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A big thank you to\u00c2\u00a0Avis at\u00c2\u00a0shereadsandreads<\/a><\/span> for hosting Mailbox Monday.<\/p>\n I finally figured out where The Reliable Wife from last week came from.\u00c2\u00a0 It was an afternoon siesta win from Algonquin Books during BBAW. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Two books arrived in my mailbox this week.\u00c2\u00a0 The first was an ARC of Lawrence Block’s A Drop of the Hard Stuff<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s one of the first books to launch the Mulholland Books imprint of Little, Brown and Company.<\/p>\n Grandmaster Lawrence Block brings his greatest character, Matthew Scudder, back into action in his most personal case to date.<\/p>\n Matthew Scudder is finally on the straight and narrow when he runs into \u00e2\u20ac\u0153High-Low\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jack Ellery, a childhood friend from the Bronx. In Scudder, Jack sees the moral man he might have become. In Jack, Scudder sees the hard-won sobriety he hopes to achieve. Then Ellery, following to the letter the dictates of Alcoholics Anonymous\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 infamous twelve steps, is shot down while attempting to atone for past sins, and Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his path toward recovery\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand get him killed in the process.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The second was Out of the Transylvania Night<\/em>by Aura Imbarus.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a memoir about leaving Communist Transylvania for America and making a new life.<\/p>\n In an epic tale of identity and the indomitable human spirit, OUT OF THE TRANSYLVANIA NIGHT<\/strong> explores tyranny, freedom, love, success, and the price paid for misaligned dreams. An incredibly powerful memoir.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n What arrived in your mailbox this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A big thank you to\u00c2\u00a0Avis at\u00c2\u00a0shereadsandreads for hosting Mailbox Monday. I finally figured out where The Reliable Wife from last week came from.\u00c2\u00a0 It was an afternoon siesta win from Algonquin Books during BBAW. \ud83d\ude42 Two books arrived in my mailbox this week.\u00c2\u00a0 The first was an ARC of Lawrence Block’s A Drop of the… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – October 18th<\/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":[389,387,386,388],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-a-drop-of-the-hard-stuff","tag-aura-imbarus","tag-lawrence-block","tag-out-of-the-transylvania-night","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t