April 2011 - Books Received

Feel free to post here when your book arrives, if you like!

Information
Title:
Date Received:
Method of Delivery:
Sent from:
Sent to:
Packaging method:
Format:
Publisher:
Came with:

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross

The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia by Peter Dendle :)

Fallen by Karin Slaughter

Either books are shipping *REALLY* fast this month or there's a bit of a mix between the "What did you win?" and the "Books Received" threads... ;)

ooh, I wanted that one!

7.> Yes, I suspect the latter. Unless the books mentioned are ebooks, they usually do not ship so fast.

Pilates Anatomy (touchstone bringing up wrong book.)

Among the Missing by Morag Joss

For a program for readers, we have way too many people that cannot read even a thread title and short description....

The main page link to "tell us what you won" brings the LTer here. I nearly posted my winning book and then I noticed the subject line.

Ah,

that would explain it :)
Jeremy, can you fix the links? :)

D'oh!
Yes, fixed, I'm sorry!

Title: What Ho, Automaton!
Date Received: 30 April
Method of Delivery: email link to download page
Format: ebook
Publisher: BookViewCafe
Came with: brief message & link to a page specifically for LibraryThingers

Title: The Sojourn
Date Received: May 3
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Minneapolis, MN
Sent to: Wheatfield, IN
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Came with: 6 stapled pages including a Q and A from the author

Title: Among the Missing by Morag Joss
Date Received: 5/4/2011
Method of Delivery: FedEx
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: SE Ohio
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House/Delacorte Press
Came with: A note from RH Marketing....Congrats and all that

Title:Save Me by, Lisa Scottoline
Date Received:5/4/2011
Method of Delivery:UPS
Sent from:NY
Sent to:ND
Packaging method:Bubble envelope
Format:Hardcover finished book
Publisher:St.Martin Press
Came with:letter from the publisher

Save Me today same as above post exactly.

Title:Save Me by, Lisa Scottoline
Date Received:5/4/2011
Method of Delivery:UPS
Sent from:NY
Sent to:TX
Packaging method:Bubble envelope
Format:Hardcover finished book
Publisher:St.Martin Press
Came with:letter from the publisher
Nice-thanks!

Title: KILLED AT THE WHIM OF A HAT
Date Received: 5/4/11
Method of Delivery: Fed Ex ground
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Long Island
Packaging method: Jiffy #3 evp
Format: ARC
Publisher: Minotaur/St. Martin's
Came with: A nice PR note, and TWO SILVERFISH *shudder*; it now reposes inside two plastic grocery bags, ne'er to be touched by me again since I'm still completely skeeved out

Title: KILLED AT THE WHIM OF A HAT
Date Received: 5/5/11
Method of Delivery: UPS 2d Day Air
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Houston, TX
Packaging method: Jiffy #3 evp
Format: ARC
Publisher: Minotaur/St. Martin's
Came with: Same nice PR note, but no silverfish. Don't know whether to be pleased or slighted. :-)

>23 DEFINITELY pleased. *residual shudder*

Title: Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
Date Received:5/4/2011
Method of Delivery:UPS
Sent from:NY
Sent to:OR
Packaging method:Bubble envelope
Format:Hardcover finished book
Publisher:St.Martin Press
Came with:letter from the publisher

Title: The Reluctant Detective by Martha Ockley
Date Received: 5/5/11
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Sent to: Western Pennsylvania, USA
Packaging method: Jet Cor corrugated mailer
Format: ARC
Publisher: Monarch Books
Came with: Packing slip and nice PR note (and no critters or vermin of any kind, as far as I can tell).

ETA to fix spelling of author

>22 Ew. I won't lie, I had to look it up, but saw a picture and am grossed out. It showed the damage it does to a book (cause it's one of their favorite meals apparently) and now my skin is crawling. Lock that baby up for a while!

