Monday, July 5, 2010

Mailbox Monday/In My Mailbox


Story Siren hosts In My Mailbox where book bloggers offer a peek into the books that arrived in their homes over the past week. Mailbox Monday hosted by Marcia at the Printed Page has the same objective. These memes are great in that they offer us a chance to see what others are reading- it's like candy for book addicts!


I stopped by a thrift store the other day and came home with more books, surprise, surprise!

Here is what I picked up:

Second Honeymoon: A Novel by Joanna Trollope
A Friend of the Family by Lisa Jewell
The Perfectly True Tales of a Perfect Size 12 by Robin Gold
The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead
Things Fall Apart: A Novel by Chinua Achebe
The Ladies' Man by Elinor Lipman
Commencement (Vintage Contemporaries)                                                                                  by J. Courtney Sullivan

What came into your home this week?

25 comments:

  1. You received a lot of terrific books, but I think I would enjoy reading the Perfect Size 12 book first (based on the title alone :)).

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  2. Oh I love the thrift store. You find such interesting books there. I frequented mine a lot until the owners had to close it down : ( I hope you enjoy all of your books. Happy Reading!!!!!

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  3. P.S Things Fall Apart is EXCELLENT!!!!! I had to read it for my African Civilizations course at university and really enjoyed it. I hope you do too.

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  4. You found some great bargains! I actually bought 4 books on Saturday, but only 1 was a great buy. Enjoy!

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  5. There's a used bookstore close to me that I absolutely LOVE! So many great books, all at a low price! I go in there all of the time. The last time I was there I picked up a Joanna Trollope- enjoy!

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  6. Commencement is a great summer read. Things Fall Apart is also a wonderful (and worthwhile) book.

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  7. Oh, these all look good...I have read books by Elinor Lipman and Joanne Trollope, but not these.

    Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  8. Wow, you got some good ones in that thrift store. Have a great week and happy reading.

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  9. Things Fall Apart! Really good read! Great finds for you!

    Julie @ Knitting and Sundries

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  10. You found lots of great books there! I love Elinor Lipman and Lisa Jewell!

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  11. Some great looking books there! I have the Achube book and hope to get to it in 2010.

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  12. Nice variety! I haven't heard of most of these books, but I read Things Fall Apart in college, and it was one of my favorites from Lit class that year.

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  13. Nice buys! I hope you enjoy them all.

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  14. That thrift store sounds amazing! :) I´d love to read Things Fall Apart.

    Enjoy your new books!

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  15. Enjoy your books, I hope you got some bargains! :)

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  16. I love book bargains! Your thrift store sounds heavenly!

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  17. Hey there – just swinging by for Monday to see what you are reading. Have a great week. Stop by The Wormhole to check out what I have gotten and what I have been reading too. Happy reading! Bev.

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  18. Great selection! Happy reading! Here's my Mailbox.

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  19. Isn't it amazing how many great books you can find at thrift stores!

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  20. Okay, this is getting weird. My last used bookstore haul? Elinor Lipman and Colson Whitehead.

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  21. Rebecca - thanks for stopping by! Yes . . . this is getting weird! let's go with we both have great taste in books?

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  22. looks like you got some good books...happy reading.

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  23. Great selection. I read Things Fall Apart in high school and it was one of the few assigned books I actually enjoyed.

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  24. Things Fall Apart is an excellent book! I didn't like it for the first half, but the second half really made it come together for me.

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  25. I just read Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan last month. I loved it! Great story of friendship and 20-something females.

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