Library Loot: January 30 to February 5

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Library Loot: January 30 to February 5

January 30, 2019 by Claire (The Captive Reader)

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.

Leap In by Alexandra Heminsley – I wrote about this swimming memoir over the weekend but to sum it up: I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommended. (Book Depository)

Darling Ma edited by James Roose-Evans – Do I know much about Joyce Grenfell? No. Do I need to in order to enjoy these letters she wrote to her mother? We’ll find out.

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal – An alternate history with a decidedly feminist twist from the always intriguing Kowal. (Book Depository)

Buttercups and Daisies by Compton Mackenzie – Simon really enjoyed this last year, which is reason enough for me to try it!

(Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living by Mark Greenside – With my May trip to Brittany booked, I’m eager to read all I can to get myself in the mood. However, there is a lamentable lack of travel or expat memoirs about the region. Thankfully, Greenside, an American who has been living part-time in Brittany for decades, published a new memoir last year. (Book Depository)

A Question of Honor by Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud – I was in the mood for really well written popular history and few people do it as well as Lynne Olson (here writing with husband Stanley Cloud). This fascinating book focuses on the story of the Kosciuszko Squadron, Polish pilots who played a vital role in WWII. And, since I can never recommend it enough, a reminder that you must read Olson’s Last Hope Island, about the contributions made by occupied countries to the war effort. (Book Depository)

What did you pick up this week?

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10 Responses

on January 30, 2019 at 07:08 | Reply maphead

I sooo wanna read A Question of Honor!
- on January 30, 2019 at 18:31 | Reply Claire (The Captive Reader)
  
  You will love it! I started reading it last night and it’s just as good as I’d hoped.
on January 30, 2019 at 10:31 | Reply Jessie

I’m really curious about The Calculating Stars. Hope you enjoy it, and the rest of your library loot!
- on January 30, 2019 at 18:28 | Reply Claire (The Captive Reader)
  
  Thanks! I find Kowal’s work really intriguing but of mixed quality so it’ll be interesting to see how this goes.
on January 31, 2019 at 09:45 | Reply Sharlene

I really like Kowal’s works and have this book on my TBR. Hope you like it!
- on January 31, 2019 at 17:46 | Reply Claire (The Captive Reader)
  
  Thanks!
on January 31, 2019 at 21:39 | Reply Ros Mari

About Brittany: try to find this book, Bodil Malmsten, The price of water in Finistere. It is about her move from Sweden to France. It is hilarious.
Thank you for an interesting blog!
- on February 2, 2019 at 12:50 | Reply Claire (The Captive Reader)
  
  Thanks for the recommendation! I’d not come across that one in my searching and it sounds like just what I’m looking for.
on February 2, 2019 at 02:16 | Reply Mystica

All your books sound intriguing in different ways.
- on February 2, 2019 at 12:50 | Reply Claire (The Captive Reader)
  
  Thanks!