Marcia at The Printed Page hosts Mailbox Monday. Here's my list from the week.
First is the beautiful pearl necklace I won, thanks to Pearl Girls and Freda's Voice.
Books:
101 Glam Girl Ways to an Ultra Chic Lifestyle by Dawn Del Russo (Received from the author for review.)
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace (Audiobook won at Metroreader. Thanks, Kim!)
Did you get any good books over this week?...
Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. I got one in the mail this week.
Escapade by Walter Satterthwait (from Paperbackswap.com)
Amber received one in an early birthday package.
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
I also picked up a couple at the library this past week. Library Loot is co-hosted by Eva and Marg.
Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz
Heart of Stone by C. E. Murphy
Let's see. There's two more on the stack.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (I bought with a gift certificate.)
More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell (for our Sunday School class at church.)
What books found their way to your house this week?...
Marcia at The Printed Page hosts Mailbox Monday every week. Everyone at our house got some great books this week for Christmas.
First, we have Amber's gifts.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (The Complete Series) by Rick Riordan
The Unusual Suspects (The Sisters Grimm, Book 2) by Michael Buckley
The Problem Child (The Sisters Grimm, Book 3) by Michael Buckley
Mythology by Lady Hestia Evans
The Ugly Guide to Being Alive and Staying That Way by David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim
The Gospel of Luke (The Illustrated ICB Bible)
David got two books.
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
The Real Wood Bible by Nick Gibbs
And I got a few gifts and one for review.
The Autobiography of Santa Claus as told to Jeff Guin (Received as a gift.)
The Total Brain Workout by Marcel Danesi (Thanks to Harlequin Ambassadors.)
The Cowboy's Christmas Miracle by Raeanne Thayne (Thanks to Harlequin Ambassadors.)
Hearing from God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer (Received from the publisher for review.)
Did you get any good books over this week?...
Vicki of Reading At The Beach hosts A-Z Wednesday. Today's letter is T.
I read this one in fall of 2008. It has to be one of the most unusual stories I've read. It's beautifully written and I loved the characters. I guess it's a mix between romance and fantasy at heart, all about sex and nature and choices people make that others just can't understand. Awesome book!
Trash Sex Magic by Jennifer Stevenson
Sex is a force of nature.
A woman stood behind him—no, no mere woman: a bombshell, a vamp, a va-va-voom—a gypsy queen, a menace from Venus.
Raedawn Somershoe lives in a trailer on the banks of the Fox River. She likes men and men like her. It runs in the family: her mother, Gelia, can seduce a man just by walking across a road. When they set their sights on a man, something magical happens. Alexander Caebeau drives a bucketloader for a construction company. He’s lonely, homesick, tired of cutting down...
Thanks to Larry Sweitzer for taking a page in my notebook today.
By the Numbers
Statistics and little known facts are a part of life for an avid baseball fan like me. As the most statistical of sports, baseball’s long and storied history lends itself to be remembered—condensed and reduced to a palatable set of memorable numbers. Leonard Koppett wrote: "Statistics are the lifeblood of baseball." - A Thinking Man's Guide to Baseball (1967)
A single stat can become synonymous with a player’s name. Cal Ripken will forever be connected to the number 2,632. You can hardly discuss the great Joe Dimaggio without the number 56 coming up. The number 7 has a special meaning to Nolan Ryan’s pitching career.
Sometimes numbers define a player’s career. Some would say that stats, more than anything, determine entry into the Hall of Fame. Others would disagree, saying statistics could never define a player—or the game itself. A set of numbers couldn’t possibly tell the whole story....
I know it's not Monday anymore, but forgive me. Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. I got a couple in the mail this week.
Shelf Discovery by Lizzie Skurnick (won at Booking Mama. Thanks, Julie!)
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (won at Peeking Between the Pages. Thanks, Darlene!)
I picked up one at the library, too. Library Loot is co-hosted by Eva and Marg.
Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas
And one came from Barnes and Noble. We were actually Christmas shopping, but it's so hard to walk in there and not come out with something for me.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
What books found their way to your house this week?...