Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Linda from Silly Little Mischief that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.
I have a library loot post for you all today. I haven't done library loot in ages, and since I just stepped in the door from the library, it seems fitting that I post this today! I've had lots of little library trips-a one book drop off here, an interlibrary loan pick up there, but this time I got a serious haul!
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote- A classic that I have never read. The book obviously doesn't have Audrey Hepburn's fabulous clothing, but I think I'm going to like it.
True Sisters by Sandra Dallas- The story of 4 Mormon converts in 1856 traveling together to Iowa City from Salt Lake City.
The Persian Pickle Club, also by Sandra Dallas- What can I say? I was standing by this author and she's got a pile of things she's written. This is about a young farmwife in the 30s in Kansas.
My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff- This was on the new book shelf. It's memoir about being in literary New York in the 90s. I've heard good things about this book.
Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen- I was standing in the stacks and realized that I hadn't read anything by Rhys Bowen in the longest time. I read the first two of the Royal Spyness books and greatly enjoyed them, but then promptly forgot all about them.
Paris Letters by Janice MacLeod-Another memoir-this one about a young woman who gives up her job in LA to travel to Paris. I started this book and I think it might be a little on the smarmy side….we'll see.
The Bachelor by Stella Gibbons- Set in the 40s. This is about a bachelor brother and his spinster sister and their eccentric cousin, who all live in the suburbs together during WWII. They decide to take in boarders, which include the brother's old flame, an immigrant family, and others.
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth- This is a historical novel, something that I almost never read, but this one looked good. It's a weaving together of 3 stories-that of a French novelist who writes a story about a young girl, and her father who steals parsley from another woman, Selena Leonelli, who threatens to cut his hands off. Okay, that made absolutely no sense. Go read the synopsis somewhere else. Basically, this story is a re-imagining with a historical background about the Rapunzel story.
So that's my loot for the weekend and the week ahead!
Quite an assortment you've got there. I'll be interested to know what you think about Bitter Greens, that's one I was thinking of checking out.
ReplyDeleteYes! I was pleased with my loot. I'll be sure to write a good post about Bitter Greens once I get to it.
DeleteBitter Greens is on my TBR! I'll be interested to lnow how you like it. loved My Salinger Year. -byrd@everydayhas
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