Hi guys! Here’s my IMM post for the books I bought in the last month. In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren, you should visit there for more info and to participate!
I talk a lot. And I’m a huge dork. Here’s the books mentioned:
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu
- Eat Slay Love by Jesse Petersen
- Beowulf translated byBurton Raffel
- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
- Medea by Euripides
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
- Ice Cream & Sadness (Cyanide & Happiness Volume 2) by Kris, Rob, Matt, and Dave
- Outlander (20th Anniversary Edition) by Diana Gabaldon
- Growing Up X by Ilyasah Shabazz
- Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
- Last Chance by Jill Marie Landis
- Nantucket Nights by Elin Hilderbrand
- Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
- Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
- Banagrams: The Official Book
- Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan
- Nightwatch by Sergei Lukyanenko
- Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce
- American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
- Tears for Water by Alicia Keyes
- The Beach House by Jane Green
- The Secret Life of Josephine by Carolly Erickson
- (forgot to mention this one, because I’m reading it now) The Summer Garden by Paullina Simons
And that’s it! Almost thirty books in one month… wow. I blame it on Borders closing 
If you’ve read or know anything about any of these, leave me a comment and let me know! Have a good Sunday!
~Sarah
Okay, I know you like strong female characters and that means you must read Medea sooner rather than later! She is kick butt strong. Not necessarily nice but strong.
WOW!! that’s a nice IMM. I haven’t heard of some of those, so nice to hear about them. Medea , must look into that one.
MIchelle
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Wow, that’s quite a list of titles! Lots of classics in there. I really liked Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley. I love her books.
Borders closing sucks, but you did get some really great books out of it! I read The Magicians about a year ago and it wasn’t for me, I’m looking forward to hearing what you think of it! (and hope you’ll like it better…)
And Beauty Queens looks and sounds amazing, I’m hoping to read it soon
I always wanted to read vanity fair. thanks for stopping by!
I love that you have an Outlander shelf. You always convince me to read it, so if I see a cheap copy, I’ll have to pick it up.
I’ve never played Bananagrams, but I think I would LOVE it!
You can definitely borrow one of my copies if you want! Actually, now that I think about it last time I was at the library I saw a mass market copy of it in the little used bookstore there, for only $1. It was shelved with all the romance mass markets.
Oooh, thanks for the heads up! I’ll stop in there this week and see if they still have it.
This is an impressive list of good books:) Happy reading!
I also got The Magicians on my last trip to Borders… it IS the beginning of the series – the next book The Magician King, is either already out or soon will be! (I’m with you; I really want to read this one, but I’m trying to resist temptation). I think I may follow your lead on my next Borders outing and pick up some classics for my shelves. I HAD the first seven books of the Outlander series, but loaned them all out to one person (in hardcover, no less), and they never made it back, which kind of made me mad. At least I still have my autographed Companion book, and I am determined to get the series back on my shelf in hardcover, one title at a time.
You had a great book-buying/obtaining month – love it!
I love that you picked up some classics. I think that Canterbury Tales is pretty ingenious for it’s time. I recently read Vanity Fair. I didn’t hate it nor did I love it but you can definitely get the sense of the satire.
I’ve never played banana grams but now I really want to.
I haven’t read either yet, but hoping I’ll get to them sometime this year. And Bananagrams is really fun! I played with my friend the other night, I love it. Although she kicks my butt in it everytime.