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?