Monday, December 14, 2009

Mailbox Monday -- December 14th

Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page I'm participating in the Mailbox Monday round up. This week I received the following advance review copies:

1) The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova. Publisher's Summary. Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism. Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love.

Thanks to Hachette Book Group.

2) A Highlander Christmas by Janet Chapman. Publisher's Summary. Camry MacKeage has absolutely no intention of telling her parents that she left her job as a NASA physicist for the small-town life of a dog-sitter -- which is why she's spending the holidays alone in coastal Maine with her furry friends Tigger and Max. Unfortunately, her irresistibly handsome rival, scientist Luke Pascal, accidentally spilled the beans. Now he's on a mission from her mother to tempt Camry home for the family's annual winter solstice celebration. But Luke is hiding his own secret, and he'll need a little bit of magic to earn Camry's trust...and a whole lot of mistletoe to seduce his way into her heart.

Thanks to Simon and Schuster.

14 comments:

  1. Two completely different books : ) Enjoy!

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  2. Oh the new Kostova, you got me jealous :)

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  3. Very diverse but both sound so good! I'm a sucker for anything in Maine. Have a great week and enjoy your books.

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  4. I just got The Historian so I hope to read The Swan Thieves afterwards.

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  5. I bet The Swan Thieves is fabulous - enjoy!

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  6. You couldn't have gotten two more different books, could you? LOL!

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  7. I am about halfway through the Swan Thieves and I am enjoying it immensely but the suspense is killing me. I hope you like it!

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  8. Hope you enjoy The Swan Thieves, I certainly did. Here's my mailbox!

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  9. Oh, these both look like great books. Enjoy!

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  10. I'm really looking forward to The Swan Thieves. :) Happy reading!

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  12. The Swan Thieves is great! It made me go right out and get The Historian, which I hadn't wanted to read for a long time, because of the Dracula. It was awesome,too, if you haven't read it.

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  13. I've heard lots of good things about The Swan Thieves. Looking forward to your thoughts.

    --Anna
    Diary of an Eccentric

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