Early Reviewers : Feburary 2010 Books Received

Talk about quick! Yay, ebooks!

Title: Frost Moon by Anthony Francis
Date Received: 3/5/10
Method of Delivery: email
Packaging Method: attachment to email
Format: PDF (uncorrected pages dated Jan 2010)
Publisher: BelleBooks and Bell Bridge Books
Inserts: none really, but the email did include this lovely note...

Thanks for requesting a Bell Bridge Book title in February! Since you asked for either FROST MOON or TWICE DEAD, both of which are dark urban fantasy, I'm sending all requesters both novels. Enjoy!

Title: Twice Dead by Kalayna Price
Date Received: 3/5/10
Method of Delivery: email
Packaging Method: attachment to email
Format: PDF (of what looks like the final printed book)
Publisher: BelleBooks and Bell Bridge Books
Inserts: none

ETA: ...wait, why did I manage to misspell 'February'!?

Unbelievably fast! Congratulations.....and have you started reading yet? :)

>2 cee2:: I, unfortunately, am not so fast! I plan to start reading it on Monday, during my lunch hour at work.

'Ya think scheduling out when I read books is an indication that I'm reading, er, too many? No? Whew!

I received a Bell Bridge print book from an earlier batch and it came very quickly in that format too. I sent them an email thanking them for the quick shipping and made a comment about the cover art too. They also responded with a nice reply and how they really like LTER. I was disappointed that they only had the ebook versions in the February batch since I don't have an ereader yet ** sniff, sniff **. I definitely need to get an ereader soon! Anyhoo... Bell Bridge continues to get a thumbs up from me! I definitely keep my eye out for their books now.

Yeah, I have to be careful to avoid requesting something like a Kindle-only ebook, which I wouldn't be able to read, but these Bell Bridge books arrived in simple PDF format and I have no trouble opening them on a normal computer.

Though I guess you'd need to make sure whatever computer you are using to read the book also has the necessary Adobe Reader software installed. But that hasn't bothered me because that software is free.

Actually you can download free Kindle reader software (and B&N software, and Sony software) for your PC from each respective site. So you could read it on your PC. Unfortunately, I don't think I can read a full novel on my monster laptop. Too uncomfortable. Hence the **sniff, sniff...I need an ereader** comment! :)

Actually you can download free Kindle reader software...

Oooooooooo!

Yup... and then you can snap up the free ebooks they have! double ooooooooo! :)

Title: 'Explotacion de los recursos forestales desde el Neolitico hasta la época moderna en los valles de la Vansa-sierra de Cadi (Alt Urgell) y del Madriu (Andorra): analisis antracologico de estructuras altimontanas' by Itxaso Euba Rementeria.
Date received: 03/11/10
Method of Delivery: mail
Packaging Method: padded envelope
Format: softback
Publisher: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Inserts: none

Title: The Bread of Angels by Stephanie Saldana
Date Received: 3/11/10
Method of Delivery: UPS ground
Packaging Method: cardboard envelope
Format: hardback
Publisher: DoubleDay - Random House
Inserts: note of thanks and requesting reviews for LT and Amazon :)

Title: The Season of Second Chances by Diane Meier
Date received: 3/11/10
Method of delivery: USPS
Packaging method: bubbled envelope
Format: softcover ARC
Publisher: Henry Holt
Insert: letter from the publisher

Title: The Brontes Went to Woolworths by Rachel Ferguson
Date Received: 12 March 2010
Method of Delivery: Unknown, came through the office
Packaging Method: Bubbled Envelope
Format: Softcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Insert: Letter from publisher
Reaction: I squeaked

Title: Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Date Received: 3/12/2010
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Bubble Envelope
Format: softcover ARC
Publisher: Bethany House
Inserts: none

Title: No More Christian Nice Girl by Coughlin and Degler
Date Received: 12 March 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Padded Mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Bethany House
Inserts: None
Delivered to: East Coast USA

I've never noticed a kindle only e-book but am new to early readers. Do they sometimes have those? I have a kindle and prefer that over paper copies!!

Title: Mrs. Somebody Somebody by Tracy Winn
Date Received: 12 March 2010
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Inserts: None
Delivered to: East Coast USA

Getting ready to read and am excited!! This was my first month on library thing and I requested books before I had input very many into my catalog and worried they wouldn't have much to go on, but did get a lot input before the end of deadline. I'm still working on inputting. Can't belive I won something I actually want to read - my first time!!! Hoping this means more to come. Are there limits to how often people "win" per year?

Title: Going, Gone by Laura Crum
Date Received: March 12, 2010
Method of Delivery: Padded mailer via media mail
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Perseverance Press, John Daniel & Company
Inserts: Signed letter from the sales manager and news release about the book
Delivered to: near Phoenix, AZ

Title: She Walks in Beauty
Date Received: March 12, 2010
Method of delivery: bubble mailer
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Bethany House
Inserts: none
Delivered to: Euless, TX

Title: Get Lucky
Date Received: March 12, 2010
Method of delivery: bubble mailer
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Ballantine / Random House
Inserts: none
Delivered to: Atlanta, GA suburbs

Title: The Tale of Halcyon Crane
Date Received: March 12, 2010
Method of delivery: bubble mailer
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt
Inserts: Letter from Online Marketing Manager
Delivered to: Portland, OR suburbs

Title: Mathilda Savitch
Date Received: March 12, 2010
Method of delivery: bubble mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: Picador
Inserts: Marketing info on a card
Delivered to: NYC

Title/Author: Diet for a Hot Planet by Anna Lappe
Date Received: March 11, 2010
Method of delivery: bubble mailer
Format: hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Inserts: Letter from the online marketing manager
Delivered to: Rockville, Maryland, USA

I'm very excited about receiving this book to read. It's a great match for me!

