In My Mailbox (36)
In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. It's a great way to showcase the books you've gotten over the week, whether they are bought, borrowed or free.
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I haven't done a IMM for quite a while, so there will be a quite a few books seeing as they're books for an entire month. Anyways, here's what I received!
Review
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Raising Demons by Rachel Hawkins
The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Caroyln Mackler
Dearly Departed by Lia Habel
Tempest by Julie Cross (ARC)
This is not forgiveness by Celia Rees (ARC)
Wonder by R.J Palacio (ARC)
All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin (ARC)
Crossed by Ally Condie
Falling Fast by Sophie McKenzie
Oliver Twisted by J D Sharpe
Angel Fire by L.A Weatherly
What did you get in your mailbox?
Blog Tour: The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler exclusive content!
The Future of Us
by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
Pages: 356
Release Date: January 5th 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
It's 1996 and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet. Facebook will not be invented for several more years. Emma just got a computer and an America Online CD-ROM with 100 free hours. When she and her best friend Josh log on to AOL they discover themselves on Facebook... fifteen years in the future. Everybody wonders what life has in store for them.
Josh and Emma are about to find out.
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Chapter 5
Emma
Emma
“HEY,” JOSH SAYS, pushing open my door. I look up from my bed. He’s standing at the edge of my room, holding the spare key we hide under a rock by the garage. It has a Scooby-Doo keychain that lights up when you press the nose.
I’m worried if I open my mouth I’ll start crying again. As it is, Josh already looks uncomfortable being up here. It’s kind of sad, because we always used to be there for each other. He went on so many bike rides with me when my parents were splitting up. That was back in fifth grade. When Josh broke his leg skating, I hung out in his back-yard even though everyone we knew was swimming at Crown Lake. Josh sat with me at my mom’s wedding last September, pinching my arm every time I succumbed to inappropriate giggles. And here he is again, yet things feel like they’ll never be as easy between us as they once were.
“I was able to get back to that website,” I say, wiping my eyes. “Only it was different.”I catch Josh glancing at the wilted roses on my dresser. Graham gave them to me before prom, when we were taking photos in my yard. I make a mental note to chuck them as soon as Josh leaves.
“It still says Emma Nelson Jones went to Lake Forest High,” I say, “and it’s still says ‘Facebook’ at the top. No matter where you click, it always says that.”
“Do you think Facebook is the name of her company?” Josh asks.
Maybe.” But that’s not the point. The point is what the website says about her. Thinking about it makes my
chest hurt.
“Emma, you still don’t know what this thing is, or whether it’s even real,” Josh says. “Somebody’s probably just screwing with—”
“No, they’re not!” I sit up and touch the necklace resting against my collarbone. “Emma Nelson Jones was wearing this necklace in her photo.”
Josh looks at the gold chain I always wear, with the del-icate E pendant dangling from it. “The woman’s name is Emma,” he says. “What other letter would she put on her necklace?”
“And she said it’s Thursday, May nineteenth.”
Josh’s forehead wrinkles in confusion.
“Today is Sunday, May nineteenth,” I say. “That means she’s writing all this from another year where May nine-teenth is a Thursday.”
Josh shakes his head. “If someone is trying to prank you, they would’ve thought of all that.”
“But everything was different! When I checked just now, it was a brand new picture of Emma. And there were different people saying things to her. You think all that could change with one corrupted CD-ROM? Don’t you get it? This thing . . . Facebook, or whatever it’s called . . . it’s from the future.”
Josh sets the key chain on my desk and sits down. When he jiggles the mouse, the brick wall disappears and everything’s right where I left it, with Emma Nelson Jones writing about macaroni and cheese.
“Why does it say she has three hundred and twenty friends?” Josh asks. “Who has that many friends?”
Emma Nelson Jones You know why I need comfort food? JJJ hasn’t come home for three nights. His trip was only supposed to last one day. I feel hopeless.
12 minutes ago · Like
“My husband. Jordan Jones Junior. The guy with the fish. I never say why he hasn’t come home, but obviously I’m suspicious. When I saw that, it made me sick.”
Josh rubs his forehead with the tips of his fingers. “Maybe he went on another fishing trip.”
“keep reading,” I say, reaching past Josh for the mouse.
Emma Nelson Jones
Hit my sixth month of unemployment. They say it’s the economy, but I’m starting to believe it’s me. Thirty-one is too young to have a failed career.
Tuesday at 9:21am · Like · Comment
“Thirty-one,” Josh says. “So this is supposed to be fifteen years from now.”
I point to the next sentence.
Emma Nelson Jones
Can’t even afford a decent therapist.
Monday at 8:37pm · Like · Comment
Josh turns to me. “I can’t believe she’s writing these things.”
“Not she,” I say. “Me.”
around me.”
Josh leans back in the chair and crosses his arms against his chest. When he does that, he looks like his brother. I haven’t seen David since last year, but he was always a fun person to have in the neighbourhood. Guys wanted him to be their older brother, and girls had a crush on him.
