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 Jennifer D @ 5 Minutes for Books.
 

From AudioGO for review:

Cascade
by Maryanne O’Hara

Cascade, Massachusetts, 1935. Desdemona Hart Spaulding, a promising young artist, abandoned her dreams of working in New York City to rescue her father. Two months later he is dead and Dez is stuck in a marriage to reliable but child-hungry Asa Spaulding. Dez also stands to lose her father’s legacy, the Cascade Shakespeare Theater, as the Massachusetts Water Authority decides whether to flood Cascade to create a reservoir. Amid this turmoil arrives Jacob Solomon, a fellow artist for whom Dez feels an immediate and strong attraction. As their relationship reaches a pivotal moment, a man is found dead… more

A win from Pudgy Penguin Perusals. Thanks Kaye!

A Hundred Flowers
by Gail Tsukiyama

China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: “Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.” Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Ying’s husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for “reeducation.”

From Atria Books Galley Alley for review:

The Map of the Sky
by Felix J. Palma

The New York Times bestselling author of The Map of Time returns with a mesmerizing novel casting H.G. Wells in a leading role, as the extraterrestrial invasion featured in The War of the Worlds is turned into a bizarre reality.

A love story serves as backdrop for The Map of the Sky when New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry millionaire Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in Wells’s War of the Worlds.

From the publisher for review:

The Lost Antarctica: Adventures in a Disappearing Land
by James McLintock

The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight make Antarctica virtually uninhabitable for humans. Yet a world of extraordinary wildlife persists in these harsh conditions, including leopard seals, giant squid, 50-foot algae, sea spiders, coral, multicolored sea stars, and giant predatory worms. Now, as temperatures rise, this fragile ecosystem is under attack. In this closely observed account, one of the world’s foremost experts on Antarctica gives us a highly original and distinctive look at a world that we’re losing.

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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.

Another slow reading week for me with only one audiobook completed and one print book almost finished. I spent a some time looking through cookbooks, does that count? And reading magazines. Maybe I can blame the good weather this week or maybe I spent too much time watching the critters in my yard! And, I’ve been spending even more time on the job search. Amazing how time consuming it can be.

Reading/Listening Last Week:

I’ll have a review of Earth Unaware later this week. This is the first volume in a new series set in the same world as Ender’s Game. Lots of world building and character development left me looking forward to the next book in the series.

I’ll be finishing up Tuesday’s Gone by Nicci French and will have a review this week. Psychotherapist Frieda Klein from Blue Monday is back on another case.

Reading/Listening This Week:

This week, more science fiction with Shadow Show, a collection of short stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury and a book I’ve been looking forward to sitting outside on my deck and reading, Where'd You Go Bernadette.

What Are You Reading?

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