Title/Author: Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire by Robert Perkinson
Date Received: March 12, 2010
Method of delivery: bubble mailer
Format: softcover uncorrected proof
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
Inserts: Letter from the publisher
Delivered to: NYC

Title: Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen
Date Received: 3/12/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Bubble manila envelope
Shipped from: NY
Shipped to: Charleston, WV
Format: Softcover, marked "advance reading copy"
Publisher: Public Affairs
Inserts: Personal note from marketing manager

Title: Midnight Fires: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft by Nancy Means Wright
Date Received: 03/13/10
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Packaging Method: Padded envelope
Shipped from: CA
Shipped to: FL
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Perseverance Press (John Daniel & Company)
Inserts: Extremely nice letter (signed by a real live person!) with invitation to email review to the sales manager and press release flyer

Title: If I loved you, I would tell you this
Date Received: 03/12/10
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Packaging Method: Padded envelope
Shipped from:
Shipped to: Ohio
Format: Trade hardback

Missed details from the envelope - as it was thrown away without my seeing it directly.

I got No Moon by Irene Watts on Wednesday. It was shipped from Canada so not sure how they mailed it. But it arrived fast!

Title: She Walks in Beauty
Date Received: March 12, 2010
Method of delivery: bubble mailer
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Bethany House
Inserts: none
Delivered to: Illinois

Title: The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
Date Received: 03/13/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Padded envelope
Shipped from: NY, NY
Shipped to: Western PA
Format: Paperback ARE
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. / Holt Paperbacks
Inserts: Short letter addressed to "Dear Librarythin.com Early Reviewer" from Online Marketing Manager

Title: Mrs. Somebody Somebody by Tracy Winn
Date Received: March 11, 2010
Format: Paperback clearly marked "Advanced Reader's Edition Not for Sale"
Publisher: Random House
Inserts: Frontispiece "letter" from assistant editor
Delivered to: Pennsylvania,

Title: Midnight Fires: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft by Nancy Means Wright
Date Received: 03/13/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Padded envelope
Shipped from: McKinleyville, CA
Shipped to: Pittsboro, NC
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: John Daniel & Company/Perseverance Press
Inserts: Letter to "Dear LibraryThing.com reader" and a one page blurb about the book

Received:
Title; Wild Romance
Author' Chole Schana
Date Rec; 3/13/2010
Publisher; Bloomsbury USA and Walker Books
Shipped From;New York,NY.
Shipped to; Elkhart,in.
Format; hardcover
Pkg.; Bubble Envelope
Insert; Letter thanking me for requesting the book.

Title: The Art of Losing by Kevin Young (ed)
Date Received: 03/13/10
Method of Delivery: USPS (presorted)
Packaging Method: Padded envelope
Shipped from: McKinleyville, CA
Shipped to: Chicago, IL
Format: Hardbound
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Inserts: Letter from Online Marketing Mgr to "Dear Reader"

Title: The Undervalued Self
Author: Elaine Aron
Date Received: 03/14/10
Method of Delivery: neighbor from several blocks away dropped it off after UPS (ground) mis-delivered it to them yesterday
Packaging Method: corrugated cardboard
Shipped from: Hachette Book Group, Lebanon, IN
Shipped to: Minneapolis, MN
Format: Hardbound
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Inserts: Packing List

Title: Love's Shadow
Author: Ada Leverson
Date Received: 03/12/10
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: bubble mailer
Shipped from: NY, NY
Shipped to: Boston, MA
Format: paperback trade edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Inserts: Letter from Online Marketing Mgr

Title: The Language of Sand
Author: Ellen Block
Date Received: 03/11/10
Method of Delivery: FEDEX Ground
Packaging Method: Envelope
Shipped from: NY, NY
Shipped to: Sebago ME
Format: paperback trade edition
Publisher: Random House
Inserts: None
WHOOO HOOOOOO!

Title: Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Date Received: 3/12/2010
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Bubble Envelope
Format: softcover ARC
Publisher: Bethany House
Inserts: none

Title: The Art of Losing by Kevin Young (ed)
Date Received: 03/15/10
Method of Delivery: USPS (presorted)
Packaging Method: Padded envelope
Shipped to: Richmond, VA
Format: Hardbound
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Inserts: Letter from Online Marketing Mgr to "Dear Reader"

Title: An Unfinished Score by Elise Blackwell
Date Received: 3/15/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Delivered to: Michigan
Packaging Method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Inserts: Print out w/ author bio, book praise and jacket info.

(I also received a nice note from the publisher last week in my LT comments telling me that the book was shipping. It was a very nice touch.)

Title: Pearl of China by Anchee Min
Date Received: 03/15/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Padded envelope
Shipped to: Chicago, IL
Format: Hardcover finished copy
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Inserts: Letter from Online Marketing Mgr to "Dear Reader"

Title: Once in a Blue Moon by Leanna Ellis
Date Received: 3/15/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: B&H Publishing Group, Nashville TN
Delivered to: Capon Bridge, WV
Packaging Method: manila, bubble pack envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group, Nashville TN
Inserts: none

Title: Midnight Fires: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft by Nancy Means Wright
Date Received: 03/15/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Padded envelope
Shipped from: McKinleyville, CA
Shipped to: North Dakota
Format: Soft Cover
Publisher: John Daniel & Company/Perseverance Press
Inserts: Letter to "Dear LibraryThing.com reader" and a one page blurb about the book

Title: Beside the Sea
Date received: 9th March 2010
Method of Delivery: mail
Packaging Method: Envelope
Shipped to: Manchester, UK
Format: softback
Publisher: Peirene Press
Inserts: Thank-you note (with my name on!) & leaflet advertising Peirene's 'Contemporary European Literature in Translation' series.

Title: The Man From Saigon
Date received: not sure, I was away until today!
Method of Delivery: mail
Packaging Method: Envelope
Shipped to: Florida
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday

no insert

(yay) and Thanks, Sonya!

