Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Mailbox Monday (another late edition)


Mailbox Monday is a weekly event hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page.

First of all, I just have to mention that my home library went over the 1700 books mark this weekend! Woo hoo...can I officially call myself the Queen of the book hoarders?! LOL!

Here are the books that came into my house over this past week. (Click the book titles for plot synopses)

Won (and received in the mail):

This was won from Alexia's Haiku Contest for her 100 Followers celebration.  Here is my winning Haiku:

My heart is stolen.
History has taken it
on a quest through time.

Thanks again Alexia!


Under This Unbroken Sky--Shandi Mitchell (won from Alexia's Books and Such...)






In the mail:

This was an belated Christmas present from my sister.  I was so excited when I opened it...I have been wanting this book so bad!


The Dark Divine by Bree Despain



From BOMC2:

The Daily Writer: 366 meditations to cultivate a productive and meaningful writing life--Fred White








Bought:

I went to the quarterly used book sale at the Brentwood Library and I got some great books, of course! All of these for $19 including two CDs and one VHS movie.


The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet--Colleen McCullough



Kleopatra--Karen Essex



The Coming of the King--Nikolai Tolstoy



Ithaka--Adele Geras



Cathedral of the Sea--Ildefonso Falcones



Wide Sargasso Sea--Jean Rhys



Lady of Quality--Georgette Heyer



A Rose of Virtue--Norah Lofts



Pargeters--Norah Lofts



Dark Days (omnibus edition): Nightwalker & Dayhunter--Jocelynn Drake



Three Fates--Nora Roberts



The Night Villa--Carol Goodman



Killing Mister Watson--Peter Matthiessen



A Friend of the Earth--T.C. Boyle



The Wind that Shakes the Barley--James Barke



Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas--Ace Collins










I hope you received some book goodness in your home last week!

11 comments:

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  1. Fantastic list of books! I'm tempted by each one. I hope you enjoy them all.

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  2. Ahh, the sheer joy of library sales...Kleopatra looks especially interesting. I'll have to check that one out.

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  3. Thanks for stopping by ladies! I think I heard that Kleopatra is being made into a movie.

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  4. oooo I can't wait to read the Dark Divine!

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  5. Under this Unbroken Sky was a pretty good book. Hopefully you'll enjoy it.

    Thanks two this post two books have been added to my TBR list, Ithaka and Cathedral of the Sea. Thanks! Also Cathedral of the sea's cover is lovely!

    Enjoy your new reads!

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  6. Wow, that is a lot of books! Happy reading :)

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  7. Yay, lots of cool books for you! And I love the kitty mailbox picture!

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  8. Thanks JuJu, Jules, Steph, and Muse for coming by today. I'm glad you saw some books worth liking!

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  9. Wow, when are you going to find thetime to read them?? I know..you should hire someone to follow you around all day and read aloud to you!!!

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  10. Wow, what a great list. Enjoy!

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