January 9, 2012 / Leslie

Mailbox Monday ~ January 9th

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 January host is Alyce of
At Home With Books.

I received two very different books this week.

I was excited to be able to request what, at first glance, appears to be a boring computer manual. Don’t be fooled by the cover. I flipped through it and it’s in full color, large print, loads of illustrations and easy to read and understand. Some day I would like to make the move to self-hosting my blog. Hosting with WordPress, where I currently reside, is nice, but limiting in many ways. I know a little HTML and CSS but before I make any moves I’d like to learn more about design.

For review from the publisher through Amazon Vine:

HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites
by Jon Duckett

Every day, more and more people want to learn some HTML and CSS. Joining the professional web designers and programmers are new audiences who need to know a little bit of code at work (update a content management system or e-commerce store) and those who want to make their personal blogs more attractive. Many books teaching HTML and CSS are dry and only written for those who want to become programmers, which is why this book takes an entirely new approach.

A win from Jessie at The Daily Harrell :

Clarity
by Kim Harrington

When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare’s ex-boyfriend wants her to help solve the case – but Clare is still furious at the cheating jerk. Then Clare’s brother – who has supernatural gifts of his own – becomes the prime suspect, and Clare can no longer look away. Teaming up with Gabriel, the smoldering son of the new detective, Clare must venture into the depths of fear, revenge, and lust in order to track the killer. But will her sight fail her just when she needs it most?