Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by The Captive Reader and the Silly Little Mischief 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 thought for this week I'd post about the books I won during the Summer Book Trek hosted by New LDS Fiction. I love this annual reading challenge where you spend the month of July reading books by LDS authors. By participating you can enter to win prizes, I ended up winning SIX books this time! Below are the fun books I read, can't wait to read them.

Playing for Keeps by Renee S Clark

 

Pocket Full of Posies by Julie Coulter Bellon

 

What is Lost by Lauren Skidmore

 

Bound in Blue by H Hamilton Senter

 

Lethal Engagement by Teyla Branton

 

 

 

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by The Captive Reader and the Silly Little Mischief 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.

Since I rarely go to the library anymore, I decided to post about what books I'm reading through Kindle Unlimited. I also get books through BookLending.com. I'm always on the look out for good lending sites, so if you know of any please let me know! Anyway, here are the book I currently have out through Unlimited:

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading.

I realized today that it has been awhile since I’ve done a Library Loot post. It’s a little embarrassing but I currently have A LOT of books checked out from the library (approx 25…and counting). I also have a huge pile of books that I own (and don’t even want to count). I thought I would just take a picture to share with all you fellow book nuts. I’m sure I’m not the only one out there with a pathetically large number of books in their TBR pile, right?

Below is my ARC and Library Pile (roughly sorted by genre)Below is my owned TBR pile (the entire bottom shelf)
And just for kicks, my entire bookcase
(my puppy, Charlie, is wondering why I spend so much time reading instead of playing with him)
Here is my other bookcase, with a little more non-fiction (the entire bottom shelf is all my childrens books). My husband bought me these bookcases a few months ago...aint he sweet?

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading.

The Line by Teri Hall

Life as we Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Dragonfly byJulia Golding

The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan

Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda

The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading.

Below are the books I had waiting for me after my trip home to Utah. I’ve heard good things about all three and I’m excited to read each one.

The Espressologist by Kristinia Springer
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Rampant by Diana Peterfreund

Library Loot Monday

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading.

For this weeks edition of LLM I decided to post about what books I received for Christmas instead of what books I have checked out from the library. Santa was very good to me this year. I’m looking forward to getting home to San Diego so I will finally have some free time to read again.

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Fallen by Lauren Kate

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Magic Under Glass by Jackie Dolamore

Library Loot Monday

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading.

Last week I read my first Georgette Heyer book (Sylvester) and enjoyed it so much I went a little crazy at the library ordering up their entire stock of Heyer books. I started reading The Grand Sophy the other day and am enjoying it so far. However, when she uses odd words like “animadverted,” I have to believe she kept a thesaurus nearby when writing her books and must have thought inserting these “smart” words would give the novel a more educated or old-fashion feel. Personally I think it's distracting and would prefer if she just said “complained”. Anyway, I still enjoy the story and look forward to reading the following books:

Charity Girl by Georgette Heyer

The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer

The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer

A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
The Nonsuch by Georgette Heyer
Frederica by Georgette Heyer

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading. Below are just a few of the books I have checked out this Monday.

A Map of the Known World by Lisa Ann Sandell

Dead Girl Walking by Linda Joy Singleton

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

Library Loot Monday

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading. Below are just a few of the books I have checked out this Monday.

Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantche
A Year in Europe by Rachel Hawthorne
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer

Library Loot Monday

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading. Below are just a few of the books I have checked out this Monday.

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Prome Nights from Hell by Cabot, Harrison, Jaffe, Meyer and Myracle

Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran

Library Loot Monday

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading.

Jessica will be taking a little break from BWN so I’ll be taking over her weeks for our fun meme’s. Below are just a few of the books I have checked out this Monday.

