Monday, October 3, 2011

Mailbox Monday (October 3): The 2nd Montreal Book Bloggers’ Meet-Up!

Mailbox Monday buttonMailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books they received during the previous week. Warning: MM can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and huge wish lists! Mailbox Monday, which was started by Marcia (who now blogs at A girl and her books) is on blog tour—this month, it’s hosted by Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit.

A pile of books made its way into my house this past week. First off, I used a 25% off coupon at Chapters Indigo to buy Afflictions & Departures: Essays by Madeline Sonik. I’m not familiar with this author, but the book was blurbed by Susan Olding and Lorna Crozier, two of my favourite authors, so I was sold!

Next, the Montreal Book Bloggers gathered again this past weekend: of the 19 members of the group, 13 met for lunch to chat and trade books and compare e-readers (I’m leaning towards getting a Sony Touch at the moment). Here’s the pic our waitress took with Ilana’s phone:



Front row (L-R): Lucy from Moonlight Gleam’s Bookshelf, Cindy from Cindy’s Love of Books, Amanda from Tales and Treats and Ilana from From Smiler, with love

Middle row (L-R): PK from aisle b, Lisa from starmetal oak book blog, me and Laura from Library of Clean Reads

Back row (L-R): Jennifer from Mrs. Q Book Addict, Linda from Better with Books, Donna from Books Bound, Natalia from Dazzling Reads and Melissa from YA Bookshelf

And here’s the loot I came home with:





From Amanda (Tales and Treats):
From Cindy (Cindy’s Love of Books):
From Donna (BookBound):
From Laura (Library of Clean Reads:
From PK (aisle b):
Donna also gave us all plastic book covers, which you can adjust to the size of your book (see Cindy’s meet-up post for a pic) and Cindy gave us all bookmarks. For some reason, I can’t seem to upload my photos onto my computer, but once I figure it out, I’ll post another group shot!

What did you find in your mailbox this past week? For other Mailbox Monday posts, head over to Savvy Verse & Wit.
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23 comments:

  1. Jennifer | Mrs Q Book AddictOctober 3, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    The meetup was a lot of fun! You got some great books. I loved The Forgotten Garden. I have Remarkable Creatures on my tbr list. I'm interested in your review of Next to Love.

    Those book cover are amazing! I never knew there were clear ones.

    It was nice chatting with you.

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  2. SukoOctober 3, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Enjoy you "loot", Avis. I like how you arranged your books (how'd you do that?).

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  3. cindysloveofbooksOctober 3, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Avis it was great seeing you on the weekend. Enjoy all the goodies

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  4. KayeOctober 3, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Yeah, I'd like to know how you got your books like that too. BLogger gives me trouble when I try to do multiple book covers.

    The Forgotten Garden is a wonderful read. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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  5. SerenaOctober 3, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    Looks like everyone was happy at the meetup...must have something to do with the books exchanging hands...lol I have a few of those on my shelves and need to get to them. Happy reading.

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  6. Laura at Library of Clean ReadsOctober 3, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Avis, it was great seeing you again! You got some great books. I promise to pass on Wither to you after I've read it. We should get together for coffee. Looks like we like similar books.

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  7. bermudaonionOctober 3, 2011 at 6:33 PM

    The Montreal book bloggers group looks like so much fun!! Enjoy your new books!

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  8. Beth(bookaholicmom)October 3, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    I envy that you all live close enough to have meetups! I read and reviewed Next to Love recently. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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  9. avisannschildOctober 3, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    Jennifer, it was lovely chatting to you too! And thanks again for the crash course on how to use the Sony Touch!

    Suko and Kaye, it's actually pretty easy to do: I always make sure my pics are the same height (190 pixels in this case) and then when I upload them, I choose "None" under "Choose a layout" and "Small" under "Image size." I then centre the pics and voila!

    Thanks, Cindy, enjoy yours too!

    Kaye, I enjoyed Morton's latest, so I hope I'll love this one too!

    Serena, we definitely exchanged lots of books!

    Laura, thank you and I'd love to do coffee sometime!

    Kathy, I wish you lived closer so you could join us!

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  10. StaciOctober 3, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Whenever you guys meet up your Mailbox posts are amazing!! I got to get me some friends like that!! LOL!

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  11. Aisle BOctober 3, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    I love this picture!

    Girl you racked up some fine books :) And yes we call dibs on sitting together next meet up :)

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  12. JennersOctober 3, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    How lucky you are to have this!! And what good books you got. I loved We Need To Talk About Kevin. It is the kind of book that sticks with you afterwards.

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  13. Bellezza October 3, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    How wonderful to interact with real live book bloggers in your group! I loved seeing the photograph and thinking of you all together. I thought The Lake of Dead Languages was a fascinating book, and I have Remarkable Creatures still waiting to be read. A fine assortment you've collected!

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  14. Mary (Bookfan)October 3, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    What a great looking group! You've got some good reading ahead of you too!

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  15. Teddy RoseOctober 4, 2011 at 1:34 AM

    Wow, it looks like you have a fun group. I have only met one other book blogger from Vancouver. I don't think there are very many of us.

    Enjoy your books!

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  16. Leslie (Under My Apple Tree)October 4, 2011 at 2:39 AM

    Your meet-ups look like so much fun. And you came away with lots of new books too. All new titles for me.

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  17. (Diane) Bibliophile By the SeaOctober 4, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    What a fun time this must have been. Love the photo of friendly faces.

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  18. AnnaOctober 4, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    I hope you enjoy Next to Love as much as I did!

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  19. MysticaOctober 4, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    Nice to put a face to the name and you have some gorgeous books here.

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  20. Marie CloutierOctober 5, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    What a great meetup!! How awesome. And enjoy all those books!

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  21. marciaOctober 8, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Enjoy all those wonderful looking books.

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  22. TiinaOctober 9, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    What a wonderful loot you have there! Of all those books I've only read Remarkable Creatures which I loved.

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  23. BooksnycOctober 16, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    What fun! I never realized there were so many book bloggers from Montreal.

    You got some great books - I really like Carol Goodman's books - have you read any of her others? Next to Love is also on my list to read.

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