Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued.

I received the following books over the last couple of weeks.

Books I received last week
Books I received last week

Virgin Gingelly is by V.Sanjay Kumar. I know nothing about the book or the author, however the publicist (who so far has never been wrong) is very positive about this book. I received it on Friday ( a lovely hardback). The blurb on the back of the book has this to say

A smoky medium.
A viscous oil that marinates gunpowder, anoints heads and crisps appalams.
An uptight Brahmin.

Apart from the above information, a quick scan of the book reveals that the story is based in my hometown of Chennai. Sounds interesting. I love diving blind into books.

The other book is a bunch of short stories – The Dog Who Healed a Family and other True Animal Stories by Jo Coudert. All the stories in this collection are true stories about animals. It’s been ages since I read any animal stories and I look forward to this one. This book came to me from Harlequin India, which is a bit of a surprise, I thought they mainly dealt with romance.

Virgein Gingelly came to me from Hatchette India.

So, these are the books that I am excited to read and discuss on the blog. Have you read these books? Did you get any interesting ones?

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  1. says: Lucy

    True Animal Stories looks so heartwarming. And Virgin Gingelly does sound intriguing. Enjoy your new reads!

    1. says: Nishita

      @disqus_IsNM5JCeqX:disqus I just hope the animal stories aren’t sad.

    1. says: Nishita

      @bermudaonion_kathy:disqus Thanks. Kathy. I have high hopes for both the books.

    1. says: Nishita

      @patpostingfornow:disqus Yes, I really am looking forward to it. I just hope the stories are not sad stories.

    1. says: Nishita

      @samstillreading:disqus Thanks. I love the cover for Virgin Gingelly especially appealing.

    1. says: Nishita

      @VickiSN:disqus I love dog books too. It might have been tedious if all the stories were just about dogs, but I gather from the blurb that some other animals also make an appearance.