It’s Monday and time to take stock of the gems that appeared in my mailbox this week.
House and Home, by Kathleen McCleary – I received this for the upcoming Book Tour hosted through TLC Book Tours. Here is the schedule for the book tour:
Wednesday, September 3rd: Hooked on Houses
Friday, September 5th: It’s All About Books
Monday, September 8th: The Literate Housewife
Wednesday, September 10th: Books and Cooks
Friday, September 12th: Breaking the Spine
Monday, September 15th: She Is Too Fond Of Books
Wednesday, September 17th: Caribousmom
Thursday, September 18th: Age 30 – A Year of Books
Monday, September 22nd: Booking Mama
Wednesday, September 24th: The Inside Cover
Friday, September 26th: In the Shadow of Mt. TBR
Monday, September 29th: Displaced Beach Bums
Devil’s Brood, by Sharon Kay Penman – I was thrilled to receive this Advance Reader’s Edition. The book is scheduled for release October 7, 2008. I am a huge Penman fan and this is the long awaited third book in the Trilogy of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine (first in the series is When Christ and His Saints Slept; second in the series is Time and Chance). Penman writes compelling historical fiction. I can’t wait to read this one!
To see what other readers got in THEIR mailboxes this week, visit Marcia’s post today on The Printed Page.
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= Ugh! Don't waste your time.
I have never heard of Penman. Sounds like a interesting series.
She’s fabulous, Confuzzled! You should check her out!
I didn’t know about this trilogy (or the writer, for that matter) and although I’m not a great reader of historical fiction, I am interested in that particular period. I think we very much under-estimate what Henry II did to regularize our laws and commercial systems. I shall have to look these out. Thanks.
Ann: I think you would like Penman’s novels. They are VERY historical fiction – but beautifully written. No one writes historical fiction quite like Penman (in my opinion!).