Mailbox Monday September 8, 2014

Welcome to Mailbox Monday.
Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week and explore great book blogs.  This Meme started with Marcia at A Girl and Her Books (fka The Printed Page) and after a tour of hosts has returned to its permanent home at Mailbox Monday.
Thanks to the ladies sharing hosting duties: Leslie of Under My Apple Tree, Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit and Vicki of I'd Rather Be at the Beach.
Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

I received one NetGalley selection, two AudioBook Jukebox requests and I won an ebook this week.
I purchased three Kindle books, received one free Amish title for joining a mailing list and, of course, I also picked up many free kindle titles.

(I still have many author requests to consider and reply to.)

Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?

Review Titles

I selected one cozy mystery title from NetGalley to review for early November.
I really like the cover and I like books and gardening so it looked like a title I should read.

The Red Book of Primrose House
by Marty Wingate
Book Description
Publication Date: November 4, 2014
In Marty Wingate’s charming new Potting Shed Mystery, Texas transplant Pru Parke’s restoration of a historic landscape in England is uprooted by an ax murderer.




I received two titles from AudioBook Jukebox:
This sounds like a fun mystery.
Title: The Red Shoelace Killer
Author: Susan Sundwall
Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett  
Publisher: Susan Sundwall
First in the Minnie Markwood Mysteries: Minnie Markwood can out-sleuth Miss Marple any day of the week - in her imagination. But when a real killer begins to target Minnie and her young sidekicks, reality trumps imagination big time. Who's buying up all the red shoelaces at the mall and stalking a cashier? Is it the killer who terrorized Minnie on the highway and kidnapped her coworker?  It soon becomes frighteningly clear that Minnie's onto something, and The Red Shoelace Killer's days are numbered.

I had been eyeing this collection of apocalyptic stories
and was glad when it showed for review request.
Title: The End is Nigh: Apocalypse Triptych
Author: John Joseph Adams, Hugh Howey 
Narrator: Mur Lafferty, Rajan Khanna, Kate Baker, Lex Wilson, Ralph Walters, Jack Kincaid, Norm Sherman, James Keller, Anaea Lay   
Publisher:  Broad Reach PublishingTHE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse.

Won

I won an interesting sounding book at Bookfan: 

The Spider and the Stone
A Novel of Scotland's Black Douglas
by Glen Craney
As the 14th century dawns, Scotland’s survival hangs by a spider’s thread. The maniacal Edward Longshanks of England schemes to annex the ancient kingdom to his growing realm. But a slight, dark-skinned boy named James Douglas—inspired by his headstrong lass—refuses to move from the monarch’s path. Here is the thrilling story of the war and forbidden love that saved Scotland and destined the founding of America.
Thank you to Mary at Bookfan and Author Glen Craney.

Purchased

I purchased these three books at Amazon Kindle:

Chasing Time ($.99)

Travis Hill

Kindle Edition

Sarah Woods Mystery Series (1-6) Boxed Set ($2.99)

Jennifer L. Jennings

Kindle Edition

Winds of Betrayal Boxed Set ($.99)

Jerri Hines

Kindle Edition

Free

I got a free book for joining Global Grafx Press. I missed the Friday deadline by a few minutes but I received the book Papa Abram's Special Christmas by Ruth Price on Saturday.

While researching titles for Ladies Book Club I discovered a new-to-me Christian author: Grace Livingston Hill. She has apparently written may short, sweet titles and I found she has numerous titles for free on Amazon/Kindle.

I downloaded another 72 free Kindle titles, which included 13 by Grace Livingston Hill. Titles found linked through Bookbub, Bookfun, Ereader News Today, Free Par-tay, Inspired Reads, Pixel of Ink or Kindle ebooks.