In My Mailbox #12

In My Mailbox explores the books I received during the week. If you would like to have your own “In My Mailbox” post, you can find more information at The Story Siren.

The Opposite of Me: A Novel by Sarah Pekkanen
1st Feb 2010 | Simon & Schuster Australia

Lindsey Rose has always lived in the shadow of her devastatingly beautiful twin sister, Alex. Determined to get noticed, Lindsey has put in years of 80-hour weeks and at twenty-nine is about to be named Creative Vice President of an elite New York advertising agency. Fate, however, has other plans and in one awful night, Lindsey's carefully constructed life implodes.

Humiliated and desperate, Lindsey flees the glitter of Manhattan and retreats to the time warp of her parents' Maryland home. Struggling to maintain her identity as the smart, responsible sister, she finds herself taking a job in a dating service - and having the time of her life. She is even beginning to have a real sisterly relationship with Alex ... until they both fall in love with the same guy. Then a long-held family secret is unleashed, flipping Lindsey into the one spot she never dreamed she'd land.

The Opposite of Me is a smart, funny and poignant novel about the desire to have it all, the relationships that define us and the complicated, irreplaceable bonds of sisterhood.


1st July 2008 | HarperTeen

My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again.

All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don't even know what that means anymore. It all started on the day that I saw my first ghost - and the ghost saw me.

Now there are ghosts everywhere and they won't leave me alone. To top it all off, I somehow got myself locked up in Lyle House, a "special home" for troubled teens. Yet the home isn't what it seems. Don't tell anyone, but I think there might be more to my housemates than meets the eye. The question is, whose side are they on? It's up to me to figure out the dangerous secrets behind Lyle House . . . before its skeletons come back to haunt me.

Q: What book were you most excited about receiving this week?

25 comments:

  1. I love the Darkest Powers series! It is so good. I hope you like it. :)

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  2. Hey Jenny, did you happen to see my message about being my first featured blogger?

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  3. I love Kelley Armstrong's books! A lot of people have this book on their IMM post this week. Hope you enjoy it!

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  4. I loved The Summoning. I hope you enjoy. Happy Reading!

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  5. Hello! Greats books this week. I love the Darkest Power trilogy and cannot wait for the last installment coming out this year. If your still interested in Dream Life send me an email, for I have an extra copy :)

    Happy Reading :)

    p.s. I adore the IMMB picture

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  6. The Opposite of Me sounds like a great read - will watch out for your review!

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  7. Oooh I like the sound of the Summoning. Have fun reading the books you got.

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  8. Oh the Summoning I hope you enjoy it, it's in my TBR pile...

    Have a wonderful reading week!

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  9. I have The Summoning in my TBR pile too. I was most excited to receive Angelic this week. Time for an Armstrong read-a-thon,

    Happy reading!

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  10. I'm not familiar with either of these books. But I hope they turn out to be good. Happy reading!

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  11. Wow, The Opposite of Me sounds great. :]

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  12. The Opposite of Me sounds really good!! I have the Summoning on my shelf :) Enjoy!

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  13. I love the darkest powers series, you will love them!

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  14. uuu, i loved the summoning! hope you do too :)
    thanks for your nice comment!

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  15. The Opposite of Me looks really good. I'm gonna add it to my list =)

    Answer to your question... I think I am most excited about getting The Pace. I have heard such great things about it.

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  16. The Summoning is so popular at my library. I can't keep it on the shelves! Good books. :)

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  17. Yes I saw your message and sent you an email. :)

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  18. The Summoning is really entertaining and so is The Awakening. I hope you like the series :) It's not absolutely perfect and awesome but like I said, it's entertaining.

    I was most excited to receive When You Reach Me :)

    I'm really loving your blog by the way. :)

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  19. Enjoy the Kelley Armstrong :) I loved it!

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  20. http://delightfulreviews.blogspot.com/2010/01/delightful-reviews-award-ceremony-part.html

    Award for you!

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  21. These look like fun books. Enjoy!

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  22. Two of my friends say that The Summoning is really good. Hope you enjoy reading it. :)

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  23. Firstly, I love that you asked a question at the end of your post! I might take up the practice myself, if you don't mind (I'll totally sight you as the inspiration in my footnotes, links and all.). :}
    I was most excited about getting 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher. I've been meaning to read that one for quite some time now, like since it came out, but never got around to it. So I was pretty excited about seeing it at my library. :)
    Also, I LOVED The Summoning! I hope you enjoy it half as much as I did (FYI: I'm one of the two people who told Orchid that it's very good)! :D
    Thanks for leaving a link to your IMM in my comments, BTW! ^-^

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  24. I like the sound of The Opposite of Me...Hope you enjoy both of your books! :)

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  25. Great books you got this week. They both look really good. Hope you enjoy reading all your books.

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