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If I spend any more time on prepping this IMM I think my head will explode so here it all is. I thought I would have a go at recording a video version for this week which was sort of nervewracking as I hate having photos taken, let alone videos. But...I did it, albeit incredibly nervously. It's my first time recording anything like this and so I apologise in advance but it was fun, and hopefully I'll get better as it goes. Maybe I'll try making one IMM a month a video. (I only realised afterward that my computer was taking a mirror image video. That'll be corrected next time!)


Here it is:




And because I know maybe some people prefer the normal way, I've done it that way, too. As a note - today I attended a library book sale and a family's yard sale which is where most of my books came from. Because of that I picked up a mix of YA and adult fiction. This IMM covers them all because they're all new to me!

Yard Sale:

Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead 

Frostbite, Richelle Mead

Shadow Kiss, Richelle Mead

I don't usually do the vampire or werewolf thing but as I'm trying to expand my boundaries there I'm going to go ahead and give these books a try. I've seen them pop up on various blogs and they have fairly good reviews on goodreads.

Library Book Sale:

The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri (loved the film)

Battle Royale, Takami Koshun

Uglies, Scott Westerfeld (review)

Pretties, Scott Westerfeld (review)

Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer (loved this film, too!)

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Gabrielle Zevin

Garden Spells, Sarah Addison Allen

The Fourth Bear, Jasper Fforde

Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom

Galley Grab:

Blood Red Road, Moira Young

I'm currently reading Blood Red Road and I'm really enjoying it. The writing style may not be for everyone but if you can look past that there's a lot this book has to offer.

Whew! That's it. Hopefully by the next time I do a video IMM I will have my bookshelf so I can put all of my books away (under my blankets in the video there are two crates of books). I had to clear off my desk of books to make room for my new computer so it's a bit of a mess at the moment. Ah, organised chaos! Happy Sunday, everyone! And to those watching Game of Thrones - if you have HBOGO you can watch episode 7 immediately after episode 6 airs on TV.