{"id":2186,"date":"2010-02-01T18:11:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T22:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2010-02-01T18:11:22","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T22:11:22","slug":"mailbox-monday-february-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2186","title":{"rendered":"Mailbox Monday – February 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mailbox<\/p>\n

A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page<\/span><\/a> for hosting Mailbox Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 This week was a big one for me since I went to Toronto for a few days and tried to pick up some books by Canadian authors while there.<\/p>\n

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Not shown in the picture is Unearthed: An Anthology of Suspense<\/strong><\/em>in e-book format from Edmond Cheng.\u00c2\u00a0 Novellas included in the anthology are “Last Fragment” by Shawn McPike, “Help Me” by David A. Stelzig, “Crown of the Earth” by Seth E. Lender, and “Illusion” by Edmond Cheng.<\/p>\n

Miriam\u00c2\u00a0with the Hachette Book Group sent me a copy of When Will There Be Good News<\/strong><\/em> by Kate Atkinson.\u00c2\u00a0 A fitting arrival since I finished One Good Turn<\/em> over the weekend.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The other books were all obtained on my trip.\u00c2\u00a0 The Manual of Detection<\/em><\/strong>by Jebediah Berry.\u00c2\u00a0 Though he’s not Canadian,\u00c2\u00a0I found this book on a table and found the blurb\u00c2\u00a0from\u00c2\u00a0The New Yorker irresistible.\u00c2\u00a0 “From the classic tropes of the detective procedural, this debut novel weaves the kind of\u00c2\u00a0mannered fantasy\u00c2\u00a0that might result if\u00c2\u00a0Wes Anderson were to adapt\u00c2\u00a0Kafka.”\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Monkey Beach <\/em><\/strong>by Eden Robinson.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the first English language novel written by a Haislat and the story takes place in Kitamaat which is in British Columbia.<\/p>\n

February<\/em><\/strong> by Lisa Moore.\u00c2\u00a0 In 1982 the Ocean Ranger<\/em>sinks and no one is found alive.\u00c2\u00a0 Left behind is Helen O’Mara, a mother of three, who has to figure out how to put her life together without her husband.<\/p>\n

Born With A Tooth <\/em><\/strong>by Joseph Boyden.\u00c2\u00a0 A collection of thirteen short stories about Aboriginal life Boyden is a native of Ontario.<\/p>\n

What arrived in your mailbox this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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