Monday Memes - In My Mailbox, Mailbox Monday, It's Monday! What Are YOU Reading?

I usually do these as separate memes, but with time shorter now, I don't get as much reading done, so I think I will start combining them!

"Mailbox Monday" is the brainchild of Marcia at The Printed Page.  Martha has closed The Printed Page effective December 18th and set up Mailbox Monday on it's own blog here:  http://mailboxmonday.wordpress.com/

January's host is At Home With Books!   Hop on over, link up, and join the fun!

"In My Mailbox" is hosted by The Story Siren

Every week we'll post about what books we have that week (via your mailbox/library/store bought)! Everyone that agrees to participate will try to visit each other's list and leave comments!  Everyone is welcome to join! You can join at anytime and you DO NOT have to participate every week.

I guarantee that you will add to your reading list by visiting the participating blogs in both of these memes!


Here are the books I've received recently:

Cinder by Marissa Meyer - ARC for review from publisher - Releases January 3, 2012 - (The Book Depository / Amazon)

Goodreads description:

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

In this thrilling debut young adult novel, the first of a quartet, Marissa Meyer introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine and a masterfully crafted new world that’s enthralling.

 All I Did Was Shoot My Man by Walter Mosley - ARC for review from publisher - Releases January 24, 2012 - (The Book Depository / Amazon)

The latest Leonid McGill thriller - if it's anything like the last one, When the Thrill is Gone (link to my review) - I'm in for a treat!

Cover description:

Seven years ago, Zella Grisham came home to find her man, Harry Tangelo, in bed with her friend.  The weekend before, $58 million had been stolen from Rutgers Assurance Corp., whose offices were across the street from where Zella worked.  Zella didn't remember shooting Harry, but she didn't deny it either.  The district attorney was inclined to call it temporary insanity - until the police found $50,000 from the Rutgers heist hidden in her storage space.  For reasons of his own, Leonid McGill is convinced of Zella's innocence.  BUt as he begins his investigation, his life gets more complicated.  His wife is drinking more than she should.  His older son has moved in with his girlfriend, an ex-prostitute.  His younger son is working for him and trying to stay within the law.  And his father, whom he thought was long dead, has turned up under an alias.

A gripping story of murder, greed, and retribution, All I Did Was Shoot My Man is also the poignant tale of one man's attempt to stay connected to his family.

The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman - WON from Bookperk - (The Book Depository / Amazon)

Goodreads description:


Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the women was brutally raped as she returned from the mikvah, the bathhouse where the cleansing ritual is performed. 

The crime was called in by Rina Lazarus, and Decker is relieved to discover that she is a calm and intelligent witness. She is also the only one in the sheltered community willing to speak of this unspeakable violation. As Rina tries to steer Decker through the maze of religious laws the two grow closer. But before they get to the bottom of this horrendous crime, revelations come to light that are so shocking that they threaten to come between the hard-nosed cop and the deeply religious woman with whom he has become irrevocably linked.

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"What Are You Reading?" is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.  Click over to see what other readers are into this week and add to your TBR pile!

READ:

I realize that there is a BIG disparity in these!  :)  I finished War and Peace as part of a year-long readalong, and the Mysterious Benedict Society was a 3-book boxset that I won from Jill at  Seaside Book Nook

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REVIEWED:  (click the cover to go to the review):

4.6 of 5 stars

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CURRENTLY READING:

(Click on the cover for the Goodreads page)

Hard copy

Kindle

eGalley

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Next to be read on the personal pile (click cover for Goodreads page):

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Next to be read on the hard copy review pile (click cover for Goodreads page):

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How was YOUR reading week?  Please leave a link to YOUR "What Are You Reading/In My Mailbox/Mailbox Monday" post(s) in the comments (I'd love to come visit) or simply comment with what your reading week was like!