15.Mar.2010 Mailbox Monday: Surprise!
So I came back from my 2 weeks holiday to find a package at home of… what else? Books!
The card on the left there was from hubby :)
My book fairy was Jessica from Allen and Unwin. Thank you Jessica! When Jessica told me she was going to send me Tender Morsels with the cover illustrated [...]
08.Feb.2010 Mailbox Monday – 3 Months Acquisition
You can relax, because I didn’t acquire that many books in 3 months :)
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: Love Quarrels from Anton Chekhov to ZZ Packer, Selected by Kasia Boddy, Ali Smith, and Sarah Wood — from Basement Books for $9.95. Isn’t the cover the cutest?! I first saw it at Paperback Reader, and [...]
02.Nov.2009 Incoming October Books
From Dymocks
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (which I bought before The Classics Circuit even started). Check out the tour dates for Wilkie Collins.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I absolutely love the cover of this Jane Eyre! I love all Vintage Classics covers!
From Chris @ Stuff as Dreams are Made on:
The Screwed Up Life [...]
21.Sep.2009 Mailbox Monday: Books Alive Campaign, Indonesian Writer, and More
It’s books galore! Okay I actually acquired these books in the past 3 weeks or so, but was late in posting them, so let me do them in one go!
First is the result of Books Alive campaign in Australia. They compiled a list of 50 Books You Can’t Put Down (check out the list from [...]
17.Aug.2009 Mailbox Monday – Bookshop Birthday Bash
Basement Book, which is apparently also known as the Evil Bookshop in one of the mailing list I joined — evil as in making you buy books and books because their prices are unbelievable, was having its birthday, so there were lots of heavily discounted books for a couple of weeks. I resisted the temptation [...]
03.Aug.2009 Mailbox Monday: Visit to a Thrift Shop
A visit to a thrift shop on Sunday resulted in these 2 books I’m quite excited about!
A hardcover Brick Lane by Monica Ali and a tomb of a book: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
I met Monica Ali during the 2009 Sydney Writers’ Festival earlier this year and have been contemplating to read [...]
23.Jun.2009 Mailbox Monday – Three Very Very Different Books
Mailbox Monday on Tuesday… I totally forgot to post this yesterday. Anyhoo,
I got three books into my house last week and they couldn’t be more different!
First is Morning Breaks in the Elevator by Lemn Sissay which is the random book I got from being the first 100 members at Meet at the Gate. I had [...]
08.Jun.2009 Mailbox Monday – 2 Super Exciting Books!
The White Woman on the Green Cicycle by Monique Roffey.
“An unforgettable love story, brimming with passion and politics, set over fifty years in Trinidad.”
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson.
‘Here we drink three cups of tea to do business: the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third you [...]
01.Jun.2009 Mailbox Monday – The White Queen
I received The White Queen by Philippa Gregory from Ally, Simon and Schuster UK. It’s totally unexpected. I registered to be one of their reviewers and this is the first book they sent me.
The White Queen is scheduled to be released on 7th September 2009. The cover that I have is different with the cover [...]
11.May.2009 Mailbox Monday This Week
I received Mr. Fooster Traveling on a Whim from debnance at readerbuzz as a prize to join her Bookcrossing mini-challenge at Dewey’s read-a-thon. Written by Tom Corwin, illustrated by Craig Frazier. It’s a Visual Novel as written on the cover. I was torn between Metamorphosis by Kafka or this. I thought this looked more quirky [...]
