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 Maisky Diaries edited by Gabriel Gorodetsky – you know how I love a good volume of diaries and when they are political ones, so much the better. This featured on a number of “Best of 2015” book lists and I’m excited to get into it.
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas – a gender-bending twist on Sherlock Holmes. Thomas is an interest writer of YA fantasy and adult romances so I’m intrigued to see how she does with Holmes as her inspiration.
The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church – No idea. Apparently I’d placed a hold on this at some point in the distant past and now it has arrived. I do love surprises.
Crosstalk by Connie Willis – A new release from Willis is always something to be excited about! Really looking forward to this one.
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama -this has been on the cosy-books-to-save-for-winter reading list for a long time.
The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller – comfortingly fluffy escapist novel about a young baker who moves to rural Vermont. I read it as soon as it arrived and, while I don’t think I’ll review it, quite enjoyed it. Check out Danielle’s review for more details.
What did you pick up this week?
The Captive Reader 
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People and A Study In Scarlet Women look very good. I like a good take on a female Sherlock Holmes so I’ll be putting it on hold. I’ve had books that I’ve forgotten about putting on hold and it really is a bit of a surprise. I hope you enjoy your loot 🙂
My Library Loot
Thanks, Kimberly!
The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living looks cute. Enjoy!
It’s very cute. It was just the right thing to relax with after a long day at work – the perfect distraction.
The Atomic Weight of Love: you should be in your *element* reading that one!
You can never have enough puns! Thanks for this one.
I was excited to see there’s a new Connie Willis, because I love love love her books, except when I don’t. I’d guess from the descriptions I’ve read, this would be the latter, so I’ll pass with a sigh.
So you do that too? Have a hold show up from the library that has you staring at it in total unrecognition. Oddly enough, the last time it happened to me, the system wouldn’t check it out for me, though it was clearly reserved under my card.
I have a very hit or miss relationship with Willis (only one hit prior to reading this, and many misses) but I always give her a chance. This time, I’m happy to said it was worth it. I read Crosstalk over the weekend and had a lot of fun.
The Maisky Diaries looks GOOD!!
I love the look of A Study In Scarlet Women and your Library Loot event, I must join in sometime. Have you read any Annelie Wendeberg’s Sherlock Holmes books which are also gender flipping?
I haven’t read those or even heard of them – thanks for letting me know about them!