Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Marg @ The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader and Claire @ The Captive Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they have checked out from the library.
Officially only one this week.....
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo (NF)......Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
Yesterday was the first of the library's five day book sale - it was hot and it was crowded but one must endure these small discomforts for a good cause and I came away happy with my $5 worth of loot - which doesn't have to be returned.
Wise Children by Angela Carter
Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy by Rumer Godden
Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase-Riboud
As Music and Splendour by Kate O'Brien
Union Street by Pat Barker
The Microcosm by Maureen Duffy
The Story of a New Zealand River by Jane Mander
Emma by Jane Austen
That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern
Crazy Pavements by Beverley Nichols
The sale continues until Saturday so I doubt I'll be able to resist another couple of visits.
I've enjoyed a few of John McGahern's novels. Hope you love all your new books!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of JM's books but I did have this one on a list of possibles for a challenge. It was on the shelf then so I thought I'd better buy it if I wanted to read it.
DeleteI have heard such amazing things about Katherine Boo's book, but I know it isn't an easy read.
ReplyDeleteI've read & enjoyed Kate O'Brien's books, but I don't recognize that title - I'll have to look for it.
Happy reading - and book hunting :)
I've often seen Kate O'Brien mentioned but have never managed to find any of her work until now.
DeleteApparently this was her last book - it sounds lovely!
Looking forward to Katherine Boo as well.
I need to look out for when our library has its next sale. I always find some good buys.
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I was looking for older books so was pleased with what I found.
DeleteUgh, library sales always get me, too! And of course I have to go multiple times if convenient, just to make sure I didn't miss something, or because I decided I DID want that one book...
ReplyDeleteHappy reading! I would love to score another Angela Carter book at a sale. :)
I can't stay away either - would hate to miss out on something . I went again this afternoon and found another four.
DeleteWell done at the book sale!
ReplyDeleteI was happy with what I found.......maybe there will be more.
DeleteThat is a wonderful haul, and I'd be back there like a shot given the chance. Our library stock is pretty good, but we never have anything other than popular fiction a few years old on the sale trolley. I love Kate O'Brien's writing, though I haven't read the book you've got, and Wise Children would be on my desert island books shortlist.
ReplyDeleteMost of it was popular fiction but I knew I was looking for the archives culls so was well focused - I do wish there had been more though. Very happy with what I did bring home.
DeleteBehind the Beautiful Forevers! Oh, I hope you love it as much as I did. Such a beautiful book.
ReplyDeleteYay for library sales, you can always be sure of a great score there :)
Happy reading!
After all the glowing comments about it I'm really looking forward to BTBF.
DeleteI love library book sales! Your stack looks fantastic. Happy reading.
ReplyDeleteNothing like a library sale - problem now is what to read first?
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