Title: An Unfinished Score by Elise Blackwell
Date Received: 3/15/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Delivered to: New Jersey
Packaging Method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Inserts: Print out w/ author bio, book praise and jacket info.

As mentioned before I also received a note from the publisher notifying me that the book was shipping. Very nicely done.

Title: Spooky Little Girl by Laurie Notaro
Date Received: 3/15/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Delivered from: New York, NY
Delivered to: New England
Packaging Method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Villard (Random House)
Inserts: None

I got the Eye of the Red Tsar today, but because my husband found it in a puddle soaking wet I don't know other than it came UPS...gotta wait for it to dry out.

>48 Bookmarque:

ouch.

Title: The Art of Losing by Kevin Young (ed)
Date Received: 03/15/10
Method of Delivery: Not sure--husband tossed envelope out before I got a good look
Packaging Method: Bubble envelope
Shipped to: Topeka, Kansas
Format: Hardbound (and includes ribbon bookmark, which impressed me!)
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Inserts: Letter from Online Marketing Mgr to "Dear Reader"

Title: The Season of Second Chances by Diane Meier , Received : 3/12/2010 in Metro-Detroit , Delivery Method : USPS , Packaging : Bubblewrap envelope , Format : Tradeback ARC , Publisher : Henry Holt & Co. , Insert : Letter from publisher .

Title: How Lincoln Learned to Read by Daniel Wolff
Date Received: 03/15/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: padded mailer
Shipped to: McMinnville, OR (near Portland, OR)
Format: paperback retail edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Inserts: Letter from Online Marketing Mgr to "Dear Reader"

Title: The Brontes Went to Woolworths by Rachel Ferguson
Date Received: 03/15/2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging: bubble mailer
Shipped to: Alexandria, VA
Shipped from: New York NY
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Format: Paperback ARC marked "not for sale"
Inserts: Letter from Online Marketing Manger to "Dear Reader"

Title: Wild Romance by Chloe Schama
Date Received: March 12, 2010
Method of Delivery/Packaging - Not sure. I was so excited to get it so quickly that I just ripped it open and threw away the envelope!!
Shipped to: Media, PA
Publisher: Walker & Company
Insert: Letter from Online Marketing Managing to "Dear Reader"

Book is a soft cover and is clearly marked "Advance Reading Copy"

Title: Diet for a Hot Planet by Anna Lappe
Date Received: March 15, 2010
Method of delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging: bubble mailer
Format: hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Inserts: "Dear Reader" letter from Online Marketing Manager
Shipped From: NYC
Delivered to: Vienna VA

Title: Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland
Date Received: 3/16/10
Method of Delivery: UPS
Packaging Method: Manila Envelope w/ Cardboard shell??
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House/Bantam
Inserts: First page of book is a note from the VP of Bantam Books.
Shipped to: Ohio

I'm excited to read this. I do wish they had used a bubble mailer as there is some slight damage to the binding and the top right corner is kind of smashed. Nothing serious, but a bubble mailer would be a much better idea.

Title: The Art of Losing by Kevin Young (ed)
Date Received: 03/15/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Bubble envelope
Shipped to: Glen Allen, VA
Format: Hardbound w/dust jacket
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Inserts: Letter from Online Marketing Manager

I recieved One Good Dog by Susan Wilson a few days ago, I don't remember any of the shipping details. I'm without internet for a few weeks, but hopefully that means that when I come back I'll be ready to post the review!

Same as #43, except received in Dayton, OH.

Title: Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland
Date Received: 03/16/10
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Manila cardboard mailer
Shipped From: New York, New York
Shipped To: Sunny Wisconsin
Format: Softcover marked "Advanced Reader Edition - Not For Sale" and "Uncorrected Proofs"
Publisher: Random House, Inc./Bantam Books
Inserts: Frontispiece "letter" To Reader from Vice President, Editorial Director and a one-page blurb about the book and the author's inspiration for writing this book.
Reaction: Yippee Ty Yi Yay and danced a jig!!!!!

Title: Romancing Miss Bronte by Juliet Gael
Date Received: March 16, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS? (Sorry, wasn't home to receive it!)
Packaging Method: Heavy padded cardboard mailer
Format: Softcover ARC, size of a typical hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Inserts: none

Title: Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
Date Received: March 17, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Inserts: First page is a "Dear Reader" note.
Shipped From: NYC
Shipped to: North Georgia

YAY!!

Has anyone else gotten their copy of How Lincoln Learned to Read yet? Just curious, as no one else has mentioned getting it yet.

Title: Reporting At Wit's End
Received: March 17
Via U. S. postal delivery
In Padded envelope
Published by Bloomsbury USA
Insert "Dear Reader" note from online marketing manager.

Apology I had not seen this locus so started a new place which I'll try to eliminate

Title: Get Lucky
Date Received: March 17, 2010
Method of delivery: US postal bubble mailer
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Ballantine/Random House
Inserts: none
Shipped From: NY
Shipped To: outer suburbs Detroit

Reaction: Yay! then.. oh.. I've got 2 books to read before this one. ;)

Yes, My Darling Daughter by Margaret Leroy came earlier this week. Trade paperback in bubble mailer. I'm not OC enough to remember or care much about the rest of the details.

Title: Easy RUSSIAN for ENGLISH speakers
Date Received: 18 March 2010
Method of Delivery: Swedish Post office
Packaging Method: Padded Mailer
Format: Audio CD
Publisher: Max Bollinger
Inserts: Letter from author
Delivered to: West coast Sweden

Title: Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland
Date Received: 03/18/10
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Manila cardboard mailer
Shipped From: New York, New York
Shipped To: South Dakota
Format: Softcover marked "Advanced Reader Edition - Not For Sale" and "Uncorrected Proofs"
Publisher: Random House, Inc./Bantam Books
Inserts: Frontispiece "letter" To Reader from Vice President, Editorial Director and a one-page blurb about the book and the author's inspiration for writing this book.

