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.
Life This Week is a meme created by Denyse Whelan Blogs where bloggers share snaps of what is currently happening in their lives.
Happy Monday!
School holidays started today and I'm looking forward to spending some time with the grandchildren over the next two weeks.
Our hot water system was on its way out so we had it replaced last week and as you would expect once you replace one appliance the others seem to go out in sympathy and we needed to replace our fridge only a few days later. We struggled to find a fridge the same size that would fit into the spot so we had to buy a smaller one which I am sure we will get used to over time. Now I'm just waiting for the washing machine to break down.
We celebrated our eldest daughter's birthday during the last week. When I'm not reading I'm knitting squares to make a picture throw for my granddaughter.
I found these fantastic patterns at https://daisyandstorm.com/
I will be using 30 squares for the throw.
Books received over the last two weeks:
Breen sometimes thought
sourly that Tiger Jackson would have made a good fascist. He told
unreliable stories, he liked power and admiration, and he had all three
military virtues- self-belief, luck, and an eye for the main chance.
Despite all this, Breen liked him. Somehow it was impossible not to.
After
the death of Corporal Daniel Cousins in what is apparently a training
accident, a young officer, Lieutenant Breen, becomes obsessed by the
case. Was Cousins murdered by one of his own?
Breen's investigation,
as well as his unanticipated love affair with a superior officer,
threatens the unity of his comrades as they wait for the suffering to
come in the Battle of Crete-one of the defining encounters of World War
II.
Lucky's is a story of family. It is also about a man called Lucky.
His restaurant chain.
A fire that changed everything.
The mystery of a missing father.
An impostor who got the girl.
An unthinkable tragedy.
A roll of the dice.
And love: lost, sought and won again, at last.
He violated her past and haunts her present.
Now he's threatening their future.
She
breathes deeply, trying to quell the rising sense of panic. A detective
came to her home, drugged her and kidnapped her. She tries to make
sense of it, to imagine alternatives, but only one conclusion is
possible: it's her past come to claim her.
Martin Scarsden's new life
seems perfect, right up until the moment it's shattered by a voicemail:
a single scream, abruptly cut off, from his partner Mandaly Blonde.
Racing home, he finds an unconcious man sprawled on the floor and Mandy gone. Someone has abducted her. But who, and why?
So
starts a twisting tale of intrigue and danger, as Martin probes the
past of the woman he loves, a woman who has buried her former life so
deep she has never mentioned it.
And for the first time, Mandy finds
denial impossible, now the body of a mystery man has been discovered, a
man whose name she doesn't know, a man she was engaged to marry when he
died. It's time to face her demons once and for all; it's time she
learned how to trust.
How to Make a Life by Florence Reiss Kraut
When Ida and her
daughter Bessie flee a catastrophic pogrom in Ukraine for America in
1905, they believe their emigration will ensure that their children and
grandchildren will be safe from harm. But choices and decisions made by
one generation have ripple effects on those who come later—and in the
decades that follow, family secrets, betrayals, and mistakes made in the
name of love threaten the survival of the family: Bessie and Abe
Weissman’s children struggle with the shattering effects of daughter
Ruby’s mental illness, of Jenny’s love affair with her brother-in-law,
of the disappearance of Ruby’s daughter as she flees her mother’s
legacy, and of the accidental deaths of Irene’s husband and
granddaughter.
Books I've won:
I won this gorgeous edition of Tashi plus a little mini version of the book both signed by the author.
"Well, it was like this.
Come and I'll tell you about the time I tricked the last dragon of
all." So says the daring hero, Tashi, in his first book of adventures.
Tashi comes from a place very far away. He escaped from a war lord and
flew to this country on a swan. He's as brave as he's clever, and he
tells the best stories. Tashi books are ideal for young readers, or for
reading aloud, and they're loved all over the world.
I would love to hear what books you received in the mail recently!