Title: Immortal Awakening by KC Randell
Date Received: 5/5/11
Method of Delivery: Email! :-)

Title: Whirlwind by Robin DeJarnett
Date Received: 5/5/11
Method of Delivery: email

Title: Gandhi the Man by Eknath Easwaran
Date Received: 5/6
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Tomales, CA
Sent to: Houston, TX
Packaging method: Flat Rate Mailing Envelope
Format: looks like the official paperback (non ARC)
Publisher: Nilgiri
Came with: Short letter requesting review also to be emailed to the publisher; bookmark; business card

Title: A Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man
Date Received: 5/6/11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Ripon, Ca
Packaging method: Bubble Envelope
Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Came with: Nothing

Title: Killed at the Whim of a Hat
Date Received: 5/5/11
Method of Delivery: UPS 2d Day Air
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Napa CA
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Minotaur/St. Martin's

Letter from publisher - no critters

Title: Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross
Date Received: May 6, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: North Jersey
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: paperback ARC
Publisher: William Morrow/Harper Collins

Wow, fast delivery!

Title: Snotty Saves the Day: a History of Arcadia
Date Received: May 6th
Method of Delivery: regular mail, as far as I can tell. Postdated April 30th, 2011.
Sent from: Ashland, OR, USA
Sent to: Canada
Packaging method: recyclable paper "bubble" mailer
Format: trade (ish) paperback
Publisher: Exterminating Angel Press
Came with: promotional postcard, several page printout of promotional info and interview with the author

amazed (and excited!) at how fast this was delivered!
Title: Joy for Beginners
Date Received: 05/06/11
Method of Delivery: UPS ground
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Sebago, ME
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Group (USA
Came with: Note from Publisher

Title: The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry
Date Received: May 7, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Geneva, NY
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Advance reader's edition, paperback
Publisher: Ballantine
Came with: nothing

Title: Killed at the Whim of a Hat
Date Received: 5/5/11
Method of Delivery: UPS 2d Day Air
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Seattle, WA
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Minotaur/St. Martin's

Letter from publisher - no critters

Title: Stan Musial : an American life by George Vecsey
Date Received: 5/7/11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Reading, PA
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: ARC, lacking index and numbered footnotes
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Came with: ARC instructions

Title: The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia by Peter Dendle
Date Received: 5-7-2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Jefferson, NV
Sent to: Herndon, VA
Packaging method: Padded envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Inc

Title:The Reluctant Detective by Martha Ockley
Date Rec'd:5-7-2011
Method:USPS
Sent From:Grand Rapids,MI
Sent to: Elkhart,IN
Pkg:Padded envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Monarch Books

Title: Courtesan's Guide To Getting Your Man by Celeste Bradley and Susan Donovan

Received by US mail on 7 May 2011, sent from St. Martin's Press, publisher, in NYC to New Mexico, padded envelope, paperback format.

Title: The Devil in Disguise by Stefanie Sloane (btw, this doesn't show up as a choice when I try to touchstone the title)
Date Received:5/7/2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: E. Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Davenport, IA
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: mass market paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House

Winged Obsession
Date Received: 5/7/2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent From: I honestly didn't look before I tore the envelope to shreds.
Sent to: Me! In Ann Arbor, MI
Packaging Method: Padded evelope
Format: Paperback, uncorrected proof
Publisher: Harper Collins

Looks like I'm the first to get this one. Or, at least the first to announce it.

Title: A Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man
Date Received: 5/6/11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Chesapeake, VA
Packaging method: Bubble Envelope
Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Came with: Nothing

Title: Snotty Saves the Day: a History of Arcadia by Tod Davies
Date Received: May 6th
Method of Delivery: regular mail, as far as I can tell. Postdated April 30th, 2011.
Sent from: Ashland, OR, USA
Sent to: Smithfield, VA
Packaging method: recyclable paper "bubble" mailer
Format: trade (ish) paperback
Publisher: Exterminating Angel Press
Came with: promotional postcard, several page printout of promotional info and interview with the author

I was happy to finally receive Leaving Van Gogh from the Early Reviewer's program. Although Random House sent the book after the release date, I enjoyed and reviewed it as quickly as possible.

