Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Linda from Silly Little Mischief that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.
The Mighty Dead by Adam Nicolson – It’s been too long since I dipped into the “Books about Books” section of my TBR list. Everything I’ve heard about this has been glowing and Nicolson’s writing is always beautiful.
The Establishment and How They Get Away With It by Owen Jones – I’m in the mood for a little moral outrage and am confident Jones will deliver (he certainly did in Chavs).
An Accomplished Woman by Jude Morgan – a delightfully Heyer-esque romance. I’ve read this countless times and it is always wonderful.
I cannot stop reading this mystery series set in 1950s Scotland. Admittedly, I’m writing up an almost novel-length list of things that bother me about it (why aren’t the police allowed to solve any of the mysteries? WHY?), but, in my way, I’m still enjoying it.
Beneath the Abbey Wall by A.D. Scott
North Sea Requiem by A.D. Scott
The Low Road by A.D. Scott
The Song Collector by Natasha Solomons – the newest book from the author of Mr Rosenblum Dreams in English and The Novel in the Viola.
Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton – a collection of Beaton’s awesome comics.
If You Go Away by Adele Parks – One of Sarra Manning’s “Best Books to Read This November”
What did you pick up this week?
I am reading Shift which is the next installment in Howey’s Wool series set in a dystopian future. Each book runs towards 500 pages so it takes a chunk out of my time, but it’s well worth it.
Enjoy! There is something so very satisfying about settling down with a long, absorbing book.
That’s a lot of loot! Enjoy!
Thanks, Linda!
What I like about A.D.Scott’s books is there are more like novels with an element of mystery in them, since there are so many social factors woven into the fabric of the stories, and character development.
Yes, but the character development is so poor and the weaving so heavy handed that it’s all very distressing. I was disgusted with The Low Road (which definitely focuses on characters and highlighted all of Scott’s weaknesses) and feel no desire to read the most recent book. I enjoyed the first book in the series (with some reservations) but each successive entry in the series only made me more frustrated. I abandon the series with joy!