Mailbox Monday, Oct 1

My Mailbox Monday this week is made up of some interesting indies and more 2013 releases.  Quite excited about the mix of styles, themes, and pretty covers!  To learn more about any book, click on a cover and the link will automatically open in a new tab/window.

What did you get?

For Review







Gifted/Bought/Swapped



A recommendation from my boss when I gushed to her about Beautiful Lies.

Comments

  1. These all look so good...must be why I follow your blog. :) We have similar tastes.

    I have BEAUTIFUL LIES...will need to read it...got it at the BEA in June.

    THANKS for the post.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    http://silversolara.blogspot.com

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  2. I have not heard of these, or their authors before, but they look great!

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  3. What a lovely mix of books to receive this week! The hard part is choosing which to come first...

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  4. Those are all new to me but I'm intrigued by White Buffalo Gold.

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  5. As always, great selection of books! Which one do you think you will read first?

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  6. Very nice haul! Hope you enjoy all your books, happy reading! If you would like to check out mine you can do so here. :)

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  7. I love the cover of the Espinoza book. Happy reading!

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  9. I like all your books specially the last one!

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  10. Nice mix of genre... Crashed is new to me but sounds great. The cover art on The Prescribed Burn is intriguing too. Enjoy!

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  11. Gorgeous artwork for the Espinoza, really nice. I received a self-pub this week.

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  12. Espinoza's book has a gorgeous cover. Happy reading.

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  13. You got a great mailbox! Hope you enjoy all your books!

    Here is my mailbox post!!

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  14. Love the look of all of these covers! You are in for some good reading. Crashed is one that caught my eye.

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  16. The one that's immediately catching my eye is Queenan's book...because it had books on it. Not excited enough to look it up. I await your reviews to tell me what I need to read!

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  17. Some good looking covers! I am looking up White Buffalo Gold.

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  18. I haven't heard of any of these, but the cover of the Espinoza book is gorgeous! I'm also really intrigued by The Vote, as I, too, am loving Beautiful Lies. Have you read Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier? It's my favorite of her novels and is about the Pankhursts and the British women's suffrage.

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