Mailbox Monday, October 14

It appears I haven't done a Mailbox Monday since August!  The host for October is Gina @ Book Dragon's Lair.

So here's the massive haul so far! To learn about any book, click the cover -- it'll open to the GoodReads page in a new tab/window.

What did you get this week?

For Review

Book cover: The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure book cover: while beauty slept by elizabeth blackwell

book title: The art of getting started by Lee crutchly book cover: isabella by colin falconer

book cover: to the letter by simon garfield Book cover: Marching to Zion by Mary Glickman

book cover: electra by kerry greenwood Book cover: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

book cover: the hunter and other stories by dashiell hammett Book cover: The spirit keeper by K.B. Laugheed

book cover: prisoner of the riviera by janice law book cover: madam by cari lynn

book cover: the ghost of mary celeste by valerie martin book cover: I shall be near to you by erin lindsay mccabe

Book cover: In Pursuit by Sharman Burson Ramsey book cover: the harem midwife by roberta rich

book view: writers between the covers by shannon mckenna shmidt and joni rendon book cover: the poisoned island by lloyd shepherd

book cover: a little history of literature by john sutherland Book cover: A Divided Inheritance by Deborah Swift

Book cover: I Kiss Your Hands Many Times by Marianne Szegedy-Maszak book cover: the harlot's tale by sam thomas

book cover: bella wallis by brian thompson book cover: becoming josephine by heather webb

Book cover: Mother of Rain by Karen Spears Zacharias

Won

book cover: a tale without a name by penelope s. delta book cover: letters to isabella stewart gardner by henry james

book cover: I was jack mortimer by alexander lernet-holenia book cover: the necklace by guy de maupssant; the pearls by isak dinesen

book cover: love in a bottle by antal szerb

Thanks to Pushkin Press

Purchased/Gifted/Swapped

book cover: india black in the city of light by carol k. carr

Yay, a new India Black short!

Book cover: Contagious by Jonah Berger book cover: elite by mark w. harris

Book cover: The passion conversation

Some books for work. Yay!

Comments

  1. bermudaonionOctober 14, 2013 at 10:08 PM

    All I can say is wow! Madam stands out to me after reading Out of the Easy. Enjoy your new books!

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  2. Jennifer HartlingOctober 15, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    Holy smokes!! That's a stack :) We have a few in common, including I Shall be Near to You. I'm looking forward to that one for sure!

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  3. ElysiumOctober 15, 2013 at 5:18 PM

    There's lot of great sounding books: India Black in the City of Light, A Divided Inheritance, The Harem Midwife... Enjoy your new books!

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  4. AnnaOctober 17, 2013 at 11:40 AM

    I'm jealous about The Paris Architect, in particular. Looking forward to your thoughts!

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  5. *krystyn*October 17, 2013 at 8:14 PM

    Hi there!! That Paris Architect sounds SOOOO good...that is my preferred time frame to read and I'm trying hard not to buy the ebook (its' $14!!!)...hopefully the price will go down!

    AND I'm totally jealous of your upcoming 5 wk writing adventure...how amazing!! I will look forward to your blog updates on how it's going!!

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