Mailbox Monday
November 29, 2010
Where has the year gone? I can’t believe it’s the last Monday in November already. Since it’s Monday, it’s time for one of my favorite memes, Mailbox Monday which was created by Marcia of The Printed Page and is being hosted by Julie of Knitting and Sundries for the month of November. Here’s what showed up at my house last week:
Monday
- The Other Life by Ellen Meister came from Penguin Books
- You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon came from Penguin Books
- The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure came from Penguin Books
Tuesday
- Night Road by Kristin Hannah came from Library Thing Early Reviewers
Friday
- The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig and a Christmas ornament was a win from Peeking Between the Pages
- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand came from Random House
Saturday
- Mr. Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt came from Random House
Did you welcome any books into your home last week?
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Oh, looks like you received some great books! Unbroken and The other Life look good. Enjoy!
Looks like you got some really great books this week!
Wow! Fabulous week. I have a couple of those but there are some others I’m just dying to read.
great new books. I did not know Hannah had a new one coming out — so thanks; enjoy Kathy
Great books – I’m a little envious of your Friday mailbox
I just found out about Hannah’s newest Night Road and that’s one that I’d really like to read. Looking forward to your review.
I so want to read Mr. Chartwell, and hope that you enjoy it! The others look wonderful as well! Happy Reading, Kathy!
Oooh, you got the new Kristin Hannah and Mr. Chartwell too. Lucky you!! I hope you enjoy all your fantastic looking new books. Have a great week and happy reading.
Unbroken is getting great reviews! Hope you enjoy it! Congrats on your win! Speaking of winners…Hokies won 10 in a row! woo hoo! Look out Florida State!
Lots of great titles this week Kathy
I also got Night Road from Library Thing and am anxious to read it.
Enjoy all your books!
As always lots of great books in your mailbox last week! “The Other Life” and “Night Road” both look especially great.
Ooh, I’m so jealous that you have Night Road! It’s on my wish list….
I’m hoping that it will show up on my Amazon Vine list, but if not, I may have to buy it.
Thanks for visiting my blog.
It’s certainly curl up and read weather here, and you’ll have great selection to choose from. Happy Reading.
Almost the end of 2010, seems like just last year we suffered through all the millenium scares.
Tempus fugits, and unfortunately it fugits faster and faster the older you get.
Lauren Willig and Kristin Hannah are great authors. Love your books. I have to learn how to do my mailbox.
Enjoy your books
And how fun getting a xmas ornament too
Great stack of books! I’m very interested in Laura Hillenbrand’s new book Unbroken. Her personal story always amazes me.
Kristin Hannah is an author I have yet to read but want to & now she has another book out!
The Mischief of the Mistletoe is a great win from Peeking Between the Pages! I love that you got an ornament with it.
Enjoy your new books, Kathy!
~ Amy
The Wilder Life looks intriguing! Enjoy!
Nice selection. And even a Christmas gift. I had a slow week but that’s probably a good thing.
WOW!
Wow, you did great this week!
I received for review Season of Seduction by Jennifer Haymore from The Book Tree.
Although the widowed Lady Rebecca has sworn off marriage, men are another matter. London’s cold winter nights have her dreaming of warmer pursuits-like finding a lover to satisfy her hungry heart. Someone handsome, discreet, and most importantly as uninterested in marriage as she is. Someone like Jack Fulton.
A known adventurer and playboy, Jack seems like the perfect choice. There’s just one problem: Jack isn’t interested in an affair. He needs the beautiful, mysterious Lady Rebecca to be his wife. And he doesn’t have much time to persuade her. A secret from Jack’s past is about to surface, and by Christmas Day he’ll be either married to Rebecca or dead.
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I received for review A Very Simple Crime by Grant Jerkins from Berkley Trade.
A twisting debut novel of murder and dark family secrets from a riveting new voice in crime fiction.
A murdered woman. A grieving husband. And their son-a mentally handicapped adult with a history of violent outbursts. A very simple case. Or is it?
Leo Hewitt, an Assistant DA once blamed for setting free a notorious child-killer, is eager to redeem himself with this intimate and grisly crime. As he digs below the surface he discovers more than he ever anticipated-including an emotionally disturbed wife, a husband who’d do anything to escape his disastrous marriage, and an accused young man with no apparent means of defense. But with each shocking new revelation, Leo is only led deeper and deeper into the darkness-an inescapable trap of blood bonds and twisted family secrets.
Great mailbox! You Know When the Men Are Gone and Night Road sounds good. Enjoy!
Wonderful Mailbox…enjoy!!
I see you have one I received…You Know When The Men Are Gone…I hope it is good.
Let me know your thoughts please…you seem to get books done more quickly than I do.
Take care. I am having so much fun with this blogging…thank you.
Ah … lucky you. I want to read The Other life!
Enjoy.
I was just commenting on another blog that I can’t believe 2010 is almost over! Life is going so fast it is scaring me!
Loving the stack of books that showed up!!
Seriously…the mailman always seems to pour books on you with Monday’s mail…I am getting books…now…they just seem to trickle in a book or two at a time…this week’s batch of yours sounds soooooooooooo good…I am jotting down titles now…so many books…I can never get my fill of books…
I’m interested to see what you think of the Wilder Life. I have that one as well and I’m excited to read it!
Unbroken has been popping up all over and now I wish I would have requested that one for review! Oh well, I can’t wait to start reading some reviews of this one. Happy Reading!
Ohhhh you got Mischief of the Mistletoe. It looks so adorable. Let me know how it turns out
Enjoy the reads, and girl I wish my mailman could come with goodies like these too
I love the sound of the Laura Ingalls Wilder book! Enjoy all your new reads!
Your mailbox is stunning!
Growing up I read every Laura Ingalls Wilder book that I could find. I still have fond memories of that series. So I will look forward to your review on the Wilder book.
PS I am really enjoying Strangers at the Feast (which I started reading based on your recent review).
I’ve heard great things about Unbroken. Happy reading!
Great mailbox! That ornament is bigger than I expected and it does look pretty.
i’d love to read ‘the wilder life’ and can’t wait for your review. i was obsessed with that series when i was a kid–and my sister and i also watched the television show. enjoy your reads.
I enjoy Wendy McClure’s work and know her latest will be a big hit with my sister-in-law the Little House on the Prarie junkie.
I hope you enjoy all your books!
I received Night Road as well. I love the cover! Unbroken is another book I really want to read. You always have the best mailbox! I always find at least one book to put on my wish list!
Can I admit that I’m envious you have UNBROKEN?! Looking forward to reading your thoughts on it.
What a great stack. Enjoy!
Amazing stack, Kathy! I am very excited to see what you think of all the books…also, I have read Siobhan Fallon’s ARC as well because I gave a late blurb for it. Can’t wait to see what you think
Sounds like you have some enjoyable reading ahead of you and free Christmas ornaments are always a nice plus!
You Know When the Men Are Gone sounds really good. Enjoy all your new books! The year sure has flown by.
Oh you got Night road! I’m so jealous! This is one book in 2011 that I cannot wait to read. I loved her Winter Garden.
I will definitely be waiting on your review of it to see what you think.
What a nice lot of books! Night Road seems like one that I’d really enjoy, and Mischief at the Mistletoe just seems plain fun! Enjoy them all!
Interesting books you have, Kathy! Sorry I missed out visiting last week. Was swamped for a bit but now trying to make it up.
Happy reading!
I’m so excited to hear your thoughts on Unbroken. I’ve read so much about this one lately and it is all good. I had no idea that the author suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I thought it was interesting that she managed to write such a labor intensive book under those circumstances.