Title: Winged Obsession by Jessica Speart
Date Received: 5/7/11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: forgot to look
Sent to: Indian River MI
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: trade paperback, uncorrected proof
Publisher: William Morrow
Came with: nothing

Title: The Devil in Disguise by Stefanie Sloane
Date Received:5/8/2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: E. Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Fort Worth,TX
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: mass market paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House

Title: Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
Date Received:May 9, 2011
Method of Delivery: FedEx
Sent from:New York, NY
Sent to: West Virginia
Packaging method:Hard Cardboard mailer
Format:ARC
Publisher:Random House
Came with: Letter from Erika Greber of the Random House Marketing Dept.

Title: The Body in the Gazebo by Katherine Hall Page
Date Received: 5/9/11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Knoxville, TN
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Came with: nothing

Well, I went home for lunch and I had a packet on my front door. I didn't suspect that it was my April ER book since it is fairly soon to recieve it AND it felt like 2 books. Needless to say that it was my ER book but they sent me an additional book as well. IS THIS NORMAL? I'm fairly new in the ER game so just curious.

The book that I did request and won is The Soldiers Wife by Margaret Leroy. The book that I didn't request and was sent is A Tiger in the Kitchen by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan. I guess YAY for me! :)

It depends on the publisher as to what you get. Some ER books come with a letter, some come with an extra book, some come with nothing. All of mine so far have come with nothing, but I'm crossing my fingers for the day I get an extra book.

@#51. Thanks! I also got a bookmark! I

Title: Tassy Morgan's Bluff, by Jim Stinson
Date Received: 5/05/2011
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Alexandria VA
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: trade paperback ARC
Publisher: Plume (Penguin group)
Came with: No inserts, but there is a "Dear Bookseller" letter bound into the book

Title: Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross
Date Received: 5/9/11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Boothwyn, PA
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Harper Collins
Came with: Nothing

Can't wait to start reading this book.

Title: Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business 12th edition
Date Received:5/9/11
Method of Delivery:USPS Media Mail
Sent from:Berkeley, CA
Sent to:Grand Rapids, MI
Packaging method:very messy padded mailer
Format:softcover
Publisher:NOLO
Came with:letter

Inside Gilligan's Island: From Creation to Syndication
5/9/11
USPS Media Mail
Manila envelope
Softcover
No insert

Title: Outlander
Date Received: May 9, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New Jersey
Sent to: Texas
Packaging method: Bubble-Wrap Envelope
Format: Paperback (Special Free Edition with preview of Dragonfly in Amber)
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter

Title: Hollywood Remembered: An Oral History of Its Golden Age
Date Received: 9 May 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Sent to: Boston, MA
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group)
Came with: Letter from marketing & PR

Title: The Body in the Gazebo by Katherine Hall Page
Date Received: May 9, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Chicago
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow/Harper Collins
Came with: Nothing.

Title: Cities of the Maya in Seven Epochs
Date Received: 9 May 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: North Carolina
Sent to: Virginia
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: McFarland Press

Title: The Reluctant Detective by Martha Ockley
Date Received: 5/4/11
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Sent to: Central Oregon Coast, USA
Packaging method: Jet Cor corrugated mailer
Format: ARC
Publisher: Monarch Books
Came with: Packing slip and nice PR note

@50 -- Kwidhalm, the exact same thing happened to me! My ER package contained both The Soldier's Wife (which I had requested and won) and A Tiger in the Kitchen (which I did not request)! I'm glad that I'm not the only person this happened to!

Title: The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia by Peter Dendle
Date Received: 5/9/11
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, North Carolina, USA
Sent to: Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA
Packaging method: Bubble-wrap padded mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Inc.
Came with: Nothing

Title: Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
Date Received: May 6, 2011
Sent from: Publisher
Format: Hardcover
Came with: info from the publisher

Can't wait to get into this one!!

Outlander has reached California as well. Same info as in #57.

I'm feeling a bit like a dummy now. When I went to add it to my library, it showed that I already owned a copy. I had it in a set of books I inherited from a friend. Didn't remember that when I requested. Hopefully it will be really good and I can give one copy to my daughter.

