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.
Or, what has now become
My
Weekly
Shame
Post!
I’m feeling like maybe the slump is winding down, since I picked up Yann Martel’s new book Beatrice and Virgil (since I got 2 unsolicited copies, I thought maybe someone was trying to tell me something!) and sat down, only to get up after having read 50 pages. Fingers crossed peoples!!
The real test? Picking it back UP!
New checkouts
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter; The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti (because I want to read Goblin Market for OUaT IV); Doors Open by Ian Rankin (Reagan Arthur Challenge); Goodbye Chunky Rice (Graphic Novel Challenge); Lips Touch, Three Times (OUaT IV); Many and Many Times Ago by Selcuk Altun (honestly, I picked it up on a whim! but it sounds good!); Next by James Hynes (Reagan Arthur); The Sky is Everywhere and Time of My Life (because of raves by some of my favorite authors).
Still sitting at home, unread
Um, let’s see…I didn’t keep very many. When I get in a slump, I sometimes have to get ruthless. If the book is not working it is thrown against the wall and then…no, I’m kidding. If it’s not working, I put it down and pick up another. I kept Crossing Stones by Helen Frost. Cutting for Stone because I haven’t saved it to iTunes yet. Because it is 24 HOURS LONG people!!! Veracity because I haven’t glimpsed at it either. Smile, because I, oh you get the idea. And Num8ers. For the same reason. And Gone by Michael Grant. Same reason!
Go ahead, shake your head in disgust. I am!
Anyone up for a library book readathon? I think I need one.
Returned to the library, unread
I picked up all of these and they didn’t work. So I went ahead and took them back. I expect I will get the back, sooner or later.
Once Upon a Witch, Apple of my Eye, Going Bovine (only because I have the audio now!), The Postmistress, Prima Donna, and Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven.
What I managed to read
Because I feel like celebrating it! I read a library book! And it was good!
Blankets!!!
I just finished DOORS OPEN and I'm curious to hear what you think of it. I have to read a few more books that I've already committed to and then I'm dying to read NEXT.
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Heather, I've read Time of My Life and thought is was a lot of fun. Hope it interests you when you pick it up. I still shake my head over titles like "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter". LOL
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It looks like you're all ready for the Reagan Arthur Books Challenge. Great loot!
No! No! Please tell me they haven't made a mockery of my beloved Abraham Lincoln!
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I feel shameful about the amount of library books I have out now too. I just can't stop!!
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OK, your shame pile/post is becoming my shame pile/post. I have several of your new library acquisitions lounging on my shelves unread, unloved. Utterly underappreciated. Case in point: Many and Many a Year Ago. I sooo want to read it, and I just never do. Also really want to read Lips Touch and getting VERY tired of waiting on the 'brary to buy a darn copy!
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Your loot looks great, Heather. I have been in a reading slump and blogging slump since, oh, December. I don't know if I am just burnt out because I read more than I ever have last year or if nothing much is exciting me or what. I am just slow, slow, slow. But I did pick up Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli from the library earlier this week and have been reading more in it than anything else. Maybe it will help me get all fired up again, lol.
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What a great post idea. Yesterday, I checked out (and read) A Cat Named Dewey, and I've got We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg and That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo.
OHHHH, The Sky is Everywhere is fabulous! Definitely move that up high on your pile to be read. I loved it and hope you do too.
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