Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader 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.
I have been reunited with my library! It was a joyous reunion: I was smiling, the librarians were smiling, the world, in short, was smiling. And now I have a mountain of previously suspended holds about to descend on me. 
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale – a retelling of the Grimm brothers’ fairytale.
What We Eat When We Eat Alone by Deborah Madison and Patrick McFarlin – Stories and recipes.
Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith – I am always intrigued when McCall Smith publishes one of his non-series books. In this case, it is a collection of linked stories. 
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman – finally!
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey – Apocalyptic YA is not usually my thing but other readers’ reactions to this have been so strong that I had to try it for myself.
You Are One of Them by Elliott Holt – I think I first heard about this in Vogue (which has rather wonderful book recommendations) and was intrigued by its focus on US-Soviet relations during the Cold War. 
Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me by Patricia Volk – An intimate, richly illustrated memoir, written with charm and panache, that juxtaposes two fascinating, very different lives – an iconoclastic Italian designer and the author’s own mother – to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman.
Very Fond of Food by Sophie Dahl – Dahl’s first cookbook was so wonderfully written that it is one of the only cookbooks I have ever sat down and read cover to cover in one go. I am hoping this is just as absorbing.
Penelope by Rebecca Harrington – Gloriously skewering the social hierarchy of college, Penelope is the brilliantly funny story of one of the most singular, memorable heroines in recent fiction.
What did you pick up this week?
The Goose Girl cover is marvelous.
Isn’t it nice? The other three Bayern books have similar covers.
WElcome back! And yay for being reunited with the library. A couple of these cookbooks look enticing!
Thanks, Marg! The Sophie Dahl turned out to be my favourite of the cookbooks; there are so many things I want to try!
Welcome home.
Two Maisie Dobbs mysteries, Tinkers, and loads of poetry to take me through this hot, hot spell we are in.
I must read Penelope – because, well, you know, my name.
I have to admit that gave up on Penelope, so I wouldn’t particularly recommend it. Enjoy your mysteries and poetry, Penny!
I read What We Eat When We Eat Alone last year. I really enjoyed it.
I’ve been hearing a lot about The 5th Wave but haven’t picked it up yet.
Enjoy your loot.
What We Eat When We Eat Aloen is very interesting, isn’t it? And I loved the illustrations.
You picked up a lot of good books this week. Penelope sounds really funny. The 5th wave was an interesting book but I wasn’t a fan of the ending. Enjoy your loot!
Sadly, Penelope proved to be not as interesting as the blurb made it sound so it has been abandoned. Hope I enjoy The 5th Wave more!
Welcome back!
Everything in your loot sounds amazing. I keep meaning to check out Sophie Dahl’s cookbooks. This one sounds pretty good!
It is good, as was her first one. Highly, highly recommended!
As usual love your haul. I’ve only watched Sophie Dahl on her cooking programmes not read her books. These all sound delicious.
I’ve never seen any of Dahl’s television programs (I wish they aired here!) but I love her cookbooks.
Good News Bad News by Maggie Groff – second in a series of entertaining mysteries set in and around Byron Bay, Australia
Sounds fun. Enjoy!
Those are some lovely books. I am interested in how the Alexander McCall Smith book turns out 🙂
I’m interested, too!
Glad you’ve been reunited with your library! I’ve been away for a while too–not that I haven’t been visiting my library, but I’ve deliberately cut back on book check-outs in order to try and manage my personal TBR library. And hadn’t felt like I really had “loot” to brag about.
As soon as I saw The Goose Girl, I wondered if it was based on the fairy tale.
The Goose Girl is really good, Bev. If you’re at all interested in the fairy tale or just fairy tales in general, I would highly recommend it.
Sounds like from the comments that you’ve already read The Goose Girl and enjoyed it. I’ve read the next two in the series and they seem to get better and better. I like what Shannon Hale does with her world-building.
Glad to hear that the rest of the series is worth looking forward to!