In My Mailbox (40)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren, in which book bloggers post about the books they've bought, borrowed or received in the past week.

I shouldn't be allowed to work in a bookshop, especially when I'm not even getting paid. I buy books every week. At least they're cheap, though. This week I bought three books for $2: An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb and The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. I bought the first two books based on recommendations and the fact that I thought they looked pretty. I've already read The Westing Game and liked it enough to buy it.

Back in March I saw a copy of Wintertown by Steve Emond in a Barnes & Noble and was very interested in it, based on the description and the cover. As an aside, I know some people have complained about how Barnes & Noble has a YA paranormal section, but I like how it's set up. They have YA fiction divided into paranormal, adventure and realistic fiction. This makes it easier to find good books (hopefully like this one) in the section that most interests you. At Chapters, all the YA books are together alphabetically. Anyways, I found Wintertown at my library and decided to take it out. Steve Emond also did the book's illustrations. Also from the library I took out Rudy Red by Kerstin Gier. I like time travel so I'm hoping it will be good.

Also from the library, I took out Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones and the movie adaptation, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Both were recommended to me by a reader named Alice- thank you! I see Diana Wynn Jones' books everywhere and this will be my first. Howl's Moving Castle will be my fourth Miyazaku film, after My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service and Spirited Away. I loved them all! Since I read Matilda earlier in the week, I took out the movie from the library and re-watched it. As an adaptation of the book, I thought it was pretty good, aside from having it set in the wrong country. They kept pretty much everything from the book, while adding scenes that were true to the book's sense of humour. 

What new books did you receive this past week?