I know I promised you a BIG haul of books - I think this week's mailbox will not disappoint. Here is the official list of all the books I got with my Christmas gift cards:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - a journalist tries to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of a young girl.
Landing by Emma Donoghue - a transatlantic love story.
Twenty Questions by Alison Clement - a small town woman enmeshes herself in a local murder.
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman - first in the Welsh princes series
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner - an heiress and an orphan in revolutionary France
Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall - a young girl rebels in a dystopian future
Nothing Remains the Same by Wendy Lesser - nonfiction about the joys of re-reading old
favorites
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar - complete guilty pleasure readingThe Hearth and Eagle by Anya Seton - novel based on research the author did on her own family
It Sleeps in Me by Kathleen O'Neal Gear - Native American prehistorical novel
Shadow Children boxed set by Margaret Peterson Haddix - first four novels in the young adult dystopian series
The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle - Midwestern families and suburban secrets
Deep in the Shade of Paradise by John Dufresne - Southern families and marriages
The Used World by Haven Kimmel - the unusual occupants of an antique shop
Spellbinder by Melanie Rawn - a love story with magical interruptions
Zig Zag by Jose' Carlos Somoza - physics, time travel, and murder
Q by Luther Blissett - Anabaptist heretic vs. papal spy
Sewer, Gas, and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff - weird, futuristic, experimental stuff
There's No Place Like Here by Cecelia Ahern - where do missing people go?
Nowhere in Africa by Stefanie Zweig - autobiographical novel about a Jewis family who fled to Kenya to escape the Nazis
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult - I'm pretty sure I bought this BECAUSE of the recent "Picoult is racist" ridiculousness
Blind Submission by Debra Ginsberg - terror and mystery in the literary agent world
The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein by Dorothy Thomas Hoobler - nonfiction about the strange, strange life of Mary Shelley
Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles - oil wells in Depression-era Texas
The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson - yet another Tudor novel - for some reason I can't resist them
Roma by Steven Saylor - Rome's first 1,000 years
Whew. I'm a little exhausted from typing up that list. Want to drool some more? Visit Marcia at The Printed Page and read some more mailboxes!
14 comments:
WOW ---- I am so jealous!!
Enjoy reading all those wonderful new books.
Wow! You are not kidding! You got a huge haul and several caught my eye.
"Twenty Questions" sounds very intriguing. I always love when amateurs get involved in murder investigations.
I have "Nothing Remains the Same" sitting on my bookshelf but haven't read it yet. It just sounded too good to pass up.
I just adore Haven Kimmel -- her memoir "A Girl Named Zippy" is one of my all-time fave books. I didn't hear about this one so I'll have to check it out. She is always a joy to read.
I had read Matt Ruff's "Bad Monkeys" but didn't do this one.
I always read Jodi Picoult because I never know where she is going to go next. Can't imagine why people would say she is a racist unless I'm not remembering something about that book. I certainly didn't get that impression.
It does get kind of exhausting typing it up and linking all the books! Great stuff!
Oh my gosh - you got some serious gift cards. Enjoy all of your books!
So how I get to steal your pile?!
Here is mine
That is one crazy list! Congrats on all the amazing sounding novels.
-Lauren
I started a blog for all things non-american and this is what I got:
http://bridgethegapx.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-your-mailbox.html
Wow, I am exhausted from just reading the titles - and envious! Great going!
My post for my MM is here http://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2009/01/mailbox-monday-1-12-2009.html
Kristi
Wow - you weren't kidding! What a lovely lot of books. Gift cards are so much fun!
What a great week! Sad to say I haven't read any of those!! I can say that a few are on my wish list though. :)
Here's my Mailbox! ~ Wendi
Thats way too many books. But wow...hope you enjoy all.
WOW! You're my kind of bookaholic!
That's a boatload 'o books! Happy reading!
--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
Thank you for stopping by the 'mailbox' this week. Your mailbox isn't quite as empty as you think. You have another headed your way from my mailbox to yours.
WOW!! You will be busy for a while!!
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