March 5, 2012 / Leslie

Mailbox Monday ~ March 5th

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 March host is Anna of Diary of an Eccentric.

From Blackstone Audio for review:

Immortality, Inc.
by Robert Sheckley

First published in 1959 as a startling, revolutionary novel of the future, then pushed to new cinematic limits as the feature film adaptation FREEJACK in 1992, Robert Sheckley’s unsettling vision of Tomorrow now arrives in audiobook format for the 21st century.

Thomas Blaine awoke in a white bed in a white room, and heard someone say, “He’s alive now.” Then they asked him his name, age and marital status. Yes, that seemed normal enough—but what was this talk about “death trauma”? more

From the publisher for review:

The Gift of Fire / On the Head of a Pin
Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion
by Walter Mosley

New York Times bestselling authorWalter Mosley delivers two speculative tales, in one volume, of everyday people exposed to life-altering truths.

More info HERE at goodreads, and they are having a giveaway of 10 copies for US readers.

From the publisher for review:

The Third Gate
by Lincoln Child

Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god- king who united upper and lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and the archaeologist has reason to believe that the greatest prize of all—Narmer’s crown—might be buried with him. No crown of an Egyptian king has ever been discovered, and Narmer’s is the elusive “double” crown of the two Egypts, supposedly possessed of awesome powers.

A win from Jessica at Jess resides here:

Sausage Maker’s Daughter
by AGS Johnson

The sausage maker’s youngest daughter is heading for the fight of her battle-scarred life. It’s the era of the counterculture and Vietnam. But twenty-four-year-old Kip Czermanksi is nowhere near her home in California. She’s in a jail cell in her hometown in Wisconsin awaiting a court appearance in the mysterious death of her ex-lover, who happened to be her brother-in-law. Given her father is the small town’s leading citizen; Kip isn’t overly worried, at first. But the personal grudge the DA holds for all the Czermanskis is about to find a foil Kip. What follows is a wild ride through Kip’s present predicament and her past.