Mailbox Monday ~ January 17th
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.
Mailbox Monday is currently on tour, hosted by a different blog each month. This month’s host is Rose City Reader.
This week I received two books that I had been expecting for a while. The first one was an order at The Book Depository that took five weeks to arrive. It either got lost or was delayed by the extra security placed on airmail into the US. The second was an August Early Reviewer selection from LibraryThing.
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr. A purchase for the discussion group The Women of Science Fiction.
These 18 darkly complex short stories and novellas touch upon human nature and perception, metaphysics and epistemology, and gender and sexuality, foreshadowing a world in which biological tendencies bring about the downfall of humankind. Revisions from the author’s notes are included, allowing a deeper view into her world and a better understanding of her work.
Blind Man’s Alley by Justin Peacock, for review from LibraryThing.
From the author of the Edgar Award–nominated legal thriller A Cure for Night, an ambitious and compulsively readable novel set in the cutthroat world of New York real estate. A concrete floor three hundred feet up in the Aurora Tower condo development in SoHo has collapsed, hurling three workers to their deaths. The developer, Roth Properties (owned by the famously abrasive Simon Roth), faces a vast tangle of legal problems, including allegations of mob connections.
Under My Apple Tree 
Happy reading! xox
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The first novel sounds really interesting. I’m not normally a fan of short stories, but that one does sound fun to read. Here’s my Mailbox Monday for the week.
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I hope they’re both winners!
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A nice mailbox. Enjoy the reading.
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Both of these are new to me; enjoy Leslie.
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Blind Man’s Alley looks exciting. Hope you enjoy it!
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Oh, the cover on Her Smoke Rose Up Forever is fabulous! Enjoy your books.
Here’s my Monday:
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I think Blind Man’s Alley would really be a good read. I would like to read it.
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here’s mine http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/01/mailbox-monday-hunters-and-prey.html
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Both sound very interesting – happy reading! And congrats on your Early Reviewer book. I have yet to snag one. LOL
Here’s my Mailbox! ~ Wendi
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Leslie, I hope these new books are both good! 🙂
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That mystery looks really good. I asked for it on LibraryThing, but didn’t get it. Enjoy!
Thanks for participating in Mailbox Monday!
Rose City Reader
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I’m intrigued by the first book but I fear it might be too complex for me. Looking forward to your thoughts.
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