Kristi (The Story Siren) and Alea (Pop Culture Junkie) started these weekly posts of awesome, and now many of us play along! I’m just thrilled if I get ONE book in my mailbox a month. These two could probably provide literature to the entire world just based on the contents of their mailboxes in a week. For review: The Girl Next Doorby Elizabeth Nobelfrom Penguin Group Canada

A gorgeous and unforgettable novel set in a turn-of-the-century brownstone on New York's Upper East Side, The Girl Next Door follows the stories of the building's residents, showing their lives, their loves and the way they live together.Meet Eve Gallagher in Apartment 7A, newly moved to New York from London with her ambitious banker husband. She's lonely and lost...until she meets elderly neighbour Violet, who's concealing a tragic story of her own. The Kramers and the Schulmans in Apartments 6A and 6B are about to find their lives intersecting in a most unfortunate manner when Jason Kramer falls head-over-heels for Rachael Schulman.Jackson Grayling III in Apartment 5A is 26, fantastically wealthy and a directionless layabout. He's attracting the attention of a gold-digger in 2B even though he's far more interested in the beautiful and hardworking Emily Milanowski in 3B. And finally, plain, dull and self-conscious Charlotte Murphy rents 2A and works in the Public Library. She lives in a dream world and is desperate to be anyone but herself. Will any of her neighbours ever take enough notice of her to help her? (amazon.ca)

This was another surprise thanks to Penguin Canada. This time however, I don't know what I think because it doesn't really sound like a book I would be interested in. I'll have to set aside some time to really devote to reading it - I haven't even started the last book they sent me!The Girl Next Door is due out April 28, 2009.