Title: The Devil's Mask by Christopher Walking
Date Received: 5/9/11
Method of Delivery: Royal Mail
Sent from: London, UK
Sent to: North Yorkshire, UK
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Came with: Compliment Slip

Title: Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
Date Received: 10/5/11
Method of Delivery: Royal Mail
Sent from: London, UK
Sent to: Birmingham, UK
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: ARC
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Came with: Handwritten compliment slip

Am I the first to receive this one? Hooray - thanks Faber!

Title: Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz
Date Received: 5/10/2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NJ
Sent to: NC
Packaging method: big brown cardboard mailer
Format: ARC
Publisher: Hyperion
Came with: an ARC copy of Minding Ben by Victoria Brown

A really sweet fellow ER-receiver sent me her copy of Killed at the Whim of a Hat, which she guaranteed was silverfish-free. I let it sit in my garage for a day, soaking in mothball fumes (being the suspicious sort), and it has emerged stinky but bugless as of now.

Title: Snotty Saves the Day: a History of Arcadia

Date Received: May 6th
Method of Delivery: regular mail
Sent from: Ashland, OR, USA
Sent to: Texas
Packaging method: recyclable all-paper mailer
Format: trade paperback
Publisher: Exterminating Angel Press
Came with: promotional postcard, media package (several pages of promotional info)

Title: Fallen: A Novel: Karin Slaughter
Date Received: May 10th
Delivery Method: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick NJ
Sent to: Phila, PA
Packaging: Cardboard mailer
Format: Advance Reader's Edition
Publisher: Random House
Inserts: None

Title: Polo in the United States: A History
Date received: May 10th
Method of delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: NC
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: hardcover
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: nothing

Title:Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Date Received: May 10th
Method of Delivery: Mail
Sent from: NJ
Sent to: AZ
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Strangest ARC I have yet received; cheaply-done cover is an ad for the book with lots of text, including on the binding.
Publisher: Random House
Came with: A letter.

Title: Fallen: A Novel by Karin Slaughter
Date Received: May 10th
Delivery Method: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick NJ
Sent to: South Carolina
Packaging: Cardboard mailer
Format: Advance Reader's Edition
Publisher: Random House
Inserts: None

Title: The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry
Date Received: May 10, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: MN
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Advance reader's edition, paperback
Publisher: Ballantine
Came with: nothing

Title: Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
Date Received: 10 May
Method of Delivery: Normal UK Post
Sent from: London
Sent to: London
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Uncorrected proof, paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Came with: Compliments slip

I've got 2 and a bit books to read before I can really start this - but read the first page and at first sight/bite I think I'm going to find it really absorbing.

Title: Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister
Date Received: May 10, 2011
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Playa del Rey, CA
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer envelope
Format: Uncorrected Proof, paperback
Publisher: Putnam
Came with: Letter from the Asst. Marketing Manager

Title: Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz
Date Received: 5/10/2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NJ
Sent to: LA
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Publisher: Hyperion
Came with: ARC of Minding Ben by Victoria Brown

Wow such fast delivery! I just received my March book yesterday - better get to reading:)

Title: Tassy Morgan's Bluff by Jim Stinson
Date Received: 5/10/11
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Healdsburg, CA
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Trade Paperback ARC Not For Sale
Publisher: Plume, a member of Penguin Group
Came with: Packing Slip

Title: The Devil's Mask by Christopher Walking
Date Received: 10th May 2011
Method of Delivery: Royal Mail
Sent from: London, UK
Sent to: North Yorkshire, UK
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: Paperback Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Came with: Compliment Slip

Just an interested publisher, here. Has anyone received their copy of Come into the Water: A Survivor's Story yet? Thanks. Martyn @ SDSHS Press

Title: Stan Musial : an American life by George Vecsey
Date Received: 5/11/11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Peoria, AZ
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: Advance uncorrected proof, lacking index and numbered footnotes. Generic cover.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Came with: nothing

Title: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
Date Received: 05/11/11
Method of Delivery: FedEx Ground
Sent from: NY, NY
Sent to: Woodland Park, CO
Packaging method: Paperboard envelope
Format: Paperback ARE, nicely done
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter from the marketing department.

(Touchstones aren't working - sorry.) That was a fast delivery - I'm impressed. Thank you, LT and Random House.