Title: How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly by Connie May Fowler
Date Received: 3/18/10
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Mailed From: Lebanon, Indiana
Delivered to: Martinsburg, WV (label says "Martinsville")
Packaging Method: Hard corrugated cardboard mailer
Format: finished hardback
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Inserts: Packing list from Hachette Gifting

Title: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Body Yoga
Date Received: 3/18/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: Alameda,CA
Delivered to: Pacific Northwest/West
Packaging Method: Padded mailer
Format: Softcover
Publisher: Hunter House
Inserts: Letter

Title: Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
Date Received: March 18, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Inserts: First page is a "Dear Reader" note.
Shipped From: Random House, NYC
Shipped to: Austin, TX

Title: Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
Date Received: March 18, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Insert: Nice "Dear Reader" note front endpaper.
Shipped From: New York, NY
Shipped to: Surprise, AZ

Has anyone gotten Chef yet?

73. Nope, not I.

Title: A Corpse at St Andrew's Chapel by Mel Starr
Date Received: March 18, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Monarch Books
Insert: thanks for your interest letter and a packing slip
Shipped From: Grand Rapids, MI
Shipped to: Boston, MA

Title: A Corpse at St Andrew's Chapel by Mel Starr
Date Received: March 18, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Monarch Books
Insert: thanks for your interest letter and a packing slip
Shipped From: Grand Rapids, MI
Shipped to: Pelham, NH

Title: Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland
Date Received: 03/19/10
Method of Delivery: priority mail
Packaging Method: Manila cardboard mailer
Shipped From: New York, New York
Shipped To: FPO in Japan
Format: Softcover marked "Advanced Reader Edition - Not For Sale" and "Uncorrected Proofs"
Publisher: Random House, Inc./Bantam Books
Inserts: Frontispiece "letter" To Reader from Vice President, Editorial Director and a one-page blurb about the book and the author's inspiration for writing this book.

Yay! I got my early reviewer book yesterday!

Title: How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly by Connie May Fowler
Date Received: March 19, 2010
Method of Delivery: Purolator Parcel
Shipped to: Ottawa, Ontario
Packaging Method: Hard corrugated cardboard mailer
Format: finished hardback
Publisher: Hachette Book Group, distributor for Grand Central Publishing
Inserts: Packing list from Hachette Gifting

No one else has seen hide nor hair of Making the Rounds With Oscar either, huh?

Title: The Red Thread by Ann Hood
Date Received: March 19, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Paper Mailer
Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
Inserts: None (Received personalized comment from publisher on profile.)
Shipped From: NY, NY
Shipped to: Northern CT

Title: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Body Yoga
Date Received: 3/19/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: Alameda,CA
Delivered to: Denver
Packaging Method: Padded mailer
Format: Softcover
Publisher: Hunter House
Inserts: Letter

Title: Going, Gone by Laura Crum
Date Received: March 19, 2010
Method of Delivery: Padded mailer via media mail
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Perseverance Press, John Daniel & Company
Inserts: Signed letter from the sales manager and news release about the book
Delivered to: Houston, TX

Title: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Body Yoga by Emily Slonina
Date Received: 3/19/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: Alameda, CA
Delivered to: Howard, OH
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hunter House
Inserts: Letter

Title: Once in a Blue Moon
Author: Leanna Ellis
Date Received: Uncertain. It arrived while I was away on vacation.
The arrival date could have been no earlier than 3/15/2010 and was definitely no later than 3/17/2010.
Method of Delivery: USPS (Astonishingly, this fit in my mail box; most books I receive don't.)
Mailed From: Nashville, Tennessee
Delivered to: Mississippi
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: B & H Publishing Group
Inserts: None

You can usually tell UPS packages by the tracking number on them. UPS Tracking numbers usually start with 1Z. 15 characters follow the letter Z, some of which might be letters, most are numbers. Also, UPS will nearly always leave packages by your front door. The US postal service will only do that where the parcel doesn't fit in your mail box.

Title: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Body Yoga
Date Received: 3/19/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: Alameda,CA
Delivered to: Macon, GA
Packaging Method: Padded mailer
Format: Softcover
Publisher: Hunter House
Inserts: Letter

I'm a little uncertain about the details, considering I'm not at home and don't have the mailer the book was sent in. But:

Title: A Corpse at St. Andrew's Chapel
Date Received: 3/19/10
Method of Delivery:
Mailed From:
Delivered to: Radnor, PA
Packaging Method: Padded mailer
Format: Softcover
Publisher:
Inserts:

Well I received my ER book today and I believe I am the only one so far that has received it or that is admitting to getting it.

Title: Genoa Bay
Author: Bette Nordberg
Date Received: 3/20/10
Method of Delivery:USPS
Mailed From:Grand Rapids, MI
Delivered to: Boothwyn, PA
Packaging Method: Padded mailer
Format: Galley (I believe)
Publisher:Kregel Publications
Inserts:Letter from Publisher

Not sure what a Galley book is but since it is on a spiral and just regular paper I don't think it is the actual book.

Title: The Red Thread by Ann Hood
Date Received: 3/20/10
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: New York, NY
Mailed To: WI
Packaging Method: Paper Mailer
Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Inserts: none but did receive a comment on Librarything from the publisher

Title: How Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly by Connie May Fowler
Date Received: 3/20/10
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Mailed From: Lebanon, Indiana
Delivered to: Fall River, MA
Packaging Method: Corrugated cardboard mailer
Format: Finished Hardcover
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Inserts: Packing list from Hachette Gifting

Erm, I haven't really done this before, but I'll try to do it right...bear with me.

Title: Yes My Darling Daughter by Margaret Leroy
Date rec'd: 03.17.2010
M.O.D.: Can't remember
Mailed from: Geez, I'm gonna fail
Delivered to: (ooo! one I know!) Tennessee
Packaging: Padded envelope
Format: What? What the hell? Um, Paperback?
Publisher: Picador
Inserts: I'm assuming this is schtuff that they mail with it? I was gypped.

