In My Mailbox #15

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren for us to show what books we got this past week.

What a week I had! A bunch of books I had placed on hold at the library, that were still on order by the library, came in all at once! And the same thing has happened again for next week, I already have 5 waiting for my Tuesday pick-up! It should be a good test to see if I can get them all read in the three weeks I'm allowed to keep them out for! Here is what I received this week:

For Review
Flaws and All by Shana Burton - to check out my stop on the blog tour and read my review, go here.

From the Library
February by Lisa Moore
Sweet Temptation by Lucy Diamond
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
One Day in May by Catherine Alliott
Arm Candy by Jill Kargman

I'm working hard to get through them all! Have you read any of them?

Comments

  1. KristinAugust 22, 2010 at 11:05 AM

    Haven't read any of them, but Sweet Temptation sounds good!

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  2. JuliaAugust 22, 2010 at 4:16 PM

    Great selection! I love the name of your blog, that is exactly me :)

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  3. E.J. StevensAugust 22, 2010 at 5:22 PM

    Great mailbox! My IMM Birthday Edition is here.

    xx,
    E.J
    From the Shadows

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  4. Old English RoseAugust 22, 2010 at 6:04 PM

    Ooh, I see you're going for this year's Bookers. I've not read any yet, but they look to be an interesting bunch and I hope you enjoy them.

    Thank you for leaving a comment on my shiny new blog. It's always lovely to meet fellow book and tea enthusiasts.

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  5. AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    Sweet Temptation sounds really good :-) Enjoy your books!

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  6. Booklover Book ReviewsAugust 24, 2010 at 6:33 AM

    Shan, noticed you have some great titles from Australian Authors in your library haul. Have you considered the Aussie Author Challenge - enjoy all those great books!

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  7. ShanAugust 24, 2010 at 7:36 AM

    Thanks for stopping all.

    I'm really looking forward to reading Sweet Temptation, it looks great.

    Old English Rose - I am doing my best to get through this years Booker, a little difficult because I'm trying to get them through the library, but I'm going to read as much as I can.

    Booklover Book Reviews - I have the Aussie Authors because I'm working through the Booker longlist, didn't realize there were so many, so I will definitely take a look at the challenge.

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