Mailbox Monday

~Mailbox Monday~  

is hosted by Staci at Life in the Thumb during the month of July.

We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. 

MAILBOX MONDAY

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. (Library books don’t count, but eBooks & audiobooks do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists!

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into a touring meme (details here).

This is what I received in my mailbox, it was overflowing this week:

E-books for my Kindle from Netgalley :

Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy


Next to Love by Ellen Feldman


Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand

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The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen from Riverhead Books/Penguin 


The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams from Bantam Books


Slow Love by Dominique Browning from Penguin 


Little Black Dress by Susan McBride from LibraryThing Early Reviewers and William Morrow/Harper Collins 


Does a Bear Sh*t in the woods by Caroline Taggart from Penguin

Sisters of the Sari by Brenda L. Baker from Paperbackswap

The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee from Paperbackswap

The Sunday Salon: Summertime, Reading & Orchids

The summer is passing quickly and it will soon be time for my son and I to head back to school. He is entering the 7th grade in middle school and I'm returning to part time work in the schools. I seem to be a slow reader lately. I have many wonderful books to read although I haven't had as much time to read and write my reviews. I'd love to go on a reading vacation and sit in a hammock somewhere beautiful and relax and read with a nice cold drink at my side and no responsibilities. Wishful thinking, I know...that is not in the cards for me at this time. Someday...a girl can dream. 

I received an orchid as a gift this summer and have fallen in love with these beautiful flowers. I am not the most talented at gardening and I don't have a green thumb. I am determined that my orchid will thrive and survive. It's a beautiful pink/purple Just Add Ice Orchid. Yes, the name says it all, you feed your orchid once a week with three ice cubes. I've heard that you need to feed your orchid as well and I'll have to figure that out. The Just Add Ice Orchids are gorgeous orchids grown by a local grower and are available across the US. Their website has a wealth of information and they can be found on Facebook as well. They featured my orchid picture that I posted on Facebook in a closeup and sent it out on twitter. I wrote about it on my Facebook wall and got so many comments that my husband felt like we had added a new member to the family. It brightens my day as I have it sitting by my kitchen window. Here are some pictures:

 Is anyone else a fan of orchids? 

Book Spotlight & Giveaway: To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal

To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal

Book Spotlight & Giveaway:

TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER is the epic love story of a woman trying to remember, and the man who could not even begin to forget. 

Judith Whitman always believed in the kind of love that "picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio." Long ago, she once experienced that love. Willy Blunt was a carpenter with a dry wit and a steadfast sense of honor. Marrying him seemed like a natural thing to promise. But Willy Blunt was not a person you could pick up in Nebraska and transport to Stanford. When Judith left home, she didn't look back. 

Twenty years later, Judith's marriage is hazy with secrets. In her hand is what may be the phone number for the man who believed she meant it when she said she loved him. If she called, what would he say?

Learn more about this book on Goodreads.

You can find more information about Tom McNeal:

On Facebook

On McNealBooks.com

*GIVEAWAY DETAILS*

I have one copy of TO BE SUNG UNDERWATER (compliments of Hachette )to give away to one lucky reader. 

For 1 Entry: All you have to do is leave a comment here and Make sure to include your email address (no email, no entry)

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Enter by August 18 , 2011

Mailbox Monday

~Mailbox Monday~  

is hosted by Staci at Life in the Thumb during the month of July.

We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. 

MAILBOX MONDAY

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. (Library books don’t count, but eBooks & audiobooks do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists!

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page, who graciously hosted it for a long, long time, before turning it into a touring meme (details here)

This is what I received in my mailbox last week: 

The Pub Across The Pond by Mary Carter from the author for a Pump Up Your Book Tour


Homefires by Emilie Sue Harvey  (Free Kindle Book)


Facebook Fairytales by Emily Liebert (Free Kindle Book)