Mailbox Monday 4th July 2011

Mailbox Monday is being sponsored by Gwendolyn from A Sea of Books.

I had a wonderful Sunday today. My husband had cousins visiting Sri Lanka after almost 30 years. They are residents now of Norway and only speak Tamil and Norwegian. I do not speak either though my knowledge of Tamil is mainly the colloquial sort. We have hundreds of people returning to our country to visit family since the war is now over, there is no embargo to travel to the North (though you still need Ministry of Defence clearance) and the check points and military presence is now greatly diminished. These two cousins have not seen their parents for 30 years and it is going to be a great reunion when they go back as they have brought some of the children along. No one can imagine unless you have gone through this experience of not being able to see family just because a war was on and travel could not happen to the region.

Getting back to books - my mailbox collection for this last week was very good. All from a two second hand book sales and all other than just two books which I picked up since I liked the sound of the read, were all recommendations from book bloggers.
Interesting read (read and review to follow) set in flashback from 1937 to 1947 a Private Eye and the FBI take on the robbery of Helen of Troy's gold jewellery. Nice as it was set in a period where I have not read of books of this nature.
Paulo Coelho's famous novel. I have read one other of his works and now to the second.
Perennial favourite. I am trying to collect them all.
I am looking for the "Alice" in books because my last read was so unexpectedly good. This is not of that genre but I am hoping for the unexpected.
This came from Simon of Savidge Reads recommendation. Follow him faithfully. Likes what he recommends as its such a nice mix of genres.

Can't remember where I saw this but I liked the cover as well.
This is a tome which is going to accompany me on my four hour journey to Rosella by bus! Recommended everywhere and long overdue on my part to read.

I also picked up two FODOR's travel books - one on Paris and one on London. I love the snippets of information in them and am reading them as and when I can. Love those travel books.

Everyone have a good week.