Monday, November 12, 2012

Mailbox Monday November 12th



Welcome to Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Bermuda Onion.  Still continuing my trend of cutting back so last week was another light one.

1) Collateral by Ellen Hopkins. Publisher's Summary. Meet Ashley, a graduate student at San Diego University. She was raised in northern California reading poetry and singing back-up in her best friend’s band. The last thing she ever expected was to end up a military wife. But one night, she meets a handsome Marine named Cole. He doesn’t match the stereotype of the aggressive military man she’d always presumed to be true; he’s passionate and romantic, and he even writes poetry. Their relationship evolves into a deeply felt, sexually charged love affair that goes on for five years and survives four deployments. Cole desperately wants Ashley to marry him, but when she meets another man, a college professor, with similar professional pursuits and values, she begins to see what life might be like outside the shadow of war.

2) Tilt by Ellen Hopkins. Publisher's Summary. Witnessing the fallout from the poor choices their parents make and the lies adults tell themselves, three teens are clinging to the last remnants of the secure and familiar world in which they’ve grown up. But the ground is shifting. What was once clear is now confused. Everything is tilting.

Mikayla is sure she’s found the love her parents seem to have lost, but is suddenly weighing nearly impossible choices in the wake of dashed expectations. Shane has come out, unwilling to lie anymore about who he is, but finds himself struggling to keep it all under control in the face of first love and a horrific loss. Harley, a good girl just seeking new experiences, never expects to hurtle towards self-destructive extremes in order to define who she is and who she wants to be.

Both thanks to Simon & Schuster!

13 comments:

  1. Enjoy both of your books.

    Light weeks are good. I have cut back as well. Feel bad turning down books, but we only can read so many books. :)

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    http://silversolara.blogspot.com/2012/11/mailbox-monday-11122012.html

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  2. I read one Hopkins book, but did not enjoy the style. Perhaps the verse format put me off...or maybe it was just the book I read (Identical).

    Hope you have a great week, and thanks for visiting my blog.

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  3. I'm curious about Collateral so I'll watch for your review. Have a great week!

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  4. I'm curious about COLLATERAL too. Hopkins is a new-to-me author. I've had my eye on her book TRIANGLES for a while. Happy reading!

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  5. These are both new titles to me. I hear you on cutting back on books. I only have one this week too.

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  6. I've never read a book by Ellen Hopkins. I should fix that! Collateral sounds really good to me. Enjoy!

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  7. They sound like interesting reads, enjoy!

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/11/mailbox-monday_12.html

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  8. Hope they are both good! I've never read this author before but have seen her books around.

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  9. Those are both new to me. I hope they are lots of fun!

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  10. I hope you enjoy both books. I've only read Triangles.

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  11. I'll be watching out for your review.

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