Mailbox Monday ~ Monday 30th
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** I did visit everyone this past week but couldn’t leave comments on some blogs because Blogger commenting was being pesky. Sorry! **
Two books for me this week.
Memoir ~ The Midwife: A memoir of birth, joy, and hard times by Jennifer Worth (new-to-me author/FSB publicist)
At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife to postwar London’s East End slums. The colorful characters she meets while delivering babies — from the plucky, warmhearted nuns with whom she lives, to the woman with twenty-four children, to the prostitutes and dockers of the city’s seedier side — illuminate a fascinating time in history. Beautifully written and utterly moving, The Midwife will touch the hearts of anyone who is, and everyone who has, a mother.
Memoir ~ The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University by Kevin Roose (new-to-me author/Hachette publicist).
No drinking. No smoking. No cursing. No dancing. No R-rated movies.
Kevin Roose wasn’t used to rules like these. As a sophomore at Brown University, he spent his days drinking fair-trade coffee, singing in an a cappella group, and fitting right in with Brown’s free-spirited, ultra-liberal student body. But when Roose leaves his Ivy League confines to spend a semester at Liberty University, a conservative Baptist school in Lynchburg, Virginia, obedience is no longer optional.
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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.
Enjoy your books. I just read a review about the second. Sounds interesting.
The Midwife sounds like it will be a good book. I am going to keep my eye open for it. My post is here.
I got The Midwife too! My mailbox will post at midnight.
http://www.writeforareader.blogspot.com
Ooh! Both of those sound great! I love memoirs!
Here’s my link:
http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-march-30.html
Midwife does sound good. I’m scheduled http://rannthisthat.blogspot.com
I got the Midwife, too, and I really loved The Unlikely Disciple…I hope you do , too!
My mailbox is up!
I just posted my mailbox
Mail
My mailbox is up.
http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-discoveries.html
Midwife looks like a good one!
*smiles*
Kim
I too received a memoir:
http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-mondays-march-30-2009.html
My mailbox is HERE. Have a great week!
That Unlikely Disciple sounds interesting. Here is my mailbox
Happy reading!
I was excited to get The Midwife too! Here’s my list:
http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-march-30-2009.html
I got The Midwife as well and I am looking forward to it!
Here are my other finds: http://www.linussblanket.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-5/
I think I’m getting The Unlikely Disciple. My list is up here. Thanks, Marcia!
I had a light week though I haven’t checked our library mail. I might have a box there. Here’s what I got.
I’m new to the group. Pardon my manners. Thanks for hosting the Monday Mailbox.
I think my mail carriers are reading my books before they pass them along to me! Here’s my haul for the week!
First time I get to play!!
http://lifeinthethumb.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-my-first-time.html
Here’s my list…
http://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday_30.html
I just posted my mailbox:
http://myreadingroom-crystal.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-march-30.html
looks like you got some good books. here’s my list: http://savvyverseandwit.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-23.html
The Midwife memoir looks great. Happy reading!
http://classicvasilly.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/mondays-reading-loot/
Mine’s up.. I just started the Kevin Roose book too
The Burton Review http://burtonreview.blogspot.com/
My list is up! You can find it here.
here’s my mailbox: http://savvyverseandwit.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-23.html
I’ve been eyeing Midwife,I’ll look forward to your review!
My mailbox is HERE.
Sounds like you got some good books this week!
My MM post is here:
http://shereadsandreads.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-march-30.html
Both of those sound wonderful. I am quite jealous!
Here’s my mailbox this week: http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2009/03/monday-mailbox.html
I’m new to mail box mondays! I discovered it through Blodeuedd’s blog and posted my first one today
http://romancebookwyrm.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday.html
Enjoy your books, Marcia! Here is my post.
My mailbox is up.
Here’s my Mailbox! ~ Wendi
I had a great week this week! I’m excited to show my mailbox HERE!
Thanks for everyone’s kind wishes when I received the old zip zilch nada last week!!
The Midwife sounds interesting.
My mailbox post is here:
http://diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-march-30.html
I will be adding the Unlikely Disciple to my Wishlist today.
http://qallie-fresh.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday.html
Lucky you getting The Midwife. I can’t wait for your thoughts on it. I was hoping to receive that one but haven’t as of yet. Not sure I’ll get to my mailbox today. Wasn’t feeling the best on the weekend so maybe I’ll do a double next week instead. Have a great Monday Marcia!
The Midwife looks like a great read. I can’t wait for the review.
I just posted mine. Mostly regencies. I’m on a bit of a kick with them.
http://bibliophile23.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/mailbox-march-30/
Four books for me this week! http://www.bookconfessions.com/?p=1454
I’ve had my eye on The Unlikely Disciple, and look forward to eventually grabbing a copy.
This is my first time posting for Mailbox Monday, and I’m excited to share in all the great books that I’ve happened upon.
You can visit my post here
Happy Reading All!
Sounds like you got some good ones. Here’s what I got: http://mholles.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday-march-30.html
Here is what I got in my mailbox this week
My post can be found here.
Enjoy your books : }.
Here’s mine: http://thebookresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/smelling-salts.html
Enjoy your book Marcia! Here is my mailbox:
http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/2009/03/mailbox-monday_30.html
I am so excited that I could participate one more time!!
http://mycozybooknook.blogspot.com/2009/03/monday-memes.html
Those both sound interesting! My mailbox post is here.
I am eager to read Midwife. I look forward to reading your thoughts on it when you get to it.
Mine is up.