{"id":3222,"date":"2011-04-18T01:54:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T05:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2011-04-17T23:30:56","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T03:30:56","slug":"mailbox-monday-april-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=3222","title":{"rendered":"Mailbox Monday – April 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A big thank you to Marcia at A Girl and Her Books<\/a> for originating Mailbox Monday<\/a>. This weekly meme is now on tour with a new host each month. April’s host is Passages to the Past<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I received a $25 Amazon gift card last week (from asking Bekka Black a question during her visit to\u00c2\u00a0Bitten By\u00c2\u00a0Books) so I purchased some items on my wish list.\u00c2\u00a0 On the top is The Color of Water <\/em>(10thAnniversary edition) by James McBride.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a memoir about his mother and his life growing up as an interracial child.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s friends withSpike Lee and I was very impressed with McBride when he was in town for the celebrations around Lee’s award of the Wexner Center Prize.<\/p>\n

Second from the top is The Girl on the Fridge: Stories <\/em>by Etgar Keret.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s an Israeli author who has also been to the Wexner Center of the Arts but I stayed home that evening.\u00c2\u00a0 My husband said I would’ve enjoyed the visit.\u00c2\u00a0 Keret is probably best known in the US\u00c2\u00a0for the writing “Kneller’s Happy Campers” which was the basis of the movie Wristcutters: A Love Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The third book from the top is Lady Lazarus<\/em> by Michele Lang.\u00c2\u00a0 She was on one of the panels I attended at the World Fantasy Convention in October.\u00c2\u00a0 She mentioned the book several times and charmed me with her New York accent.\u00c2\u00a0 Lady Lazarus is a witch who can summon souls – this is the first in a planned trilogy.<\/p>\n

The final book was sent to me by Henry Holt for review.\u00c2\u00a0 The Civilized World <\/em>by Susi Wyss is a collection of short stories set in Africa.<\/p>\n

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

A big thank you to Marcia at A Girl and Her Books for originating Mailbox Monday. This weekly meme is now on tour with a new host each month. April’s host is Passages to the Past. I received a $25 Amazon gift card last week (from asking Bekka Black a question during her visit to\u00c2\u00a0Bitten… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – April 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":[486,20,490,101,489,492,491,488,487],"class_list":["post-3222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-etgar-keret","tag-james-mcbride","tag-lady-lazarus","tag-mailbox-monday","tag-michele-lang","tag-susi-wyss","tag-the-civilized-world","tag-the-color-of-water","tag-the-girl-on-the-fridge-stories","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