Sunday, April 18, 2010

Mailbox Monday


Mailbox Monday is my favorite meme, and the only one in which I participate. It is hosted by Marcia of The Printed Page-- thank you, Marcia!-- and if you'd like to check out more participants, click on the feisty redhead over to the left. She'll take you right to the heart of the action. Hopefully you'll join us (if you haven't already)!

This past week saw me send out 3 books to new Paperback Swap (PBS) foster homes and receive 3. Even Steven! I'd like to send out more than I receive for the next couple of weeks, but that will all depend on how folks like the books I've recently posted to my PBS bookshelf.

I'll stop yapping now and tell you about the books I discovered in my mailbox.

  1. The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley (PBS). "With its dark legends and passionate history, the windswept shores of Scotland are an archaeologist's dream. Verity Grey is thrilled by the challenge of uncovering an ancient Roman campsite in a small Scottish village. But as soon as she arrives, she sense danger in the air. Her eccentric boss, Peter Quinnell, has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it - not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has 'seen' a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades. Surprisingly, Verity believes in Peter, and the boy, and even in the Sentinel, who seems determined to become her own protector...but from what?"
  2. The Exile of Sara Stevenson by Darci Hannah (LibraryThing Early Reviewers). "In 1814, Sara Stevenson, the well-bred but high-spirited daughter of celebrated Scottish lighthouse designer Robert Stevenson, falls in love with a common sailor, Thomas Crichton. On the day of their clandestine elopement, Thomas mysteriously disappears, leaving Sara heartbroken, secretly pregnant, and at the mercy of her overbearing family. Refusing to relinquish her hopes that Thomas will someday return to her, Sara is banished to an eerie lighthouse on lonely and remote Cape Wrath. There she meets William Campbell, the reclusive yet dashing light-keeper who incites her ire—and interest. Soon Sara begins to accept her life on the cape and her growing attraction to William—until a mystifying package from an Oxford antiquarian arrives, giving intriguing clues to Thomas’s whereabouts. Through her correspondence with the antiquarian, Sara slowly uncovers the story of her beloved’s fate. But what she doesn’t immediately grasp is that these letters travel an even greater distance than she could have imagined—as the boundaries between time and space unravel to forge an incredible connection between a woman and a man many years apart."
  3. Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn (PBS). "Quinn brings back the PI duo of Chet and Bernie for their second adventure. Their latest job seems too good to be true: provide bodyguard service for a prize-winning show dog and get paid $2,000 a day, that is until the mistress and dog are kidnapped a few hours after arriving in town. Missing persons are Bernie and his dog Chet’s specialty, and they investigate with vigor. Chet narrates the entire book, and his doggy point of view is refreshing and consistent. Despite not always being able to focus on long conversations and getting distracted by snacks and smells, Chet is clearly the better investigator of the two, and his narration pulls the reader along as if on a leash."
Any of those titles sound good enough to get hold of a copy to you? Which one(s)? Do tell! In the mean time, I'm going to check out other mailboxes. See you next Monday!

16 comments:

  1. The Shadowy Horses caught my attention! Enjoy your books!

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  2. None of those really look like my thing this week, though they do look like they could be good. :-)

    My mailbox is here. Only one book this week, but an interesting one!

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  3. Ooo you do have quite a few goodys.

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  4. I thought you had a Scotland theme going until I saw the third book ;) Enjoy them all!

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  5. I bet Thereby Hangs a Tail is cute. Happy Reading!

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  6. The Exile of Sara Stevenson sounds good! Enjoy your books!

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  7. Great books. I got The Exile last week. My mailbox is at The Crowded Leaf.

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  8. Good for you being able to move some books off the shelf! Enjoy your goodies--
    *smiles*

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  9. The Exile of Sara Stevenson looks very good. Thereby Hangs a Tail must be the next book after Dog On It. I have Dog On It here. I just haven't read it yet. Enjoy all your new reads!

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  10. The first two sound really good. I will await your reviews, though (I ordered seven books last week so will have to be good for some time).

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  11. Enjoy your new books. I haven't heard of them.

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  12. Sound like great books! Hope you enjoy them.

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  13. I'm looking forward to your review of Sara Stevenson -- I can't tell if I'd like it or hate it.

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  14. Ahh, PBS. I know the problem -- I've got four packages on my floor behind me. Three were requested via BookMooch, and I'm glad to see them go. But I've got a million points at BookMooch and only nine left at PBS!

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  15. looks like you got some good ones! Enjoy!

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  16. Alice-- Thanks!

    Carina-- That's all that counts. Quality over quantity Always!

    Irene-- :)

    Mary-- It's funny how there will be a "theme week" now and again. :)

    Kathy-- The first book in the series was really good.

    Elysium-- I will. Thanks!

    Alayne-- I've seen Exile here and there, so I'll be on the lookout for the reviews. :)

    Kim-- Oh, I will!

    Beth-- I think you'll really enjoy Dog Gone It. I know I did.

    Dorte-- I started to ask "Why be good?" but I know the answer. I'm not independently wealthy either! :(

    Jennifer-- Thanks for stopping by!

    DEB-- I hope I do, too!

    Beth-- I have to admit that I got it because of the Lighthouse Stevensons angle. We shall see.

    Susan-- I decided to go with only one. I didn't see all that many titles on BookMooch that I was interested in, but saw tons on PBS. So... I went with PBS. I have tons of credits stocked up, though, because I've been doing such a good job of thinning out my books.

    Serena-- Thanks!

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