Whew! I had another great week for books last week. This is what showed up in my mailbox:
- Monday – Marcia from The Printed Page sent Deconstructing Sammy by Matt Birkbeck for my mother. How sweet is that? I also received the 10 Spooktacular Hachette Books that I won from Bobbie of Book Reviews by Bobbie. Going through that box felt like Christmas!
- Tuesday – The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg and Katie Brown Celebrates came from Hachette Books. Carl and I both had fun looking through those.
- Wednesday – I received The Magician’s Book by Laura Miller from Hachette Books.
- Thursday – Ulysses Press sent me Hidden Carolinas and The Private John Lennon by Julia Baird. I got those two books through Mini-Book Expo. A gorgeous book, When Wanderers Cease to Roam by Vivian Swift arrived from Bloomsbury. I also received This One is Mine by Maria Semple from Hachette Books.
- Friday – I received an autographed bookmark from R. Scot Johns, the author of The Saga of Beowulf.
- Saturday – The copy of A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines that I won from Natasha of Maw Books arrived.
What books arrived in your home last week? Mailbox Mondays are hosted by Marcia of The Printed Page. Feel free to check it out and join the fun!
19 Comments
November 17, 2008 at 8:02 am
Wow, that’s a lot of books. I’m hoping for a copy of When Wanders Cease to Roam myself. A Lesson Before Dying is a very good book, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. I look forward to some of your reviews.
November 17, 2008 at 8:21 am
oy! how do you keep up with all this?
November 17, 2008 at 9:31 am
I’ve been looking forward to reading This One Is Mine…can’t wait to read what you think when you get to it!
November 17, 2008 at 10:40 am
Did you get extra books because your birthday was coming?! What a haul!
*When Wanderers Cease to Roam* is gorgeous, isn’t it?!
I bet you’ll have fun with those cook books. Share some recipes when you try them.
November 17, 2008 at 10:50 am
I won those spooky books too. My husband took The Terror already. I can’t really decide where I want to start on them. I used to read those “13 Alabama ghosts and Jeffrey” books when I was a kid, I’m hoping to feel the same way with the ghost stories.
November 17, 2008 at 11:59 am
Happy Birthday!!!
I also received When Wanderers Cease to Roam – I made the mistake (lol) of opening it when it came in the mail, and I simply never put it down – the pictures are fun, and the author has a nice way of looking at things! I hope you enjoy reading it!!
I think those cookbooks from Hachette are going to be good – I requested those as well.
November 17, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Thats a hell lot of books. I got only one!
Maybe next week!
November 17, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Wow! What a haul in one week! You better get to reading, girl!
November 17, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Wow! What a great selection of books! Happy reading!
November 17, 2008 at 1:44 pm
That sure is a lot of books!
Lucky you, Kathy.
I just tagged you for a BookWorm Award here:
http://bookreviewsbybobbie.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/i-received-a-bookworm-award/
Have a super Birthday!!!
-Bobbie
Book Reviews By Bobbie
http://bookreviewsbybobbie.wordpress.com/
November 17, 2008 at 2:45 pm
That’s an impressive stack of books for sure. Enjoy them!
November 17, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Looks like you had a great week for books! I need to start participating in Mailbox Monday. I don’t really keep track of what I receive, other than adding the books to my library on LibraryThing.
November 17, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I got Steve turned on to the Mini-Book Expo now. Great load of books!
November 17, 2008 at 5:17 pm
My goodness, that’s one good haul of books there! Happy REading.
November 17, 2008 at 5:27 pm
You got in some really good books this week!
You can read up on that magicians book and head on over here when you read the hidden Carolinas and bring me something out of the flavor bible LoL!! sounds like a good plan huh?
November 17, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Wow – a TON of books, Kathy. My two seem meager by comparison (although as far behind as I am, that’s probably a good thing!)
November 18, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Thank you for stopping by the mailbox this week. You’re welcome and thank you for the shout out. I hope your mother enjoys ‘Deconstructing Sammy’. I found it very interesting reading. LOTS I didn’t know in that book.
November 18, 2008 at 8:20 pm
WOw! You took in quite a haul this week. I hope you have lots of spare time to get some reading done soon. Some of these sound so good. I am hoping you will give some of them away to your readers when you are done.
November 21, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Sorry I’m dropping by late in the week. If I’m not mistaken you’ve already reviewed at least one of this books! What a haul! I only got one book this week, but I’m not complaining, I’ve got lots to read!