September 17, 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 September host is BookNAround.

For review from Atria Books:

The Secret Keeper
by Kate Morton

1959 England. Laurel Nicolson is sixteen years old, dreaming alone in her childhood tree house during a family celebration at their home, Green Acres Farm. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and then observes her mother, Dorothy, speaking to him. And then she witnesses a crime. Fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to Green Acres for Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by memories and questions she has not thought about for decades.

For review from Audiobook Jukebox:

The Three-Day Affair
by Michael Kardos

Will, Jeffrey, and Nolan are lifelong friends. Each has gone their separate ways as adults, living their own lives while forging their own careers. They have no reason to believe anything extraordinary will befall them. Until one shocking moment changes everything. Will is a part-time drummer who spends the rest of his time in recording studios. Then one night Jeffrey attempts to rob a convenience store, drags a young woman into Will’s car, and shouts a single word: “Drive “

From Penguin Audio:

Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) by Ken Follett
Severe Clear (Stone Barrington #24 by Stuart Woods
A Murder of Quality: A George Smiley Novel (George Smiley #2) by John le Carré
The Tombs (Fargo Adventure #4) by Clive Cussler
Gone (Hannah Smith #1) by Randy Wayne White
NW by Zadie Smith

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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.

Last week I listened to The Little Stranger for the RIP Readalong at The Estella Society and Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara, historical fiction set in 1935 Massachusetts.

I also read The Last Policeman, some excellent apocalyptic fiction. An asteroid is on a crash course with the earth. Does anyone care about investigating a murder if the world is ending in a few months? I enjoyed this one! Review coming soon for all three.

Reading/Listening This Week:

This week I’m planning on reading Innocent Victims, psychological suspense novellas for RIP VII and The Dog Stars.

I’m also listening to Roots of the Olive Tree.

Giveaway

Last week I posted a giveaway of American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar.

The giveaway is open for entry until Sunday, September 23rd for readers with a US or Canadian mailing address. (Sorry International folks, the publisher is mailing the books.) I have three trade paperbacks and one audiobook to give away.