Title: Snotty Saves the Day: The History of Arcadia by Tod Davies
Date Received: 10 May 11
Method of Delivery: regular mail
Sent from: Ashland, OR
Sent to: Alexandria VA
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: Exterminating Angel Press
Came with: super cute promotional postcard

Title:What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Date Received: 5/10/11
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: California
Packaging method: Padded Envelope
Format: Advance uncorrected proof
Publisher: Penguin Group
Came with: Letter

Title: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Date Received: May 11, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NJ
Sent to: MO
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: ARC
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Brief Letter

Title: Netsuke by Rikki Ducornet
Date Received"May 11, 2011
Method of Delivery: Media Mail
Sent From: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sent To: New Jersey
Packaging Method: Bubble Mailer
Format:ARC, uncorrected galley
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Came With: Nice letter with a 25% discount on purchase of Coffee House Books on their website, business card from director of marketing and sales, paper bookmark.

Title: The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry
Date Received: May 11, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Pasadena, CA
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Advance reader's edition, paperback
Publisher: Ballantine
Came with: nothing ... but the book traveled very well coast-to-coast, and it arrived in perfect condition!

Title: 20 Years Later by Emma Newman
Date Received: May 11, 2011
Method of Delivery: U.S.P.S.
Sent from: Waco, TX
Sent to: South Dakota
Packaging method: foamy yellow package whatever that name is
Format: a huge paper back
Publisher: Dystopia Press
Came with: A folder about the author and book, and a handwritten letter addressed specifically to me.

Title: Inside Gilligan's Island: From Creation to Syndication by Sherwood Schwartz
Date Received: May 11, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent to: Grand Junction, Colorado
Packaging method: Manila envelope
Format: Softcover
Came with: nothing

Title: Cities of the Maya in Seven Epochs
Date Received: May 11, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Chicago, IL
Packaging method: Padded envelope
Format: Softcover
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Came with: nothing

Title: Pilates Anatomy
Received:Today
Method: UPS
Came with: a flyer listing other books they publish and a request to post my review to Amazon as well at LT (fat chance)

Hi everyone , I received a copy of the ebook An Odd Boy which was up in March 2011. This was a disappointing book . As I stay in India there are only a very few books (3-4) that are offered every month. This is very unfair as we don't get to review good books at all. If this message is read by the people concerned I request you to take some measures to prevent this. Thank you.

>93 - It's up to the publishers where they send their books on offer. While we encourage them to send broadly, they sometimes do not have distribution rights in any specific country and/or don't want to incur the costs of shipment.

Title: The Jefferson Key
Date Received: May 11, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: ?
Sent to: Marietta, GA
Packaging method: Hard-paper mailer envelope
Format: "Advanced Reader's Edition (nice, slick-cover paperback with blurbs on the cover)
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Came with: Nuttin'

Title: Lilies in Moonlight by Allison K. Pittman
Date Received: May 11, 2011
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: CO
Sent to: PA
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Multnomah
Came with: Bookmark advertising their Blogging for Books program

Information
Title: The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Region
Date Received: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: North Carolina
Sent to: California
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: trade paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co. Inc.
Came with: nada, zip, zilch, niente

Daniel

I received The Athlete's Clock yesterday from Human Kinetics Press to Boston.

Title: The Things We Cherished
Date Received: May 12, 2011
Method of Delivery: FedEx Ground
Sent to: SC
Packaging method: Flat Envelope
Format: Bound Galley (soft cover)
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Came with: a small postcard with contact details for the publisher

>27. I also received Immortal Awakening by KC Randall on 5/5/11 as a pdf file in my inbox. :O)

Title: Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us by Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman
Date Received: 5/13/11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Minneapolis, MN
Sent to: Colorado
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: CDs, packaged for sale
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Came with: Nothing, except that the address label had 'annoying' printed over my name and my first thought was, "Hey, I'm not annoying!" :)

(These touchstones are annoying....)

Ditto for me except it was sent to Henderson NV.

Title: The Summer without Men by Siri Hustvedt
Date Received: 5/13/2011
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: CA
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Quality paperback (same as retail)
Publisher: Picador
Came with: Bookmark

Yeah! I received my audio book. It also includes a pdf file of photos. Read by the author.

