Mailbox Monday
January 12, 2009
Mailbox Mondays are hosted by Marcia of The Printed Page. Check out her blog to see what everyone else got last week. I had another slow week in books, but I’m trying to adopt a positive attitude and be thankful for my chance to work on my to-be-read pile. These are the books that I received last week:
Monday
- Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan from Hachette Books
Friday
- A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick from Algonquin Books
What books came into your house last week?
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I started this meme this week!
I haven’t heard of A Reliable Wife, but it sounds good. Thanks for putting this one on my radar!
I seem to have brought only one book into my home in the last several weeks! How can this be….where did they go?
But then I also seemed to have done little reading in the last few weeks…so perhaps the books knew this and stayed away.
Well, books, I am back on track, so come on over!
That is a slow week for you, I had one too but I’m glad no ARCs came. That first one looks interesting. Don’t worry Kathy, it’ll pick up again.
Say You’re One of Them looks like a good read. I look forward to your review.
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Lezlie
Well, only two books is better than none! I find the title of “The Reliable Wife” very intriguing and will check it out for more info! : )
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I linked to the wrong blog in my previous comment!
You really are having a dry spell! Hopefully it’s allowed you to catch up a bit on the books you already had!
I hope you enjoy them both! I was good this week and got no books
You had a slow week! Here’s to tons of books this week.
I don’t get many ARCs. 6-8 a month or even less. Last two weeks I got only two. No Indian author/publisher is ready to send and US authors do send but not all. I am pretty happy with what I get.
A Reliable Wife sounds good.
A slow one for me too!
But that’s ok, I think!
I have gotten so far behind that I am thankful for a slow week for books! Sad, isn’t it?
I got Say You’re One of Them months ago – I really need to read it! Thanks for the reminder
Say You’re One of them does sound really good. I hope you enjoy it!!
-Lauren
I started a blog for all things non-american and this is what I got (Shooting Stars List on other blog)
http://bridgethegapx.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-your-mailbox.html
It’s kind of hard to get used to NOT receiving a ton of books every week. But for me it was a good thing since I was getting SO far behind (and still am, actually!)
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A grand total of 0 books came to me to this week, but at this point, that’s a good thing!
I’ve not heard of these but Say You’re One of Them sounds quite good. I’ll be watching for a review of it.
I’m eager to read Say You’re One of Them. I hope to get to it in the next few months. Enjoy your new books!
A Reliable Wife sounds good. I’ll be looking forward to your review!
I’ve tagged you for a meme, if you are interested.
~ Popin
Both of those look good!
I got Silence (My LT-ER book) and School of Essential Ingredients. I’m happy with 1-2 per week because it gives me a chance to work on my library stack.
I have Say You’re One of Them on my TBR list for this year.
I received no books and almost went to the bookstore, but restrained myself!
those look great. i got nothing this week- boo!
I only received two, too – both bought by me for me
But I’ve been wanting these two books for a very long time!
Thanks for commenting on my daughter in law. (I never know where to comment back… a dilemna I have )
She is very smart…mostly for marrying my son. LOL
I don’t know that they give a reading to week to all programs, but her program at Yale, they do. Another interesting thing they do is that they don’t grade A,B,C… becauset that grading system was invented by Harvard. Rivalry is rampant.
Kathy – A Reliable Wife sounds very interesting – I can’t wait to see what happens with the plot!!
Wendi
Haven’t heard of either of these. Hope you enjoy!
I haven’t heard of these, so I’m especially looking forward to your thoughts. Happy reading!
Both of those sound interesting. I don’t think I’ll be posting anything for MM next week unless something shows up tomorrow. It is always sad not to get any books in the mail, even though I already have enough to keep me busy for a few years! Happy reading!
Thanks for stopping by the ‘mailbox’ this week. I’m sure things will be picking up soon. There never seems to be a shortage of books for long.