Title: Reporting At Wit's End
Date Received: March 17
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: New York, NY
Mailed To: New York, NY
Packaging Method: Padded Envelope
Format: Finished Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Insert: Letter from Online Marketing Manager

Forgot to post that I also received mine on 3/12/2010, all of the above, except it was received in Charleston SC. Finished today and off to post my review.

I got Romancing Miss Bronte four days ago, read it, and just did the review of it. This book arrived within a couple of weeks of my requesting it, but the first book I ever got, Bleeding Heart Square, didn't come until four months after I was told I'd be getting it. The second one actually came before the first. Go figure!

Title: The Language of Sand
Date Received: March 22
Method of Delivery: Fed-Ex
Mailed From: New York, NY
Mailed To: Georgia
Packaging Method: Padded Envelope
Format: Uncorrected proof
Publisher: Randon House
Insert: none

Title: The Lonely Polygamist
Date Received: March 22
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: New York
Mailed To: Ohio
Packaging: Padded Envelope
Format: Softcover ARC
Publisher: Norton
Insert: none (note from publisher on LT)

I haven't received Making Rounds With Oscar yet either ...

Title: Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
Date Received: March 22
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: New York
Mailed To: Colorado
Packaging: Padded Envelope
Format: finished hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Insert: Letter from Online Marketing Manager

Well, I'm both happy and unhappy about Making The Rounds With OScar not having appeared anywhere yet. I've basically been out of the house for a week because of all the flooding here in NJ so at least now I know it's not likely a delivery attempt was made by UPS and it maybe returned. (I got a thick wad of mail the first day they delivered again, but no book in it.)

Of course now we have ANOTHER flood starting, so it'll still be a few days before we get any kind of mail/deliveries around here again. :(

Title: Roman Quarries in the Northeast of Hispania (Modern Catalonia)
Author: Anna Gutiérrez Garcia-Moreno
Date Received: March 23
Method of delivery: Mail
Mailed from: Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain
Mailed to: Den Haag, The Netherlands
Package: Padded Envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Institut Catala d'Arqueologia Classica, Spain
Insert: None

Title: The Long Man by Steve Englehart
Date received: 3/23/10
Method of delivery: USPS
Packaging method: bubbled envelope
Sent from: NY, NY
Delivered to: Warner Robins, GA
Format: uncorrected softcover ARC
Publisher: Tor
Insert: none

I was also wondering about Making the rounds with Oscar - no sign of him here either!

If you're willing to do so, please share your reviews of these books in this new group: http://www.librarything.com/groups/reviewsofearlyreview

Is there any point at which we're supposed to tell some LT person that we didn't get books?

After 60 days you can mark the book as unreceived on your ER Books Received page.

I got Flight to Heaven a few days ago.

Has anybody received Orange is the New Black yet? I'm still waiting for mine.

Title: Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
Date Received: March 17, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Cardboard Mailer Envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Inserts: First page is a "Dear Reader" note.
Shipped From: NYC
Shipped to: Macon, Ga

I am in the process of moving so I had this shipped to my parents' house. I was informed it was delivered last Wednesday via UPS and I picked it up yesterday. Looks like a good one!

These books were good. Frost Moon took a bit for me to get into the story, and Twice Dead started like I would imagine it should have had I read the first book in the series first. I wasn't aware of that at first and was a little confused for a while but it was ok in the end.

I read both books in about 8 hours, man I would love it if someone would write a book that I love that would take me two or three days to read. Reading as fast as I do has become a very expensive hobby!!!!!!

I did like the books though. I was readdy surprised that I received one book, much less two books from the first month I requested any fo teh Early Reviewers books. It was a great surprise and was even better that it was a two for one on my first win!!!

YEAH!

I know what you mean about short books being expensive. When I read Under the Dome by Stephen King I was soo pleased with it because for one reason I felt like I got my money's worth since it was so long. At the 9.99 kindle price when it was only available in hardback, I felt like I got great value per word.

Title: The Long Man by Steve Englehart
Date received: 3/24/10
Method of delivery: USPS
Packaging method: bubbled envelope
Sent from: NY, NY
Delivered to: Willis, Tx
Format: uncorrected softcover ARC
Publisher: Tor
Insert: none

Title: 2017
Date received: 3/24/10
Method of delivery: USPS
Packaging method: bubbled envelope
Sent from: NY, NY
Delivered to: Cambridge, MA
Format: softcover ARC
Publisher: Overlook Press
Insert: letter

DevourerOfBooks, just to clarify -- 60 days from what point, from having received notice that we would be getting them?
(I just think it would be more useful if there was a way for LT to send the publisher a "nudge", sooner than that.)

>114 daisy32: Correct. 60 days from when you got your notice.

We have to get a couple other ducks in a row before we'd start nudging publishers before the 60 days. Sometimes that's just how long it takes for the order to go from the publisher to the warehouse to the delivery service.

Having the ER symbol attached to reviews now brings up another question. I haven't received my February book yet and in the past that wouldn't have concerned me. However, looking at the page for The Scent of Rain and Lightning, I see that 6 ER reviews have already been posted for the book. It makes me wonder if mine might have been lost in transit, or if the publisher just ran out of copies. Would the publisher want to know if it was lost in transit? If it was shipped by UPS or FedEx, or priority USPS, they would have a tracking number.

If it hasn't come after 60 days, I'll mark it as unreceived.

Whoohoo! Just got mine yesterday, and I'm very excited.

