I was really hoping to get this post up last night (In My Mailbox is the wonderful weekly meme hosted by Story Siren)but by the time I got home from running all weekend and then two events last night… I was way too tired.  Today I am hoping to lay low a bit and get caught up on posts and reviews for this week!  Here is what showed up in my mailbox the past 7 days:

The Evolution of Shadows is one that as soon as I read what it was about, I had to jump in for a review copy:  This book is about a news photographer that disappeared in July 1995 while he was working on the Bosnian War Zone.  5 Years later his closest friends gather to try to find out what happened to him.

31 Hours is another one that caught me by surprise…. Jonas is isolated in a New York apartment and on a devastating and confusing pasth towards violence.  His mother and girlfriend have 31 hours to reach him.

Too Many Visitors for One Little House is a children’s read about crabby neighbors, new family, and a reunion that all teaches about the importance of being included.

Defining Twilight just seems interesting to me.  In this book Brian Leaf takes the movie Twilight and uses it to show you how to improve your SAT, GED,ACT or SSAT exams.  Now granted, I am not in school… yet I wanted to know more about this book…. and hey, I am always up for learning something new!

If God is Good is written by Randy Alcorn and if you have not read him – I recommend him…. if you have read him… I do not need to say any more as you already know what an amazing writer he is!  I think I have read just about everything this man has written and if I havent read it, it is on my shelf to be read.  I am excited to have this beautiful hard cover book!

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much.… This has to do with books…seriously, do I need to say more?  LOL.  Actually this is a true story of a thief… actually a real book thief, who stole rare books.  I am excited to not only read this but I am curious about the books that drew him to a life of crime.

Cleopatra’s Daughter in all her glory…. this beautiful hard cover book just draws me.  I cant wait to dive into this one!

Defenders of The Scroll was offered to me by the author and as I am sitting here typing with this book beside me, I have to comment on the great graphics within the pages and the paged themselves written like scrolls.

The Eight I won from Nicola’s Book Blog.  I have heard about this book on several blogs and it sounds wonderful!  Compared to the mysteries you find in The Davinchi Code, if this book is anything like that I will be over the top excited!

The Cinderella Society I won from You 2.0 (author Kay Cassidy’s blog) and I want to seriously scream like a little girl!  I have read Kay’s blog since 2.0 came about and enjoy her posts so I a super excited to read her book!

Grief Journey is a book loaned to me by our “up North” neighbor Judy.  Judy lives across the road from our cabin and while enjoying BLT’s (tomatoes out of her garden on homemade oat bread!) she offered me to read this book on a Minnesota author that her and her husband Tom know well.  As I was thinking of a way to politely decline (visions of my TBR mountain) I noticed the author had done missions in Honduras.  NOt only missions in Honduras – but missions in Talanga Honduras which is where I do missions in Honduras!  So…. needless to say… I will be reading the book.  😉

So there it is!  The additions to my library this week.  Later today I will post my “It’s Monday, what are you reading?” and work on getting things back to norm around here!

Lots of things to post this week – new giveaways and new winners as well so stop back often – the coffee is on and cinnamon rolls are fresh from the oven!