In My Mailbox *5*

In My Mailbox was invented by  The Story Siren.

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As I have been quite busy (as usual) with work and university recently, I have not posted my IMM for February, although I received (and bought) several books. So here are all my new books for the last month! As you will see, mostly in French.

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[I now have 325 books in my bookshelf. To see which ones, click here!]

First of all, I have received three books in February. Some of you may have seen on the French part of the blog that I am a judge for the Prix des Lecteurs 2014 orginsed by Le livre de Poche. So I receive 2 to 3 crime books each month until August and I have to vote for the ones I liked most. This month, I received one from Lisa Gardner and one from Sandrine Collette, which I read and reviewed already.
As I absolutely loved Michel Bussi's Un avion sans elle, I had to buy another book from him... 
The last one on the picture is one I received from Babelio. The review will be published soon ! 

Alexander Maksik ❖ La mesure de la dérive
Lisa Gardner ❖ >> Derniers adieux <<
Michel Bussi ❖ Nymphéas noirs
Sandrine Collette ❖ >> Des noeuds d'acier <<

My friend Patty from Aux 1001 histoires and I finally managed to find a day to go shopping together... And so we ended up in la Fnac, but I was very good and only bought one book (Patty was actually worse than me this time ;))

Peter May ❖ Entry Island

In March, I received 2 more books from Le Livre de Poche. I have not had time to start reading them yet, but I am quite excited! 

By the way, I have created a special category for my posts on the Prix des lecteurs, if you want to see the selection of books in 2014.

John Brandon ❖ Citrus County
Malcolm Mackay ❖ Il faut tuer Lewis Winter

And last but not least, another book received from Babelio for the masse critiques. After I read the first of Sandrine Collette's novel, I wanted to discover her new release... And I have not been disappointed so far. I have not yet finished it, but it will be soon...

Sandrine Collette ❖ Un vent de cendres

In My Mailbox *4*

In My Mailbox was invented by  The Story Siren.

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After more than three months without any update of my bookshelf, here is a new In My Mailbox... and quite a big one, as it was my birthday and Christmas... 

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[I now have 325 books in my bookshelf. To see which ones, click here!]

 
First of all, I have received three books in French from partners... One because I was selected for Jeudis critiques, one because I was selected for Babelio's masse critique and one because I saw a post of author Pierre Thiry who was looking for bloggers to review his book.

Pierre Thiry ❖ >> Le mystère du Pont Gustave-Flaubert <<
Pablo Mehler ❖ >> Derrière les grilles du Luxembourg <<
Joël Vernet ❖ >> Si un cobra vous regarde dans les yeux <<

For the Advent period, Patty, my friend who own Aux 1001 histoires, prepared a lovely Advent calendar for me. I received a nice present every day, including two bookmarks that she cross-stiched herself and a book. Thanks Patty ;)

Sheila O'Flanagan ❖ Stand by me

At the beginning of December, I received several books for my birthday as well as the Clave Spanish dictionary I had wanted for so long (thanks mum) : my friend Cloé bought me Le combat d'hiver, my friend Patty (yes, she is amazing) the first book of the Tintenwelt series (in German) and my aunt gave me an amazing old book, La Case de l'Oncle Tom.

Harriet Beecher-Stowe ❖ La case de l'Oncle Tom
Cornelia Funke ❖ Tintenherz (Tintenwelt-Trilogie #1)
Jean-Claude Mourlevat ❖ Le combat d'hiver

For Christmas, I received two more books : Gleis 4 (in German) from my grandfather and Les Revenants (in French) from my father... Both are crime books!

Franz Hohler ❖ Gleis 4
Laura Kasischke ❖ Les revenants

Another wonderful book I was supposed to receive for Christmas (but it arrived late) is Peter May's Hebrides, which contains photos and comments about the places where his Lewis Trilogy takes place.

Peter May ❖Hebrides

Although that was already quite a lot (especially given how full my TBR shelf is), I bought two more books... A crime book which I have wanted for a very long time and another funny one about French and English language and expressions.

Michel Bussi ❖ >> Un avion sans elle <<
Jean-Loup Chiflet ❖ Sky my husband - ciel mon mari

I also received a book in English for a partnership. This time, it is a children's book.

Anabelle Valenzuela Alarcon ❖ >> The day an angel ran into my room <<

In My Mailbox *3*

In My Mailbox was invented by  The Story Siren.

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I have been very busy since the beginning of the semester and so I have not had time to publish many posts. However, I have a lot new books on my bookshelf (how am I going to read them all?) and I would like to share them with you...

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[I now have 310 books in my bookshelf. To see which ones, click here!]

