Welcome to Mailbox Monday, the weekly meme created by Marcia, formerly from The Printed Page, where book lovers share the titles they received for review, purchased, or otherwise obtained over the past week. Mailbox Monday currently is on tour, and this month’s host is Bermudaonion.
I thought I was done with the bookish birthday gifts, but I was pleasantly surprised to be given these as well:
The Bridesmaid by Beverly Lewis (Amazon/IndieBound) — This is from The Girl, who remembered that I’ve enjoyed this author in the past. She didn’t realize this is book 2 in the series, so she told me to put book 1 on my Christmas list. What a sweet girl!
Joanna Kurtz has made several trips to the altar, but never as a bride. The young Amishwoman is a closet writer whose stories aren’t her only secret.
Eben Troyer hopes to make Joanna his bride — if he can ever leave his parents’ farm in Shipshewana, Indiana. Yet Eben’s hopes to build a life with Joanna hinge on his brother’s return from the English world… (publisher’s summary)
The Devil Himself by Eric Dezenhall (Amazon/IndieBound) — This is from Serena and family and is signed by the author. Thank you!
In late 1982, a spike in terrorism has the Reagan Administration considering covert action to neutralize the menace before it reaches the United States. There are big risks to waging a secret war against America’s enemies — but there is one little-known precedent.
Forty years earlier, German U-boats had been prowling the Atlantic, sinking hundreds of U.S. ships along the east coast, including the largest cruise ship in the world, Normandie, destroyed at a Manhattan pier after Pearl Harbor. Nazi agents even landed on Long Island with explosives and maps of railways, bridges, and defense plants. Desperate to secure the coast, the navy turned to Meyer Lansky, the Jewish Mob boss. A newly naturalized American whose fellow Eastern European Jews were being annihilated by Hitler, Lansky headed an unlikely fellowship of mobsters Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegel, Frank Costello, and naval intelligence officers.
Young Reagan White House aide Jonah Eastman, grandson of Atlantic City gangster Mickey Price, is approached by the president’s top advisor with an assignment: Discreetly interview his grandfather’s old friend Lansky about his wartime activities. There just might be something to learn from that secret operation.
The notoriously tight-lipped gangster, dying of cancer, is finally ready to talk. Jonah gets a riveting — and darkly comic — history lesson. The Mob caught Nazi agents, planted propaganda with the help of columnist Walter Winchell, and found Mafia spies to plot the invasion of Sicily, where General Patton was poised to strike at the soft underbelly of the Axis. Lansky’s men stopped at nothing to sabotage Hitler’s push toward American shores.
Based on real events, The Devil Himself is a high-energy novel of military espionage and Mafia justice. (publisher’s summary)
What books did you add to your shelves recently?
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I can’t wait to see what you think of Eric’s book. Sorry it may have dust still on it…I bought it ages ago for your birthday!
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No dust, lol. Thanks again!
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Beverly Lewis is a good writer. Hope you enjoy bk 2 and 1. Your “girl” is sweet!
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I used to read Beverly Lewis all the time. I’m a couple series behind, but The Girl remembered. 🙂
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They both sound good, enjoy!
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/11/mailbox-monday_6416.html
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I love your reviews. Great job.
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Thank you!
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I’m really drawn to THE DEVIL HIMSELF and think it needs to go on my list right now!
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Enjoy your new books, Anna! 🙂
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Happy reading 🙂
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THE DEVIL HIMSELF looks good. Scary too. Looking forward to what you have to say about it.
ENJOY both books.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My Mailbox Monday
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The Bridesmaid looks really good. Enjoy your new reads.
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Late birthday gifts are always welcome. Especially when they are books!
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The Devil Himself looks fascinating…thanks for sharing, and enjoy!
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The Devil Himself sounds like an exciting read. Hope you enjoy them both! Here’s my Mailbox Monday Post.
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iam participating in the meme inspired by u….The devil himself sounds great..would love to know more about it…and oh yea here goes mine
http://booksformee.blogspot.in/2012/11/monday-mailbox-1.html
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You can’t go wrong with a book for a gift! It sounds like you had a great birthday!
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I have a few Beverly Lewis books but have yet to read them. Hopefully I’ll get to them sooner than later.
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I hope you enjoy them both!
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Hurray for late birthday gifts! Enjoy your new reads!
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I love a late birthday gift – especially when it’s a book!
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Oooh, the Devil Himself looks good!
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Look like two good books!
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The Devil Himself looks quite good. I’d read it
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These both look good. I used to like reading Amish fiction until I started watching the reailty tv show called Breaking Amish. Those Amish people in the show ruined it for me…lol.
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The Bridesmaid is one that I must read!! Great Mailbox!
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Thank you all for checking out my mailbox. Happy reading!
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