Mailbox Monday, 8/15

Seen both at Mailbox Monday (hosted in August at Life in the Thumb) and The Story Siren, my Mailbox Monday/In My Mailbox...on a Sunday!  (Again!)  Read any of these?  What did you get?


For Review



The Last Nude by Ellis Avery
A Man of Parts: A Novel of H. G. Wells by David Lodge
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman

Won



A Wife for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen, thanks to Diary of an Eccentric


Bought/Swapped



The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov


Comments

  1. HollyAugust 14, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    Oooh Lionheart! Can't wait til Oct gets here so I can get this one :)

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  2. BlodeueddAugust 14, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    Yay a darcy book :D Enjoy!

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  3. ZibileeAugust 14, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    I got Lionheart as well and can't wait to get started with it. Penman is said to be one of the masters of her genre, and I can't wait to see what she has in store for me!

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  4. ElysiumAugust 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    So jealous of Lionheart! Looking forward to hear what you think of it!

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  5. Melissa @ Confessions of an Avid ReaderAugust 14, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Very jealous of your review copy of Lionheart. I definitely can't wait to read that one since the previous book in the series, Devil's Brood, is one of my favourite reads of the year.

    Enjoy!

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  6. MysticaAugust 14, 2011 at 11:59 PM

    The Darcy Book is the one that caught my eye!

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  7. vvb32 readsAugust 15, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    ooo, lolita. curious about that classic.

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  8. LuAugust 15, 2011 at 4:47 AM

    Great mailbox!

    Enjoy :)

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  9. SerenaAugust 15, 2011 at 6:27 AM

    I hope that you enjoy the Mr. Darcy book. I liked it. Happy reading

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  10. AnnaAugust 15, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Glad to see you got the Darcy book already. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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  11. Jenny QAugust 15, 2011 at 6:33 PM

    Oh, you got Lionheart you lucky, lucky, lucky girl! SKP is the best!

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