April 13, 2015 / Leslie

Mailbox Monday ~ April 13th

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 week with the added task of finally finishing up the income tax returns. As a former tax consultant I probably should have had this done weeks ago, but it’s one of those chores I tend to put off. But it’s done now and I was able to enjoy a nice weekend including a four hour walk with my bird club on Saturday and a leisurely brunch with the girlfriends on Sunday.

Here’s what arrived last week…

New Arrivals

The Year My Mother Came Back by Alice Eve Cohen from Highbridge Audio.
Thirty years after her death, Alice’s mother appears to her, seemingly in the flesh, and continues to do so during the hardest year Alice has had to face.

Beneath the Bonfire: Stories by Nickolas Butler from St. Maritn’s Press.
The ten stories in this dazzling, surprising collection evoke a landscape that will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has traveled the back roads and blue highways of America, and they completely capture the memorable characters who call it home.

The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler from St. Maritn’s Press.
The Book of Speculation is Erika Swyler’s gorgeous and moving debut, a wondrous novel about the power of books, family, and magic.

Audio Downloads

The Dismantling by Brian DeLeeuw from Penguin Audio.
Twenty-five-year-old med school dropout Simon Worth is an organ broker, buying kidneys and livers from cash-strapped donors and selling them to recipients whose time on the waitlist is running out. When a seemingly straightforward liver transplant has an unexpectedly dangerous outcome, Simon finds himself on the run.

The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearlfrom Penguin Audio.
The bestselling author of The Dante Club takes us deep into a shadowy era in publishing ruled by a forgotten class of criminals.

House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy from Random House Audio.
In this enthralling and atmospheric debut suspense novel, one young family’s dream of a better life is about to become a nightmare.