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Mailbox Monday was created by 

 The Printed Page 

and is now hosted by different blogs each month. This month its hosted by I'm Booking It. 

For Christmas, I received a Christianbook.com  gift certificate and this is what I got:

The Shack - Read and heard so many mixed reviews. Sounds interesting.

Ted Dekker's Kiss

Ted Dekker's BoneMan's Daughter's    I have heard this were really good!

Seek Me With All Your Heart by Beth Wiseman    Had to get an Amish book.

There's my eclectic pick!

Monday, Monday.....

It's Monday Meme time! Meme's created to talk about about wonderful books and visit some great blogs.

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? hosted by the lovely Sheila over at Book Journey

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week.  It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too!  As part of this weekly meme I love to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme.  I offer a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment.  You receive one entry for every 10 comments, just come back here and tell me how many in the comment area.

Finished Reading:   How To Be An American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway

Currently Reading: Pray For Silence by Linda Castillo and The Catcher in The  Rye by JD Salinger.

Next Up: The Preacher's Bride by Jody Hedlund an Early Reviewer book. 

Chosen by Chandra Hoffman, Cry Ohana by Larry and Rosemary Mild.

Another great monday Meme is Mailbox Monday! This month hosted by Bermuda Onion. 

“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.”

I have received some wonderful books! 

The Chosen by Chandra Hoffman

City of Veils by Zoe Ferraris  - look at this cover! I can't wait to read it

The Hypnotist by M.J Rose

Cry Ohana by Rosemary and Larry Mld

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Live To Tell by Lisa Gardner

The Girl She Used To Be by David Cristofano

A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve

So many awesome books so little time!

I hope you'll share what your reading and what goodies you received !

Don't forget to enter the Shutterfly and the Wind Warrior Contest!

In My Mailbox...

In my mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren and this is what she says about the weekly meme:

"Welcome to In My Mailbox! You can find out how to participate and the "official" details on the IMM page.

IMM is a meme I started here at The Story Siren with some inspiration from Alea of Pop Culture Junkie.

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.

Anyone can participate in IMM and you are not limited to only sharing books that arrive via your mailbox. You can also share books that you've bought or books that you've gotten at the library."

My mailbox was full of goodies!

I received:  Linda Weaver Clarkes historical fiction Melinda and The Wild West 

  Product description from Amazon:

In 1896 Melinda Gamble a very elegant, very naïve young woman from Boston decides to give up her life of monotonous comfort for the turbulent uncertainty of the still untamed Wild West. Driven by her intense desire to make a difference in the world, Melinda takes a job as a schoolteacher in the small town of Paris, Idaho, where she comes face-to-face with a frightening bank robber, a vicious grizzly bear, and an intense blizzard that leaves her clinging to her life. But it is a ruggedly handsome and very mysterious stranger who challenges Melinda with the one thing for which she was least prepared love.  

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker   

This one has been around the blogosphere and have gotten rave reviews. 

 From the back of the book:
Meet Truly Plaice- part behemoth, part witch, part Cinderella. Born larger than life into a small-minded town, Truly breaks her family into smithereens. Her mother dies during Truly's birth, and when her father follows shortly afterward, Truly and her dainty sister, Serena Jane, are destined for very different fates.  As Truly grows larger and larger on a rundown farm, she watches lovely Serena Jane become the town's adored May Queen and the obsession of a local boy, Bob Morgan- the youngest in line of Aberdeen's doctors, who for generations wove their influence among the town's citizens. Yet no matter how far apart life propels them, Truly and her sister are forever linked. And Truly will find her future shaped by Serena Jane's relationships, a centuries-old antique of Dr Morgan's, and the reality that love cannot be ordered size.

Also received the latest book  by Kristan Higgins due out in August, 2010 - All I Ever  Wanted

From Kristan Higgins site:

One happily-ever-after rocking chair…

And no sign of any forthcoming babies to rock in ol’ Georgebury, Vermont. For Callie Grey, turning thirty means coming to grips with the fact that her boss (and five-week fling) is way overdue in his marriage proposal. And way off track, because Mark has suddenly announced his engagement to the company’s new Miss Perfect. If that isn’t bad enough, her mom decides to throw her a 3-0 birthday bash in the family funeral home.

