Sunday, September 26, 2010

Mailbox Monday + Blogger Meet-up (September 27)

Mailbox Monday buttonMailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books they received during the previous week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists! Mailbox Monday, which was started by Marcia at The Printed Page, is on blog tour—this month, it’s hosted by Kathy at Bermudaonion’s Weblog. (Note that I will be hosting this meme next month.)

I didn’t receive a single book in the mail this week (which is totally fine by me), but I did meet up with the usual gang (Cindy, Donna, Linda and Tina) at the tea room yesterday, as well as a new local blogger, Amanda from Tales and Treats.

I came home with three new books (all from Cindy):


Here are the back cover blurbs for these books (in order):

Who killed Rose Red? In Fabletown, where fairy tale legends live alongside regular New Yorkers, the question is all anyone can talk about. but only the Big Bad Wolf can actually solve the case—and, along with Rose’s sister Snow White, keep the Fabletown community from coming apart at the seams.

Libby Brin has the hippest friends, the hottest boyfriend, the trendiest clothes and the most easygoing parents. She’s the most popular girl in school and she’s never been more bored. Then she signs up for an internship at the Los Angeles Zoo, where she teams up with Tina, a Little Person and aspiring actress, and Sheldon, an introverted boy with a brilliant mind. Libby’s friends think the zoo is for losers, but Libby begins to realize that she may actually enjoy working there and even like Tina and Sheldon. Will the Queen of Cool have to give up her crown?

With blood on his hands, Curtis Woolf flees his home in New Mexico for Canada, where he starts a religious commune, the Family. There he heals others and preaches pacifism while enduring the torment of his own damaged soul. Then his lover, Martha, finds his gun and goes south to discover the truth, whatever that might be. Curtis sets out to bring her back, lest the Family fall apart. In the half-light of a nursing home sits Hollis, dragon lord of a lost Mormon line, who has anointed Curtis, damned him and now awaits his return...

What did you find in your mailbox this past week? For other Mailbox Monday posts, head over to Bermudaonion’s Weblog.

*Cindy actually gave me this book during our last meet-up, which I completely forgot to blog about!

17 comments:

  1. My mailbox needs a week like that! The Queen of Cool sounds like a fun book. I love that y'all keep meeting new local bloggers!

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  2. It is fun to meet up with other bloggers, Kathy. And it looks like a couple more might join us next time!

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  3. Enjoy your new books! I don't do this meme every week, but I will be sure to do Mailbox Monday next month while you host. :)

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  4. Thanks, Suko, you're so sweet! I'm going to have trouble doing your meme soon because I generally post kitty pics but my camera seems to have died... :(

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  5. Perfecting looks really interesting! Here's my loot: Coffee and a Book Chick

    And I wish that the fellow bloggers I met over the weekend at the SIBA Trade Show lived closer -- I'd be hassling them for a regular hang out!!

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  6. Wow Avis you beat me to post about our meet up but then again I didn't have much internet access today. See you soon.

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  7. Salut de Longueuil!

    I call dibs on Perfecting! The synopsis has me intrigued.

    You'll do fantastic too hosting.

    A bientot ma chere :)

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  8. I'm still looking forward to my first ever blogger meet up. I hope to have one in 2011!

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  9. These books all sound good. It was nice to meet you!

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  10. I like that cover on the Queen of Cool. How fun to meet with other bloggers. I have had a few slow weeks with the mailbox too but this week picked up a bit. Thank you in advance for hosting Mailbox Monday for October. This is fun visiting new blogs every month!

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  11. I really liked the Queen of Cool...Cindy is a good book friend!! :D

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  12. A blogger meet up sounds like a nice way to exchange books.

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  13. I'd love a blogger meet up. What fun! Enjoy your books!!

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  14. For some odd reason, I've been thinking for the last MONTH that I was hosting in October! BUT I host in November! LOL!! Thanks for being our host next month! :)

    Perfecting sounds like my kind of read, although the others sound good as well. I'm going to have to look that one up!

    Julie @ Knitting and Sundries

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  15. I kind of like the cover for Queen of Cool ... but I think she has weird toes!

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  16. Hi--

    Do you know when you are going to post Mailbox Monday?

    I want to know when to look for it this month!

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