Start Me Up Monday

Many book bloggers out there have Mailbox Mondays, where they list the books they've gotten in the past week. Now that I've been up for a full month, I'm starting to understand just how exciting the sight of a UPS truck can be. Here are a few of the books I received this week:

For the Man-Lit shelf:

Perfect: Don Larson's Miraculous World Series and The Men Who Made it Happen
by: Lew Paper

Publisher: Penguin/NAL (September 29, 2009)
Reading Level: 18 - and up
Hardcover: Non-Fiction, 432 pages
ISBN: 9780451228192

"More than just a story about a single game, Perfect is about a window into baseball's glorious past"

The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11

by: John Farmer

Publisher: Riverhead (September 8, 2009)

Reading Level: 18-and up

Hardcover: Non-Fiction, 400 pages

ISBN: 9781594488948

"From the senior counsel to the 9/11 commission, a mesmerizing real-time portrayal of that day, why we weren't told the truth, and why our nation is still at risk"


The Island at the End of the World

by Sam Taylor

Publisher: Penguin (August 25, 2009)

Reading Level: 18-and up

Paperback: Fiction, 224 pages

ISBN: 9780143116257

"A chilling post-apocolyptic tale of how far a father will go to protect his children -- from the author of The Amnesiac."

Rizzo's War
by: Lou Manfredo

Publisher: Macmillan (September 29, 2009)
Reading Level: 18-and up
Hardcover: Fiction, 304 pages
ISBN: 978-0-312-53805-7
ISBN10: 0-312-53805-7


"Rizzo's War is an introduction to a wonderful new voice in crime fiction in the Big Apple, ringing with authenticity, full of personality, and taut with the suspense of real, everyday life in the big city."