The above mailbox is for my
friend Jess. I’ve heard tales told that she lives in Texas Texas Texas
With that being said, welcome
to my Mailbox Monday post for June 11, 2012.
Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme started
by Marcia at Mailbox Monday in
which bloggers can ramble on about the books they received/bought/stole over a
given week. Each month a new blogger hosts the meme, and this month it’s Burton Book Review.
This week
was pretty good for book acquisitions—well, according to my standards,
anyway. I’m not as inundated as some
folks, but the review requests have been picking up lately, and I should have a
lot more stuff to showcase in the future.
The only question is, when am I going to find the time to read (and
review!) all of these damned things?
Hell if I know. Such is the
burden of the book blogger—too many books and too little time. But enough of that same old song and
dance. We’ve got books to talk about!
--- The Books ---
Company of Liars by Karen Maitland – I mentioned this one before in my What’s
on Tap post for June, but since I technically got it in the preceding week,
I’m still counting it. It’s my audiobook
read for the month (I got it from the library), and it’s a retelling of the
Canterbury Tales set in 1348 when the Black Death reached the shores of
England. So far it’s phenomenal—an
unflinching look at life in the Middle Ages and an engaging story to boot. Definitely not a warm, fuzzy read. Maybe that’s why I like it so much.
Crown of Vengeance by Stephen Zimmer – Not only is Stephen
Zimmer the mind behind Seventh Star Press, but he’s also a pretty damn good
author. Crown of Vengeance is the first of his Fires in Eden series of epic fantasy novels. He just recently put out a the third book in
the series, Spirit of Fire, and will
be stopping my little ‘ole blog sometime in July to talk about the literary
merits of Fantasy fiction. That’s right,
two nerds getting together to vindicate their nerdiness. It should be epic.
The Priest by Monica La Porta – Monica e-mailed me out of the blue the other day and
asked me if I would review her sci-fi/dystopian novel, The Priest. It’s about a
matriarchal-type society in which males held in bondage as slaves and breeding
stock. The married man in me wants to
make a joke right about now—something like, “Doesn’t sound any different than
being married to my wife!” But I’ll
refrain. My wife reads this blog, after
all. I don’t want to get any whippings
for speaking out of turn.
Now that I’ve shown you mine, it’s time to show me
yours. What did you get in your mailbox
this week?
Excellent picture I was lazy this week and went with last weeks picture again. That mailbox is big for sure I'd like to have one and have it filled with books all the time. And um bigger isn't always better.
ReplyDeleteDid the monthly host change? I need to update and list mine over there then.
Slaves and breeding stock you say? Hmmmmmm
Yeah, the host that was originally supposed to do it bailed or something. That first week there was some big hubub about it, and someone else stepped in to host.
DeleteAnd don't you go getting any ideas over there, missy!
Funny, I looked at In the Company of Liars on audible yesterday. Didn't add it to my queue though so I'll watch for your review and maybe it will end up there.
ReplyDeleteGreat minds and all that, I guess. The book is going pretty good so far, if that makes your decisioin any easier.
DeleteCompany of Liars caught my eye a few days ago.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading how it is.
http://www.ManOfLaBook.com
I'll do my best! Thanks for stopping by, Z.
DeleteA Texan myself, me thinks I have to get a picture of my Jumbo Mailbox. Just cuz.
ReplyDeleteMake sure you share it with the rest of us!
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