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.
Border by Kapka Kassabova – You know my love of travel writing and my interest in obscure bits of Europe so it’s no surprise this exploration of the region around Bulgarian/Turkish/Greek border made it onto my to-read list. Also, it was just selected as the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year (the entire shortlist for which is on my to-read list).
Labor of Love by Moira Weigel – Happy Valentine’s Day! I am celebrating with this history of modern dating and how it has and has not changed over the last hundred years.
Full Marks for Trying by Brigid Keenan – Hurrah! I am so excited to read this memoir of Keenan’s early life and journalism career having loved her memoirs about her life as the trailing spouse of an on-the-move diplomat (Diplomatic Baggage and Packing Up).
The Fear and the Freedom by Keith Lowe – another one off my list of 2017 new releases I wanted to read.
Hunger by Roxane Gay – I thought I should try this much-talked-about memoir for myself.
In Movement There is Peace by Elaine Orbana Foster and Joseph Wilbred Foster III – an American couple’s account of their journey along the Camino de Santiago. I love reading about the Camino even though it seems too boring and crowded for me to actually want to walk myself. I’ve already finished this and it was nothing special – it certainly doesn’t come close to matching my favourite book about the Camino, I’m Off Then.
What did you pick up this week?
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I haven’t picked it up yet but Kassabova’s Border is waiting for me on the reservations shelf at my local library. Also, I will be renewing ‘They were found wanting’ the second novel in the Transylvanian Trilogy by Miklos Banffy. Like the first it is a magnificent read, but at nearly 500 pages of quite small print it takes time. It’s a bit like a Hungarian war peace, crossed with Jane Austen (eg lots of balls in book one), and put in an early twentieth century period setting. Together these, plus a non-library biography of Bess of Hardwick, should keep me in reading matter for the next couple of weeks.
Sounds like a nice variety of books! The Banffy trilogy is on my to-read list but I never seem to manage to get around to it. One day I will because everything I’ve heard of it makes me certain I’ll enjoy it.
A couple of these look interesting. The Americans on the Camino: too bad it was disappointing. Hadn’t heard of the one you did really like on that topic and have put it on my library wishlist. I enjoy travel and walking books very much.
There are not enough walking books! The majority seem to be about the Camino, which is better than nothing though there is a tendency for soul-searching and trite life lessons.
Some very interesting books on that list.
Thanks! I certainly think so.
`Border` is great; the images from it still spook around in my mind.
That’s great to hear. I’m really looking forward to it.
Such varied reads. Always interesting.
Thanks!