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.
After reading so much about New Zealand while I was at home, it’s time to read about Canada while I’m abroad.
The Imperialist by Sara Jeannette Duncan – After reading An American Girl in London and Cousin Cinderella, this is clearly my year for discovering Duncan. Published in 1904, this has long been a part of the New Canadian Library and looks at two siblings full of high ideals in a small Ontario town.
The Watch That Ends the Night by Hugh MacLennan – I really love MacLennan’s works and, as far as I’m concerned, this story of a fraught love triangle is his best (though Barometer Rising about the Halifax explosion is the best entry point). It also has the distinction of inspiring “Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)” by The Tragically Hip.
The Man from Glengarry by Ralph Connor – more than ten years ago, I read and loved Glengarry School Days and now I’m finally returning there.
What did you pick up this week?
The Captive Reader 
The authors are new to me. Like the older settings too