First of all, I have received five books from the United States thanks to Bostick Communications. The genres are very different: young adult, romantic fantasy, children's book, biography, romantic thriller... The reviews will come as soon as possible...

Sheri Speede ❖ Kindred Beings
L.F. Falconer ❖ Hope rises from the ashes
Jania Virant ❖ T-Bone the flying horse
Valentine Cardinale ❖ One more dance
K.J. Olsen & K.K. Pratt ❖ The Compass cactus

 

For my birthday and Christmas (a long time ago), I had received gift-cards for one of my favourite bookshops, Payot. So I took the opportunity to (finally) buy the book I have wanted for so long: J.K. Rowling's thriller. After all of my English friends told me about Game of thrones, I could not resist when I saw the first book of the series and so I bought is, as well as another book in French

Robert Galbraith ❖ The cuckoo's calling
George R. R. Martin ❖ A game of thrones
Anthology ❖ Écosse, le pays des légendes

Two books from partners were waiting for me in my letterbox (both in French). The first one came from Babelio's "masse critique" and the second one was organised thanks to my favourite forum A&M

Philippe Besancenet ❖ La fée de la mousse
Inis Salas Rossenbach ❖ Une odyssée en Patagonie

Then, three books I bought... as an excuse for one of my university classes... All three of them on British history 

David Starkey ❖ Crown & country
John O'Farrel ❖ An utterly impartial history of Britain
Nial Ferguson ❖ Empire

And finally, a nice surprise I received from my mum... Completely unexpected!

Dominique Sylvain ❖Sœurs de sang

In My Mailbox *2*

In My Mailbox was invented by  The Story Siren.

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As I wrote in my previous post, I went to the Book Fair 'Le livre sur les quais' recently... and I bought a few books. However, I had decided to be good and so it was only two. I know I mentioned them in the related post, but  they are special for several reasons:

Fist of all, they are signed copies... and then, they are the 299th and 300th books to be added to my bookshelf !

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So, I now have 300 books in my bookshelf. To see which ones, click here!

 

I had waited for it for months. My mum read it as soon as it was released, but as I new Tatiana de Rosnay was coming to Morges, I decided to wait in order to have a signed copy... And finally, here it is! I cannot wait to read it!

Tatiana de Rosnay ❖ À l'encre russe

 

The second one is a book I had wanted to read for some time. The problem is that I do not like reading the books everybody is talking about. As there was a film, it became even more famous and so I have not read it yet. As I saw it in English at the Fair, I could not resist... 

Tatiana de Rosnay ❖ Sarah's Key

In My Mailbox *1*

In My Mailbox was invented by  The Story Siren.

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A few weeks after my blog was created, time has come for serious matters... As I am on holiday at the moment, I am not very active, but I have prepared a first In My Mailbox which is a little special...

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I have spent a whole year full of advntures abroad. Changing addresses as often as I did is not very convenient when we are used to receiving books. To make sure that my post was not going to be lost, I had it sent to my mother's... And on Saturday, after a whole semester, I have finally discovered what was expecting me !

To start with, a parcel sent by Tari for the swap organised by the A&M forum... As well as raspberry chocolate, various tea-bags and a lovely bookmark, I have received:

Jesse Kellerman ❖ Les Visages

Mary Ann Schaffer & Annie Barrows ❖ Le Cercle Littéraire des amateurs d'épluchures de patates

Arni Thorarinsson ❖ Le Temps de la sorcière 

Anne B. Ragde ❖ La Tour d'Arsenic

Arnaldur Indridason ❖ Bettý 

Thank you very much Tari!

 

 

After that, a book I was waiting for impatiently, senty by Entrée Livres for Jeudis Critiques, with a nice magnetic bookmark...

Tatiana de Rosnay ❖ Amsterdamnation et autres nouvelles

Find me review here (French)

 

 

Another one received for the Masse Critiques organised by Babelio. I have only just started reading it and it is surprising but interesting. The review will come soon. 

Hallgrímur Helgason ❖ La Femme à 1000°

 

A historical crime book won in a contest organised by the French publisher Pocket

Giacometti Ravenne ❖ Le Temple Noir

 
Three books from a series of thrillers received thanks to  Bostick Communications.

Douglas E. Sipple and Charles T. Wolstenholme ❖ Code Name Rustler

Douglas E. Sipple and Charles T. Wolstenholme ❖ Rustler's Vengeance

Douglas E. Sipple and Charles T. Wolstenholme ❖ Forced Intervention

 

And digital books...

Although I am not yet convinced, I am trying to slowly get used to reading digital books. This month, I have received an ebook, once again thanks to Bostick Communications.

Lawrence W. Gold ❖ Deadly Passage