Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page. It is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. (Library books don’t count, but eBooks & audiobooks do). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists! This month MM is hosted by Library of Clean Books.

Yay, I got some books I don’t have to lug back to the library!

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)

I’m writing a paper on this one, but since I only have a very used German copy I’ve been sharing with my mum for years, I thought it was a great excuse to get this nice paperback.

The Manual of Detection (Jedediah Berry)

Needed a book to read for my 5 hour trip home yesterday and treated myself to this book (which I’ve been wanting to read for ages and it was pretty great).

A Red Herring Without Mustard (Alan Bradley)

I adore the Flavia series and had to get book 3. It’s supposed to be my reward for finishing my papers so I’ll try to resist till April (haha, I know!).

Some Tame Gazelle (Barbara Pym)

This one is a mooch. Excellent Women was amazing so I can’t wait to try another Pym.

What arrived in your house last week?

Note: Thanks everyone for voting. Most of you wanted to read my thoughts on Ex Libris next, so I’ll post the review this week!

“Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.” This month it is hosted by She Reads and Reads.

In a Summer Season (Elizabeth Taylor)

I really enjoyed Taylor’s Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont and wanted to read more of her works. I found this one on bookmooch and hope it’s a good one.

The Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Smith)

I can’t resist the English humorists and this one is a classic so it was only a matter of time before I got around to it. For those who don’t know, this book is about middle-class Charles Pooter, living in Victorian London, who reasons that although he is a nobody, his diary might be entertaining as well.

Dandelion Wine (Ray Bradbury)

This one is non-sci-fi Bradbury and chronicles the summer of a twelve-year-old boy. After hearing great things about Dandelion Wine from Vishy and Jessica, I knew I had to read it. Question is, do I wait till summer to read it?

The Victorian Chaise-Longue (Marghanita Laski)

This one is more appropriate considering the season, and I can’t wait to get spooked by this Victorian horror story.

And all these books were mooches! It’s official, I’m a fan!

What came into your house last week?

“Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.” This month it is hosted by Bermuda Onion.

Only three books this week, but my family is now convinced that I have a book buying problem (they don’t really get the concept of bookmooch) Here’s what arrived in my house in the last week:

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (M.C. Beaton)

More crime fiction for cosy reading on cold Sundays. This book is the first in Beaton’s Agatha Raisin series. I’ve read three or four other in this series and now finally got my hands on the first book thanks to bookmooch.

The Giver (Lois Lowry)

Another mooch. I have no idea why I haven’t read The Giver yet. I love dystopian fiction, and I don’t think I’ve heard one bad word about this.

An All-Consuming Century (Gary Cross)

This one’s for uni. Can’t wait to learn about commercialism and the United States, and I’m very happy that textbooks in English always looks so much more fun and interesting than those in German.

What books came into your house last week?

“Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.” This month it is hosted by Bermuda Onion.

Here’s what arrived in my house last week:

Gigi- Julie de Garneilhan- Chance Acquaintances (Colette)

I found this in a wonderful second-hand bookstore when I was visiting a friend. I wish I lived in that city, there were two walls lined with used English paperbacks! Back to the book, I’ve heard so many wonderful things about Colette, and of course Gigi is her most famous work that I couldn’t leave without this book. The other two works in this collection sound very interesting as well. Should I just start with Gigi or with one of her other works?

Holy Disorders (Edmund Crispin)

This is from the same store. I’m nearly always craving cosy crime stories, and Crispin’s mysteries featuring an Oxford professor look amazing. And I love the covers of these editions! I’ve got his The Moving Toyshop but found myself avoiding it because I just know I’m going to love it. That’s probably a weird reason not to read a book, but when I saw this one I had to get it because now I can save one mystery but devour the other.

The Heat of the Day (Elizabeth Bowen)

Elizabeth Bowen is yet another writer who is hugely acclaimed but who I hadn’t heard of before blogging. I hope this is a good one to start with, it was a lucky find on bookmooch. The Heat of the Day is about WWII London and those who haven’t left the city.

Awakenings/ Zeit des Erwachens (Oliver Sacks)

Another mooch. I love what I’ve read by Sacks so far and I’m hopeful that at some point I’ll manage to find a cheap copy of Migraine somewhere. Until then I’ll just go through his other works.

What books came into your house last week?