Mailbox Monday/In My Mailbox

Ok, so these two memes are basically the same thing, so I decided that I would post late on Sunday and just include them both together.  “Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.”  This meme is brought to you by The Printed Page.  In my mailbox is brought to you by The Story Siren.  “The idea behind IMM was not only to put new books on your radar but to also encourage blogger interaction.  IMM explores the weekly contents of my mailbox & books bought. And sometimes other fun goodies.”

So, this was what I got in the actual mail this week.  It’s only two books, which is actually light for me, but I didn’t get mail on Saturday (did I miss a holiday?) so I am expecting a large collection coming in on Monday afternoon.

The first book that I received was through paperbackswap.com, and it was Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger.  Here is BN.com’s summary:

Since his parents’ divorce, John’s mother hasn’t touched him, her new fiancé wants them to move away, and his father would rather be anywhere than at Friday night dinner with his son. It’s no wonder John writes articles like “Interview with the Stepfather” and “Memoirs from Hell.” The only release he finds is in homemade zines like the amazing Escape Velocity by Marisol, a self-proclaimed “Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Lesbian.” Haning around the Boston Tower Records for the new issue of Escape Velocity, John meets Marisol and a hard love is born.

While at first their friendship is based on zines, dysfuntional families, and dreams of escape, soon both John and Marisol begin to shed their protective shells. Unfortunately, John mistakes this growing intimacy for love, and a disastrous date to his junior prom leaves that friendship in ruins. Desperately hoping to fix things, John convinces Marisol to come with him to a zine conference on Cape Cod. On the sandy beaches by the Bluefish Wharf Inn, John realizes just how hard love can be.

With keen insight into teenage life, Ellen Wittlinger delivers a story of adolescence that is fierce and funny — and ultimately transforming — even as it explores the pain of growing up.

The second book that I got was from Around the World Tours.  It’s Numbers by Rachel Ward.  I’ve started this one already, so look for a review by the middle of the week. Here is the BN.com summary:  Ever since she was child, Jem has kept a secret: Whenever she meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks into their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. The two plan a trip to the city. But while waiting to ride the Eye ferris wheel, Jem is terrified to see that all the other tourists in line flash the same number. Today’s number. Today’s date. Terrorists are going to attack London. Jem’s world is about to explode!
Okay, so that was what came into my mailbox.  Everything else that I got this week went straight into my iPod.  Audible.com has their semi-annual audiobook sale and I sort of went shopaholic crazy and bought 38 audiobooks.  Yes, I’m serious.  I bought 38 audiobooks.  My husband said that it was okay as long as I promised to use them as school textbooks as well as for my joy of listening to audiobooks instead of music on my long commute.  So, lucky for me that I am designing my curriculum for this course, I agreed and decided to just sort of freak out.  There are 38 of them, so you only get the pictures. -smooches-

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