Title: The Dogs of Rome
Date Received: 3/24/10
Method of Delivery: USPS (who did a very talented job of shoving a large, square peg into a rather small, round hole)
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer envelope
Sent from: New York
Delivered to: Frisco, TX
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Insert: Packing slip

Title: Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
Date Received: March 25
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: New York
Mailed To: Chicago, IL
Packaging: Padded Envelope
Format: ARC-cover paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
Insert: nothing

I find it interesting how many differences there are between this copy (a soft-covered ARC with no inserts) and the one listed in #99 above (a hard-cover with a letter from the Marketing department) ... one would think that this "replacement batch" mailing would have been consistent!

#108: No, I haven't received my copy of Orange is the New Black yet, either.

I received The Dogs of Rome yesterday, just in time for spring break!

Would the publisher want to know if it was lost in transit?
As long as you mark it unreceived, I can then see that you didn't get it, and let the publisher know. Giving it 60 days means giving the package plenty of time to show up.

Publishers use different kinds of shipping. Confirming a package is an added cost, and media rate is cheaper in general.

Title: Orange is the New Black
Date Received: March 25
Method of Delivery: UPS
Mailed From: New York
Mailed To: Waterford, WI
Packaging: Cardboard Envelope
Format: ARC Uncorrected Proof Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Insert: nothing

Title: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Date Received: March 26, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS
Packaging Method: Big cardboard box-book is huge!
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Ballantine Books/Random House
Inserts: None, first page has "Dear Reader" note.
Shipped From: NYC
Shipped to: North Jersey

>#122
I'm glad to see you got your copy. Maybe I'll get mine soon; I'm farther away, in Colorado. Thanks for posting.

#124: Hope you get yours soon! :)

Title: Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
Date Received: March 20, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Insert: Nice "Dear Reader" note front endpaper.
Shipped From: New York, NY
Shipped to: Simi Valley, CA

116. I know what you mean. I usually wouldn't worry either. I haven't received The Dead Travel Fast, but am now noticing that others have reviewed the book. Now wondering whether it's lost.

Also, I notice that, at least right now, the sentence that says I can mark it unreceived in 60 days is not in blue so that I can click on it. Will it turn blue in 60 days to allow me to let LT know that it's a no-show?

>127 prmorgan: Correct.

123, lisally: Big cardboard box-book is huge!

Indeed! I got mine today. By the size of the box I thought the publisher sent me a new refrigerator by mistake. It's huge! :P

Title: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Date Received: March 29, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Giant "3 lbs" box
Format: Trade Paperback (Advanced Reading Edition) or more accurately, OVERSIZED paperback, it's rather large.
Publisher: Ballantine Books/Random House
Inserts: None
Shipped From: New York
Shipped to: Ohio

Title: Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Date Received: March 29, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Paperboard Envelope
Format: Trade Paperback (Advanced Uncorrected Proofs)
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau,mailed from Random House/Bertelsmann
Inserts: None
Shipped From: New York
Shipped to: Colorado

The paperboard envelope was split but it doesn't seem that any damage was done. Thank you, LT, Spiegel & Grau and Random House/Bertelsmann!

As I'm still newish and getting my feet wet, I find this curious. Am I right that nowhere on the posting of ER is there a mention of length of books? How do ER readers feel about that? Would you select differently if you knew it would be long or short? On the one hand, I wouldn't want too short of a book if I only can receive one (I know, now there is option for two) but on the other hand, if the book isn't good and there is the obligation to review it, you have to read it. It would be depressing to have to plug through 1000 pages of something you dislike. Do you all look at the length of the book as another Russian Roulette aspect to the whole process? good/bad/long/short...

131: It's an interesting question. This book I just recieved is 766 pages and they crammed quite a bit of text on each page. I could be reading this for upwards of a month if it turns out to be slow. So it is possible that listing page numbers could affect what I request. But as it is, I'm not deterred by a large size. In fact, I'm quite eager to get this book started! :)

There is no sign yet of Simon Tolkien's The Inheritance in California. I don't see receipts here by any others either. sigh ...

Since it's all true for me, I'm just going to shamelessly steal the listing from 129. Can't wait to dive into this one.

Title: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Date Received: March 29, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Giant "3 lbs" box
Format: Trade Paperback (Advanced Reading Edition) or more accurately, OVERSIZED paperback, it's rather large.
Publisher: Ballantine Books/Random House
Inserts: None
Shipped From: New York
Shipped to: Ohio

Title: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Date Received: March 29, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Giant "3 lbs" box
Format: Trade Paperback (Advanced Reading Edition) or more accurately, OVERSIZED paperback, it's rather large.
Publisher: Ballantine Books/Random House
Inserts: None
Shipped From: New York
Shipped to: Indiana

Haven't seen any mention of Half Life by Roopa Farooki, either.

Oscar has landed! Yippeee!

Title: Making Rounds With Oscar by David Dosa, MD
Date received: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS PRSRT STD
Packaging Format: Heavy cardboard mailing envelope
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Hyperion
Inserts: None
Shipped from: East Brunswick, NJ
Shipped to: Ventura County, CA

Received Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans.

Received Making rounds with Oscar Settling in to read!

Title: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Date received: 3/30/10
Method of delivery: UPS
Packaging method: box
Sent from: NY, NY
Delivered to: Nashville, TN
Format: softcover ARC
Publisher: Random House

I got Half Life in DC on Monday- regular padded envelope from NY shipped UPS.

Really looking foward to this one!!!!

Title: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Date Received: March 29, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Method: Giant "3 lbs" box
Format: Trade Paperback with an Advanced Reader's Edition label
Publisher: Ballantine Books/Random House
Inserts: None (Dear Reader note on first page)
Shipped From: New York
Shipped to: Pittsburgh, PA

Title: Half Life by Roopa Farooki
Date Received: March 31, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS 2nd day air
Packaging Method: Padded envelope
Format: Trade Paperback with an Advanced Reader's Edition label
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Inserts: None (Back cover says "Please tell us what you think of this book.")
Shipped From: New York
Shipped to: Boulder Creek, CA

Title: Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
Date "Received": March 31 (retrieved from post office, where it had been for an unknown period of time)
Method of Delivery: USPS
Mailed From: New York
Mailed To: California
Packaging: Padded Envelope
Format: finished hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press USA
Insert: Letter from Online Marketing Manager

Yippeeee!!!!

