MARCH 2010 ARC

David Grann The Devil and Sherlock Holmes arrived yesterday. Doubleday ARC

Yesterday An Alter in the World showed up via MiB. The book came in a burlap (?) bag and had a slip cover on it. The slip cover was so tight I had to cut the glue to get the book out!!

The note said it was a finished copy given to SA readers. I don't have records of actively requesting this book, so it was probably from a contest.

Beautiful LOOKING book. I can't wait to see if the inside is as good. :)

Yeah..interesting way of packaging the book. I just got it via ups. Where in the note does it state a finished copy or even SA? I think I got a different note. LOL. Mine says something like dear friend, I hope you take the time to dip in. I am still trying to get the book out so...

I got Birthmarked and it's very good. A dystopian YA. Also, I got offered a copy of Truancy which is coming out in paperback. It's another dystopian. But in this case, written by a 15-yo! I'm enjoying it as well.

I got Linger.

Wow- I'll have to look up both Birthmarked and Truancy. I love a good dystopic book!

Yesterday I received a finished copy of Forest Gate in the mail. I don't have records of requesting it, which means it was probably a contest give-away... Though, I do remember the book from a SA ad. I haven't read anything "brutal and shockingly violent" lately, so this should be in interesting read.

#6, I'm pretty sure it was from SA. Strangely I got two of Forest Gate, so one of them is going to be used as a giveaway on my blog.

Sometimes 'brutal and shockingly violent' gets pushed to the bottom of my TBR piles....some days I need a little something milder!

Amy
(my blog is on my profile if anyone wants to enter giveaway)

I got The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry last night! That really made my day.

This week I received an ARC of The Captive Queen by Alison Weir.

Today An Unfinished Score arrived in my mailbox. It was my LT ER book from last month- super quick delivery!

I received An Unfinished Score today in my mailbox. I also won it through Early Reviewers.

In the middle of dinner tonight the MiB showed up with a copy of The Swimming Pool by Holly Lecraw.

This must have been a contest book, as I don't have record of actively requesting it.

I think I'm going to have to start keeping track of which contest/drawings I enter, just so I know exactly where these books are coming from.

Today I got my February LTER book, Pearl of China, as well as Kristy Kiernan's new book Between Friends

I got Forest Gate by Peter Akinti from Shelf Awareness as an ARC, though it's published. Extremely worthwhile read IMO. The brutality is of the Kite Runner kind, but so well done and necessary to understanding.

This reminds me of reading The Invisible Man by Ellison for its insight into a highly self-aware pair of young back men struggling in poverty in London slums.

I would never have picked this up if not for its availability as an ARC, and I would have been less for missing it.

The Queen of Palmyra came yesterday.

I'm jumping up and down! FedEx just delivered The Threadbare Heart by Jennie Nash.

Oooh! Maybe mine will come soon too, Kathy!

#12 - I too got a copy of The Swimming Poo with no idea where it came from. And I actually try to keep a spreadsheet of requests and contest wins....it's no where on there. It looks interesting, but it may not get an immediate review because it will have to go into the queue behine 12 others.

I also got Happy Hour today, and Man from Saigon my ER book, last week.

I received The Tale of Halcyon Crane: A Novel by Wendy Webb, my first LTR book this year!

A Soft Place to Land bu Susan Rebecca White arrived this evening via MiB. Paperback ARC edition. This one was from a SA ad and looks really good. I'm in the mood for something a little lighter, so this may just up Mt. TBR.

It looks as though the dry spell has ended for this month:

The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry
A Soft Place to Land by Susan Rebecca White
Forest Gate by Peter Akinti
The Swimming Pool by Holly LeCraw
So Much for That by Lionel Shriver

I'll Mature When I'm Dead by Dave Barry
Midnight Fires by Nancy Means Wright LT
Heresy by S.J. Parris

Red Hot Fury by Kasey Mackenzie
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
The Ark by Boyd Morrison
Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni
In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy

WOW a Handbook for Living
I Curse the River of Time
The Alchemist's Kitchen (poetry)
The Confessions of Noa Weber
Between Water and Song (poetry)
Rants and Raves (poetry)
The Man from Beijing
Things We Didn't See Coming
Reporting At Wit's End, Tales from the New Yorker

Got Every Last One and The Swimming Pool through Shelf Awareness yesterday.

