Library Thursday

I have not done Library Loot in a long time and this is the first time participating in Literary Thursday Blog Hop.  Since being caught up (for the time being) on my reviews, it seemed like the perfect time to jump in and play.

The Library Thursday Blog Hop is  hosted by Lah at LazyGirl Reads.
Each week, we list which books we've picked up, put on hold, skimmed through at the library. It's a great way to see what other bloggers are browsing through while we are waiting for new titles to come out.

My requested books are ones that I have been looking forward to reading. The problem is choosing which one to read first.  I will most likely begin with The Distant Hours and Virals.

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

My stack is getting a little lonely as I have not been reading as much as I would like to start out the New Year (hard to believe, I know).
There are quite a few books that have received great reviews.  Have you read any of them?  Which one should I pick up first?

Library Loot

Yesterday all I had to do was pick up two items that I had requested.  I gave myself a "talk" on the way to the library about having a large stack of library books waiting at home for me to read so go in, get the book and leave.

Well....the librarian (a friend), told me that she just put out new books 1 minute ago.  To be nice, I had to take a look since she pointed them out, right?

I got that giddy feeling of seeing books that I knew I wanted to read, reached out to pick them up and it was all over.  They came home with me. 

Becoming Jane Eyre
Tainted
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
Burn

The Swan Thieves

Her Fearful Symmetry 

Library Loot is hosted by Eva of A Striped Armchair and Marg of Reading Adventures  that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

This week I did something a bit different and made a video of my Loot. Now that it is cooler and my huband and sons are not golfing every weekend, the FLIP Video has been free to use. This is only my second attempt at using it so bear with the shakiness and fumbling for something to say!



Ugh, I do not like the sound of my voice, it does not sound that way to me! LOL

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.







Promise of the Wolves
Tender Morsels (YA)
The Redheaded Princess (YA)
Bewitching Season (YA)
A Secret and Unlawful Killing
Takeover
Swimsuit
Seducing An Angel
A Thread of Truth
Benny & Shrimp
After the Train (YA)
Summer House
The Confederate General Rides North
Labor Day
Alex Cross's Trial
The Tenderness of Wolves

This is the smallest amount of books that I've had checked out from the library all summer long! I am hoping to complete a couple of challenge with these books.

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

I brought home The Book of Unholy Mischief, Light Over Carolina, Lavender Morning, Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, Flygirl, My Abandonment and Pursuit.

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

My stacks of library loot are out of control because my local library is closing tomorrow for three weeks (maybe longer) to move into the newly renovated building and I didn't want to suffer withdrawal!
Because I had so many books I divided them up into adult fiction and YA fiction.

From the stack on the right I have a few authors that are new to me:
Allan Gurganus, Georgette Heyes, Michael White, Elizabeth Strout, Philip Hensher, Tim Gautreaux, David Liss and Elle Newmark.

The YA stack has quite a few books I'm looking forward to reading: Waiting For Normal, Jellicoe Road, The Patron Saint of Butterflies and North of Beautiful.

Library Loot

Library Loot hosted by Eva and Alessandra asks us to list what we brought home from the library this week.

I have given up trying to talk myself into going in the library only for what I came for, its just too much fun to browse.

This finally was ready for me to check out. When audio books come in they take time to check over every disc to make sure they are in good working condition. I have been taking hour longs walks in order to listen to a complete disc. If you love this series, I highly recommend listening to it!


These books came home with me too:


This One Is Mine by Maria Semple
They Way We Were by Marcia Willett
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Disquiet by Julia Leigh

Library Loot

As usual, I went to the library to pick up one book that I had requested (The 8th Confession by James Patterson) and came home with 8 others:
The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone, The Missing by Tim Gautreaux, Blindspot by Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore, High Dive by Tammar Stein, Freefall by Anna Levine, Mudbound by Hillary Jordan, The House on Tradd Street by Karen White and Thank You For All Things by Sandra Kring.

Friday Finds & Library Loot

What great books did you hear about / discover this week?
Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS!

These books found their way onto my TBR list:
Exposure by Brandilyn Collins
She's In A Better Place by Angela Hunt
Cassandra & Jane by Jill Pitkeathley
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Friday Finds is hosted my MizB.


Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

I have not visited the library in over a week. I'm surprised they didn't call me to make sure I was alright! LOL. I was diligently trying read my library stack down to avoid having to renew them once again. Yesterday I returned 8 books that were due and came home with this stack:

Friday Finds and Library Loot

MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Friday Finds:

My Finds:
A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher

Love You, Hate You, Miss You by Elizabeth Scott





Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo
John 3:16 by Nancy Moser
Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher
Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz
The Treasure by Iris Johansen
Silent of The Moor by Deanna Raybourn
Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood

Friday Finds - Library Loot

What great books did you hear about / discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS!

Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo at 5 Minutes For Books, Books, Movies and Chinese Food
I love anything Jane Austen!

Soul Catcher by Michael White at The Literate Housewife
Historical Fiction is a genre I really like especially the Civil War era. I have read three books in the last few week that take place during the Civil War.

Yesterday I had every intention of returning 6 books to the library...just couldn't walk out without taking a peak and here's what I brought home!

The Guardian by Julius Lester
What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson
Paper Towns by John Green
Beauty Shop For Rent by Laura Bowers
When The Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright
The Joys of Love by Madeleine L'Engle
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell
The Beach House by Jane Green
Born To Run by James Grippando
Crossroads by Belvia Plain

Library Loot is hosted by A Striped Armchair and Out of The Blue

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Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra 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!

Here’s my loot for the week:

All of my books on hold came in two days. Most of them are for reading challenges.
Stepping Into Sunlight by Sharon Hinck
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (Well-Seasoned Reader)
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig (Series)
BreakNeck by Erica Spindler (Suspense/Thriller)
Rebel Anges by Libba Bray (Series, Victorian)
Salvation In Death by J.D. Robb (Series, Suspense/Thriller)
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennett by Colleen McCullough (Historical)
The Treasure by Iris Johansen (Historical, Romance)

I have a large stack ahead of them so I'd better get reading.

Library Loot

Found this fun weekly event at MizBs. Library Loot is hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

Most of the books I read come from the Library. Years ago I agreed to be a better steward of our budget by not buying so many books. I still buy books, but ones that I really want to have in my library.

This year I am trying to stick to my reading challenge plans and each visit to the library get a book or five that fits in one of the challenges, plus one or two that just look interesting.

Got any loot to share?