The Captive Reader

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.

A Village in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd – several years ago, Boyd wrote Travellers in the Third Reich, an interesting look at the rise of Nazis through the eyes of visitors to Germany.  I had my quibbles with it but overall found it fascinating so am excited to read this follow-up, where she focuses on the villagers of Oberstdorf (which has coincidentally been on my list of travel destinations for several years – as are most places in the Alps).

The Ghost and Mrs Muir by R.A. Dick – a long-awaited ILL hold!  Kate’s write up caught my eye last February and, nine months later, here we finally are.  I’ve seen the movie numerous times but have never read this.

One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe – I’ve been a latecomer to Stibbe but have loved everything I’ve read by her so far.

Home is the Hunter by Helen MacInnes – I’ve read a couple of MacInnes’ spy novels recently and was sad to find how few of her works the library has in stock.  Intriguingly, one thing it has held on to is this comic play about Odysseus’ return home.

Not Far From Brideshead by Daisy Dunn – a strangely slim look at Oxford between the wars.

The Movement by Ayisha Malik – Malik’s Sofia Khan is Not Obliged delighted me back in 2015 (it was one of my favourite books that year) and I’ve happily scooped up everything she’s written (or ghost-written) since then.

What did you pick up this week?