October 28, 2013 / Leslie

Mailbox Monday ~ October 28th

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. Currently on tour, it is hosted by a different blog each month.

The October host is Book Dragon’s Lair.

A variety of books arrived last week. Some more audiobooks plus a couple of print books.

Later this week I will be hosting a giveaway for a copy of Songs of Three Islands for a reader with a US address.

Print Books

Songs of Three Islands: A Memoir by Millicent Monks from FSB Media
Songs of three islands is a stunning memoir about the astounding Carnegie family’s struggle with mental illness combined with a beautifully evoked meditation on motherhood and madness.

The Deepest Secret by Carla Buckley from Random House
Diagnosed with XP, a rare medical condition which makes him lethally sensitive to light, Tyler is a thirteen-year-old who desperately wants just one thing: to be normal. His mother Eve also wants just one thing: to protect her son.

Audiobooks

From Penguin Audio:

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker—a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia.

Rasputin’s Shadow by Raymond Khoury
An ingenious, fast-paced historical thriller from the author of the New York Times bestseller The Last Templar.

Just One Evil Act (Inspector Lynley #18) by Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George delivers another masterpiece of suspense in her Inspector Lynley series: a gripping child-in-danger story that tests Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers like never before.

Storm Front (Virgil Flowers #7) by John Sandford
In Israel, a man clutching a backpack searches desperately for a boat. In Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a message from Lucas Davenport: You’re about to get a visitor. It’s an Israeli cop, and she’s tailing a man who’s smuggled out an extraordinary relic—a copper scroll revealing startling details about the man known as King Solomon.

Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen
A witty, revealing, sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the co-founder of Steely Dan.

What are you reading?

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