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 link this week.
The Secret Fiord by Geoffrey Trease – I have just discovered Trease’s children’s novels this spring and have been so impressed by them. This one, set in England and Norway during the 15th Century, sounds like another winner.
The Visitors by Mary McMinnies – Barb gave this a 10/10 review years ago and then I never borrowed it but left it on my wishlist at the university library so I was reminded of it whenever I logged on to that account (which I’ve been doing a lot this year). It’s clearly the book to read this spring as Simon posted recently that he was also reading it.
A Drop of Golden Sun by Kate Saunders – Saunders sadly died last year and I’ve been looking forward to this, her final children’s book. The inspiration isn’t hard to divine.
Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé & Adiba Jaigirdar – a YA novel about two former best friends reuniting to try to save their Islamic Centre.
Force of Nature by Joan M. Griffin – a memoir about three middle-aged women hiking the John Muir trail.
The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross – published in November 1939 to raise funds for the Red Cross’ wartime efforts, this book includes the work of 50 authors and artists, including A.A. Milne, E.M. Delafield, Rex Whistler, and Laura Knight.
What did you pick up this week?
I would love to sit down with The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross!
It definitely looks intriguing! I checked it out because of a few specific pieces but am excited to read all of it.
I just placed a hold for The Visitors. I really want to read The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross but no holds are allowed. I’ll have to make a trip to the Cleveland main branch and spend the day reading it!
Sorry you can’t get borrowing privileges for The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross but it is fun sometimes to go and read on site. I spent some afternoons doing that in New Zealand last year and there’s a very obscure A.A. Milne book at the local university that I keep thinking about making an appointment to read…