ARC's received in the mail (May edition)

A Thread of Truth by Marie Bostwick arrived this morning! Not technically an ARC, a nice autographed trade paperback!! Doin' the Snoopy dance this beautiful morning in May!!

Carlos Ruiz Zafón's The Angel's Game, and wasn't I thrilled! It's actually been one heck of a week for ARCs. Earlier, I received review copies (though also not technically ARCs) of It Happened in Italy: Untold Stories of how the People of Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust, by Elizabeth Bettina and Which Puppy?, by Kate Feiffer.

Today I received Etta by Gerald Kolpan from a gracious fellow librarythinger! :) I'm looking forward to reading this one.

An Edible History of Humanity arrived yesterday.

And

Austism and Me: Sibling Stories ... and...
Down Around Midnight arrived today.

FYI-- if you've got a WWII buff in the house. I received 2 copies of WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, The Nazis and the West yesterday. The books tie-in to the PBS special that will begin on May 6th and I'll be doing a give-away starting next week.

An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage arrived today. It's a nice finished hardcover.

I received An Edible History of Humanity a couple of days ago and received Secrets to Happiness today.

I received Every Last Cuckoo and Valeria's Last Stand yesterday.

I received Perfection: a Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal from Hyperian yesterday.

Miss Mermaid, I did too! We can compare notes. I am reading my copy as soon as I review This Present Darkness today. I have to review it in LT, Book Blogs, and my blog so that will take some time. Anyhow, looking forward to it.

>9 scarpettajunkie:, scarpetta, do you do different reviews for each place?

Two books today, only one is actually an ARC, but neither is available yet. For a blog tour, Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton and New Stories of the South from Algonquin.

I received Knight's Angel: No. 1 in the 'Fated to Love' series by Ronda Melendez

Devourer of Books, I always have done different reviews for each site until today. I was very satisfied with my review for This Present Darkness so I left it the same for here, Book Blogs, and http://scarpettajunkiesblog.myblogsite.com. I figured not every one is going to hit all three sites and it saved me some time as I have a new ARC to review.

Jen, (DOB) now I'm weirding out...I almost always put the same review up wherever I review. I'm too lazy to write three or four different reviews for the same book. I'm still a major noob about the whole blog thing..I suppose this is bad, huh? I can't see myself actually writing different reviews, maybe I should just limit where I post them? I usually do my blog and LT, but sometimes put it up on bookblogs, etc.

Is it bad to put the same review on different sites?

Arrgh...there is much I don't know......

>13 NovelBookworm:, Kelly,
Don't worry, most people don't bother to do the extra work that scarpettajunkie does. I don't always put the EXACT same review on all sites, but that's just because I sometimes just omit the summary paragraphs from my blog (where I think they're more necessary) when I post here (where they aren't as necessary, particularly if there are many other reviews). I've heard somewhere that Google may downgrade your site a bit of the text is repeated a whole bunch of places, but if a review is mostly the same here, your blog, and one or two other places I think you're probably fine.

#13 I always post the same review everywhere. I sometimes omit sections more appropriate to my blog, but I'd never be able to write a different review of the same book for 3 different places. I don't think it's bad at all.

yesterday i, too, received Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz....and i post the same review everywhere...i post. sometimes i elaborate on style/character...depending on the Site.

A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick showed up today...

I got a copy of American Eve from Penguin.

I received Dark Places today

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

An Edible History of Humanity

Autism and Me: Sibling Stories

Down Around Midnight: A Memoir of Crash and Survival

arrived in the last week.

Received "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" yesterday!

Yesterday I received an ARC of Jeff in Venice which was released mid-April. Is it unusual to receive an ARC after the book is published?

>20 ThePam: and >21 eaklemp: Recently read both of those books and, though entirely different, loved both! Hope you do, too!

>22 MissMermaid118:,
Slightly, you'll usually get a finished copy at that point, but if they still have ARCs left they will send them out to reviewers then so as not to waste them.

>22 MissMermaid118: Thanks, Jen! I guess it's better "late" than never.

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi yesterday....ARC or not, it looks to be quite a treat!

