Mailbox Monday (December 12): The 3rd Montreal Book Bloggers’ Meet-Up!

Mailbox 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 Jenny Q at Let Them Read Books.

I didn’t receive any books in the mail this past week, but I meet up with the Montreal Book Bloggers for our third official gathering and of course books were exchanged! Out of the 20 people in our group, 10 got together for lunch last Saturday—poor Laura, who was supposed to join us for dessert, got stuck in traffic and only made it to the restaurant as we were leaving. We chatted about books and food and BEA—it looks like Cindy and Tina and I will all be going and staying in the same hotel!

Here’s the group pic our waitress took with my camera:

Left side (L-R): Amanda from Tales and Treats, Natalia from Dazzling Reads, Ilana from From Smiler, with love, me and Tina from Bookshipper

Left side (L-R): Cat from Beyond Books, Cindy from Cindy’s Love of Books, Lucy from Moonlight Gleam’s Bookshelf, Cindy from Tynga’s Reviews and Emilie from A Beautiful Madness

I restrained myself a bit this time and only brought home four books for me (plus two for Mr. B):

From Amanda (Tales and Treats):

• Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien

From Cindy (Cindy’s Love of Books):

• Mnemonic: A Book of Trees by Theresa Kishkan

From Lucy (Moonlight Gleam’s Bookshelf):

• Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin

From Ilana (From Smiler, with love):

• Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case by Agatha Christie

Ilana also gave me American Gods by Neil Gaiman and A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin for Mr. B. (Thank you!)

What did you find in your mailbox this past week? For other Mailbox Monday posts, head over to Let Them Read Books.