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Mailbox Monday #131

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is The Bluestocking Guide.  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received this week:

1. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star by Heather Lynn Rigaud for review in September.

2. She Returns to the Floating World by Jeannine Hall Gailey for review.

3. Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens from St. Martin’s Press for review in July.

4. The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy, which I received from Shelf Awareness.

5. When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg, which I won from Unabridged Chick. If you haven’t read Audra’s blog, you should, she has fantastic giveaways and great reviews.

What did you receive in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday #130; Library Loot #4

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is The Bluestocking Guide.  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received this week:

1.  Beatrice Munson by Lorena Bathey from the author for review in Sept./Oct.

2.  Dance Lessons by Aine Greaney from the author for review.

3.  Somewhere Over the Pachyderm Rainbow by Jennifer C. Wolfe from the poet for review.

4. The Sweetness of Tears by Nafisa Haji, which I purchased from Amazon.

5. Everyone Is Beautiful by Katherine Center, which I borrowed from Anna.

6. The Katyn Order by Douglas Jacobson, which I borrowed from Anna and I’m excited to read after the fantastic Night of Flames.

Library Loot:

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!

1.  Ordinary Miracles by Erica Jong

What did you receive this week?

Mailbox Monday #129

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is Mari of MariReads.  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received this week:

1.  The Astral by Kate Christensen, randomly from Random House.

2.  The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair for a TLC Book Tour.

3.  10th Anniversary by James Patterson borrowed from my mom.

4. War & Watermelon by Rich Wallace for a June TLC Book Tour.

What did you receive in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday #128; Library Loot #3

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is Mari Reads .  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received this week:

 

1.  The Decadent Lovely by Amy Pence, which I received for review from the poet.

 

2. Lagan Love by Peter Murphy, which I received for review in July/August.

3. The Snow Whale by John Minichillo, for review from Atticus Books at the Gaithersburg Book Frestival.

 

4. The Great Lenore by J.M. Torline, for review from Atticus Books at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.

Library Loot:

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!


Horoscopes for the Dead

1. Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins

What did you receive in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday #127

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is Mari Reads .  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received this week:

1.  Dreams of Joy by Lisa See from Random House for June review.

2.  Perfectly Untraditional by Sweta Srivastava Vikram for review from the author.

3.  The Bedtime Book for Dogs by Bruce Littlefield for review from Hachette Books in June.

4. My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young for review from Harper Collins in June.

From the library sale:

5. Tis by Frank McCourt

6. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

7. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

8. The Assignation by Joyce Carol Oates

9. Buoyancy and Other Myths by Richard Peabody

What did you receive in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday #126

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is Mari Reads.  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received this week:

1.  Vlad: The Last Confession by C.C. Humphreys; 2 copies: one for review and one to giveaway; stay tuned in June.

2. A Wife for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen for review from Sourcebooks for July/August.

3. A Weekend With Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly for review from Sourcebooks for July/August.

What did you receive in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday #125

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is Passages to the Past.  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I purchased at a recent flea market trip:

1. 61 Hours by Lee Child

2. Reckless by Andrew Gross

3. Vapor Trail by Chuck Logan

4. Don’t Blink by James Patterson

5. Private by James Patterson

And one book from my mom, which she bought while visiting Wiggles and I for the month, but didn’t finish reading until she made it back home . . . so she had to mail to me.

6. Tick Tock by James Patterson

What did you receive in your mailbox?

***Please also stop by Rhapsody in Books’ National Poetry Month post on Eleanor Swanson.

Mailbox Monday #124

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is Passages to the Past.  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received this week:

1.  The Beach Trees by Karen White, which I received for a TLC Book Tour in May.

What did you receive in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday #123

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is Passages to the Past.  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received this week:

1.  The Linen Queen by Patricia Falvey, which I won from Diary of an Eccentric.

What did you receive in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday #122

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is I’m Booking It.  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received unsolicited this week:

1.  Mothers & Daughters by Rae Meadows from Henry Holt and Company.

2.  Friendship Bread by Darien Gee from Random House.

Here’s a book I’ve been waiting for:

3. Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning from Random House

What did you receive in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday #121

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is I’m Booking It.  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

Here’s what I received this week:

1.  Monster by David Livingstone Clink from Tightrope Books for review.

2.  Come Closer by Leanne Averbach from Tightrope Books for review.

3. Staying at Daisy’s by Jill Mansell, which I received from Sourcebooks for my mother and which I’ll be reviewing this month.

What did you receive in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday #120

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon at the right to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at The Printed Page passed the torch.  This month our host is Library of Clean Reads .  Kristi of The Story Siren continues to sponsor her In My Mailbox meme.  Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other means over the past week.

Just be warned that these posts can increase your TBR piles and wish lists.

These came unrequested from Algonquin Books:

1.  Something for Nothing by David Anthony

2.  When Tito Loved Clara by Jon Michaud

3.  What You See in the Dark by Manuel Munoz

From the Poet Andrew Kozma:

4.  City of Regret

Baby gifts from Quirk Books, just because:

5.  Haiku Mama by Kari Anne Roy

6.  Disneystrology by Lisa Finander

7.  Women Know Everything! by Karen Weekes

8.  Baby Owner’s Manual by Louis Borgenicht, MD, and Joe Borgenicht, D.A.D.

9.  Baby: 16 Assorted Notecards & Envelopes

10.  Baby:  Owner’s Maintenance Log by Louis Borgenicht, MD, and Joe Borgenicht, D.A.D.

11.  Baby Owner’s Games and Activities Book by Lynn Rosen and Joe Borgenicht, D.A.D.

12.  Skywriting Journal by Byron Jorjonan

What did you receive in your mailbox?