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.
Sharlene has the Mr Linky this week.
After putting library holds on pause while I was on vacation, they came rushing at me last weekend. Between two different library systems I picked up more than 20 items on Saturday, including these recent releases:
The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews – Matthews has been a relatively recent discovery for me but I’m loving her gentle historical romances. This is the second in her “Belles of London” series, which started earlier this year with The Siren of Sussex.
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik – the end to Novik’s Scholomance trilogy.
The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn – I’m hearing only good things about this.
The Reindeer Hunters by Lars Mytting – Mytting’s The Bell in the Lake was one of my favourite books I read last year so I’ve been waiting impatiently for this second book to appear in translation.
Super-Infinite by Katherine Rundell – Rundell, best known for her childrens’ books, has been getting heaps of praise for this biography of John Dunne.
Lore Olympus, Volume Two by Rachel Smythe – an enjoyable continuation of the webtoon about Hades and Persephone.
Iron Curtain by Vesna Goldsworthy – I’ve been looking forward to this since reading the FT review last February.
Gifts by Laura Barnett – are you ready for Christmas reading yet? I’m not sure I am but let’s find out.
Ducks by Kate Beaton – There are 320 people in the library line behind me waiting for this graphic memoir about Beaton’s time working the oil sands, which gives you some idea of how much buzz there is around this. I read it instantly and it’s superb.
What did you pick up this week?
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Golden Enclaves! I hope it’s a great end to the series. I’m definitely looking forward to it as my hold just came in!
I’ll be interested to hear what you think!
I almost ordered The Whalebone Theatre with a gift certificate the other day – I have heard a lot of good things about it. I went with the new bio of Agatha Christie instead but I still plan to read it and will be interested to hear what you think.
I’m looking forward to it! It sounds like it crams in a lot of things (theatre! war! spies!) so I’m intrigued to see how it all fits together.
Ducks…. I thought I’d ordered that one at Toronto Public Library when I heard her interviewed on CBC (I usually try to beat the rush.) Thanks for the reminder. I’m #406.
Happy to see it’s popularity is nation-wide – it’s well-deserved!