mailbox monday

I really needed a break from the CSS soup I’m creating at work, so here I am! Just one lonely book (from Algonquin books) in my mailbox this week: This one is special, because it’s a local Virginia author! Exciting! I’m actually quite glad that there was only one book this week, because I don’t think I’m ever going to catch up on my review

I have been horrible about keeping my table cleaned off lately, so I’m not 100% sure I haven’t already posted about some of these!         Blue Noon was on my PaperBack Swap wishlist.  The Big Steal came to me from the lovely Algonquin Books. No One You Know was sent to me through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Group.  And the final three,

I’m skipping the covers this week, because I got a *lot* of stuff from a variety of sources in the past couple of weeks: Writing-related books: Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook – Donald Maass Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint – Nancy Kress Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott The Writer’s Book of Matches Plot & Structure – James Scott Bell Algonquin Books: Gossip of the Starlings

I had an interesting mix of books in my mailbox this week… Banker, The Beans of Egypt, Maine, and The Witches of Eastwick were PaperBackSwap Box-o-Books swaps.  I also requested On Writing through PBS.  I’m currently taking a creative writing class, and it’s made me seek out several writing books.  I have more of these on the way.  The Girl Who Stopped Swimming is a