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 April host is Mari @ MariReads
 
Another busy week for the mailbox. I was happy to receive a few more audiobooks. Now that the ground has finally thawed (we still had snow and ice last week) I can begin working on the garden, and that means more audio time.
 
For review from Harper Audio:

Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell About Our Pasts
by Charles Fernyhough

How is it possible to have vivid memories of something that never happened? How can siblings remember the same event from their childhoods so differently? Do the selections and distortions of memory reveal a truth about the self? Why are certain memories tied to specific places? Does your memory really get worse as you get older? A new consensus is emerging … more
 
For review from Penguin Audio:

While We Were Watching Downton Abbey
by Wendy Wax

When the concierge of The Alexander, a historic Atlanta apartment building, invites his fellow residents to join him for weekly screenings of Downton Abbey, four very different people find themselves connecting with the addictive drama, and—even more unexpectedly—with each other…

For review from Simon & Schuster Audio:

Contagious: Why Things Catch On
by Jonah Berger

Why do certain products and ideas go viral? Dynamic young Wharton professor Jonah Berger draws on his research to explain the six steps that make products or ideas contagious.Why do some products get more word of mouth than others? Why does some online content go viral? Word of mouth makes products, ideas, and behaviors catch on. It’s more influential than advertising and far more effective.

For review from Little, Brown:

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by Margaret Stohl

Everything changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power stopped. The day Dol’s family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it didn’t know it was fighting.

Bestselling author Margaret Stohl delivers the first book in a heart-pounding series set in a haunting new world where four teens must piece together the mysteries of their pasts — in order to save the future.
 
 
For review from Doubleday:

The Light in the Ruins
by Chris Bohjalian

Set against an exquisitely rendered Italian countryside, The Light in the Ruins unveils a breathtaking story of moral paradox, human frailty, and the mysterious ways of the heart. 1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa will keep them safe from the war raging across Europe. Eighteen-year-old Cristina spends her days swimming in the pool…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.

Last week

I read The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D. and started Snapper in print and Bristol House in audio.
 
I posted two reviews:
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart

Giveaway Winner:
Winner of last week’s giveaway, a copy of Diary of a Stage Mother’s Daughter, goes to: techeditor.

This week

Finish up Snapper and Bristol House. Next up The Backyard Bird Sanctuary and Salt, Sugar, Fat.

What are you reading?

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