{"id":2426,"date":"2010-05-10T01:48:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T05:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2010-05-09T20:48:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T00:48:00","slug":"mailbox-monday-may-10th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2426","title":{"rendered":"Mailbox Monday – May 10th"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"Mailbox<\/p>\n

A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page<\/span><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for hosting Mailbox Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 A lot of new books flew into the house this week courtesy of the Ohioana Book Festival.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the fourth year of the festival in which Ohio authors are featured.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"May<\/p>\n

Starting from the top of the stack is Don of the Dead<\/strong><\/em> by Casey Daniels<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the first in a series of mysteries featuring Pepper Martin, an heiress whose family\u00c2\u00a0fortunes has turned sour.\u00c2\u00a0 She must get a job.\u00c2\u00a0 The only job she can find is that of a cemetery tour guide.\u00c2\u00a0 Through an on the job accident, she finds she can communicate with the dead.\u00c2\u00a0 In this first book she helps a deceased mafia boss hunt down his killers.\u00c2\u00a0 Each book in the series focuses on a ghost from a different decade.\u00c2\u00a0 Casey said the series is a light read.\u00c2\u00a0 Sounds perfect for porch reading.\u00c2\u00a0 Casey currently lives in the Cleveland area.<\/p>\n

Next is Embers<\/em><\/strong> by Laura Bickle<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Anya is an arson investigator in Detroit by day.\u00c2\u00a0 At night she’s part of a ghost hunting team.\u00c2\u00a0 Anya is a psychic medium who believes a supernatural arsonist is setting fires to summon a fiery being.\u00c2\u00a0 Time is running out before the spell will be complete.\u00c2\u00a0 Laura lives in Ohio.<\/p>\n

Linda Robertson<\/a>‘s Vicious Circle <\/em><\/strong>is next.\u00c2\u00a0 Persephone Alcmedi is a tarot card reading witch.\u00c2\u00a0 Witches don’t mix with werewolves but Persephone’s best friend is one.\u00c2\u00a0 Life is piling up for Persephone – her grandmother gets kicked out of her nursing home, her best friend is murdered, and she’s been asked to kill a vampire.\u00c2\u00a0 The little thing at the top of the pile is the cedar and sage soap with a tag on it.\u00c2\u00a0 It represents what Persephone smells when she puts on the leather jacket of Johnny, a werewolf she’s attracted to.\u00c2\u00a0 Both Persephone and Linda live in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Spellbent<\/em><\/strong> by Lucy A. Snyder<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 One of my favorite books so far this year and not just because it’s set in Columbus.\u00c2\u00a0 Jessie Shimmer is a magic student trying to summon up a rain storm to end a drought.\u00c2\u00a0 During the spell she loses her teacher (and lover) into a portal and a demon is on the loose.\u00c2\u00a0 Lucy lives in a suburb about 15 minutes away from me.<\/p>\n

All the Way Home<\/em><\/strong> by David Giffels<\/a> is a memoir about\u00c2\u00a0finding (and repairing) the perfect home in Akron, Ohio with his wife and infant son.\u00c2\u00a0 At one time, Akron employed over 35% of the production workers involved in the rubber industry.\u00c2\u00a0 The home David finds is a challenge.\u00c2\u00a0 Once the home of a rubber executive\u00c2\u00a0it’s fallen into disrepair of the worst kind.\u00c2\u00a0 Animals live inside the house and the roof has more holes than shingles.\u00c2\u00a0 David lives in Akron.<\/p>\n

Under Glass: The Girl with a Thousand Christmas Trees<\/em><\/strong> by Jen Hirt<\/a> is a memoir about the family greenhouse business.\u00c2\u00a0 Her family life has been turned upside down and the greenhouse land has been sold to a nationwide pharmacy.\u00c2\u00a0 The greenhouses are\u00c2\u00a0torn down but her family won’t.\u00c2\u00a0 Jen grew up in Valley City, Ohio and currently teaches in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Sparks and Shadows<\/strong><\/em> (two copies) by Lucy A. Snyder are at the bottom of the pile because they’re the largest.\u00c2\u00a0 Contents include poems, short stories and essays.\u00c2\u00a0 The one with the tan colored spine is the second edition and the contents are nearly the same as the first, limited edition.\u00c2\u00a0 It has a new introduction and one poem swapped out for another.\u00c2\u00a0 At Lucy’s suggestion I bought the second edition as a future giveaway for my readers.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve already read a few of the stories from when they were available on her web site a few years ago but I want to get more read before doing the giveaway.<\/p>\n

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

A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page\u00c2\u00a0for hosting Mailbox Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 A lot of new books flew into the house this week courtesy of the Ohioana Book Festival.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the fourth year of the festival in which Ohio authors are featured.\u00c2\u00a0 Starting from the top of the stack is Don of the… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – May 10th<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[311,310,300,312,302,304,305,313,301,306,308,297,101,303,299,298,307,309],"class_list":["post-2426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-alayna-williams","tag-all-the-way-home","tag-casey-daniels","tag-dark-oracle","tag-david-giffels","tag-don-of-the-dead","tag-embers","tag-gary-braunbeck","tag-jen-hirt","tag-laura-bickle","tag-linda-robertson","tag-lucy-a-snyder","tag-mailbox-monday","tag-ohioana-book-festival","tag-sparks-and-shadows","tag-spellbent","tag-under-glass","tag-vicious-circle","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}