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.
Fascism by Madeleine Albright – so, so excited to read this “examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today’s world.” Albright’s perspective is shaped by both her professional experiences as an American politician and diplomat, and her personal experiences of growing up in exile after her homeland was overrun by fascists (which you can read more about in Prague Winter).
Tasting Georgia by Carla Capalbo – cookbooks about the Caucasus seem to be popular right now and I am not complaining.
The Visitors by Mary McMinnies – Barb’s enthusiasm for this had me placing a library hold even before I finished reading her review. 
The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell – more happy Nordic people! I do have to say, everyone I know who has moved to Denmark is remarkably delighted to be there so there must be something to it.
The Road to Lichfield by Penelope Lively – Always eager to read more by Lively.
Sophia of Silicon Valley by Anna Yen – spotted this while killing a lunch hour in the bookstore attached to my office building (I know, dangerous) and was intrigued by the premise – a woman’s perspective of the boys club atmosphere of Silicon Valley – but not enough to buy it. Library to the rescue!
What did you pick up this week?
The Captive Reader 
What a nice mixed bunch of books.
Thanks!
I also look at books in bookstores and pull up my library app on my phone before deciding to buy them! I almost never re-read things, so if I can just borrow books instead of buying them, I will!
I’m very similar. I do reread a lot though, so often will only buy books after I’ve read them from the library and I am confident they are ones I will want to read again.
Many bloggers have 3 or 4 thousand books or more.I agree with you–borrow whenever possible.
I ploughed through 500 pages of The Visitors and thought it ambitious and unwieldy.On the whole i did not enjoy it.
Too bad. So far, I’m quite enjoying it.
I think Penelope Lively’s The Road to Lichfield was her first adult novel (as opposed to children’s novels) and I absolutely loved it. But it’s well over 30 years since I read it, maybe my judgment today might be different? I’ll be interested to hear if it has stood the test of time. Wasn’t it shortlisted for the Booker prize?