Mondays: Mailbox/Whereabouts/Musings

Started by Marcia, this August, Monday Mailbox is hosted by Shanyn at Chick Loves Lit.

I received the following five books, thanks to the authors/publicists:

1) Hidden Wives by Claire Avery

Fifteen-year-old Sara and her beautiful sister, Rachel, are too young to legally drive a car—but are approaching spinsterhood in Utah’s secret polygamist Blood of the Lamb community. Having long since reached the “age of preparedness,” they will soon be married off to much older men chosen by the hidden sect’s revered Prophet.

2) The Journey of Om by Chandru Bhojwani

The naked flames danced gracefully around me as the pain flowed, through my veins. The grief and sorrow enveloped me and I descended into it without resistance. Coldplay strummed their beat as their melancholic lyrics rang so very true. The candles began to die one by one. They had served their purpose for that brief moment in time and finally reached their destiny. The sands of time continued to slip on by. The merlot mixed with my blood and the bitterness ran through me. Devastated by his beloved's betrayal, Om collapses both physically as well as emotionally and with that, begins his arduous battle for peace. Torn between love and anger, Om inadvertently starts to lose his grip on life as he knew it causing his world to spiral out of control. Hoping to recover, Om turns to his closest friends, Arun and Mona. However, instead of gaining support, he bears witness to the trials which have beseiged their lives. Like life, the three tales entwine sprinkled with humour, tragedy, perseverance and karmic retribution, and through Om, they bind together into a climactic conclusion.

3) The Boat by Nam Le

A stunningly inventive, deeply moving fiction debut: stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa City; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea, in a masterful display of literary virtuosity and feeling.

4) Blood Harvest by S J Bolton

Twelve-year-old Tom and his family have just moved to a small town perched on the crest of the moor. But troubles begin when Tom sees a mysterious child lurking around the nearby churchyard. A Time To Die. Psychiatrist Evi is trying to treat a young woman haunted by the disappearance of her little girl. A devastating fire burned down their home, but even two years on she is convinced her daughter survived. A Time To Kill. Harry is the town's new vicar, quickly befriended by the locals. But unusual events around the church suggest he isn't entirely welcome, and that this odd little town harbours a terrifying secret.

5) The Wolf of Tebron by C S Lakin

Joran’s wife, Charris, is trapped in a dream that is manifested and upheld by Joran’s anger. Joran is unaware that he is responsible for his wife’s captivity, and the only way he can save her is by entering his dream to rescue her from the clutches of the Moon, who has her trapped in a sand castle overhanging the sea. Joran, though, cannot enter this place of rescue–his dream–until he has mastered his anger.

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In the past week:

I finished:

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

I am in the midst of reading:

Too many books!

I posted reviews of:

The Wild Irish Sea by Loucinda McGary
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross (CF)
The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley
Last Last Chance by Fiona Maazel
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

I have scheduled review of:

The Gendarme by Mark Mustian
The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

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What book tops your TBR (to be read) pile right now? Is it something you own, or something you have to borrow, or something you’ll be purchasing? Why do you want to read it so badly?

Right now Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest, tops my tbr pile. I have read the first two in the Millennium trilogy and have to read this too. I don't have it as yet because right now it is not avaialable here in Delhi. As soon as get hold of it, I will read it. I have to know all about Lisbeth Salander, a character which will be known for a long time to come.