Mailbox Monday: November 29th
Mailbox Monday is touring through blogs. For the month of November it will be hosted by Knitting and Sundries. Next month the tour moves to Let Them Read Books where it will be hosted for the month of December.
Mailbox Monday was created by The Printed Page. It is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their home last week.
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New books that came into my home last week:
Rescue by Anita Shreve from Hachette Books for review.
A rookie paramedic pulls a young woman alive from her totaled car, a first rescue that begins a lifelong tangle of love and wreckage. Sheila Arsenault is a gorgeous enigma–streetwise and tough-talking, with haunted eyes, fierce desires, and a never-look-back determination. Peter Webster, as straight an arrow as they come, falls for her instantly and entirely. Soon Sheila and Peter are embroiled in an intense love affair, married, and parents to a baby daughter. Like the crash that brought them together, it all happened so fast.
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland by Philip K. Dick in a book swap. P.K. Dick is known primarily for his science fiction books, ie Blade Runner, Minority Report. This is one of his non-science fiction works.
Set in San Francisco in the late 1950s, Humpty Dumpty in Oakland is a tragicomedy of misunderstandings among used car dealers and real-estate salesmen: the small-time, struggling individuals for whom Philip K.Dick always reserved his greatest sympathy.
Under My Apple Tree 
Enjoy your new books. I am also doing this meme this week, although I did not see a Mr. Linky on the host site.
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Rescue sounds good!
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Oh, anything by Anita Shreve should be good!
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Those both sound good and very different from each other. Enjoy your new reads and have a great week!
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Rescue is right up my alley! I love the concept and I want it! LOL Thanks for th eheads up and you can find my mailbox here: http://blog.juliealindsey.com/
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I received for review Season of Seduction by Jennifer Haymore from The Book Tree.
Although the widowed Lady Rebecca has sworn off marriage, men are another matter. London’s cold winter nights have her dreaming of warmer pursuits-like finding a lover to satisfy her hungry heart. Someone handsome, discreet, and most importantly as uninterested in marriage as she is. Someone like Jack Fulton.
A known adventurer and playboy, Jack seems like the perfect choice. There’s just one problem: Jack isn’t interested in an affair. He needs the beautiful, mysterious Lady Rebecca to be his wife. And he doesn’t have much time to persuade her. A secret from Jack’s past is about to surface, and by Christmas Day he’ll be either married to Rebecca or dead.
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I received for review A Very Simple Crime by Grant Jerkins from Berkley Trade.
A twisting debut novel of murder and dark family secrets from a riveting new voice in crime fiction.
A murdered woman. A grieving husband. And their son-a mentally handicapped adult with a history of violent outbursts. A very simple case. Or is it?
Leo Hewitt, an Assistant DA once blamed for setting free a notorious child-killer, is eager to redeem himself with this intimate and grisly crime. As he digs below the surface he discovers more than he ever anticipated-including an emotionally disturbed wife, a husband who’d do anything to escape his disastrous marriage, and an accused young man with no apparent means of defense. But with each shocking new revelation, Leo is only led deeper and deeper into the darkness-an inescapable trap of blood bonds and twisted family secrets.
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Can’t wait to see how you like Rescue.
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I didn’t really enjoy Shreve’s last two books (despite being a fan of her work), but I hope her latest one is good!
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I haven’t read the last few and I’ve heard others say the same thing. I’m a huge fan, I go way back. I read Eden Close when it was first published and so far it remains my favorite. I plan on reading this next so we’ll find out soon.
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I haven’t read Eden Close yet, but I’m also a big fan of her early work. I’ll keep an eye out for your review of this one!
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I like Anita Shreve and would like to see what you think of this book.
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Rescue sounds like a very good read. I’ll be watching for your thoughts on it.
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Rescue seems to be making it’s rounds; Anita Shreve is a good writer; her stories pull you in. Your second book also sounds tres’ interesting, even if quite different from the first (I love having different books for different reading moods) Enjoy them both!
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