Both of the books I got today are finished copies, but neither comes out until April:
Love in a Time of Homeschooling by Laura Brodie
Claude and Camille by Stephanie Cowell

The Map of True Places showed up in my mailbox today. It's going to be difficult not to move it straight to the top of Mt. TBR.

Unfortunately, LT isn't letting me add any new books right now. Hopefully the system fixes itself soon, as I'm really close to hitting 1,900 books in my personal library. I think I'll throw myself a party at 2k. =)

Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve came today from Scholastic via Goodreads.

I received The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry yesterday. It looks good. If I didn't have three books going I'd jump right on it. It will have to wait about a week.

Split was very good. Not what I usually would pick up, but I couldn't put it down once I started.

Loved Once in a Blue Moon by Leanna Ellis. What a comfortable, comforting book about a middle age woman searching for answers but finds love and faith. Good read.

I requested a arc for a soft place to land on shelf awarness, its seems lately, i request a galley when i see their ads offering and i never get it! I recieve the newsletter around 7:55am, by the time i check my mail its around 9:30, so that too late? I would have thoguht that was early enough. maybe its just me?

I only received my goodreads win, an arc, book is -hearts on a string.

Received my first LT Early Reviewer book today, the Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald; looking forward to giving it a read and review.

#33 a lot of SA now you have to enter to "win" a galley. It's not like it used to be where it was as long as supplies last.

In the last few weeks though I have been lucky getting these

The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry
The Swimming Pool by Holly Lecraw
I'll Mature When I'm Dead by Dave Barry
Claude and Camille by Stephanie Cowell

I got a finished copy of Jane's Fame by Claire Harman today.

#35

I know it's probably just me, Momgee, but when I 'win' a galley I don't feel any obligation to review it.

Before I always felt that I owed a review... unless of course I absolutely despised the book.

Received a copy of Barry Eisler's Inside Out. The finished copy isn't out until June, so I've got some time to get to this one. I'm hoping it will be a return to form for Eisler as I didn't think his last book was his best work.

Just received Marrowbone Marble Company here in the DC area.

Marrowbone Marble Company arrived in SE Ohio yesterday...my first ARC from shelf Awareness in a long while...

Kathi Appelt's "Keeper" and Justin Cronin's The Passage just arrived in the DC area.

Busy day for me today.

The Passage showed up on my porch. This one I requested from SA back in November! It's mammoth, so I hope it's good so that I'm motivated to plow through it.

In the mailbox was Keeper (no idea where that one came from) and The Marrowbone Marble Company (which was a SA request, like, last week!).

The Lotus Eaters - requested from SA about a month ago showed up today. pumps arm in air and yells "YES"

I got Keeper yesterday..and the only insert was a card from Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing...but the book/story looks good.....and the cover is rather lovely, too.

Keeper here too. I remember there was an SA ad for it a while ago.

I, too, received The Passage, in the DC area

After a long drought, I've been getting books all week!

Yesterday I received She's So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott and today's was Keeper by Kathi Appelt

The Gardener. Got it yesterday and read it one day. It's a very good MG read.

Got The Passage yesterday. It's a thick one!

Mr Rosenblum Dreams in English came yesterday.

#47 i got keeper from kathi appelt and shes so dead to us by kieran scott also. so excited to receive something from SA, finally!

#35- momgee, thanks for letting me know about the win a galley format for SA, ive been trying to check my email early each morning, so i can enter. i love coming home and there books i won in my mailbox. brightens up a crappy work day.

Old City Hall came yesterday. It is by Robert Rotenberg. It actually got to me pretty fast. I have already started it and I am pleased so far.

This is my first time participating in the LTER. I am glad I joined LT!