Monday 4 May 2020

Mailbox Monday - May 4th


Mailbox Monday is a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. It now has a permanent home at the Mailbox Monday blog. Head over and check out other books received during the last week. 


Happy Monday!


Happy National Star Wars Day - May the Fourth Be With You! I will have to confess though that I've never seen Star Wars. 
 
How is everyone holding up? Australia has started to ease its isolation restrictions. Each state has different rules but in New South Wales we are now allowed two adult visitors and their children. I was happy to get a visit from my son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren and we also went and visited my  daughter. We are just keeping it to family at the moment. My younger daughter still hasn't seen any of her friends.

We've been baking and walking. There isn't really much else to do.

I cooked ANZAC biscuits for ANZAC Day.


ANZAC Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

Caramel slice 



Books received over the last two weeks.


 From the publisher:

 The Edible Garden by Paul West

Paul shares practical gardening advice, with guides on building a no-dig garden, composting and keeping chooks, and an A-Z guide of the veggies that are easiest to grow. There are also more than 50 of Paul's favourite family recipes - simple, produce-driven dishes that are bursting with freshness and flavour.  
We have already started our own garden so I'm hoping this will have some good advice. I don't think we will be doing the chooks though 😃

 
  An Alice Girl by Tanya Heaslip

An Alice Girl is Tanya Heaslip's extraordinary story of growing up in the late 1960's and early 1970's on a vast and isolated outback cattle property just north of Alice Springs.



Mammoth by Chris Flynn

Narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct American mastodon, Mammoth is the (mostly) true story of how the skull of a Tyrannosaurus bataar, a pterodactyl, a prehistoric penguin, the severed hand of an Egyptian mummy and the narrator himself came to be on sale at a 2007 natural history auction in Manhattan.

I love the cover of this book and it sounds fascinating.



Find Them Dead by Peter James

When Roy Grace is called in to investigate a murder that has links to an accused person on trial, and the suspicion that an attempt has been made to intimidate jurors, he finds the reach and power of the accused’s tentacles go higher than he had ever imagined.  





  From the author:

The Coconut Rebellion by Mark Stary

The lagoon at Sea Devil Island is an idealistic place for a colony of fish to live and raise a family … peaceful and quiet. A little too quiet for young Jack Herron, who yearns to explore the world beyond his lagoon. But it is forbidden for junior fish to venture outside the lagoon. So when Jack stumbles across a secret passage to the outside world, he sneaks out and leads his three closest friends on an adventure of discovery. Unfortunately, they discover more than they bargain for. Caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, Jack is framed for a crime he did not commit and the whole colony suffers a terrible curse as a result. A curse that turns the fish of Sea Devil Lagoon into landlubbers!

Author Mark Stary has generously sent me two copies of The Coconut Rebellion (suitable for Middle Grade readers). One to keep and on the giveaway. So keep an eye out for this giveaway coming shortly.

I would love to hear what you received in the mail lately! 

 
 



20 comments:

  1. What? You're just going to leave us hanging without the recipe to those caramel slices?

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    1. Hehe. Maybe I will put it up next week. Just for you Davida.

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  2. Your baked goods look so delicious! Thanks for sharing...and enjoy your family visits. I think we won't loosen the restrictions here for a while.

    Enjoy your week.

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    1. The virus spread has slowed considerably in Australia and although I am a little anxious we need to get back to work.

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  3. Those caramel slices look divine! Enjoy your new books!

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    1. The slice is delicious, thus the need for more walking.😀

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  4. These caramel slices look YUMMY!

    These books are mostly new to me but Find Them Dead sounds good to me. Have a great week!

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    1. Thanks Kay. I’m looking forward to reading Find Them Dead.

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  5. Your cookies and that caramel slice look yummy.

    No easing up of restrictions here yet. Hopefully, soon.

    The Edible Garden is a book I would love to own. Hope you enjoy your new arrivals.

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    1. My daughter and I bake almost every night. We need to counter that with lots of walking. Hubby has started the garden.

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  6. The ANZAC and the caramel slice look DELISH!!

    ENJOY eating the sweets, and enjoy your books this week.

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    1. Thank you Elizabeth. Anything chocolate doesn’t last long in this house. I’m looking forward to getting into my new reads.

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  7. Thanks to my hubby, I've seen all the Star Wars movies. Glad you were able to get visits! Enjoy your new books.

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    1. My son’s wife couldn’t believe he hadn’t seen Star Wars and made him binge watch them all. It’s nice that we can visit now but we are still keeping it to family.

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  8. You got a lot of great books! And your sweets look delicious. I've been baking more than usual these days. I'd better start exercising more than usual!

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    1. I think I need to step up the exercise too. It’s starting to cool down now so after dinner walks are out for me.

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  9. How nice that you got family to visit. happy ANZAC Day, your baking looks delicious! The caramel slice looks so good, I make something similar, with crackers on bottom, homemade caramel then melted chocolate on top.
    Enjoy your books, Mammoth looks especially interesting.

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    1. Thanks Naida. Your caramel slice sounds good too. I'm looking forward to reading Mammoth. I hope it's as good as it sounds.

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  10. I'm glad you got to visit family!
    Ohhh - the biscuits and caramel slice looks yummy.
    Nice book haul. The Coconut Rebellion looks so cute.
    Hope this is a good week for you. Happy Reading!

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    1. It was so nice to see family again. The Coconut Rebellion was so funny. It would make a great screen adaptation.

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