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.
I have a lot of interlibrary loans enroute to me – which is of course exactly when all my other holds descend. Time for some intense reading (though, really, when is it not?) to clear the decks before those arrive.
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett – a new collection of essays. You can read the title essay – about Patchett’s friendship with Tom Hanks’ assistant, Sooki – here.
Noble Ambitions by Adrian Tinniswood – Tinniswood has written extensively about the history and significance of the English country house and here he moves out of the age of nostalgia to look at what happened to them in the post-war period.
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – This is my year to finally discover Adichie. I started with Americanah (superb), teared up through Notes on Grief, and am looking forward to this historical novel about the Biafran war.
Sushi for Beginners and The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes – Is now – with library holds raining down on me – really the time to pick up two 500+ books for rereads? Obviously yes. Keyes is ridiculously readable and always a delight to return to.
The Singles Table by Sara Desai – a cute looking rom-com.
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang – book three in Hoang’s romance series, following The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test.
The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan – a bit of seasonal cheer.
Alone in an Untamed Land by Maxime Trottier – part of the “Dear Canada” series (there is a twin “Dear America” series), this children’s book looks at the experience of a girl who was one of the Filles du roi – young women who left France to marry settlers in Quebec – in the late 1660s. I read an awful book about the Filles du roi earlier this year and wanted something to cleanse my palate after that.
What did you pick up this week?
The Captive Reader 
I dnf the Colgan but I’m enjoying the Patchett.
I really enjoy Patchett’s writing, though I felt I needed to dip in and out of this collection. A little bit of her can go a long way.