Sunday, May 29, 2011

Mailbox Monday / In My Mailbox



Mailbox Monday was started by Marcia of The Printed Page. It is now a Blog Tour, and this month, Mari Reads is hosting! WARNING: Mailbox Mondays can lead to extreme envy and GINORMOUS wishlists!!

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at
The Story Siren. In this meme we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library.

I haven't done this in a few weeks and I've received more books than I can read this year! I hope you got in some treasures!

*From a couple of yard sales:
Whiteout by Ken Folett
Mark's Story by LeHaye and Jenkins

*From Mary's Books (a little used book shop downtown:)
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Rebel Island by Rick Riordan (part of his Tres Navarre adult series)
The Devil in the Junior League by Linda Francis Lee

*From Goodwill:

Three Junes by Julia Glass
The Stranger by Albert Camus
I Love You, Ronnie (the letters of Ronald Regan to Nancy Regan)
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Smash Cut by Sandra Brown

*From Half.com:
Beneath the Ice by Alton Gansky
Gone, Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane

*From Barnes and Noble:
He is Legend (a short story collection celebrating Richard Matheson)

*From the library (audio books):

Holmes On the Range - Steve Hockensmith
On the Wrong Track - Steve Hockensmith
The Black Dove - Steve Hockensmith

*From the library:
D-Day:The Battle For Normandy by Anthony Beevor
Dog Boy by Eva Hornung


Sunday, May 1, 2011

Mailbox Monday / In My Mailbox




I've combined two mailbox memes, Mailbox Monday and In my Mailbox.

Mailbox Monday was started by Marcia of The Printed Page. It is now a Blog Tour, and this month, Mari Reads is hosting! WARNING: Mailbox Mondays can lead to extreme envy and GINORMOUS wishlists!!

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. In this meme we share the books we've received, bought or taken out from the library.

Here are mine:

I received this ARC from Hyperion Voice:
The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
A gripping tale of passion and courage set in World War II-occupied Guernsey,
The Soldier's Wife tells the story of housewife and mother Vivienne de la Mare,
as she is torn between loyalty and love.
A Voice Trade Paperback Original.


The cover is beautiful, the story line sounds appealing. I can't wait to get to it!

From Half.com I purchased:
Mary Called Magdalen by Margaret George
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Margaret George

I recently finished The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory and thought I'd like to read more about Mary Queen of Scots This book is huge at 866 pages. While searching for this one I ran across Mary Called Magdalene and had to have it too. It is also a chunkster at more than 600 pages.

From the BOMC I purchased:
I'll Mature When I'm Dead by Dave Barry
I LOVE these collections by Dave Barry. They always make me laugh. A lot.

From the Library:
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Already read and reviewed. It's a must read for any of King's Constant Readers. I quite enjoyed it.
Three Seconds by Roslune & Hellstrom
This international best-seller was the winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel award. It's what I'm reading next.
Retirementology by Gregory Salsbury,, Ph.D.
This is the first of many, or at least several, retirement books I feel I'll be reading in the near future.