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.
We made it! 2021 is almost at an end and, I think we can all agree, good riddance. I am seeing out the final days of this year very, very quietly. I’m off work (hurrah) but between the explosion in Omicron cases and the icy cold snap we’re experiencing here, spending lots of time at home reading seems like the best plan.
Cordelia Underwood, or the Marvelous Beginnings of the Moosepath League by Van Reid – I revisited Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust books recently and this comic novel, set in late 19th Century Maine, sounded delightful: When the young, beautiful, redheaded Cordelia Underwood inherits a parcel of land from her seafaring uncle, it sets in motion a chain of events that leads to the unearthing of a family secret two centuries old. Cordelia soon crosses paths with Mister Tobias Walton and finds herself aided in her quest by the warmhearted gentleman, who has never heard of an adventure he isn’t eager to join. Together with his hapless trio of friends, the Moosepath League, they embark on an entertaining and audacious adventure.
Eternal Boy by Matthew Dennison – a well-reviewed biography of Kenneth Grahame.
The Republic of Love by Carol Shields – I needed prompting from Book Lust to finally pick up this CanLit classic.
Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough – Another Book Lust find, this is a biography of Teddy Roosevelt, which is focused on his youth.
The Whispers of War by Julia Kelly – Kelly’s The Last Garden in England pulled me out of a reading slump earlier this year so I’m looking forward to this WWII-era story of three friends.
150 Glimpses of the Beatles by Craig Brown – I haven’t watched Get Back yet but picked this up to whet my appetite for all things Beatles-related.
What did you pick up this week?
The Captive Reader 
Mornings on Horseback was thoroughly enjoyable. Going to look for the Van Reid right now!
Glad to hear another endorsement for Mornings on Horseback!
A lovely mix of reads.
Thanks! I’m looking forward to them.
I might look for that biography of Kenneth Grahame. I did so love Wind in the Willows as a child!