Title: The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang
Date Received: 5/13/2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sent to: Arizona
Packaging method: corrigated cardboard mailer
Format: audio book with 8 cd's
Publisher: Highbridge
Came with: nothing

Title: Inside Gilligan's Island: From Creation to Syndication
Date Received: 05/13/2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent From: Jefferson, NC
Sent To: Surprise, AZ
Packaging Method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: No Enclosures

Title: The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak
Date Received: May 13, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority Mail
Sent from: Minneapolis MN
Sent to: Burlington ON
Packaging method: Mailing Envelope
Format: Uncorrected Proof (paperback)
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Came with: Press Release with author interview and a personalized hand-written congrats note from the media agent. Also a card with other upcoming books

Title: The Devil's Mask by Christopher Wakling
Date Received: 14 May 2011
Method of Delivery: Royal Mail
Sent from: London, UK
Sent to: North Yorkshire, UK
Packaging method: bubble envelope (with hand-written address label)
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Came with: Compliments slip with what appears to be a hand-written note

Jefferson Key arrived May 11.

Title: Pie Town by Lynne Hinton
Date Received: 16 May 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: N Kingstonw, RI
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Came with: No Enclosures

Title: The Meowmorphosis
Date Sent: 5/12/11
Date Received: 5/16/11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Philadelphia, PA
Sent to: Mansfield,OH
Format: Paperback
Publisher Quirk Books
Came with: Poster from the book

"A Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man" arrived today! Thanks so much!

Title:"A Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man"
Date Received: May 16, 2011
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from: NY
Sent to: Dallas, TX
Packaging method: Brown padded paper envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's
Came with: No enclosures

Still waiting on an e-book. Hope I don't sound impatient, but I was under the impression that they were usually e-mailed out shortly after the winners were selected. (I double checked that LT has my correct email address, and I have been keeping a close eye on my spam folder, too.)

I only mention it because this is my first request/win of a digital work - anyone have previous experience of e-books taking a while to be sent out?

Just received Summer in the South by Cathy Holton.
Shipped from NYC
Ballantine Books
No letter/enclosures.
But... It's a shiny new hardcover - yippee skippy!!! :)

Title: Half a Life by Darin Strauss
Date Received: 5/17/11
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Northern Connecticut
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Nuttin', honey.

Title: Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz
Date Received: 18 May 2011
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: East Watertown MA
Packaging method: mailer
Format: advance uncorrected proof
Publisher: Random House
Came with: letter to reader

Title: Snotty Saves the Day : a History of Arcadia by Tod Davies
Date Received: May 18th
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Sent from: Ashland, OR, USA
Sent to: Edmonton, Alberta
Packaging method: recyclable padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: Exterminating Angel Press
Came with: promotional postcard

Title: Summer in the South by Cathy Holton
(no touchstone for the book)
Date Received: May 18
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Hardback finished copy
Publisher: Ballantine / Random House
Came with: just the book, which is plenty!

Title: Every Single Man's Battle by Stephen Arterburn
Date Received: May 11
Sent to: Texas
Publisher: WaterBrook Press

Title: Northwest Corner by John Burnham Schwartz
Date Received: 19 May 2011
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Saratoga Springs, NY
Packaging method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Advance Uncorrected Proof/Softcover
Publisher: Random House
Came with: "Dear Reader" letter from Erika Greber, Marketing Department

Thank you, LT ER giveaway AND Random House!!

Title: The Goddess Test
Date Received: May 20
Method of Delivery: email from NetGalley
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Came With: Instructions for download

Sorry I didn't get on this sooner (not sure I even found the book in the door promptly, though it wasn't ruined by the rain)
Half a Life received ~5/17 by UPS
forgot to check wherefrom shipped to NJ
Packaged in cardboard envelope
Perfect bound ARC
Random House
Nothing but bound-in letter from Jane von Mehren, trade-paperback Publisher, to "Dear Friend"

Information
Title: A Matter of Conscience: redemption of a hometown hero, Bobby Hoppe by Sherry Lee Hoppe
Date Received: May 20, 2011
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Nashville, TN
Sent to: Geneva, IL
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wakestone Press
Came with: Advertising postcard re: author's new book Sips of Sustenance: Grieving the Loss of your Spouse

# 81 - Just this morning received my copy! Such a surprise to find the little extras falling out of the package! Many Thanks!

