Mailbox Monday ~ November 24th

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In anticipation of my upcoming vacation Mailbox Monday is going with a beach theme. We board the plane for beautiful sunny Mexico one week from today.

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Thank you to everyone who stops by Mailbox Monday. Whether you comment or visit I appreciate your taking the time to drop in.

Here’s what come into my house last week. None of these will be making the trek south but I’ll have lots of reading to do once I get home.

Fiction ~ Conscience Point by Erica Abeel

Historical fiction ~ Freeman Walker by David Allan Cates

Historical & contemporary fiction ~ The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis by Michael Pritchett

Nonfiction(?) ~ The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

Fiction ~ The Misadventures of Oliver Booth: Life in the Lap of Luxury by David Desmond

Memoir ~ Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni

Fiction ~ This One Is Mine by Maria Stemple. For those of you who also got this one from Miriam take a look at pages 183-214.

Historical fiction ~ The Gates of Trevalyan by Jacquelyn Cook

Memoir ~ Mighty Queens of Freeville, The: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them by Amy Dickinson

and finally this last one is really a bit of surprise as I don’t remember requesting it:

Suspense/thriller ~ Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins
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What books came into your house last week? Don’t forget to leave a link to your Mailbox post or a list of books if you don’t have a blog.

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Review Book Ratings

The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner

Very good - recommended
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Roses by Leila Meacham

Excellent - recommended
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The Sheen on the Silk by Anne Perry

Excellent - recommended
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Burn by Ted Dekker & Erin Healy

Very good/excellent - recommended
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The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel by Maureen Lindley

Good
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Curious what else I've been reading stop by Pondering the pages

Non Review Book Ratings

Judas Kiss by J.T. Ellison

Very good/excellent - recommended
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Secrets of the Tudor Court: The Pleasure Palace by Kate Emerson

Good
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14 by J.T. Ellison

Very good/excellent - recommended
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The Sonnet Lover by Carol Goodman

Good
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It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn

Very good - recommended

MM/Read It Forward
2010 Reading Stats…

Total pages: 5,891
Print books read: 8
eBooks read: 7
Total books read: 15
DNFs: 3

2009 Reading Stats...
Total pages: 52,671
Print books read: 86
eBooks read: 54
Total books read: 140
DNFs: 32