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’m back! I had a wonderful holiday (and might even be organized enough to share some photos in the next week) and, despite spending hours each day walking/hiking, did manage to fit in a fair amount of reading. One highlight of being home is being reunited with physical books after two weeks of exclusive e-reader use and I had these three inter-library loans ready to welcome me back.
The Trials of Topsy by A.P. Herbert – I tracked this down as soon as I heard that Handheld Press would be issuing a collection of the Topsy books next summer. It had been on my radar for a while and, having woken unnaturally early on Tuesday morning, I read through it with delight before work. Place your pre-orders now!
Miss Bishop by Bess Streeter Aldrich – My fourth encounter with Bess Streeter Aldrich this year, after having loved both A Lantern in Her Hand and A White Bird Flying (but finding The Rim of the Prairie disappointing).
The Villa Girls by Nicky Pellegrino – encouraged by Jo Walton’s enthusiasm for Pellegrino (in her monthly reading list posts), I’ve thoroughly been enjoying discovering her Italian-set novels for myself.
What did you pick up this week?
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I have had the Topsy books for SO long but have yet to read – this is an incentive, thank you!
It is DELIGHFUL. And the second book was published in 1929 if you have that on hand too for next week. I sadly don’t.
Started watching the second series of Stanley Tucci in Italy and he has me yearning to visit. No chance of that actually happening so maybe I need to check out those novels set in that country
Books are definitely the next best thing to actual travel!
Hello; I don’t frequent the library as I once did; I have been getting books through funnel books and some from authors who are giving them free but they are not as good to read since they’re prequels which means they lack oomph or such. I enjoyed reading more in paperback than eBooks but I don’t buy as many books as I once did. I am also not a good reviewer either; regurgitating is what I seem to be about and dead meat to authors who don’t like spoilers. I am sorry.
Doesn’t sound like your current pipeline is much fun. I hope you can find your way back to library before too long!
unsure about this suggestion; librarians don’t like me either; none do in fact…and I am asking for it. Thanks.
I’ve never heard of this Topsy but she sounds like fun. I will have to get this omnibus volume.
She is a joy. I am confident the omnibus will do well when it comes out!
I got the 4th Cazalet chronicles book from the library this week but my hold on the 3rd for some reason didn’t come in, so I had to buy it 🙂 Other than that my library haul this week was mostly painting and drawing books my kids had requested.
I hope this isn’t weird but I love checking your inspiring list of books read this year every now and then, and I just clicked over to Library Thing to see whether you enjoyed The Marriage Portrait. Looks like not really??
Not weird at all – if I’ve put it on the internet, it’s fair game! The Marriage Portrait was fine but not great or memorable. I don’t feel the time spent reading it was wasted but nor would I want to reread it or strongly recommend it to others.