Today I received Cutting For Stone from Pantheon publishers. This week I received two more ARCs, one about finding God from Bethany House publishers and another Annie's Ghosts from FSB Associates. I am finishing up Highland Scandal by Julia London, then I have my work cut out for me.

Cutting for Stone was the best book I've read this year! Hope you enjoy it.

I received The Well and the Mine thanks to the ER program and Beach Trip as part of a blog book tour.

I loved Cutting for Stone. The beginning hooks you, the middle seems boring but is very important and by the end you are left satisfied.

Thanks for the heads up on Cutting For Stone. I've yet to get to my ARC but I'm looking forward to it. Now I know to pay attention just when I think it gets boring. Good tip, as that is how key points get missed.

I loved Cutting for Stone all the was through - no boring parts for me!

A few days ago I received Hurricane 2012: The Ultimate Storm by Arnaldo Ricciulli.

Today I received a hard-cover version of North from Calcutta by Duane Evans.

Today I received Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi in Sydney. I was a bit suprised as i had requested it a while ago, and assummed I had missed out.

Last week I received Highland Obsession by Dawn Halliday (directly from the author), and Blood Bayou by Karen Young (through the ER program)

Neil Armstrong is My Uncle came today.

Received The Marriage Bureau for Rich People today.

Yesterday, i got Painting the Invisible Man by Rita Schiano.....a Review Copy from Bostick

Three books in three days!

Today it is An Edible History of Humanity. Nice surprise as it is a finished hardcover copy.

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and The Girl Who Stopped Swimming (two copies!) showed up yesterday.

Got a finished copy of The Walking People today, courtesy of UPS. =)

yesterday i got an ARC of Nothing but Trouble by Susan May Warren...i read about this in SA and sent a cold request..i usually don't read Christian Fiction but this sounded pretty good...and three friends of mine have already asked to borrow it...but no one is willing to write a review..so they have to wait.

On Friday I received In The Land of Cotton by Martha A. Taylor and also Valeria's Last Stand: A Novel by Marc Fitten.

So far in May I've received:

An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
Adopted For Life by Russell D. Moore (from LT's Early Reviewer program)
Magickeepers: The Eternal Hourglass by Erica Kirov
and
Neil Armstrong is My Uncle by Nan Marino.

I finished the Nan Marino book last week, a couple days after I got it, and Magickeepers didn't take me long to finish, either.

today:
The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer

Of Bees and Mist arrived today via MiB. It's the newest Barnes & Noble First Look book... looks pretty good.

I got The Wet Nurse's Tale too.

I received Waking Up in Eden from Algonquin today.

About 1/2 through The Wet Nurse's Tale. This lady knows her stuff.

I received a second copy of Beach Trip in the mail because of a mix up. I'd like to offer it to someone here who will review it on their blog. US only please. Leave me a comment it you're interested.

I received Of Bees and Mist which is a B&N First Look book club read and Cemetery Dance which is an ARC. I have only started of Bees and Mist which turns out to be a fairy tale. I love how the staircase in the lead character's house grows and shrinks. I'd hate to have it grow if I was carrying a basket of laundry. Not so crazy about the cloud of mist hanging over the front door.

Yesterday I received Death Piled Hard: A Tale of the Confederate Secret Services by W. Patrick Lang. It sounds very interesting!

Yesterday I received ARCs of Crying Tree and Sweeping Up Glass, I think both through Shelf Awareness. Both look really good!

Crying Tree showed up today... Was it SA? I don't have it written down as requested... Any ideas where to send the reviews?? Looks really good though. It'll be next up after Of Bees and Mist.

Pirate Coley, I have The Crying Tree as well. I think some publicist somewhere played switch on us.

I also received The Lost Throne today. Also this week, I have received Cemetery Dance.

I am in the middle of Cutting For Stone and I also had to read the first nine chapters Of Bees and Mist. All else is really waiting for Cutting For Stone to be finished.

I also got Of Bees and Mist today-yeah!!!

I received a copy of The Crying Tree yesterday as well and I am not completely sure where it came from (LOL) but it looks good. It may have been SA. The UPS man showed up at the door and I thought for sure that it was the Charles Grodin book from the March Early Reviewer batch. What a pleasant surprise! (No offense to Mr. Grodin intended.)

