Monday, March 8, 2010

Mailbox Monday (March 8)

Mailbox Monday buttonI haven’t been receiving very many books for review recently (which is just as well, since I haven’t been reviewing many books either!), but this week I got four books in the mail: The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman, which was a BBAW scavenger hunt win (except the person who was supposed to send me this book never did, so Ana aka Nymeth at things mean a lot sent it to me instead—thanks, Ana!); The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard, which I won from Michele at A Reader’s Respite; The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight by Gina Ochsner, which was sent to me by Houghton Mifflin; and Piece by Piece: Stories about Fitting into Canada edited by Teresa Toten, which was sent to me by Penguin Canada.



I also went to a church book sale with Tina (Bookshipper) last Friday and really lucked out. For $2.50, I bought:


Finally, Tina gave me Unravelled by Robyn Harding as well as four pairs of knitting needles she got for a quarter at a church sale!



What did you find in your mailbox this past week? For other Mailbox Monday posts, head over to Marcia’s blog, The Printed Page.

18 comments:

  1. Nice haul! I hope you enjoy your new additions!

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  2. Great mailbox! I hope you enjoy all your new reads!

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  3. Avis, I hope you enjoy all the books --nice variety. Have a great week!

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  4. Avis you got some really good books in the mail. Plus the ones you bought sound really good.

    Pretty soon we will be a knitting group LOL

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  5. Piece by Piece sounds fascinating! I just got The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight today. Happy reading.

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  6. Mmm your books look great! Happy reading. My mailbox is at The Crowded Leaf.

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  7. Wow! You had a great week! Enjoy! Here's my Mailbox.

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  8. Look at all the goodies you received! I really liked that Nancy Pickard novel...enjoy!

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  9. I LOVE the covers of Piece by Piece and Dropped Threads! I'm very annoyed by The Russian Dreambook title, though, since the backwards R letter in Russian is the sound 'ya'. But that's a nerdy pet peeve, I guess, and the rest of that cover is quite nice.

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  10. What intriguing books! The covers really grab you! Enjoy them all!

    Here is mine:
    http://cafeofdreams.blogspot.com/2010/03/mailbox-monday.html

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  11. I love it when you score at book sales!!! Enjoy!

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  12. Wow, that's an enviable loot. Hope you enjoy your reads. The Book called Life Notes looks particularly interesting.

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  13. Very nice, Avis. I like the cover of Piece by Piece.

    I have The Virgin of Small Plains. I haven't read it yet but I've heard it's a very good read.

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  14. You got a lot of great looking books! I've been trying to decide whether or not to go to the library book sale in a couple of weeks. I don't know if my shelves can take it (seriously).

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  15. You're most welcome! Looking forward to your final thoughts on the book :)

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  16. Hi!

    Thanks for commenting on my blog! I already have you in my blogroll, but I think this is the first time I have said hello!

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  17. I've heard that Russian Dream Book is really good!

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