Monday, April 25, 2011

In My Mailbox Week of 4/18 - 4/24

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren that celebrates the great reads that come in our mailbox as well as through store purchases and library visits. Here is what was in my mailbox the week of April 18 - April 24!


In My Mailbox:

1. Unbelieveable Adventures of a WWII German War Bride by Ingeborg M. Johnson
2. Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution by Jerome Charyn  


Purchased from Borders (I had $5 in Borders Bucks to use by the end of the month):


1. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben MacIntyre
2. The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War by David Laskin


Borrowed from the Library: 


1. Unknown by Didier Van Cauwelaert
2. Rage by Jackie Morse Kessler 
3. I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and Beyond by Michael Oher with Don Yaeger
4. The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture by Joshua Kendall


Gifts:

1. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

8 comments:

Mystica said...

Nice mixed haul of books. Enjoy the reads.

Jules (The Great, The Good and The Bad) said...

You've got some great books there!

Happy reading
Jules

http://thegreatthegoodandthebad.blogspot.com/

Jessica said...

You got quite a bit of books this week!

Here's my IMM

Happy Reading!

Old Follower
Jessica@a GREAT read

Shirley said...

Oooh..The Secret Garden and I Beat the Odds..a terrifice IMM today!! I've seen The Blind Side, the movie about Michael Oher and loved it. Enjoy your reads!!

Here's my IMM

TheBookGirl said...

I'll be interested to know if Michael Oher's book gives a different version than that portrayed in The Blind Side.

Hope you enjoy all your books :)

Jenica704 said...

Thanks for all the great comments everyone. A review of I Beat The Odds will be up within a week or so. I hope you will check it out!

Penelope Lolohea said...

Ooh, those look like some awesome books! Plus, you got The Secret Garden! It's such a good book. :)

Jules (The Great, The Good and said...

You've got some great books there!

Happy reading
Jules

http://thegreatthegoodandthebad.blogspot.com/

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...