Got a copy of The Lost Throne by Chris Kuzneski today, thanks to Shelf Awareness. I'd actually forgotten I'd requested it until it showed up today.

And here I thought I'd have nothing for Mailbox Monday this week!

Emily's Ghost and Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death arrived here today.

I received Rooftops of Tehran from Goodreads and Crying Tree from Shelf Awareness. Always a pleasant surprise to get presents in the mail!

A couple of days ago I received A Grain of Sand and yesterday had a note that Purolator Courier had been by when I wasn't home. I picked the book up today, No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love. It's been a good week!

i'm glad to have stumbled on the discussion of posting the same review on different sites. I have just done a few but post them here, goodreads, amazon, my blog and sometimes b&n. i hadn't thought to revise it for each site - had just maximized exposure for each review!

i guess i'll tweak them a bit now, to make sure that i don't get lower ratings from google.

I received Of Bees and Mist from B&N this week, as well as The Crying Tree. They both look great in different ways.

Easy on the Eyes came today.

The Crying Tree arrived in Sydney today.

The Crying Tree and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie (not an arc) arrived on Friday and also a little goodies kit from The Art Of Racing In The Rainfor my book club that I requested.

Today in the mail a couple of nice surprises! I received Dangerously Innocent by Nesrine Joseph and The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley.

The Crying Tree arrived in my mailbox today! This is a good week so far! :)

The Jewel Box by Anna Davis came in the mail (cold request) with two other books from Amazon. It makes up for the fact that it decided to rain. If it is raining tomorrow and I have to walk the dog I am so not going to be a happy camper.

I got The Castaways today!

The Actor and the Housewife came today from Bloomsbury, a finished hardcover! I think from Shelf Awareness...

I got The Actor and the Housewife today, too....a finished hardcover to boot...my first from Bloomsbury..

Today I received Words Unspoken by Elizabeth Musser and How Sweet It Is by Alice J. Wisler. This is books 4 & 5 this week! Mt. TBR is expanding!

O.K., so I'm not going to BEA, but I'm certainly not without some swag! Today I received finished copies of The Actor and the Housewife, The Devlin Diary, and an ARC of Fragment. I'm pretty snowed under right now. Too bad there's no chance of a snow day in May to catch up!

I haven't been posting here regularly (work and a lot of travel have kept me busy), but here are a few things that have come in recently:

Lost Boy by Brent W Jeffs, which is actually an Early Reviewer book
The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer
Two to Six: A Sex Offender's Story

Plus, I picked up a couple of new ones. My TBR pile is getting unmanageable.

Can't wait to see what our BEA buddies have to tell us about their experiences and the loot.

But Fragment arrived today in DC area. Paperback arc.

Number 73, Miss Mermaid, can you tell me how you requested The Devlin Diary? I would love to review it but can't figure out how to e-mail the publisher.

>76 scarpettajunkie: scarpettajunkie: Are you a member of Book Blogs? Pocket Books posted a blog tour for June 29th and I signed up there. They sent the book out that day.

This week I got a copy of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I have been wanting to read, but I have no idea why it was sent to me. It came from Random House and my bookclub is signed up there...Maybe it was just a random gift?

Today I received Trips, a Lonely Planet book of trips through The Carolinas, Georgia & the South by Alex Leviton. Touchstone only appears to work if I leave the book title as Trips.

I also received Perfection: a memoir of betrayal and renewal by Julie Metz.

BEA day 1 loot:

Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Stage Fright by Meg Cabot, signed copy
Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines
Meet Rebecca by Jacqueline Dembar Greene, signed copy
Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Secret Society by Tom Dolby, signed copy
Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda, signed copy
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr, signed copy
A Map of the Known World by Lisa Ann Sandell, signed copy
Forest Born by Shannon Hale, signed copy
Demon Princess: Reign or Shine by Michelle Rowan
Lady Macbeth's Daughter by Lisa Klein
The Pale Assassin by Patricia Elliot
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko, signed copy
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, signed copy

OK, that's it -- I'm going to BEA next year ;)

I did get a copy of The Doomsday Key by James Rollins thanks to the Vine program -- the last book for the month of May.

Thankfully, we're headed to the beach in a couple weeks, so I'll have some time to read.