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Monday, February 11, 2013

MAILBOX MONDAY/IT"S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?







Mailbox Monday hosted by Unabridged Chick for February.



Foreign Affairs


A Pulitzer prize winner. (I do get to them late but I do get to them eventually)
For the Love of Venice

I am a sucker for anything to do with Venice. Don't know anything about this one. I hope its not too soppy!
Weighed in the Balance (William Monk, #7)

Read her before.

The Last Empress (Empress Orchid, #2)

Impressive reviews on this one. Set in the last decade of the 19th century.

Flight Lessons

A story of two women. Like this kind of story.

The Gravedigger's Daughter

Immigrant stories are the other genre I like.

Front Cover

One of history's most famous femme fatales. Whats not to like?

Shadows and Strongholds

England 1148. Elizabeth Chadwick a favourite author of mine.

Lords of the White Castle
Westminister 1184 in the court of King Henry.


Read her before and liked her book. This one about a journalist. 

Underground


This was a win from ages ago. 

I am not adding to this mailbox the books I have already reviewed - they are already up.

Talking to the Dead - Helen Dunmore

The Marsh King's Daughter - Elizabeth Chadwick

Guppies for Tea - Marika Cobbold

A few green leaves - Barbara Pym

My reading has picked up and this last week saw me reading almost a book a day which was a huge improvement on my earlier month's reading pattern which was dismal.


Hosted by Book Journey.

Am currently reading Foreign Affairs - am finding it a bit slow but halfway through and seems to be picking up pace for me now.






24 comments:

  1. You've got a lot of good books there! I have read books by Amanda Brookfield too (not this one, I think) - I enjoyed that.

    Happy reading this week.

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  2. Great stack of books! I loved Alison Lurie's books back in the day...and Foreign Affairs was a good one.

    I have The Gravedigger's Daughter and plan to read it soon. I'll be watching for your review.

    Thanks for visiting my blog...enjoy your week.

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  3. Oh so many good looking books! The Last Empress looks especially good. Enjoy!

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  4. Wow! You will be very busy reading, I think!

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  5. You got some really good books this week. I read Flight Lessons a while back and am pretty sure I enjoyed it!

    Have a great week and thanks for stopping by my blog!
    ~Kristin @ Always With a Book

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  6. Wow impressive, a book a day ... glad you're reading has picked up!
    The only Joyce Carol Oates I've read was so awful I'm not sure I could read another but yummy Elizabeth Chadwick books ... enjoy :)

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  7. You got some great books in your mailbox this week. For the Love of Venice caught my eye, since I love books set in Italy. Enjoy your new titles!

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  8. Looks like a lot of good books arrived at your house. Enjoy!

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  9. That Min book sounds so good. I just read one of hers that I didn't like very much though :( I might be willing to give her books another whirl at some point though!

    Have a great week of reaing :)

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  10. Great mailbox. For the Love of Venice and Foreign Affairs sound really good. Enjoy!
    2 Kids and Tired Books MM

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  11. The Elizabeth Chadwick books look good! I will have to add them to my TBR. And I love Joyce Carol Oates!

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  12. I always find it hard to stay motivated when I'm finding a book slow! I hope it picks up towards the end for you! Happy reading!

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  13. Great looking books in your mailbox! I read Foreign Affairs a few years ago and remember liking a couple of characters. I'm always intrigued by award winning novels - I don't always like them. This one I gave 3 stars on Goodreads.

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  14. The Last Empress is very good - hope you enjoy it :)

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  15. I really hope you love those Chadwick books!

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  16. I've been meaning to read something by Joyce Carol Oates for forever. There are just too many authors and too many books! I hope The Gravedigger's Daughter is a great read for you. :)

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  17. Great bunch of books. I enjoyed Flight Lessons. Have a great week.

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  18. Joyce Carroll Oates is a really popular author at my library - I've never read her but she's supposed to be really good. Hope you enjoyed :)

    Have a lovely reading week!

    Whatcha readin’ this week @ the Brunette Librarian

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  19. I'm surprised by how much I like the Pulitzer winners. I don't usually like the "prize winners" but the Pulitzers are the exception. Enjoy your week!

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  20. Nice mailbox...ENJOY!!!

    The Last Empress looks good.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Mailbox Monday

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  21. Fantastic lists of books, will definitely be looking some of these up.

    Have a great week!

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  22. Wow, great list of books! I'd love to read The Last Empress. Well there are a few I'd like to read but that one especially. Enjoy!

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  23. Wow, great books! I have an Anne Perry book, but still haven't read it yet!

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  24. Do let us know how you get on with the Joyce Carol Oates. I'd quite like to read her but don't know where to start!

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