Mondays: Mailbox/Whereabouts/Musings

Monday Mailbox is hosted by Marcia.

After a drought, I received the following four books this past week, thanks to the authors/publicists:

1) Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross

David Pepin has been in love with his wife, Alice, since the moment they met in a university seminar on Alfred Hitchcock. After thirteen years of marriage, he still can’t imagine a remotely happy life without her—yet he obsessively contemplates her demise. Soon she is dead, and David is both deeply distraught and the prime suspect.

2) Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

Laugh-out-loud funny, at times heartbreaking, and written in a pitch-perfect voice, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt is a spirited Southern tale that explores the intricate frailties and strengths of female relationships while illuminating the journey of a young girl who loses her mother but finds many others.

3) The Gendarme by Mark Mustian

Emmett Conn is an old man, near the end of his life. A World War I veteran, he's been affected by memory loss since being injured during the war. To those around him, he's simply a confused man, fading in and out of senility. But what they don't know is that Emmett has been beset by memories, of events he and others have denied or purposely forgotten.

4) Too Rich and Too Thin by Barbara DeShong

Pack your bags for Texas and prepare to meet the strangest family since that little Chainsaw Massacre incident.

Psychologist Jessica LeFave will be your guide, but be forewarned, Dr. LeFave isn t your average shrink, and though her wisecracking lawyer buddy, will try to keep Jessica out of trouble, he might not be able to save you, or himself.
Your journey opens when Jessica is summoned to profile the killer who drove a spike through the heart of the notorious Bernice Jackson. Jessica is more than a little excited. Not because Bernice Jackson is dead, but because Bernice who'd soared to fame and wealth by shamelessly re-writing treasured historical events into wildly successful soft-porn novels and movies was a psychiatry patient of her husband's at the time of his death.

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In the past weeks:

I finished:

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
The Gendarme by Mark Mustian
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross

I am in the midst of reading:

Lots of books!

I posted reviews of:

The Likeness by Tana French
What the Bayou Saw by Patti Lacy
Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes

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What does your bookshelf (or, what do your bookshelves) say about you to the people who come into your home?

Firstly, my bookshelves convey that I am a voracious reader. Most are amazed by the amount of books I own, that is, 2500+. I have a varied genre of books. Apart from classics, not many are very well known books. That also surprises most people. My poetry collection is something makes people check them out.

I suppose, the books are what define me, in a way.