Mondays: Mailbox/What Are You Reading/Musings

Mailbox Monday has moved over to Amy of Passages to the Past for the month of April 2011.

I received the following books in the the mailbox this past week:

White Sleeper by Dr. David R. Fett and Stephen Langford:

When Arkansas experiences a wave of rare fatal diseases, the CDC sends disgraced doctor Dave Richards to investigate, and he knows this is the case that could save his career. When he teams up with FBI agent Paula Mushari, Richards thinks he may have found the person who can help him find the answers. But as they dig deeper, they begin to get a sinister glimpse into what they are dealing with—a vengeful sect, led by the son of a late white supremacist, intent on destroying a nation. As Richards fights to save his job, he and Mushari must race against the clock to prevent a plague of catastrophic proportions.

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, from Stacy of Stacy's Books

Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers - they're all on Mickey Haller's client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence, it's about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it's even about justice.

A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a defense attorney's dream, what they call a franchise case. And as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career. Then someone close to him is murdered and Haller discovers that his search for innocence has brought him face-to-face with evil as pure as a flame. To escape without being burned, he must deploy every tactic, feint, and instinct in his arsenal - this time to save his own life.

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My brother and his family are here for a visit. My reading has slowed down as I am spending time with them. 

I am still in the midst of reading:

TheTime Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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Do the members of your family read? Do you think it was passed down to you? ((or Who do you think influenced you as a reader?))

Everyone in my family. My dad, my mom, my two older brothers. I must not forget my grandfather from my mother's side. Most of the timeless classics I own are gifts from him.