Mailbox Monday - October 10, 2011

Mailbox Monday, created by Marcia at The Printed Page, is being hosted this month by Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit. If you'd like to join in, stop by Serena's and leave a link - or just browse through the comments to see what new books have been showing up.

What's in your mailbox?

THE SHATTERED VINE
Book 3 of The Vineart War
by Laura Anne Gilman

". . . a story about how the real victories are won behind the scenes, with cunning and careful planning, rather than by large armies doing as much damage to each other as possible."  -- Kirkus Reviews

THE WEIGHT OF STONE

Book 2 of The Vineart War

by Laura Anne Gilman

"Gilman has created a world that feels lived-in, real, and above all interesting."

-- New York Times bestselling author S. M. Stirling

FLESH AND FIRE
Book 1 of the Vineart War
by Laura Anne Gilman

"A fresh and creative fantasy -- you'll never look at a bottle of Chardonnay the same way again!"

-- Karen Miller, bestselling author of the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker duology

THE WINTERS IN BLOOM

by Lisa Tucker

"Fast-paced page-turner." —Library Journal

THE HUM AND THE SHIVER
by Alex Bledsoe

"This powerful, character-driven drama, set forth in superbly lucid prose, occurs against an utterly convincing backdrop and owns complications enough to keep everybody compulsively turning the page. A sheer delight.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

FORGOTTEN

by Cat Patrick

a win from Courtney at Stiletto Storytime

Thank you to all the authors, publishers, publicists,

and bloggers who fed my mailbox over the last week.

It's much appreciated!