Mailbox Monday

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 May host is Marthas’s Bookshelf.
 

From TOR Books:

Earth Unaware
by Orson Scott Card

Before Ender Wiggin was born, before the Battle School was built, the aliens brought war to Earth…
The mining ship El Cavador is far out from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. Other mining ships, and the families that live on them, are few and far between this far out. So when El Cavador’s telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it’s hard to know what to make of it. It’s massive and moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light.

Three audiobooks for review:

Stolen Prey
by John Sanford

An up-and-coming banker and his entire family are butchered in an affluent Saint Paul suburb. There were no witnesses, no fingerprints, no clues other than the scrawled-in-blood message, “We’re coming.” It doesn’t take long for Lucas Davenport to find that the banker wasn’t as clean as he seemed, and his killing is just the tip of an iceberg of greed and corruption.

The Storm
by Clive Cussler

In the middle of the Indian Ocean, a NUMA research vessel is taking water samples at sunset, when a crew member spots a sheen of black oil ahead of them. But it is not oil. Like a horde of army ants, a swarm of black particles suddenly attacks the ship, killing everyone aboard, while the ship itself goes up in flames. A few hours later, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are on their way to the Indian Ocean. more.

The Art of Intelligence
by Henry A. Crumpton

A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career while illustrating the growing importance of America’s intelligence officers and their secret missions. The Art of Intelligence draws from the full arc of Crumpton’s espionage and covert action exploits to explain what America’s spies do and why their service is more valuable than ever. more.

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.

Share what you read last week and what you are currently reading.

Not a lot of sit-down reading time this past week. I’m glad I discovered audiobooks. Now I can still listen to a couple of books a week even if I don’t have time to actually ‘read’ them.

I’m still gardening, digging and landscaping. I’ll take some pictures this week but it doesn’t look like much yet.

Finished Listening/Reading Last Week:

Finished up The Secret Garden. My review will be posted on May 31st as part of the read-a-long garden party.

Insurgent wasn’t as good as the first book, but maybe my expectations were too high. Tough Sh*t was surprisingly good and funny … not what I was expecting at all.

Reading/Listening This Week:

My name finally came up on the library list for The Lifeboat so I’ll be listening to it this week.

Not sure what I’ll read after I finish Taste of Tomorrow. It’s an interesting look at where the food industry is heading; not a fast read though.

What Are You Reading?

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