I'm with you and Meghan - I guess there are pluses and minuses to having most of your yearly book acquisitions concentrated in the space of under a month :P Anyway, I so hope you'll enjoy your polar reading! And Diving Belles sounds really good - I added it to my wishlist just the other day after I saw someone compare The Brides of Rollrock Island to it.

PS: I want all your Monsters of Men thoughts :P