Mailbox Monday-Catch-up, Tuesday 11, 2009

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. "Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eBooks & audio books do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists." ~Marcia






I was thrilled to receive some ARCs this week and then went shopping after reading last weeks Mailbox Monday. So thank you to those who recognize any books they posted as a review. I am such a weakling. You'll notice the book called, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, by Allison Hoover Bartlett. This is a non-fiction story about "unrepentant & obsessed book thief named John Charles Gilkey. So far it is extremely fascinating!!! I'm not that bad as a collector anyway.



ARCS Received:


Watching Gideon by Stephen Foreman (no cover photo available)
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, by Allison Hoover Bartlett
The Wildest Heart, by Rosemary Rogers
Blue Star, Tony Early......Contest Book....Check out the Contest!!! Contest!!! Contest!!!



Purchases:

Living Dead in Dallas, Charlene Harris
Persuasion, by Jane Austen (Challenge Book)
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (Challenge Book)
I gave my copy to my niece, however, I did download a free copy to my iPhone and it works really well. Good back-up for travel....just in case.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Jacobs

Mailbox Monday, July 13, 2009

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. Here is what it is all about.

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week (checked out library books don’t count, eBooks & audio books do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

RECEIVED VIA BACK POCKET MONEY :)
When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection
Edited by Norman R. Yetman




From the jacket flap:

Thirty-four gripping testimonies are included, with all slave occupations represented-from field hand and cook to French tutor and seamstress. Personal treatment reported by these individuals also encompassed a wide range-from the most harsh and exploitive to living and working conditions that werre intimate and benevolent.

All for the Union, The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes
edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

From the jacket flap:

All for the Union is the eloquent and moving diary of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, who enlisted into the Union Army as a private in 1861 and left it four years later as a 23 year-old lieutenant colonel after fighting hard and honorably in battles from Bull Runn to Appomattox. (excerpted on the PBS-TV series The Civil War.

The Slaves' War by Andrew Ward
"This is a riveting book" quote by Ken Burns.

From the jacket flap:

...here is the Civil War as seen from not only battlefields, capitals, and camps, but also slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, farms, towns, and swamps. Speaking in a quintessentially American language of wit, candor, and biblical power, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to vivid life.

ARCs RECEIVED:

The Widow's War by Mary Mackey
Publication Date: 9/1/09

From the jacket flap:

In 1853, Carolyn Vinton is left alone and pregnant when her fiancé, abolitionist Dr. William Saylor, disappears. Grieving and desperate, Carrie is easy prey for William's stepbrother, Deacon Presgrove, who convinces her that William is dead-and offers to marry her to give her baby a father.

South of Broad by Pat Conroy
Tentative publication date 9/15/09

See patconroy.com for more information

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (Hardcover)
William Kamkwamba (Author)
Bryan Mealer (Author)
25.90
October, 2009
978-0-06-173032-0


From the jacket flap:
He was mocked and called misala-crazy. But young William Kamkwamba struggled against the odds to fulfill a dream that would change his life in Malawi, a famine-stricken, landlocked nation on the southeastern tip of Africa. With the help of his best friend and the support of his father, William forged a handmade contraption that created ..."electric wind"..." "William has become a worldwide sensation, offereing hope, opportunity, and inspiration to millions everywhere."

William says..."If you want to make it, all you have to do is try--"

The Last Day: A Novel
James Landis
Steerforth (2009),
Paperback, 304 pages
Publication date 2009
ISBN 1586421654/9781586421656



From the jacket flap:
....the spellbinding story of Warren Harlan Pease, a young US Army sniper freshly returned from the Iraq War to his native New Hampshire. What follows is a page-turning adventure that is also a powerful and poetic meditation on religion and war, love and loss."

Hope you enjoy your week. I also went on a spending spree thanks to the BEA event I read about on The Devourer of Books blog. Thanks Jen...I spent oodles. I'll post some pictures tomorrow. LOL I must be nuts.

Mailbox Monday...but Tuesday

My books came to me via Borders and Goodwill. So, my ARC mailbox was empty, but in a way that helps me to catch up a bit now that I am officially on vacation as of today. Yippee!! Can you believe I had a chorus of four greyhounds roo-ing me to wake up at 6:00AM. A barking alarm clock that I didn't even have to set. I hope that the alarm goes off a bit later tomorrow. Ugh!

So what did I do my first day of vacation? I cleaned, of course. I organized my TBR books and bookcases. Then I finished reading The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown, one of the Early Reviewer books from LT. I use a lot of baskets for books that are pending review or TBR. How about you?

How often do you have to organize your books? Are you a pile person? Do you keep every book on shelves or in bookcases? How do you separate different books in your home?
I'm so curious, because sometimes I feel overwhelmed with piles. Today, I feel much better.

Here are my new books that a few bookstores gave to me after I paid them....

-The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara...I have read this before, but I'm going to Gettysburg next Monday and I have to read it again.

-Slavery by Another Name, Douglas A. Blackmon
-The Negro's Civil War, James McPherson
-The New Civil War Handbook, by Mark Hughes
-Brady's Civil War Journal, Savas
-Women in the Civil War, Mary Elizabeth Massey...

As you can see, I'm really into Civil War books right now. With a few exceptions.

-Andrew Carnegie, David Nasaw...I've been anxious to read this biography and it was on a super clearance table. Yippee!!!
-Mr. Timothy,Louis Bayard...A novel about Tiny Tim grown up.

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