In My Mailbox 49 (Past 2 Weeks) & An Update

In My Mailbox
IMM is a weekly meme hosted and created by Kristie at The Story Siren and was inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie.

For Review from HarperCollins
~Paranormalcy by Kiersten White (OMG! Finished copy!)
~Loco Motive by Mary Daheim (Don't have first 24 books. XD)

For Review from Media
~Passing Strange by Daniel Waters

For Review from Author
~Bloodmaiden by Christine E. Schulze

Won from Imagination in Focus
~ARC The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller

Won from Lori's Reading Corner
~Relatively Famous by Jessica Park
~Amazon GC (Obviously not pictured)

Won from Pop Culture Junkie
~Need by Carrie Jones
~Captivate by Carrie Jones

Won from Literaturely Speaking
~Infinity (Chronicles of Nick, #1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Bought for $0.39 each at the Salvation Army
~Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
~House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
~The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus

Bought with Amazon giftcards from contest and Swagbucks (aka No cost to me.)
~Immortal by Gillian Shields (My review)
~The Stolen One by Suzanne Crowley
~Nothing Like You by Lauren Strasnick
~Uglies, The Collector's Set: Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras by Scott Westerfeld
~Betrayals by Lili St. Crow
~Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey (So far it rocks!)
~Bite Me! by Melissa Francis
~My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
~Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
~The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan

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So I hadn't originally planned to post IMM this week but when I realized how many books I had I knew I couldn't wait again until next week. I did not get all of these books this week. This IMM is for this week AND the week before. I bought a bunch of books last week but thankfully only the ones from the Salvation Army actually cost me anything. I had a bunch of giftcards saved up from Swagbucks and then I won one so I went book buying ballistic.

Also, I'm probably going to start getting some posts up soon (Tuesday?). The way I see it I've already had as much of a break as I need. I feel like if I don't get back to blogging soon, I'll go insane. Furthermore, I got some great stuff lined up for ya'll including reviews, Noteworthy Passages, guest posts, interviews, and more. So stay tuned. :D

Hope you all got some terrific books this week and are enjoying your weekend. :D

Some Bad News & An Unavoidable Hiatus

So I got a new computer mouse and I thought everything was going to get back to normal blogging wise; well, I was wrong. On Tuesday night, my Grandmother was driving back from working at the elections when she had a massive heart attack. It was severe enough that it killed her instantly. What made everything worse was that when it killed her, it made her hand jerk the wheel to the left. The vehicle flipped 2 and a half times, ending up in the woods. My uncle, her son, and uncle-in-law went looking for her when they realized she hadn't gotten back home yet. It was 4AM Wednesday morning when they finally found her. They kept expecting to find the vehicle on what would have been her right and with the Explorer being hunter green, it wasn't until they'd gotten a spotlight out that they finally found her despite having the police looking for her too.

Her cellphone was open so they could see where she put in a call to my uncle at 10:07PM Tuesday night and since the call never went through, we know that's about exactly when she had the heart attack. Our only relief was knowing that she hadn't suffered.

On Friday, my uncle, the one who found her, was put into ICU at the hospital. Not only was this the day before the funeral but it was his birthday as well.

So as you can imagine, things have been really hard for me and my family. I had been hoping to get back to blogging regularly but it is probably going to be a while before things get back to normal. Most of the worst of everything is over but I need some time. I will be trying to get at least a couple posts up here and there but I can't make any promises or guarantees. I just wanted you all to know why I've not been posting much and why I probably won't be for a little while. I'm also way behind on emails so if you are waiting for a reply, please be patient with me.

I hope you'll keep my family and myself in your prayers; we sure could use them right about now.

In My Mailbox (48) & Yet Another Explanation

In My Mailbox
IMM is a weekly meme hosted and created by Kristie at The Story Siren and was inspired by Alea Pop Culture Junkie.

For Review from Author
~Heart with Joy by Steve Cushman

From BookMooch
~A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson

Won from Libby's Library News
~Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Won from Lori's Reading Corner
~Silent Scream by Lynda La Plante

Won from Katie's Book Blog
~Sea Change by Aimee Friedman
~South Beach by Aimee Friedman
~Hollywood Hills by Aimee Friedman
~French Kiss by Aimee Friedman
~The Year My Sister Got Lucky by Aimee Friedman

So I got a pretty good stack of books this week. I would like to apologize for not having blog and book links this time. My computer mouse barely works and highlighting certain parts to link is near impossible. Also this is why you haven't seen hardly any posts from me. I have ordered a new mouse and once it get's here things should go back to normal.

Hope you all got some terrific books this week and are enjoying your weekend. :D

Official Facebook Page for My Photography

Hello everyone! I hope your week is off to a wonderful start so far! Last night I decided that it was about time I created an official Facebook page for Briana McNair Photography. As some of you probably already know, reading is not my only passion. About three years ago I fell absolutely in love with photography. About a year ago I created a website where my work is available for sell which you can view HERE. (Feel free to buy something. :P)

I've really been wanting to get the word out more about my work and I figured a Facebook page would be the perfect way to do that. Like I said, I just created it last night so not all the pictures I plan to add are up yet but there is a decent amount posted. Feel free to take a look and if you enjoy my work, I'd love it if you 'liked' it and would suggest it to other Facebook friends who may be interested. Each photo has a link to where it can be purchased as well as what it is available for sale in (laminated print, framed print, greeting cards, etc).