Josh points toward the screen. “We don’t know for sure who Emma Nelson Jones is or what we’re looking at. But even if it’s real, you’re still reading a lot between the lines.”
The front door closes. Josh and I jump back from the computer.
“It’s okay,” I shout. “Josh is here, that’s all.”
“Are you ready to help us get email addresses?” she asks.
“Can we have another minute? Josh is helping me find something . . . an assignment.”
“That’s fine,” my mom says. I hear her footsteps climbing the stairs. “But you need to finish up soon. It’s a school night.”
She cannot see this. I reach over and click the X on the top right corner of the screen. The cheerful voice chimes, “Goodbye!” My mom walks by, waving as she continues on to her bedroom. Josh picks up the Scooby-Doo key chain. He stops in the doorway and looks back at me.
“What is it?” I ask.
“I don’t think you should look at this thing alone,” he says. “It’s either a mean prank or it’s . . .”
“Let’s make a deal to only look at it together,” he says.
“So you’ll come over again?” I ask. “You don’t mind?”
Josh stares at the key chain in his hand, pressing the Scooby nose on and off. “No, it’s cool.”
“How about tomorrow? After track.”
“That’s fine,” Josh says. “Maybe Tyson and I will even stop by the meet.”
I smile for the first time all evening. Last year, Josh used to come to all my home meets just to wave and cheer me on. It makes me want to be honest and tell him what else I saw on the website, before he came over. But I can’t bring myself to say it. I look down at my new white carpet. What I saw would make things even more awkward between us. And for one night, I want to feel like things can be normal again.
“What is it?” Josh asks.
I’ll have to tell him eventually. “Tomorrow,” I say, “we should see if you have one of those web pages, too.”
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I haven't read The Future of Us! Though, after reading this extract I sure want to. What do you think? Oh and don't forget to stop by The Story Siren on the 8th January for the next part of the blog tour!
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I haven't read The Future of Us! Though, after reading this extract I sure want to. What do you think? Oh and don't forget to stop by The Story Siren on the 8th January for the next part of the blog tour!
Cover Alert: Insurgent by Veronica Roth!
Guys! The INSURGENT cover! *happy dance*
I love both the US covers for Divergent and Insurgent so I was really excited to discover how the UK ones will look!
As soon as I saw the cover, I instantly thought ' The US cover is waaaaaay better' because it is. That's what I think anyways. Not that I don't like this one. I DO! It's really pretty. Especiallyy with all the purple, and I believe that's Tris but anyhow I lover her stance. And look at those burnt leaves, how pretty! Divergent and Insurgent look alike too.
What do you think?
New books released this January
A new month brings new books!
Now in this new year of January 2012, many thrilling books have been released, sitting in the bookstores waiting for people like you and me to pick up and indulge!
Here they are...
(All titles linked to Goodreads)
January 2nd
Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
January 5th 2012
Stolen Away by Alexandra Harvey
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Crossing Over by Anna Kendall
The Future of Us by Jay Asher
Fated by Sarah Alderson
Night School by C J Daugherty
A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton
Blink and Caution by Tim Wyne Jones
What books do you want to read or need to read?
(NOTE: These are UK releases!)
My Blogging Goals for 2012!
Happy New Year everyone!
Wow. 2011 has completely flew by. It's just a year and a few months that I have been blogging. I have accomplished many things, I'm really pleased about how things are going with my blog. Though, now it will have to slow down a notch seeing as college is overwhelming and I really need the extra time to study.
ANYWAYS! These are some things that I really hope in accomplishing this year.
1. Download my blog weekly- Lately, I've been hearing that many bloggers have been losing their blog. Seriously? I do not want that happening with me! I spent so much time and effort with my blog that I just cannot stand the thought of losing everything!
2. Reply to comments and comment on other blogs- I rarely reply to comments on the blog. The main reason being that blogger hasn't got a reply button but I should let that be a problem now seeing as I've worked my way around it. And in commenting in other blogs, I thought that I'll do if I just read the blog posts but nopee.
3. Be more sociable- I do go on Twitter. I reply to my mentions as much as possible and emails but I don't really approach other bloggers that often which I really think I should.
4. Write more reviews!- I do read. This year I actually managed to read 142 BOOKS. Yes! But I really cannot be bothered with reviews. To write and think and write and think! Actually, I think I should find another way in expressing my love for reviews, like a video or something? I have no idea. More thinking!
5. Make Gripped into Books more popular- The blog has around 1600 followers and I get around 300 readers a day. So, I think that I should continue getting more readers and share my love of books more!
6. Stalk authors-I really have a limited amount of author posts on the blog so that should be changed. And, I need to meet more authors, I really lack that!
7. Make a YouTube channel - I haven't got YouTube channel and I do think I should make an account as it can be very useful in blogging. Only then I think would I make videos and actually watch some book trailers.
Okay. I 'll stop there and I just hope I actually can achieve them! Have you got any goals for this year?
Let me know your thoughts :)
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