The winter blizzard delayed mail for a few days, which meant, once delivery resumed, I had a wonderful deluge of arrivals! A delicious mix of genres and themes. I can't wait to read each one!
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What did you get? Have you heard of any of these? For those of you who celebrate Christmas, did you get the bookish haul you wanted?
Won
Thanks to Pushkin Children's Books
Gifted/Purchased/Swapped
My Christmas present from my artist brother-in-law (the one who designed my masthead), who hoped to inspire my writing!
I saw the tearling is marketed as a female Game of Thrones...right so I as a woman can't read GOT then cos it's for men, humpf
ReplyDeleteEw, I hate that kind of marketing attitude! It's like when they give hist fic covers swords or really 'masculine' elements, as if men won't read a historical novel otherwise...
DeleteWow, what a week! I'm dying to get my hands on the new Sue Monk Kidd book!
ReplyDeleteI just wrote and submitted a long comment that I don't want to rewrite. Where is it?
ReplyDeleteI don't know! Just checked the comment queue -- it didn't go to spam! :/ I'm sorry!
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ReplyDeleteI read UNDER A WIDE AND STARRY SKY. Because Nancy Horan got such great reviews for her LOVING FRANK, this book, UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY, seemed promising. So what a disappointment! Granted, the trouble may be more with my dislike of this TYPE of book than of the book. It is not what I expected when I requested and won it from librarything.com. It is what I think of as "women's fiction," which usually bores me. But this is also historical fiction, and it's about an author of classics. How could I dislike it?
I did, though. Maybe other readers will enjoy what I did not because this IS their type. But I didn't care for it. When I find myself preferring TV, even when "Dancing With the Stars" is on, I know my book isn't a winner.
Yeah, I'm not wild about the women's fiction-style historical fiction either, like The Paris Wife or The Orphan Train, Sarah Jio, those kind of novels. Just doesn't quite work for me. Here's hoping I enjoy Under a Wide and Starry Sky -- I'm part of a review tour for it and I hate disliking tour books!
DeleteWow....what a fantastic mailbox. The snow served you well. :)
ReplyDeleteENJOY...they all look so good.
I have a couple of these books on my shelf. Under The Wide and Starry Sky and White Lie are the ones I am referring to. A Different Sun looks great.
I am expecting the Sue Monk Kidd book...hopefully this week.
Love the cover of Flight of the Sparrow.
Happy Reading!!
My post will be up tomorrow.
Elizabeth
Silver's Reviews
My Blog
Some good choices! Zelda and Careless People are on my to-read list. I'm also considering Under the Wide and Starry Sky and will be curious what you think of the new Sue Monk Kidd. I liked Secret Life of Bees but couldn't get in to The Mermaid Chair.
ReplyDeleteWhat will you read first?
Looks like you got a lot of good reads. I received Taking What I Like as well.
ReplyDeleteAmazing books! enjoy them all.
ReplyDeleteWow! I want to read so many of these! Christy English appears to be taking her historical fiction in new direction, yes?
ReplyDeleteSo many gorgeous books! I wouldn't know where to start. The Queen of the Tearling looks great, and I'm intrigued by Heathers. Enjoy all your new arrivals & have a great week!
ReplyDeleteStopping back with my link. I LOVE all of your books. The covers are amazing.
ReplyDeleteAgain...ENJOY!!!
Elizabeth
Silver's Reviews
My Mailbox Monday
What a great week you had!!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy them all!
Hope you like your mailbox!
ReplyDeleteHave a great mailbox each week, in 2014!
Here is my post
Amazing haul! So many intriguing titles. I hope you enjoy them all!
ReplyDeleteLooks like some great ones. Enjoy!
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