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.
Exciting news on the Covid front: I have a vaccine appointment for my first shot! We finally have lots of vaccine flowing into the country and are making huge strides – Canada is even expected to surpass the US in first doses administered within the next few days. My appointment isn’t until the end of the month (it was the first one available at a location near me) but it is booked and that is a great feeling!
The Price of Peace by Zachary D. Carter – you can keep your artists and authors; for me, John Maynard Keynes is the most interesting and influential member of the Bloomsbury Group and I’m very excited for this biography.
A House in the Mountains by Caroline Moorehead – I read several books earlier this year about wartime Italy and resistance groups and wanted to learn more. Moorehead has written several books about wartime resistance across Europe and here she profiles four women and their efforts in Northern Italy.
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry – I enjoyed Beach Read by Henry last year so have been looking forward to this new release.
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson – I can’t remember where I heard about this but it sounds uplifting and charming.
The Widow Queen by Elzbieta Cherezinska – This, on the other hand, I can remember exactly when I first heard about: way back in 2018 when Tor announced they’d acquired the English translation of this Polish bestseller. So excited to finally be able to read it!
Promised to the Crown by Aimie K. Runyan – I saw a mention of this on Carla‘s blog and had to track it down. It’s about the filles du roi, women sent from France to New France (now Quebec) in the 17th Century to marry the men who had been sent earlier to settle the new territory. I loved reading about them when I was young and am looking forward to this.
What did you pick up this week?
The Captive Reader 
I hope you enjoy Promised to the Crown.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention! I’m really looking forward to it.
Congratulations! I had my first dose recently and am so looking forward to having the whole process completed. The Widow Queen looks quite interesting and it’s gone onto the TBR list.
The Price of Peace and A House in the Mountains look great. Enjoy!
[…] Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading to encourage bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write-up your post, steal the Library Loot pic and link your post using the Mr. Linky on Claire’s blog. […]
Oh, didn’t know that Emily Henry had a new book out. Off to see if I can find it!