In My Mailbox is a weekly post hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren where bloggers can discuss the books we got in the mail this week.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
By: Laini Taylor
Print Published By: September 27th 2011 by Little, Brown & Company
Audiobook Published By: Hachette Audio
417 pages (print)
Source: Sync Audiobooks (free download)
Goodreads description--Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.
In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.
And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages—not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out.
When one of the strangers—beautiful, haunted Akiva—fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
A Tale of Two Cities
By: Charles Dickens
Audio Publication: Blackstone Audio
Source: Sync Audiobooks (free download)
Goodreads description--'Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; -- the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!'
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.
This edition uses the text as it appeared in its serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens's vision, and includes the original illustrations by H. K. Browne ('Phiz'). Richard Maxwell's introduction discusses the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy.
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~this meme was inspired in part by ~ In My Mailbox~ It's a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.
Because I already participate in the In My Mailbox meme (above), I'm just going to use this one as way to recap my week.
THIS PAST WEEK:
Monday - Incarceron Review (2.9 Stars)
Tuesday - Top 10 Post That Give a Picture of Me as a Reader and as a Person
Wednesday - Waiting on Clockwork Princess
Thursday - Confessions of an Angry Girl Review (4 Stars)
UPCOMING THIS WEEK:
Monday - Review of The Kindling by Braden Bell
Tuesday - Top 10 Tuesday - Top Ten Book Romances That You Think Would Make It In The Real World
Wednesday - Waiting on Wednesday
Thursday - Review of Torn by Stephanie Guerra
That's it for my mailbox and recaps of my past and upcoming week. What did you get in your mailbox this week? Any bookish news you want to talk about? Let me know!
