It's Memorial Day for all my USA friends.... remember those who have paid for our freedom. And the families they have left behind. (please see this
post, at Runner 12, for the distinction that Memorial Day holds)
Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week.
Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. ;-)
Don't forget to link up your list
~ here are the newest review books in my house ~
Wishful Thinking by
Kamy Wicoff
fiction, 2015, trade paperback
Jennifer Sharpe is a single mom of two struggling to balance her work and home life. One fateful day, a brilliant physicist decides to play fairy godmother and install a time-travelling app on Jennifer’s phone: Wishful Thinking. Jennifer is finally able to devote herself fully to every aspect of her life, but why does Jennifer feel more busy than
ever?
Eight Hundred Grapes by
Laura Dave
fiction, 2015, hardcover
There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide…
Growing up on her family’s Sonoma vineyard, Georgia Ford learned some important secrets. The secret number of grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine: eight hundred. The secret ingredient in her mother’s lasagna: chocolate. The secret behind ending a fight: hold hands.
But just a week before her wedding, thirty-year-old Georgia discovers her beloved fiancé has been keeping a secret so explosive, it will change their lives forever.
Georgia does what she’s always done: she returns to the family vineyard, expecting the comfort of her long-married parents, and her brothers, and everything familiar. But it turns out her fiancé is not the only one who’s been keeping secrets…
~ here are the newest books in my house ~
The Care and Feeding of Dragons by Brenda Seabrooke
children's book, 1998, hardcover
(GoodReads)
Things had changed a lot in Alastair's life since he found the little blue dragon he named Spike. Now it was time to start back to school and Alastair was faced with entering the fourth grade with the dreaded Ms. Cassowary as his teacher. all his lucky clothes on the first day didn't help and things got worse as the weeks went on.
On top of his school troubles, his pet dragon was depressed because Alastair was gone all day. Then there was the mysterious face peering in the window. And why was Alastair being followed when he took Spike for a walk?
He seeks help from his best friend, Josh, and his Uncle George, a research scientist. They all have a struggle to keep the dragonnappers away.
To Iraq and Back by
Jessica Scott
non-fiction, 2013, ebook
My name is Jessica Scott. I am a soldier. I am a wife. I am a mother. There are many stories from the Iraq war. This one is mine.
In 2009, Army second lieutenant Jessica Scott deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. It was a year of many firsts.
This is the first person journey through a combat tour in Iraq, through being a woman in the army and learning to be an officer in the unforgiving environment of a brigade combat team. This is the journey of a writer, learning to find her voice. This is the journey of a mother, confronting the emotions of leaving her children. This is the story of an inexperienced lieutenant, growing into a leader. This is the journey as it happened, without commentary.
Again the Magic by
Lisa Kleypas
historical romance, 2004-reprint, mass market paperback
She gave him her innocence…
Lady Aline Marsden was brought up for one reason: to make an advantageous marriage to a member of her own class.
Instead, she willingly gave her innocence to John McKenna, a servant on her father’s estate. Their passionate transgression was unforgivable — John was sent away, and Aline was left to live in the countryside…an exile from London society.
…and he took her love.
Now McKenna has made his fortune, and he has returned — more boldly handsome and more mesmerizing than before.
His ruthless plan is to take revenge on the woman who shattered his dreams of love. But the magic between them burns as bright as ever. And now he must decide whether to let vengeance take its toll…or risk everything for his first, and only, love.
The Color of Magic by
Terry Pratchett
Discworld, 2009-reprint, ebook . . . kindle match :-)
Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the Discworld. Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant idiot.
Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different. It plays by different rules. Certainly it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic and the harmony of numbers.
But just because the Disc is different doesn't mean that some things don't stay the same. Its very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the arrival of the first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. But if the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death is a spectacularly inept wizard, a little logic might turn out to be a very good idea...
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I haven't received any review books, won any contests or received any books as a gift. I have added
several a bunch of free ones
that don't make this list, I've pinned some of them
here.
What are you Reading?
A weekly Monday meme hosted by Shelia at
Book Journey. Post what you read last week and what you're planning to read this week then link to Shelia's post. Then visit others and be prepared to add to your TBR pile!
Finished:
Bad Company by K.A. Mitchell
Bad Boyfriend by K.A. Mitchell
Let it Snow by Heidi Cullinan
Sleigh Ride by Heidi Cullinan
Happy Reading!
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