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Title: Come Into The Water: A Survivor's Story by Merlyn Janet Magner
Date Received: May 24, 2011
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Sent from: Pierre, South Dakota
Sent to: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Packaging method: Cardboard shipper
Format: Finished Trade Paperback Copy
Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society
Came with: A letter personally addressed to myself inviting me to follow on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook, visit their website, subscribe to their blog, and watch videos on YouTube as well as a sticker, a discount coupon and a little bag of M&m's!

Wow!

Re: #81
Sorry it took so long to get to you, but hopefully the wait will have been worth it! Enjoy the read. Best, Martyn (SDSHS Press)

Just posted my review of Lisa Scottoline's Save Me -- really a great book!

has anyone received a copy of Arms Wide Open?

>125

A good book AND chocolate - life is good.

Title: The FARC: The Longest Insurgency
Date Received: May 26, 2011
Method of Delivery: International Mail
Sent from: London, England
Sent to: Gladstone, Missouri
Packaging method: Cardboard package
Format: ARC paperback, very well done
Publisher: Zed Books
Came with: nothing, maybe next time!

Anyone receive one of the L.Ron Hubbard books offered?

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Title: The summer garden by Paullina Simons
Date Received:week of May 23rd
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from:
Sent to:
Packaging method:
Format:
Publisher:
Came with:

I don't have info. It was here and opened when I got home from a visit to my mothers. :)

Has anyone recieved the Floating Teacher's guide offered this month? I wanted that because I'm starting teacher's college and I'm intrested in reading as much as I can before class starts.
~ Missy

Title: Arms Wide Open by Patricia Harman
Date Received: 5/31/11
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from: Ypsilanti, MI
Sent to: East TN
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: nothing

Title: I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
Date Received:6/1/2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NY, NY
Sent to: PA
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Came with: nothing

Title: I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
Date Received:6/1/2011
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NY, NY
Sent to: CA
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Came with: nothing

Title: The Katyn Order by Douglas W. Jacobson
Date Received: June 2, 2011
Method of Delivery: U.S. Priority Mail
Sent from: Ithaca, NY
Sent to: Rural British Columbia, Canada
Packaging method: bubble-wrapped inside cardboard mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McBooks Press
Came with: letter from publisher

Thanks McBooks, it's wonderful to get a real book instead of an Advance Reading copy.

I still haven't received my L.Ron Hubbard books either. .. hopefully it'll come soon.

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Title: the zombie movie encyclopedia
Date Received: Early May 2011
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: the publisher
Sent to: Texas
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: Softcover/trade
Publisher: ?
Came with: nothing else

Title: Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead
Date Received: June 20
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Hollywood
Sent to: Brooklyn
Format: Softcover/trade
Publisher: Galaxy Press
Came with: nada

Title: Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead
Date Received: 27 June
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: LA, CA
Sent to: Western PA
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: softcover trade
Publisher: Galaxy
Came with: Stories from the Golden Age by L. Ron Hubbard book and audio catalog

Title: Pitch Dark
Date Received: September 27
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Madison, WI
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: trade paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Came with: letter from publisher

Title: Pitch Dark
Date Received: September 27
Method of Delivery: USPS delivered to mailbox
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Georgia
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: trade paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Came with: short letter from publisher

Finally! I was beginning to think this book was a lost hope.

Title: Bloodline by Mark Billingham
Date Received: between Dec 13 and Dec 17
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from:
Sent to: Arizona
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Finished hardcover
Publisher: Mulholland
Came with: letter from the managing director (or something like that)

Same as 146, received in SC on Dec. 18. Letter was a congratulations-on-winning this title and a promise that there was another in the series coming up shortly (letter now currently serving as a bookmark). Sent from Lebanon, IN. Very pleased that this one got here.