Mailbox Monday, 1/28

A robust meme with just a hint of blackberry and lavender, Mailbox Monday was started by Marcie at Mailbox Monday and this month is being hosted by Lori’s Reading Corner.

This week, a lacklustre mailbox means it must be nearing the end of the month. On the plus side, it’s light out by 7am which means that we’re swinging around to spring.

But before I reveal this week’s mailbox, an update: after two years of reading books on e-readers as well as on paper, I think I’ve managed to adapt. However, until an e-book is invented which can be accidently dropped into a bathtub without suffering any ill effects (those bath-bombs play havoc with a touch screen), paper books will remain a major part of my home library.

Del Ray 1982

The first book which appeared this week was David Eddings first book in The Belgariad (a series I read in the early 80’s), which has been revived by my eldest. Pawn of Prophesy begins the adventures of Garion, who never thought himself anything special at all until he's led on a dangerous quest by the people he loves most in the world, and doesn’t know at all. Interestingly, Eddings didn’t write fantasy at all until he found out that The Lord of the Rings was in its 76^th printing.

On the review front, I received Marina in a Green Dress by Alan Davidson. It’s about a woman, Jessica, who finds herself strangely obsessed with a particular West End Musical and writes a long letter to the lead singer in the production, Kennedy Orr. Never having intended for Orr to receive the letter, Jessica is shocked when Orr actually responds. Alan Davidson promises a world in which reality and fantasy become blurred, and as that pretty much describes my life to a ‘T’ (including the obsession with musicals and the first name), I am looking forward to pouring tea and spending some time with Marina in a Green Dress. Look for my review of Alan’s book at I Read a Book Once.

Also up for reviewal, The Faith and Fate of David Ghent by Maren Dille. I Read a Book Once is one stop on Maren’s Book Blog Tour beginning in March. Look for my review on March 6. I could tell you what I think of the book before then, but then I’d have to silence you, which will make a lot of work for me and I’d rather not go there. It’s cold out and I am taking my hibernation very seriously.