Mailbox Monday ~ July 11th
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. The July host is Gwendolyn at A Sea of Books.
Only one book for me this week and none last week which is probably a good thing since I’m already behind on my reviews. With the summer weather finally here, I do much less print reading and listen to a lot more audiobooks but have less time to write as I like to be outdoors gardening, watching birds, taking photos and enjoying nature as much as possible. Summer is much too short here in the midwest.
I received a copy of the trade paperback from Random House.
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy–abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl—and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape—but he can’t stop society’s collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world.
At over 700 pages I’m happy this is now out in paperback.
Under My Apple Tree 
I am reading Shantaram – also a huge tome!
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I agree, summer is too short in the midwest – so we have to get outside and enjoy while we can. I know this was very popular when it was first published, enjoy!
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I never finished this one, but I know others enjoyed it –hope you do.
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A lot of people loved this book when it first came out. I hope you do too!
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This sounds really good. I hope you enjoy it!
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I’m glad you are spending some good time outdoors. I know it was a long, cold winter for you guys. Me, I’m looking forward to winter or even to the little bit of fall we get here. Since the whichever nino or nina, can’t ever remember which produces what weather, we are having 100+ daily and probably will until late September.
Enjoy your book. I’ve wanted to read that one too. It’s a commitment though at 700 pages. 🙂
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I’m a very happy person at 80 degrees. We’ve been at 90 and humid the last few days. I’m not sure I could cope with 100+ unless it was Arizona dry heat.
I almost checked out the audiobook of The Passage from the library but it was 30 disks, way more than I could listen to in 2 weeks so I waited for the paperback and will read at my leisure.
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I’ll be curious to hear what you think of this one! Enjoy!
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I hope you enjoy your book.
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You are right about summer being too short in the Midwest. I am curious to see what you will think of this book. I had it in my hand when it came out in hardback but I put it back down and didn’t buy it.The size of it kind of scared me away. I hope you enjoy it.
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The Passage sounds like an awesome book. Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for visiting my blog.
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