Monday, June 11, 2012

Mailbox Monday - June 11

Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a weekly meme originally created and hosted by Marcia of A girl and her books and hosted this month by Marie at Burton Book Review. Below are the titles I received for review, purchased, or otherwise obtained over the course of the past week.

Bloodline by James Rollins (unsolicited from William Morrow Publishers)
Bloodline, a breathtaking Sigma Force thriller from the phenomenal James Rollins, is further proof that, when it comes to explosive adventure and nail-biting suspense, this New York Times bestselling author is one of the very best in the business! Bloodline is a lightning-paced, unputdownable international thriller chock-full of the trademark elements that have propelled Rollins to the top of virtually every national bestseller list: cutting-edge science ingeniously blending with history and nonstop action. A relentlessly exciting tale that races across the globe, Bloodline ensnares popular series hero Commander Gray Pierce in a deadly conspiracy involving Somali pirates, the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Vice President, and a dark secret hiding in the human genetic code. This is mystery, suspense, surprise, and ingeniously inventive storytelling as only James Rollins can do it.
The Red Book by Deborah Copaken Kogan (win from Chick Lit Central, Thank you Melissa!)
The Big Chill meets The Group in Deborah Copaken Kogan’s wry, lively, and irresistible new novel about a once-close circle of friends at their twentieth college reunion.

Immortality by Milan Kunderas (flea market purchase)
Milan Kundera's sixth novel springs from a casual gesture of a woman to her swimming instructor, a gesture that creates a character in the mind of a writer named Kundera. Like Flaubert's Emma or Tolstoy's Anna, Kundera's Agnes becomes an object of fascination, of indefinable longing. From that character springs a novel, a gesture of the imagination that both embodies and articulates Milan Kundera's supreme mastery of the novel and its purpose; to explore thoroughly the great, themes of existence.
Daisy Miller by Henry James (flea market purchase)
Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquistely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social conventions in the way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of them? When she strikes up an intimate friendship with an urbane young Italian, her flat refusal to observe the codes of respectable behavior leaves her perilously exposed. In Daisy Miller James created his first great portrait of an enigmatic and independent American woman, a figure who would come to dominate his later masterpieces.
Washington Square by Henry James (flea market purchase)
Catherine Sloper lives in Washington Square with her widowed father, a wealthy physician. She is plain, shy, and lacks social graces and conversation. Dr. Sloper cannot conceal his disappointment that she has nothing of her dead mother's beauty and wit. So when the handsome but penniless Morris Townsend begins to court Catherine, Dr. Sloper suspects him of being a fortune-hunter. While Catherine's romantic hopes are encouraged and abetted by her aunt, Lavinia Penniman, her father threatens to disinherit her if she marries Morris. Ultimately, however, it is up to Catherine to find out Morris's true intentions.

19 comments:

  1. Blood Line and The Red Book are two novels I hope to get to soon. Nice set of books!

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  2. Those are great flea market finds! Happy reading!

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  3. Blood Line is making the rounds this week! I have The Red Book too.. sitting patiently amongst the ruins/TBR pile.

    I should put Henry James on my pile too.

    Thanks for linking up!

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  4. The Red Book interests me - I'll look for it. Enjoy your new books!

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  5. Pretty list! I love the Penguin covers for classics even when it's an author I don't like. They seem to suit so well and are nice to look at.

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  6. I received Bloodline this week also,The Red Book looks good.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/06/mailbox-monday_11.html

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  7. I've heard The Red Book is really good! I hope you love your new books!

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  8. The Red Book has sure caught my eye! Happy reading!

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  9. I am in love with the cover of The Red Book!

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  10. You've got it all covered with these books I think! I'm intrigued with The Red Book.

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  11. Bloodline looks like a great thriller! I recently read "The Red Book" - it was different - I liked it for the most part :) .. I downloaded both of your Henry James' titles for my Nook - nothing like loading up on the classics! Enjoy your new reads!

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  12. I have been seeing Blood Line on many blogs. Hope they are all good reads.

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  13. Great finds with the Henry James books --enjoy them all AMy.

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  14. Hi Amy! I've seen The Red Book a few times today! I hope you enjoy all your books.

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  15. Nice finds at the flea market. I'm pretty sure I read Daisy Miller way back in one of my lit classes. Bloodlines sounds good, I've been seeing it around the blogs today.

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  16. Oooh, wonderful range of books! I loved Immortality -- the use of language is just staggering -- and I rather enjoyed Daisy Miller when I read it a few years ago -- I'm due for a reread!

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  17. I got Blood Line too. I envy you all your Henry Miller! Looks like you have some great reading ahead :)

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  18. I would be most interested in the Henry James books. I do like a good classic everynow and then.
    I suspect the Kundera will be intense?

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