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 Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin – a classic case of a hold coming in and me having no memory whatsoever of ordering the book. I guess the good thing about long hold lines at the library is they can make books first anticipated months ago feel like new discoveries! Now that I’ve reminded myself of what this one is about, I’m intrigued to try it.
Brewster’s Millions by George Barr McCutcheon – I am in fact still working on my Century of Books (this means a glut of reviews are coming…one day) and this comic classic from 1902 will help fill one of the difficult early years. I’ve heard about it before, this tale of a man who must spend a million dollar inheritance in one year in order to receive an even larger one, and it sounds like a good, fun summer read.
Kaukasis by Olia Hercules – I have been reading a lot of cookbooks focused on Georgia lately (Tasting Georgia, in particular, is marvellous) so I’m looking forward to Hercules’ take on the region. My issue thus far has not been finding inspiration but in finding people who will let me actually cook the recipes for them. Maybe I just need to stop giving them a choice…
What did you pick up this week?
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I am reading Old School by Tobias Wolff and I am thoroughly enjoying this Bildungsroman snapshot of life in a prep school.
I remember reading that one in school. Glad to hear you’re enjoying it!
All new to me. The Immortalists strikes a chord but for the moment cannot recollect!
I also can’t remember where I first heard of it but I’m happy I placed the hold. If nothing else, it reminded me that I thought the book sounded interesting!