformed bad boy is to shed his uniform and show Stephanie a whole new side to serve and protect…

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Roommates

by Katherine Stone

Paperback, 480 pages, Zebr

Class Reunion, After the Reunion and The Class struck a poignant chord for millions of readers. The same note is struck by Roommates, a wonderful novel about four college friends who must make their way in the real world.