Mailbox Monday ~ December 15th
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 while I was on vacation. It was better than Christmas opening those packages yesterday morning.
Fiction ~ The Glister by John Burnside
Fiction ~ Blonde Roots by Bernardine Evaristo
Historical fiction ~ The King’s Daughter: A Novel of the First Tudor Queen by Sandra Worth
Women’s fiction ~ Fifty Is Not a Four-Letter Word by Linda Kelsey
Women’s fiction ~ Jack with a Twist by Brenda Janowitz
Fiction ~ Divorcing Dwayne by J.L. Miles
Memoir ~ I Choose to Be Happy: A School Shooting Survivor’s Triumph Over Tragedy by Missy Jenkins, William Croyle and Sarah Brady
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Side note: Over at Up For Grabs I’m giving away a signed copy of Shades of Gray: A Novel of the Civil War in Virginia by Jessica James. Ms. James has written a very interesting guest post giving us, the readers, insight into the background of this wonderful historical novel.
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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.
Glister sounds like a great read. I bought two and got one in mail
http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2008/12/mailbox-mondaysmusing-monday-15-dec2008.html
Fifty is not a four-letter word sounds interesting. Hope you enjoy all the books…
I have Blonde Roots and I Choose to Be Happy, too. Looks like you got a nice selection.
Happy Monday. My post is here. Have a great week everyone.
those look like some great books! the one by Sandra Worth sounds very good, happy reading
Here’s mine!
Oh, that sounds heavenly – to come home from a tropical vacation to books, waiting to be unwrapped.
Well, darn, I forgot to include a link to my Mailbox Monday post – here it is.
I wanted to request the book about the school shootings but I”m trying to cut back on my requests. ‘
http://smsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2008/12/mailbox-monday-dec-15.html
Here’s my post!
This is my first time participating, but I always enjoy reading everyone’s posts. Here’s my post.
Looks like a great week of book arrivals at your house! Here is what arrived at my house this week.
I’ve got Glister in my tbr pile, and The King’s Daughter sounds like a great read!
Here’s my Mailbox!
Wendi
HERE is mine!
Thanks
Happy Holidays! You can find my list of goodies here.
Another good week for you!
http://marireads.blogspot.com/2008/12/mailbox-monday-121408.html
Here’s my post:
http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2008/12/mailbox-monday-december-15_15.html
My other link did not work. My post is here. Have a great week.
Here’s mine!
Fifty is Not a Four-Letter Word sounds interesting – love the title.
you’ve got a wide variety of books in that list. Happy reading. I posted mine on Sunday: http://savvyverseandwit.blogspot.com/2008/12/mailbox-monday-8.html
My goodness-you had a good mailbox week. I’ve got The Glister too-will read that one in the New Year.
I finally got my mailbox up:
http://peekingbetweenthepages.blogspot.com/2008/12/mailbox-monday-dec-15.html
My Mailbox Monday post is here:
http://shereadsandreads.blogspot.com/2008/12/mailbox-monday_15.html
Not much to report this week! I’ll try to do the rounds for a change…
You’ll LOVE Divorcing Dwayne…of course, I’m a bit biased, lol.
Looks like a good week. This is my first time participating. You can read mine here
Hi, I actually got some books this week! Well, some were ones I got a while ago and just unpacked, had no place to put them you see. Anyway, my post is here at Bella is reading.
What a nice welcome home surprise! I had a really slow week, but that’s fine. My Mailbox is here.