July 9, 2012 / Leslie

Mailbox Monday and It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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 July host is Mrs. Q Book Addict.

From AmazonVine for review:

The Dog Stars
by Peter Heller

Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. His wife is gone, his friends are dead, he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting misanthrope. In his 1956 Cessna, Hig flies the perimeter of the airfield or sneaks off to the mountains to fish and pretend that things are the way they used to be. But when a random transmission somehow beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life—something like his old life—exists beyond the airport. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return—not enough fuel to get him home…

From Hyperion for review:

Those We Love Most
by Lee Woodruff

On a warm June day, Maura Corrigan is walking with her nine-year-old son, James, as he rides his bike to school. The unthinkable happens: he darts onto the street and is hit by Alex, a 17-year-old neighbor. As if James’s death isn’t tragic enough for the Corrigan family, in its wake an intricate web of relationships, secrets, and betrayals begins to unravel. Told through the perspective of four family members, Those We Love Most chronicles how this sudden twist of fate forces each of them to confront their choices, examine their mistakes, and fight for their most valuable relationships.

Audiobooks from Penguin for review:

The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carré, Night Watch by Linda Fairstein, and Potboiler by Jesse Kellerman

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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.

The heat wave and our string of 100+ degree days has finally ended and I can get back to the garden with my audiobooks. Unfortunately my Sansa mini mp3 player is falling apart, probably from overuse. The pause button works when it feels like it, the volume is erratic and last night I dropped the battery cover between the boards of the deck, never to be seen again. I’ll be shopping for a new one and if anyone has a model they recommend, let me know so I can check it out.

This week I’ll be posting my review of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, plus I’ll have a copy to give away, and I’ll have an audiobook review of The Chaperone.

Reading/Listening This Week:

I am half way through the audiobook of Rebecca for the read-a-long at BookJourney next week and next up in audio is probably The Orphanmaster. I have a few to choose from so I’m not sure. In print I’ll be reading either The Pigeon Pie Mystery or The Violinist’s Thumb, or both since one is fiction and one is non-fiction.