131. >>> In general, I like long books... but I don't choose ER books by their length. In some ways, I'd rather not know. But when/if the time comes that I find one to be unreadable, I have no problem stopping at whatever point I can no longer tolerate the book and writing a review of the portion I did read.

My review of Makers is one of those. I love most science fiction, and was thrilled to be chosen by the publisher to receive a copy. This was outside of LibraryThing, but the concept is the same. I promised a review.

I started reading the book. Slow start... not good but I kept on beyond my 50 page minimum because there were parts I liked. Kept on beyond the hundred page (normally maximum) for books I just can't get into because there were still parts I liked... but it was very slow - going. And the "chapters" in Makers are long. I gave up around page 145 because I was spending far too much time reading a book I wasn't getting deeply into... and I had to say that in my review... such as it is. I hate being disappointed, because I had such high hopes for that book. It's the first science fiction book I've gotten to review in quite awhile, and I really, really wanted to like it more than I do.

Hi! Anybody receive their copy of Early Reviewers copy of The TMJ Healing Plan: Ten Steps to Relieving Persistent Jaw, Neck and Head Pain yet?

>139 slstringfellow: RE FEB ER Making Rounds with Oscar
Received 03-31-10!! Will have my nose in it at lunch!

Title: A Corpse at St Andrew's Chapel by Mel Starr
Date Received: March 20, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS
Packaging Method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Monarch Books
Insert: thanks for your interest letter and a packing slip
Shipped From: Grand Rapids, MI
Shipped to: Seattle, WA

I still have not received my copy of Chef by Jaspreet Singh from the February batch... has anyone else?

Finally, Oscar!

Title: Making Rounds With Oscar by David Dosa, MD
Date received: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS PRSRT STD
Packaging Format: Heavy cardboard mailing envelope
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Hyperion
Inserts: None
Shipped from: East Brunswick, NJ
Shipped to: Buffalo, NY

OK, if Oscar is starting to show up, I'm going to have to try to get to the post office where all my mail is being held while it can't be delivered during the flood.

@149: I have not received Chef by Jaspreet Singh , either.

Title: Making Rounds With Oscar by David Dosa, MD
Date received: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS PRSRT STD
Packaging Format: Heavy cardboard mailing envelope
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Hyperion
Inserts: None
Shipped from: East Brunswick, NJ
Shipped to: Tampa, FL

Funny that it got to FL quicker than NY when it was shipped from NJ. LOL...Received it yesterday and read it...I'll post my review this weekend. (thumbs up...a definite must read if you like books about the special critters in our lives...kinda reminiscent of Dewey the Library Cat)

Title: Anthropology of an American Girl
Author: Hilary Thayer Hamann
Date Received: April 1, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS Ground
Packaging Method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Insert: Thanks for your interest letter
Shipped From: New York, NY
Shipped to: Healdsburg, CA

Can't wait to get into it!

Title: The Wife's Tale
Author: Lori Lansens
Date Received: don't recall
Method of Delivery: UPS
Packaging Method: corrugated cardboard
Shipped from: Hachette Book Group (don't recall location)
Shipped to: Midlothian, TX
Format: Hardbound
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Inserts: None that I remember

I received my book before we moved in early March. This is my first ER book, so I didn't think to keep track of the date I got it or anything like that! :-) I haven't read it yet, as we're still settling in from our move, but it's next on my TBR stack. I'm also expecting one from the March ER batch, and I'm really excited about that!

Title: Making Rounds With Oscar by David Dosa, MD
Date received: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS PRSRT STD
Packaging Format: Heavy cardboard mailing envelope
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Hyperion
Inserts: None
Shipped from: East Brunswick, NJ
Shipped to: Kennesaw, GA

Title: Making Rounds With Oscar by David Dosa, MD
Date received: Monday April 5, 2010 (was probably at PO a few days while mail couldn't be delivered to my area)
Method of Delivery: USPS PRSRT STD
Packaging Format: Heavy cardboard mailing envelope
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Hyperion
Inserts: None
Shipped from: East Brunswick, NJ
Shipped to: Wayne, NJ

Title: A Dog with No Tail by Hamdi Abu Golayel
Date received: Tuesday, April 6
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority
Packaging Format: Heavy cardboard mailing envelope
Format: Shrink-wrapped hardcover (very nice!)
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Inserts: Packing slip
Shipped from: Herndon, VA
Shipped to: Chesapeake, VA

Title: Digitally Daunted: The Consumer's Guide to Taking Control of the Technology in Your Life by Sean Westcott & Jean Riescher Westcott
Date received: April 7, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority Mail
Packaging Format: Corrugated cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Capital Books, Inc.
Inserts: Packing slip
Shipped from: Dulles, VA
Shipped to: Woodsfield, OH

Title: Murder in Paradise by Alanna Knight
Date received: April 7, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority Mail
Packaging Format: Corrugated cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Inserts: Packing slip
Shipped from: Dulles, VA
Shipped to: Chicago, IL

Title: Murder in Paradise by Alanna Knight
Date received: April 8, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority Mail
Packaging Format: Corrugated cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Inserts: Packing slip
Shipped from: Dulles, VA
Shipped to: Indian River MI

