May 26, 2014 / Leslie

Mailbox Monday ~ May 26th

Welcome to Mailbox Monday, created by Marcia of To Be Continued, a place where readers share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week.

After several years of being on tour with different blogs as the monthly host, the Mailbox Monday Blog is now the permanent home for the meme.

Another busy outdoors week for me planting flower boxes, updating the perennial garden and hand painting the water seal on the wood deck – spraying it is too messy so I do it by hand with brushes and rollers. The last few weeks of May, my yard becomes a full time job! But that gives me lots of time to listen to audiobooks. Now I have a back log of reviews to write and blogs to visit.

Today is Memorial Day in the US – a federal holiday and a day of remembrance to honor all Americans who have died while in the military service. I’m having a few family members over for a BBQ and relaxing afternoon.

New Arrivals

Small Blessings by Martha Woodroof from St. Martin’s Press.
A heartwarming story with a charmingly imperfect cast of characters to cheer for, Small Blessings’s wonderfully optimistic heart that reminds us that sometimes, when it feels like life has veered irrevocably off track, the track shifts in ways we never can have imagined.

How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky by Lydia Netzer from Amazon Vine.
George and Irene are on a collision course with love, destiny and fate. They have everything in common: both are ambitious, both passionate about science, both lonely and yearning for connection. The air seems to hum when they’re together. But George and Irene’s attraction was not written in the stars. In fact their mothers, friends since childhood, raised them separately to become each other’s soulmates.

A Blind Goddess by James R. Benn, a win from Soho Crime.
March, 1944: US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a little R&R, and also a promotion. But the now-Captain Boyle doesn’t get to kick back and enjoy his leisure time because two upsetting cases fall into his lap at once.

The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai from Viking.
The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield.

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A spellbinding story, rich with vivid characters and set in a fascinating world, The Chronicle of Secret Riven explores the tension between love and hate, trust and betrayal, fate and free will.

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