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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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33 Responses to “Mailbox Monday ~ November 24th”
Total pages: 44,251
Print books: 50
eBooks: 65
Total books: 115
DNFs: 25
New to me authors: 57
'10 pub date: 64
Happy Birthday! I hope you are having a wonderful trip!! Let us all know how it is.
I received the Lost City of Z and Queens of Freeville also!!
Here’s my Mailbox!
Wendi
Have a great birthday. You got a lot of books!
*grin*
Look into my mailbox!
http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2008/11/mailbox-mondays.html
Happy Birthday! Is the trip your present? I got Lost City, Oliver Booth and This One is Mine complete with upside down pages. Here’s my post.
I also received a copy of The Lost City of Z. Here’s what I received last week!
Happy Birthday, Marcia! Will you be celebrating today, or are you saving your party for the beach? =)
My post is here.
Happy Birthday! Hope you’re enjoying yourself!!
I also have Conscience Point, and I’m especially looking forward to your review of that one.
My mailbox is here
Mine is HERE.
I hope you enjoy Mexico, Marcia!
Here’s mine!
Happy birthday!
http://kindredthought.blogspot.com/2008/11/literary-update-sunday-salon-mailbox.html
I replaced a favorite cookbook at a bargain price! Here’s mine!
Happy Birthday, Marcia! I also got the Lost City of Z…looks wonderful! Here is my post for the week.
Happy Birthday!
You got some excellent books this week.
Here’s my very first Mailbox Monday post.
I received The Gates of Trevalyn and Dark Pursuit too. They both look great to me. Here’s my list… http://cherryblossommj.blogspot.com/2008/11/mailbox-monday-november-24th.html and Happy Birthday. This is birthday month in my family. Mine was last Tuesday, 24. *grin*
Happy Birthday to you!
Here’s my link!
Happy birthday! This is my first week posting mailbox Monday. Here is my link:
http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2008/11/mailbox-monday-november-24.html
Happy birthday, Marcia! I’ll be checking some of the books in your list, definitely.
Here’s what arrived at my house this past week!
Sadly, I didn’t get anything in the mail this last week, but just wanted to say that Dickinson’s book looks really good (just added it to my Friday Finds list), and I think I’ll check out her show on NPR.
Hope you have a great time while vacationing!
Happy Birthday. Here’s my post.
Happy Birthday!
Mine’s here.
Happy Birthday and enjoy your vacation.
Here’s mine http://thelittlereadingnook.blogspot.com
Conscience Point sounds very good! Have a great time in Mexico!
My Mailbox Monday post is here:
http://shereadsandreads.blogspot.com/2008/11/mailbox-monday_24.html
Ooh how did you get Honeymoon in Tehran? I want to read that book!
Here’s mine: http://smsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2008/11/mailbox-monday_24.html
Shoot, I did this a while ago and forgot to come and link it. Have fun in Mexico!
Here’s my link:
http://peekingbetweenthepages.blogspot.com/2008/11/mailbox-monday-nov-24.html
Happy Birthday and have a great vacation
those are some great books!
Happy Birthday Marcia!!! Have a wonderful time on the beach!!! My post is up at Redlady’s Reading Room.
No, you can’t be 47. Because if you’re 47, that means I just turned 53!
Love ya, you little whippersnapper!
Big Brother Lee
Happy Birthday!
Here is mine :
http://marireads.blogspot.com/2008/11/mailbox-monday-112408.html
Happy birthday!
Here’s mine.
Happy Birthday and have a great trip! My Mailbox Monday is here.
Mine is at http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/mailbox-monday-2/
And Happy Birthday!
What a great list of books.
[...] 24, 2008 by carolsnotebook Welcome to Mailbox Monday, where we discuss what books arrived in our mailboxes and on our doorsteps in the past [...]
I never play in this, so of course, when I do decide to try, I’m 2 days late. But, better late than not at all right? So here ya go:
http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/mailbox-monday-on-wednesday/
Six new books for me this week! Yippee!