Monday, June 14, 2010

Mailbox Monday (June 14)

Mailbox Monday buttonTwo books that I won during blogiversary giveaways arrived in the mail this week: The Geography of Love: A Memoir by Glenda Burgess, which I won from Carrie at Books and Movies, and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, which I won from J.T. Oldfield at Bibliofreakblog. Both Carrie and J.T. were celebrating their first-year anniversaries (although Carrie had blogged elsewhere before).


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. I absolutely LOVED Snow Flower...hope you do too!

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  2. I've heard great things about Snow Flower, but haven't read it myself yet! I hope you enjoy your new additions!

    My mailbox is HERE.

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  3. The Geography of Love sounds good! Hope you enjoy it.

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  4. Good books! Happy reading. My mailbox is at The Crowded Leaf.

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  5. I have read neither one, but the covers are great. :)

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  6. I loved Snow Flower! I hope you do too.

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  7. Snowflower is an incredible book. Happy reading!

    Here is my mailbox: http://suko95.blogspot.com/2010/06/mailbox-monday-summer-books.html

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  8. Two contest wins, lucky you! I really liked Snowflower - it's an engrossing read.

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  9. I gave your blog an award today! Please stop by Bibliophiliac and pick it up!

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  10. I really got involved in "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan." I think you'll like it ... but be prepared for some graphic information on foot binding.

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  11. Snowflower was one of my favorite reads a couple of years ago - I loved it. Hope you do too :)

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  12. I loved Snow Flower...the other one looks great too.

    Thank you so much for the chocolate. It arrived today and I'm so excited to taste the one with lavender. You are a sweetheart!!!

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  13. I have Snow Flower and have heard it is great. I hope you like it.

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  14. I'm going to be the dissenting voice in your commenters and admit I didn't enjoy Snow Flower that much (despite reading the whole thing in on one gloriously lazy January 1st). There was something about the writing that bugged me during the whole book (a lack of literary quality of some kind, or perhaps I just was expecting too much). But the subject itself was fascinating... I'd love to hear what you thought!

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  15. I've mostly only heard good things about Snow Flower, so I hope I enjoy it!

    Bibliophiliac, thank you so much for the award!

    Jenners, thanks for the warning, I really appreciate it!

    Staci, I'm so glad to hear that the chocolate made it to you! I hope you enjoy it.

    Michelle, I remember that you had disrecommended Snow Flower, but I've since read so many rave reviews that I thought I'd give it a try!

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  16. Enjoy your new books! I bought Snow Flower at a recent library sale, but haven't read it yet.

    --Anna

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