Monday: Musings/Mailbox/Whereabouts

Monday Mailbox is hosted by Marcia.

I received only one book in my mailbox:


Saving Cicadas by Nicole Seitz via Thomas Nelson

When single mother Priscilla Lynn Macy learns she's having another child unexpectedly, she packs the family into the car to escape. Eight-year-old Janie and Rainey Dae, her seventeen-year-old sister with special needs, embark on the last family vacation they'll ever take with Poppy and Grandma Mona in the back seat.

The trip seems aimless until Janie realizes they are searching for the father who left them years ago. When they can't find him, they make their way to Forest Pines, SC. Priscilla hasn't been to her family home in many years and finds it a mixed blessing of hope, buried secrets, and family ghosts.

Through eyes of innocence, Janie learns the hard realities of life and the difficult choices grownups make. And she must face disturbing truths about the people she loves in order to carry them in the moments that matter most.

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I finished:

For the Love of St. Nick by Garasamo Maccagnone
Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas--pdf form

I plan to read:

Anything that holds my interest

I posted reviews of:

Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Cold Skin by Steven Herrick
Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García
Midnight Magic by Betina Krahn

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When you buy books, do they immediately go onto your bookshelf to wait until you’re ready to read them (even if that means months/years from then!), or do you read them right away? What makes you do this? If you’re a ’shelver’, why do you think you don’t read the books right away? Do you ever feel guilty for letting the books sit there, unread? If you’re a ‘read-em-now’ person, why do you feel they have to be read right away? Do you give away the books when you’re done, too?

It totally depends on my mood. Sometimes I shelve those books and other times, I start reading right away. Suppose if I buy 10 books, 5 I might read right away and put the other five to be read later on. There are some books which have been there on thos helves, unread for years. Sometimes I do feel guilty about those books. And after reading, I do keep those books I mean to re-read, otherwise I give away. My nephews, nieces and close friends benefit most from me!

How about you?