Who doesn’t love receiving books for review, right? I go through phases though. Sometimes even though a book sounds good, I have to turn it down because I just have too many other books in the queue. It’s hard because a lot of books sound very tempting but then I realize that this also means less reading at whim as I feel obligated to get to those ARCs.
Anyway, currently I’m in the mode of wanting books and aside from some blog tours I’m hosting later this month and next, I have also received some other new books which sound really good. Here’s what I’ve received:
- Forward From Here by Reeve Lindbergh. From the book: In her funny and wistful new book, Reeve Lindbergh contemplates entering a new stage in life, turning sixty, the period her mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, once described as “the youth of old age.” Doesn’t this sound like a great read? I’ve not read Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s famous book Gift from the Sea but I’d imagine it’d be wonderful to read both back-to-back.
- The Eye of Jade & Paper Butterfly by Diane Wei Liang. This mystery series is set in modern day Beijing and the sleuth, Mei Wang, sets up a private investigation agency, something that is technically illegal in the country. Sounds like this could be a the start of an interesting series.
- Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye. Another mystery novel but this one features Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.
- Hold Love Strong by Matthew Aaron Goodman. From Kirkus Review: A debut novel about a boy coming of age in an inner-city New York neighborhood. The book begins with narrator Abraham Singleton’s birth to a 13-year-old mother on the bathroom floor of her grandmother’s apartment, a circumstance not conducive to future success. We then follow the next 18 years of Abraham’s life, meeting his neighbors and relatives along the way. I love a good coming of age tale and this sounds great.
- Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni. I’m not very big on legal thrillers but this one sounds like it has potential.
Have you received some good ARCs lately? Tell me what you got so I can be all jealous – heh.
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You got some terrific books! I snagged one yesterday which is a memoir: Perfection by Julie Metz
great ARC’s, enjoy them 🙂 I know what you mean, I have so many ARC’s right now, there’s no room for reading at whim. I just received a copy of Royal Blood by Rona Sharon, it’s based on the Tudors.
I’ve read Eye of Jade and really enjoyed it.
I’m hoping to get a couple of ARCs this month but we’ll see if they turn up. Enjoy your new books.
Oh, the Eye of Jade sounds like a really interesting one!!
Just finished Winter in Madrid, which was fabulous, and I’m about to do Straight From the Horse’s Heart.
Meanwhile…my TBR stack continues to grow. I think I need to learn how to say no!
I know what you mean about ARCs. Every now and then I vow to turn down every one but then one sounds so good and another and another. Currently I have the biography of Cheever, The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano, and The Hospital for Bad Poets, Stories by J.C. Hallman. Now I just need the time to read them!
Ooh, yum! I have some review books waiting for me at my mom’s house and I can’t wait to get my hands on ’em. Enjoy!
The Eye of Jade & Paper Butterfly looks very good. I can’t wait to read the review!
I bought my mom Forward From Here when it first came out in hardcover. I really, really want to read it!!
The most recent ARCs to come in my mail are The French Gardener by Santa Montefiore (author of Last Voyage of the Valentina) and a signed copy of The Wildwater Walking Club by Claire Cook (author of Life’s a Beach and Must Love Dogs). I’ve also received a newly published copy of Jim Beaver’s memoir, Life’s That Way. Of course, I need more hours in the day to get to these quickly!!
I recieved The Well and the Mine from LT – it’s very good! I’ve also enjoyed The Walking People which I’ll be writing about soon – very good. I’ve been lucky on the ARC front!
I know exactly what you mean. I’m going through a “Do not accept ARCs” phase because I simply need to catch up and make room for spontaneous reads. Then, I’ll get back to the ARCs. Admittedly, some are still showing up because I have a few sources I can’t stand to turn down, but they’re just trickling in, now. The ARC flood has been dammed.
Wendy – I’ll be looking for your review! I don’t read too many memoirs but always on the lookout for a good one 🙂
bookworm – Oh the Tudors! Will definitely want to hear what you think of that one 🙂
Cathy – Yay, glad to hear you enjoyed it. It sounds like a good mystery so I’m looking forward to it. I’m intrigued by the modern day China setting!
tanabata – I hope they arrive safely! I want to hear what you got 🙂
Stephanie – It does doesn’t it? I want to get to it now of course but got other books in line first!
Tiffany – That’s the Samson book right? I’ve been hearing some good buzz for that book so it’s going on my list!
Stefanie – I don’t think I would have been able to pass up a book with the title of Hospital for Bad Poets! Love that. Enjoy the ARCs and will look forward to your reviews.
Andi – Ooh fun, I wonder what’s waiting for you! 🙂
Rebecca – They do don’t they? I love a good mystery series so I hope these don’t disappoint.
Les in NE – It sounds great doesn’t it? Oh and how have you liked the Santa Montefiore books? I actually have one or two somewhere in the shelves. They sound like delicious comfort reads 🙂
Tara – Oh don’t you just love it when the ARCs are good reads? Will look for your review of those as the titles don’t sound familiar to me.
Bookfool, aka Nancy – And, how long is the ARC flood dammed? 🙂 Usually my phases of not accepting books are very short which of course leads me to get a bit overwhelmed but I don’t mind being overwhelmed by books 🙂
I read Eye of Jade. Quite good. I’d heard she had another one out, and I’ll have to pick it up.
I snagged an ARC of a new book at a conference last month: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. I haven’t started it yet, but it looks great, the narrator is an 11 year old girl with a penchant for chemistry and creating poisons.
What a great list of books! I didn’t know about FORWARD FROM HERE. I have GIFTS FROM THE SEA (my mother gave it to me ages ago). Yes, I think it would be interesting to read them back-to-back. I’ll have to look for Reeve Lindbergh’s book.
These all sound interesting. I haven’t heard of these, and I look forward to your thoughts.
Karen Olson – Oh I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it! I’m putting it higher on the stack 🙂 And, I have heard of Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. That book sounds just delightful! Looking forward to your new mystery by the way… shouldn’t it be out soonish?
Dawn – Normally I don’t read authors books back to back but in the case I think the mother/daughter connection would be great to explore. Hope you get a copy and you can do that!
Anna – Don’t they look good. The hard part is having so many books going and not being able to start these just yet 🙂
I have a hard time sometimes when it comes to saying no to an ARE that I really do want to read. But it does feel a little like obligation reading. I’ve been trying to balance them with my own books. The one I’m reading now is “A Reliable Wife”, which I’ve just barely started but have heard good things about.
I agree there are a number of books that are tempting, but you have to set limits…unfortunately.