You knew that the slow weeks couldn't last. I went to the
Split This Rock Poetry Festival (Check out my
review of the festival), and let me tell you that's only part of the reason that the mailbox is so full this week.
Marcia at
The Printed Page and Kristi of
The Story Siren both sponsor memes in which bloggers share what books they've received in the past week. I'm going to continue calling these
Mailbox Mondays, but The Story Siren also has
In My Mailbox.
Here's what I received:
1.
The Last Train From Hiroshima
by Charles Pellegrino, which I purchased after learning that there is controversy surrounding the source material Pellegrino used for his account of the atomic bombing. The publisher
has halted publication. I'm all about controversy.
2.
A Hundred Feet Over Hell
by Jim Hooper, which is for review from Lisa Roe at the
Online Publicist.
3.
Fireworks over Toccoa
by Jeffrey Stepakoff, which I received for review from
St. Martin's Press.
4.
Waiting Wives
by Donna Moreau, which I purchased after reading
Tina Says' review as part of the
Vietnam War Reading Challenge.
5.
The End of Baseball
by Peter Schilling Jr., which I received for review from
Kaye Publicity for review.
6.
Another World Instead: The Poems of William Stafford
, which I received from the editor of the collection
Fred Marchant, a former professor, fellow poet, and friend. He graciously signed this for me at
Split This Rock Poetry Festival.
7.
The Looking House
by
Fred Marchant, which I will review in April as part of my
National Poetry Month tour with other bloggers; I hope you'll consider joining us. He also signed this one for me as well.
8.
Green is the Orator
by Sarah Gridley, which I purchased at
Busboys & Poets while at the
Split This Rock Poetry Festival, though I failed to find her later on and have her sign it.
9.
The Last Communist Virgin
by Wang Ping, which I purchased at the
Split This Rock Poetry Festival and is a collection of short stories.
10.
The Baghdad Blues
by Sinan Antoon, which I also purchased at the festival after hearing a number of panelists praise his work.
11.
Bo Obama: The White House Tails
by Paul Salamof and Keith Tucker is a review copy from
Bluewater Productions.
12.
Female Force
by Neal Bailey, Ryan Howe, and Joshua Labello which was included with
Bo Obama
-- I'm assuming as a bonus book.
13.
Female Force: Barbara Walters
by Robert Schnakenberg, which was also include with
Bo Obama
-- I'm assuming it is a second bonus book.
OK, I think that's it! What did you get in your mailbox?
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26 comments:
Your mail box was stuffed this week. Enjoy.
Wow you had a great week! Enjoy your books!
I'm with you bring on the controversy! I'll have to look this book up.
I can't wait to read the Hiroshima book when you're done with it! ;)
Enjoy all your new books! Your shelves must be bending under the weight of them all.
--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
Wow...nice books this week. Enjoy
I don't know which I would choose first -- so many look great!
Here is my mailbox: http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com/2010/03/mailbox-monday_15.html
Great books! I'm reading Fireworks Over Toccoa next. My mailbox is at The Crowded Leaf.
Yowzer, only one more and you could have 2 per day. I hope you enjoy your new books. Have a great week and happy reading.
What a nice eclectic mix of books!
Happy Reading!
My mailbox is here.
I never knew you're all about controversy! LOL Waiting Wives looks like a good one that would still be relevant today, I'm sad to say. I'll be watching for your review of that one.
Great assortment of books. The Hiroshima book does sound very interesting. Enjoy all your new reads!
Hi Serena! Nice mailbox. ;-P
Happy to see you received your copy of A Hundred Feet Over Hell. I look forward to your thoughts on it!
Best,
Lisa
I find some books here that I wanna read!
I think I am in for the poetry stuff!
Mondays: Musings/Mailbox/Whereabouts
You have certainly had quite the busy week...enjoy your new goodies!
Wow that is a lot of books! At least poetry is a faster read right? My MM is up.
great mailbox serena! thats quite the mix of books.
http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/
Cracks me up that you zipped out for The Last Train From Hiroshima thanks to the controversy. I am exactly the same way!
Holy cow you have a ton of books this week! And what's with all the bonus books? I'm jealous.
Wow, great variety of books! Waiting Wives sounds extremely intriguing! Enjoy and have a wonderful week Serena!
Here is mine:
http://cafeofdreams.blogspot.com/2010/03/mailbox-monday-315.html
Enjoy your books! The book about the first dog looks cute. Thank you for stopping by my post.
You have quite an assortment of fiction and non-fiction. Should keep you busy for a week!! LOL!!
Interesting books! Enjoy!
That's a lot of books Serena! I have Fireworks over Toccoa TBR.
Enjoy your books!
Wow, nice mailbox! A Hundred Feet Over Hell seems interesting. You have a few books, I'm interested in as well. Love the diversity of your mailbox.
Wow, you have some serious heavy reading, not to mention a wide variety of title. Enjoy your books. Here'smines.
Yup, you certainly made up for the slower weeks. lol. Enjoy. You sure got a lot of books for the War Challenge which I really need to get going on.
You're right about the overflowing mailboxes. One of the busiest seasons in book publishing is starting! Enjoy all your great books!
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