Sunday, February 6, 2011

In My Mailbox and Mailbox Monday - 2/7

IMM is a meme started at The Story Siren with some inspiration from Alea of Pop Culture Junkie.

Anyone can participate in IMM and you are not limited to only sharing books that arrive via your mailbox. You can also share books that you've bought or books that you've gotten at the library.

Mailbox Monday can be found at: The Printed Page

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eBooks & audio books do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. 

This week I got seven books (four were library books, but I like to talk about those too.) You can watch the Vlog below and/or see the pics below too.  Wishing you all a great week of reading :-)


For Review:
After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
After the Golden Age
First Sentence: "Celia took the late bus home, riding along with other young workaholic professionals, the odd student, and late-shift retail clerks."

King's Justice. by Maurice Broaddus (Angry Robot)
First Sentence: "The ebon hole of the storm drain some called Cat's Eye Tunnel."

From Paperbackswap.com
Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles)
First Sentence: "It was a dark, blustery afternoon in speing, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea."

From Library:
Nightshade by Michelle Rowen
Nightshade (Berkley Sensation)
First Sentence: "Life as I knew it ended at half past eleven on a Tuesday morning."

Tempestuous (Wondrous Strange)
First Sentence: "The antique black carriage sped through the night, its tall spoked wheels shirring, skimming the surface of the river as though the spectral horse that pulled it followed a paved track."

Bone, Vol. 8: Treasure Hunters
First Sentence: "He's talking to the bug again."

Bone, Vol. 9: Crown of Horns
First Sentence: "Thorn? Are you okay?"


5 comments:

  1. After the Golden Age and Nightshade, look great! I hope you enjoy all the lovely books!

    http://blackfingernailedreviews.blogspot.com/

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  2. Oh I'm really looking forward to After the Golden Age. Hope you like it.
    Sally.

    Here's Me: http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-my-mailbox-5.html

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  3. here's mine http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/02/mailbox-monday-in-this-way-i-was-saved.html

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