Girl v Boy by Yvonne Collins & Sandy Rideout

Unclaimed Heart by Kim Wilkins

Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Marilyn Kaye

Suite Dreams by Rachel Hawthorne

Trust Me by Rachel Hawthorne

South Beach Sizzle by Suzanne Weyn & Diana Gonzalez

Library Loot Monday

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading. Below are just a few of the books I have checked out this Monday. (Photos and description from GoodReads)

Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson
Katie Chandler gets a job offer from Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., a company that tricks of the trade to the magic community. She quickly learns that office politics are even more complicated when your new boss is a real ogre, and you have a crush on the sexy, shy, ultra powerful head of the R&D department, who is so busy fighting an evil competitor threatening to sell black magic on the street that he seems barely to notice Katie. Now it’s up to Katie to pull off the impossible: save the world and–hopefully–live happily ever after.

The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner
A mysterious gypsy boy, Yann Margoza, and his guardian, a dwarf, work for the magician Topolain in 1789. On the night of Topolain’s death, Yann’s life truly begins. That’s when he meets Sido, an heiress with a horrible father. An attachment is born that will determine both their paths. Revolution is afoot in France, and Sido is being used as a pawn. Only Yann will dare to rescue her from a fearful villain named Count Kalliovski. It will take all of Yann’s newly discovered talent to unravel the mysteries of Sido’s past and his own and to fight the devilish count.

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
He holds the secret that can end the world. The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly 700 years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life. The records show that he died in 1418. But his tomb is empty. The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. But only because he has been making the elixir of life for centuries. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects; the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world.

Library Loot Monday

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading.

October has been a crazy month with not a lot of time left over for reading. Because of this my library pile has gotten a little out of control (Thank goodness for renewals). So, below is a picture of all the books I have checked out this Monday. Hopefully I’ll have a little more time in November to do some much needed reading.

A Manic Monday

Usually for Mondays we participate in the meme for Library Loot. I have a serious case of the book blues this Monday. The shocking truth is that I have nothing checked out from the library right now! Last week I started The Grapes of Wrath and I seriously only made it about 10 pages before I put it down. I read it once before, in college, but I really just skimmed it so I could write a paper on it and when I sat down to read it for fun, well it was just too heavy for me. Then my copy of Gone finally became available at the library and I was excited to start reading it, but last night I put it down also. I was haunted by the fact that all the adults disappear and by the 4th chapter a 5 year old girl has died and another 5 year old boy is clutching his blanket asking for his mother and all I could picture was my own 5 year old and it was just not enjoyable for me. So I went back to the sappy love story that I've read before and that I borrowed from my mom's book collection so you can see that I'm in a pickle. I have no idea what to read next to get me out of this funk. If you have suggestions please leave me one!

Since I have nothing to offer by way of Library Loot, I thought I'd put forth a discussion question. I saw a commercial over the weekend for Audible.com. Have you heard of it? It's an online book store, for lack of a better word, where you pay a membership and can stream audio books to your listening device of choice. For some reason this just makes me sad. I love holding a book. I love looking at the cover. I love that when I read, the words and characters become a part of me because I hear them in my head and not because someone is reading it to me. Kath loves the smell of books so much that she wants to make a perfume of the scent. So dear blog reader I have two questions.

Do you listen to audio books? If so, Why?

Would you ever or do you own a Kindle?

Again, the Kindle seems neat but it just makes me sad for some reason. It would solve my problem of storing books though.

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading. Below are just a few of the books I have checked out this Monday.

Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

What Would Emma Do? By Eileen Cook
Sea Change by Aimee Friedman
If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? By Melissa Kantor

Library Loot Monday

Library Loot is a weekly meme that is hosted by A Striped Arm Chair. It gives book bloggers an opportunity to share what fun books we have checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate visit A Striped Arm Chair and add your post link to their site. It’s a fun way to check out what other bloggers are reading. Below are just a few of the books I have checked out this Monday.

Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Gable Faces East by Anita Stansfield

The Blind Faith Hotel by Pamela Todd

This week I have quite the eclectic mix of books I'm reading. Two are books that I have read before and wanted to read again. Two are books that the cover caught my attention on the library display and so they came home with me.