I join the gang with Mailbox Monday today, hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. Here’s a posting of the books that have come into my life in the past week …
Oh, yes, that’s really my mailbox. It was a beautiful day Saturday and I went back in to get my camera when I saw all those manila envelopes (on a Saturday?!? That’s usually junk mail day!).
No, it doesn’t wear a Santa cap all season, I just felt like being silly 
The Help by Kathryn Stockett; from the publisher; to be released by Putnam on February 10, 2009.
The Art Instinct by Denis Dutton; to be published by Bloomsbury on December 23 of this year.
Blonde Roots by Bernardine Evaristo; from the publisher; to be released by Riverhead/Penguin on January 22, 2009.
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James; from the publisher. Also from Riverhead/Penguin, coming February 19, 2009.
Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst. I won this from Hachette and Book Critiques (thanks, Smiling Sal!). This is available in paperback NOW!
The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon will be published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin on March 5, 2009
Blog Blazers is available in paperback now; it was sent to me by the author, Stephane Grenier. I love the subtitle: 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets to Creating a High-Profile, High-Traffic, and High-Profit Blog!
I’m Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astounding True Story of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother and Friend to Man & Dog, a memoir by Diana Joseph, will be published by Amy Einhorn/Putnam in March 2009. I think this one deserves “title of the week.”
Karen Harper’s Mistress Shakespeare is historical fiction that will be published in February 2009 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin.
Karen Bauermeister’s The School of Essential Ingredients is another novel from G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin; this one is coming in January.
What’s new on your bookshelf?
Awesome haul Dawn! I really want to read a lot of those and can’t wait to hear your thoughts on them.
I love your mailbox! It’s nice and roomy.
Looks like you’ve got a bunch of good books on deck. Love the mailbox wearing the Santa hat. It’s fitting, I think…
Welcome to Mailbox Mondays. I love your picture and this meme. We’ve got some of the same books. I’m Sorry You Feel That Way really sounds interesting.
Don’t you just LOVE to see those little manila envelopes! I admit, every time I give a little squeal of delight
I just requested The Help (looks great, doesn’t it?), and received Blonde Roots last week…there are so many great books out there!
Looks like a great list of books.
Great haul! And I’m so very, very jealous of countries that have mail delivery on Saturdays.
What a nice mailbox monday!!! I’d love to read this one:
I’m Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astounding True Story of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother and Friend to Man & Dog
It does have an awesome title!
-Lauren
Love the photo Dawn.
What a great week – so many wonderful books!!! I cannot wait to see your review of the Joseph book!!!
how do you keep track of all the books, requests, and reviews? do you have a master excel sheet?
Amy – the previous homeowners were responsible for that mailbox … I don’t know what kinds of big things they had delivered!
Kathy – it is fun to see the trends of what everyone is getting.
Wendy – “so many great books, so little free time!”
Serena – to see the week’s incoming book in one post is a bit daunting!
Memory – I look forward to the mail every day – those Monday holidays are tough, with no mail 2 days in a row (giving us a taste of your delivery schedule)
Lauren – and I think that all refers to ONE person!
Shana – It looks great (I love personal memoir), bu don’t sit by your computer waiting for me to post the review – it won’t be published until March, so it’s not in my ‘hot’ pile.
Nicole – yup! I have columns for title, author, source, publisher, date of contact/request, date received, date of publication, and date my review was posted. Here’s the true OCD part – the rows show up in red if the book is not yet published, and green once I’ve posted the review. I can sort the heck out of it, so I can pull books rec’d in a particular date range, or pending reviews for a particular publisher. Am I organized or compulsive?
Love your mailbox, Dawn! I bought one that size to replace the dinky one we had. I used to sell things on eBay, and now with Paperback Swap, I need that extra room. You received quite a haul of books last week. We’ll have to compare notes on Blonde Roots.
Wow…what a fruitful week you had! I have The Help and School of Essential Ingredients on my TBR list…can’t wait to read your thoughts on those!
Wow….I’m so jealous of your mailbox and even more with the contents in it! I love receiving books in the mail too.
It can certainly brighten up my day.
I love your mailbox! Ours is boring. Great load of books you got there. I have a few of those too. Now to find the time to read them all right. lol.