{"id":5134,"date":"2021-04-19T07:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T11:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=5134"},"modified":"2021-04-18T21:50:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T01:50:30","slug":"mailbox-monday-september-21st-2-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=5134","title":{"rendered":"Mailbox Monday – April 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A big thank you to Marcia for originating Mailbox Monday<\/a>. In this weekly meme you share books which came into your home during the week.<\/p>\n

Here are the books I picked up this week:<\/p>\n

Tying the Knot<\/strong> by E.C. Bell –<\/p>\n

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Marie Jenner just wants a Vegas holiday.When psychic Crystal Demoines tells James Lavall that his uncle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spirit is trapped in Las Vegas, Marie is thrilled. All she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to do is help Jimmy \u00e2\u20ac\u0153anything for a buck\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Lavall move on to the next plane of existence, and then she and James can have the holiday of her dreams.<\/p>\n

But she never dreamed that a lieutenant of the drug kingpin from Edmonton would be staying at the same hotel as her and James, and that James would become his new best friend. Or that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d have to find Jimmy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s girlfriend Rita\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwho disappeared the same night Jimmy died\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbefore he would finally move on. Or that the most powerful man in the hotel would be looking for Rita too. To find the money she stole.<\/p>\n

And Marie never dreamed that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be planning a Vegas wedding in the middle of it all. But she is.<\/p>\n

Looks like her dream vacation is about to become a nightmare.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Paper & Blood<\/strong> by Kevin Hearne –<\/p>\n

From the\u00c2\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes book two of\u00c2\u00a0an\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153action-packed, enchantingly fun\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Booklist<\/i>)\u00c2\u00a0spin-off series, as an eccentric master of rare\u00c2\u00a0magic\u00c2\u00a0solves a supernatural mystery Down Under!<\/b><\/p>\n

There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only one Al MacBharrais: Though other Scotsmen may have dramatic mustaches and a taste for fancy cocktails, Al also has a unique talent. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a master of ink and sigil magic. In his gifted hands, paper and pen can work wondrous spells.<\/p>\n

But Al isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite alone: He is part of a global network of sigil agents who use their powers to protect the world from mischievous gods and strange monsters. So when a fellow agent disappears under sinister circumstances in Australia, Al leaves behind the cozy pubs and cafes of Glasgow and travels to the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria to solve the mystery.<\/p>\n

The trail to his colleague begins to pile up with bodies at alarming speed, so Al is grateful his friends have come to help\u00e2\u20ac\u201despecially Nadia, his accountant who moonlights as a pit fighter. Together with a whisky-loving hobgoblin known as Buck Foi and the ancient Druid Atticus O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Sullivan, along with his dogs, Oberon and Starbuck, Al and Nadia will face down the wildest wonders Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand the supernatural world\u00e2\u20ac\u201dcan throw at them, and confront a legendary monster not seen in centuries.<\/p>\n

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

A big thank you to Marcia for originating Mailbox Monday. In this weekly meme you share books which came into your home during the week. Here are the books I picked up this week: Tying the Knot by E.C. Bell – Marie Jenner just wants a Vegas holiday.When psychic Crystal Demoines tells James Lavall that… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – April 19th<\/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":[918,878,101,922,919],"class_list":["post-5134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-e-c-bell","tag-kevin-hearne","tag-mailbox-monday","tag-paper-blood","tag-tying-the-knot","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134","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=5134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5137,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions\/5137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}