I bought a few books lately so these are the books which I received in my mailbox last week:
1) Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
2) The Memory of Water by Karen White
3) The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
4) Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires, Book 1) by Rachel Caine
5) The Dead Girls' Dance (Morganville Vampires, Book 2) by Rachel Caine
6) Midnight Alley (Morganville Vampires, Book 3) by Rachel Caine
And I bought the following books at a bookstore last week (since they had a 20% off for members):
1) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2) Death Angel by Linda Howard (which I am currently reading along with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum)
3) Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
4) Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
5) Feast of Fools (Morganville Vampires, Book 4) by Rachel Caine
6) Lord of Misrule (Morganville Vampires, Book 5) by Rachel Caine
So what books came into your house last week? Click here to find out what other readers received in their mailbox lately.
Onto an unrelated note:
Gautami Tripathy lost her blog, Reading Room, to Malware but she has a new blog up and running now! Be sure to visit her new blog, Everything Distils Into Reading and don't forget to add it to your subscription or blogroll.
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Oh, you got Guernsey! This one will surely end up on my favorites list for the year!
You got a "few" new books, huh? ;)
Looks some good ones, Melody! Hope you enjoy every one of them!
Oooh lucky you, all those new books! I hope you enjoy The Guernesey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, I loved it!
You had a great week! I loved Guernsey!
GLPPPS is such a great book. I hated to see it end. Enjoy! You got a great bunch of books. Have a gret week. Here is my mailbox
Lots of lovely books there. I am still waiting for my copy of The Guernsey from the library. Ihope you enjoy them. Here is my mailbox.
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looks like a lot of great books...happy reading! I love House on Tradd Street.
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You bought some good reads! Happy reading!
Here is mine!
You had a great week! The House on Tadd Street is one that I've been interested in getting. :)
Here's my Mailbox! ~ Wendi
12 books is an excellent week! I've been hearing a bit about 'The Memory of Water' lately ... hope you enjoy it (and the others).
You had a great week!
What a list of great books! How fun to get so many in one week. Have fun with them and thanks for the info on Gautami's blog.
I really want Story of a Girl too! And I've been meaning to read something for Sarah Dessen for ages. Enjoy your new books, Melody :)
The Morganville Vampires are a great series!
Wow, that's quite the pile of books. I'm not familiar with a lot of them except for Karen's books. I hope you'll enjoy them all.
I've been wanting to read one of Karen White's books!
Looks like you had a pretty successful week when it comes to new books! I hope you enjoy them!
Karyn White has another book out? I've been trying to get The Last Hours but couldn't find a copy. I got The Help on discount. :)
I so want some of these new books you got! Have fun finding space for them :)
You've been busy!!! Love your list of books, I've read a few of them and can't wait to hear about the others!! Have fun reading!
Sandy - I can't help buying it since I've read so many good reviews on it!
Debi - I'm happy to get them but I've no idea when I'll read them though... as you know, my mood always dictate the choice of books to read! ;)
Dot - Yes, I love my new books! ;) And I'm glad you enjoyed reading The Guernesey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society as well!
Bermudaonion - I hope you've a great week too!
Kaye - Now after reading so many of you raved about The Guernesey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, it definitely helps in moving the book up on my TBR pile!
Scrap girl - I hope you get a copy of The Guernesey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society from your library soon!
Serena - I'm looking forward to reading The House on Tradd Street after reading several good reviews on it! I've read The Lost Hours by the same author and I love her writing style!
Gautami - Thanks!
Wendi - I was thrilled for getting those books last week! It looks like I'd a windfall, LOL.
Wanda - There're times I get too many books in a week, and then there're times I get none! It's all about finding a balance, haha.
Beth - Indeed! I'm hoping to get more books this week but we shall see...
Jaimie - I love receiving books in mail! Then again, I love browsing and buying them in bookstores too! Ah, the power of books! ;)
Nymeth - I can't help getting Story of a Girl after reading Sweethearts! :) And I haven't read a book by Sarah Dessen yet but I've heard great things about her books!
Purplg8r - I'm glad you thought so too! :)
Dar - I'm definitely looking forward to reading more of Karen's books after reading The Lost Hours. :)
Jessica - I hope you'll read Karen's books soon! I think last week was my best week when new books are concerned, hehe.
Matt - Those were her previous releases. I'm hoping you'd be able to get a copy of The Lost Hours soon. I've The Help on my wishlist! ;)
Iliana - I admit I've never thought about the space until I've bought the books, LOL!
Staci - Last week was indeed a busy week for me, but it had made me very happy. ;)
WOW that are some awesome books you got there! I can't wait to hear what you think kof Karen's book. I've been wanting to get her book. And I can't wait to hear your review on Linda Howard books too
Enjoy your book!
Julia - Indeed! I was so thrilled of getting them all! :D
I'm enjoying reading Linda's book so far! It's been intense! ;)