Today's mail brought "An American Type" by Henry Roth. Published by Norton, edited by Willing Davidson (whose unusual first name gains significance when you read his "Afterword").
This is an ARC (Advanced Reading Copy), that looks quite like a quality paperback tho it has only one of the 4 photographs mentioned on the back cover, and only 278 of the stated 320 pages that the book will contain in its $25.95 hardcover due for June publication. (No inserts/arrived by mail to Walnut Creek CA.)
~~~ A note about those very long books mentioned above: If it's a novel one might "skim" and in your review mention that this review is "A birds-eye view," or "....on the basis of the first 20 chapters and a peek at the end, this book...." In any event be honest and fair. Do post a review, and live happily ever after.

Yay! The TMJ Healing Plan: Ten Steps to Relieving Persistent Jaw, Neck and Head Pain arrived in my mailbox sometime between Thursday and yesterday, and I picked it up today.

It arrived in a brown padded envelope from Hunter House Inc., Publishers which is located in Alameda CA. (I'm in Los Angeles, CA.) It is a trade paperback (not an ARC) and came with a very nice cover letter from the senior marketing associate at the publisher's.

Sorry it took me awhile, but I did receive Pearl of China...much to my joy and surprise, and I have already devoured it. Loved it and will be doing an official review soon, here and on blog. Thank you!

Anyone get Chef yet? I see it comes out tomorrow and I still don't have my copy.

Confession: I got book. I read book. I wrote review. I sent review to publisher. I can't remember where it should go here other than to my library tho I know there is a place. . .WHERE?????

Just in the review field in your own catalog

166 > if you edit (pencil) the book in your catalog there is a box to save reviews. Paste your review in there and save. All done.

I just got Chef today--finally.

Me, too! I received Chef today:)
Date: 12 April 2010
UPS Priority in padded envelope
paperback; published by Bloomsbury
Inserts: cordial letter inviting me to spread the word
shipped from New York to Mechanicsburg, PA

Has anyone received 61 Hours by Lee Child yet?

>168 readafew:, Esta has lots of reviews, so I think she just thought she had to do something else in addition to the normal review field, which she doesn't.

I received Chef today as well
Date: 13 April 2010
UPS Priority in padded envelope
paperback; published by Bloomsbury
Inserts: cordial letter inviting me to spread the word
shipped from New York to Geneva, IL

I got Chef today too, all the same details as 173 except mine was US Postage paid, and was shipped to Los Angeles.

Title: God of the Hive by Laurie R. King
Date received: April 13, 2010
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Format: Jiffi Rigi Mailer
Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Inserts: None
Shipped from: NY, NY
Shipped to: Denver, CO

I finally received Chef by Jaspreet Singh
Date: 12 April 2010
UPS Priority in padded envelope
paperback; published by Bloomsbury
Inserts: cordial letter inviting me to spread the word
shipped from New York to Geneva, IL

Wow, this is the longest I had to wait for a book, but it arrived today (and it's surprisingly thin!):

Title: Digitally Daunted: The Consumer's Guide to Taking Control of the Technology in Your Life by Sean Westcott & Jean Riescher Westcott
Date received: April 19, 2010
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Packaging Format: Corrugated cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Capital Books, Inc.
Inserts: Packing slip
Shipped from: NY
Shipped to: NB, Canada

I haven't received The Scent of Rain and Lightning either.

Title: Digitally Daunted: The Consumer's Guide to Taking Control of the Technology in Your Life by Sean Westcott & Jean Riescher Westcott
Date received: April 21, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS/Canada Post
Packaging Format: Corrugated cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Capital Books, Inc.
Inserts: Packing slip
Shipped from: Dulles, VA
Shipped to: Edmonton, AB, Canada

A great way to start the weekend - receiving a nice, new book!

Title: A Dog with No Tail by Hamdi Abu Golayel
Date received: April 23, 2010
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority
Packaging Format: Heavy cardboard mailing envelope
Format: Shrink-wrapped hardcover
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Inserts: Packing slip
Shipped from: Dulles, VA
Shipped to: Victoria, British Columbia

Title: The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn
Date Received: April 26, 2010
Method of Delivery: U.S. Mail
Packaging format: padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: Mira
Shipped from: Ontario, Canada
Shipped to: NC

Sorry for the late post - this arrived while I was stuck in London because of the volcano.....

Title: Ribbons for Their Hair by Estelle Chasen
Date Received: circa 21 April 2010
Method of Delivery: U.S. Media Mail
Packaging format: padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House
Shipped from: Lynbrook, NY
Shipped to: Pittsburgh, PA
Insert: Letter from the publisher

Title: 61 Hours by Lee Child
Date Received: 5/5/10
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging Mailer: Padded Mailer
Destination: Illinois
Format: Finished Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Inserts: None

Title: Cutting Myself in Half
Date Received: 5/8/10
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Packaging Mailer: Cardboard book mailer
Shipped from: Deerfield Beach, Florida
Destination: Florida
Format: Finished Paperback
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
Inserts: None

Sorry for the late post..

Title: How Lincoln Learned to Read
Author: Daniel Wolff
Date Received: 3/30/2010
Method of Delivery: USPS
Format: Finished Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Inserts: None

Title: The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
Date received: 5/25/2010
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Knoxville, TN
Method of delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Insert: none

Title: In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy
Date received: 7/19/10
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Watertown, MA
Method of delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Insert: letter asking reviewers to share reviews with Bloomsbury via e-mail.

I'm very glad to finally receive this, as I've heard such good things about the book!

Just when I had about thrown in the towel, look what showed up today:

Title: In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy
Date received: 7/20/10
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Austin, Texas
Method of delivery: UPS Ground
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Insert: Letter from Bloomsbury Marketing requesting that reviews be posted on LT, Goodreads, Amazon.com, etc.

Ironically, I have already reviewed this novel because one of the kind LT souls who received an ARC by mistake in the original shipment tracked me down and sent me her copy. After reading and reviewing the novel, I passed that ARC along to another LTER who was scheduled to receive it in the first place. So, once the dust has settled, I am thrilled to have a permanent copy for my library!

I finally received Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin!

Date received: 7/20/10
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: California
Method of delivery: USPS
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Finished Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin
Insert: Nothing