Bad goes to worse when she stirs up a relationship with the town’s most eligible — yet not so warm and fuzzy — veterinarian, Ian McFarland, in order to flag Mark’s attention. So Ian’s more comfortable with animals… So he’s formal, orderly and just a bit tense. The ever-friendly, fun-loving and spontaneous Callie decides it’s time for Ian to get a personality makeover. But, dang — if he doesn’t shock the heck out of her, she might actually fall for Vermont’s unlikeliest eligible bachelor…

The Council of Dads - My Daughters, My Illness, And The Men Who Could Be Me by Bruce Feiler

 

  From Amazon:

From Publishers Weekly

In 2008, bestselling author Feiler (Walking the Bible) learned he had a rare, life-threatening tumor in his left leg. Fearing what his absence would do to the lives of his young daughters, Feiler asked six close friends ("Men who know my voice") to help raise them. Feiler chronicles his battle with cancer, from diagnosis to recovery, as well as his sentimental but moving journey to recruit friends who can carry out his wish to teach his daughters to travel, dream, and live life to its fullest. Feiler's intimate bond with his friends makes them unusually expressive and communicative (if lacking in humor), and their own biographies lend further inspirational dimensions to the story. Though his letters to friends and family can get ornate ("The Brooklyn Bridge...is looking fresh-faced and handsome overhead, its famed promenade glittering like the pot of gold at the end of a long journey to come"), it's hard not to get swept along and cheer Feiler on as he fights for his life and his daughters'.
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Ted Dekkers -  The Bride Collector 

Amazon:

Product Description

FBI Special agent Brad Raines is facing his toughest case yet. A Denver serial killer has killed four beautiful young women, leaving a bridal veil at each crime scene, and he's picking up his pace. Unable to crack the case, Raines appeals for help from a most unusual source: residents of the Center for Wellness and Intelligence, a private psychiatric institution for mentally ill individuals whose are extraordinarily gifted.

It's there that he meets Paradise, a young woman who witnessed her father murder her family and barely escaped his hand. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Paradise may also have an extrasensory gift: the ability to experience the final moments of a person's life when she touches the dead body.

In a desperate attempt to find the killer, Raines enlists Paradise's help. In an effort to win her trust, he befriends this strange young woman and begins to see in her qualities that most 'sane people' sorely lack. Gradually, he starts to question whether sanity resides outside the hospital walls...or inside.

As the Bride Collector picks up the pace-and volume-of his gruesome crucifixions, the case becomes even more personal to Raines when his friend and colleague, a beautiful young forensic psychologist, becomes the Bride Collector's next target.

The FBI believes that the killer plans to murder seven women. Can Paradise help before it's too late?

What was in your mailbox?

Mailbox Monday

Mailbox Monday is hosted by The Story Siren . A fun little meme to show off what arrived in your mailbox.

I was so delighted when I received 2 books that I am dying to read!

Karin Slaughters Broken  

From Karin Slaughters Website:  

When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. All too soon former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton - home for Thanksgiving after a long absence -- finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case. The chief suspect is desperate to see her but when she arrives at the local police station she is met with a horrifying sight -- he lies dead in his cell, the words 'Not me' scrawled across the walls. Something about his confession doesn't add up and deeply suspicious of the detective in charge, Lena Adams, Sara immediately calls the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Shortly afterwards, Special Agent Will Trent is brought in from his vacation to investigate. But he is immediately confronted with a wall of silence. Grant County is a close-knit community with loyalties and ties that run deep. And the only person who can tell the truth about what really happened is dead.

Linda Castillo's Pray For Silence

From Linda Castillo's Website: 

Speak no evil . . .

In the quiet town of Painters Mill an Amish family is found slaughtered on their farm. Kate Burkholder and her small police force have few clues, no motive and no suspect. Formerly Amish herself, Kate is no stranger to secrets, but she can’t get her mind around the senseless brutality of the crime.

State agent John Tomasseti arrives on the scene to assist. He and Kate worked together on a previous case, and they’re still setting the limits of a complex, difficult relationship. They soon learn that the disturbing details of this case threaten to push those boundaries to the breaking point.

When Kate discovers a diary, she realizes a haunting personal connection to the case. One of the teenage daughters kept some very dark secrets and may have been leading a lurid double life. Driven by her own scarred past, Kate vows to find the killer and bring him to justice—even if it means putting herself in the line of fire.

Also looking forward to :

The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst  

Blood Harvest by S. J. Bolton   

A Cup of Jo by Sandra Balzo

What was in your mailbox?