Sunday Post 14th Edition

The Sunday Post is a weekly Meme hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 

It's a chance to share news, 

a post to recap the past week on your blog,

 showcase books

and things we have received and

 share news about what is coming up 

on our blog for the week ahead

Last Week on Melissa's Midnight Musings:

(Click Links to be taken directly to the posts)

• I posted a Cover Art Poll as part of Fresh Start September. Be sure to Cast Your Vote for the cover you like best! The results will be announced in the Fresh Start September wrap up post.
• I reviewedA Lovely, Indecent Departure by Steven Lee Gilbert. It was nice, but didn't quite work for me.
• For this week's Behind the Blog I talked about International World Literacy Day
• Also, if you've missed any of the Fresh Start September posts from Daphne, Faye's or my blog you can Check this post where they've all been linked up for easy reading. Also don't forget to enter our month long giveaway for some great books.

This week has been a little light on posting, but I promise that there's a lot more to come next week, Next week is going to be packed full of author interviews and giveaways. I am reading, I promise, but the reason I've been so light on reviews is that the last few books I've read have had to do more with the paranormal/supernatural so I'm trying to save those reviews for October.

Don't Forget to Enter the numerous giveaways that are going on right now! Head over to my Current Giveaways Page to check them out. 

There's the Fresh Start September feature long giveaways that end September 30th. Also, there's a giveaway for a  paperback of "Scrambled' a cozy mystery by Kathryn Jones.

And there'll be  lots more giveaways to come in the next few weeks, all of them very exciting.

Before I let you know what I've got planned for next week, lets take a look at what brought people to Melissa's Midnight Musings this week:

This Week's Search Terms:

"Zane new book release"-  I featured a promo post some weeks back on Kimberely Lewis's novel, "Zane the Mckades of Texas" so it's nice to see people looking for that book. There were a couple of variations on this term.

"Crank Ellen Hopkins blogspot" I reviewed Crank a while back. Can't wait to read another book by Hopkins.

"Rafflecopter giveaway linky" That's an interesting one. I have several giveaways posted and several more to come in the next few weeks.

Friday the 13th blogspot" Maybe they took a look at my Behind the Blog post about Friday the 13th.

And now, on to what's coming up this week!

Coming Up This Week:

• Interview with Niall Leonard, author of Crusher as part of Fresh Start September. (This post will be going up later today)
• A Giveaway for a signed copy of Whoever You Are by Donna Marie Lanheady
• Behind the Blog:  Since Fall is coming, we're talking about transformations. Here's this week's topic: As we head into Fall, with the leave changing all around us, the trees becoming skeletons of their former selves,I’d like to think about transformations. How have you changed or transformed in your life? What parts of yourself have you left behind? In relation to books/media: Who are some characters that undergo major transformations (figurative or literal?)
• A Guest Post and Giveaway with Deb Atwood, author of Moonlight Dancer.
• An interview with Hannah Harrington, author of Speechless, as part of Fresh Start September.

So as you can see this week is full of some great interviews and giveaways. Be sure to stop by and enter them all.

Now for this weeks' book haul. This week's haul is extra special because of an awesome anniversary present that I received a bit early. (My 7 year anniversary with my boyfriend is on Monday, but he let me open this special gift on Friday since it arrived then. That'll be at the end, saving the best for last.)

This Week's Book Haul:

Clicking the links will take you to Goodreads' descriptions

Won:

I won Then Came You in giveaway at Books of Love

I won Borrowed Heart in a giveaway over at Me My Shelf and I

From the Author/Publisher For Review:

From Left to right, starting at the top:

Heaven or Hell by Roni Teson. Roni also sent a wonderful note along with the book.

Life Got in the Way by Deborah Davis, who also sent a nice note and bookmark along with the book.

Keeping Score: A Guide to Love and Relationships by Marc Brackett

The publisher from Mystic World Press was amazingly generous and sent me three copies of Beautiful Wild Rose Girl by B. Magnolia. This is a new independent children's publisher based in San Francisco, dedicated to bringing kids quality books that are handmade. I have one printed copy here and two handmade copies.

We're All Different But We're All Kitty Cats First Day of School

Cadence Beach by Linda Juliano

Rick and Wylie's Fantastical Magical Adventures by Andi Katsina

Dottie and Weasel Lemonade Fiasco (this image and link credited to Amazon.com)

I will be having some giveaways for some of the books pictured above. I won't tell you which ones, just to keep you guessing.

I want to say a huge thank you to all of the authors and publishers who sent me books for review this week.

And last, but certainly not least......

A brand new Kindle Fire HD! 
He pre-ordered it so I got it the day it came out.

I squealed with giddiness when I opened this.

A million thanks to my wonderfully sweet boyfriend Dearran for buying it for me for our anniversary. He knows me so well, knowing that  the way to my heart is through books!

So that's my haul for the week. I got quite a lot of books, now if I only had more hours in the day to read them all. Be sure to leave me links to your hauls so I can stop by and check them out!