Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
What I got from the library this week:
Pop Song – Larissa Pham
I wanted to get an audiobook for a reading challenge, it’s quite specific this one:
Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of color of a book written by an author of color
These Violent Delights – Chloe Gong
Described as a Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai.
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
What I got from the library:
The Islands of Chaldea – Diana Wynne Jones, Ursula Jones
A standalone novel completed by Jones’ sister. This is for a reading challenge task – published posthumously.
What’s Mine and Yours – Naima Coster
A multi-generational story involving school integration.
Bright Young Things – Scarlett Thomas
A group of 20-somethings apply for a mysterious job.
River Woman, River Demon – Jennifer Givhan
This book was part of a Together We Read event. I’m not usually a reader of crime fiction but this one by an indigenous writer sounded interesting.
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute – Talia Hibbert
I always enjoy reading Talia Hibbert’s books so am looking forward to this one which has the couple set up for a survival course in the woods.
The Picture Bride – Lee Geum-yi
Over on Instagram, it’s Korean March, so I’m reading some Korean lit, like this one about the Hawaiian Korean community.
The Great Outdoors – Catherine Meurisse
So I happened to be browsing the Libby catalogue and just decided to randomly download some comics. So here’s a French graphic novel about moving to the countryside.
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
Here’s my Library Loot for the week:
Cursed Bunny – Bora Chung
It’s described as “blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction”.
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
So we are usually so careful and good with library books, always returning on time, even after the library system did away with late fees! But somehow, one of the kids’ books went missing. I really have no clue where it could have gone to, as we never take library books out of the house! Over the weekend, we went through different areas of the house, looking under sofas, beds, checking in toy boxes and cupboards just in case. But we never found this one book. How very very odd.
I really hate to admit that we lost a library book, but that is what happened. So I went in the library to let them know. The librarian was very nice and asked if we wanted more time to look for it, but I really had no idea where else we could look, and just wanted to declare it lost and pay the fine.
What I got from the library this week:
The Salt Path – Raynor Winn
I was looking for a travel memoir written by a woman. Found this on Libby and loved the cover. Winn and her husband, who is terminally ill, walk 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, via Devon and Cornwall. They’ve lost their home and livelihood and are just carrying what they own on their backs.
I had to look up the South West Coast Path, and it’s England’s longest waymarked long-distance footpath. It’s a part of England I haven’t been to so I’m looking forward to reading about it. I love the coast of England, one of my favourite memories is hiking with my friends from Beachy Head in East Sussex.
I dug up an old photo I took on the hike of the white chalk cliffs.
Lemon – Kwon Yeo-Sun
A murder cold case story that explores grief and trauma.
I’m Waiting For You – Kim Bo-Young
A collection of speculative fiction short stories by a South Korean writer.
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
What I got from the library this week:
Sleepless Nights – Elizabeth Hardwick
So one of the reading challenges has a task to read a book published in the year you’re born. So here it is. I’m also new to reading Elizabeth Hardwick’s works.
Pixels of You – Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota
A friendship between the first human-presenting AI and a human who is cybernetically augmented. Intriguing!
Mademoiselle Revolution – Zoe Sivak
Another book for a reading challenge. This one is a story about a biracial heiress who flees Haiti for Paris.
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
Child of Fortune – Yuko Tsushima I saw this on Word By Word and put it on my library holds.
Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now – Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang
Have been looking forward to this one.
The Rabbit Hutch – Tess Gunty
I’ve seen this on some “best of” lists last year. Oh, it won the National Book Award too.
Charming As A Verb – Ben Philippe
It’s Black History Month and I downloaded some library ebooks by black writers. This one is a YA romance set in NYC and well, I was attracted by its title.
Love is a Revolution – Renee Watson
I enjoyed Watson’s Watch Us Rise and am looking forward to this one
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
What I got from the library this week:
Sansei and Sensibility – Karen Tei Yamashita
A collection of short stories set in California in the sixties and seventies
The Swimmers – Julie Otsuka
Otsuka’s books are always beautiful reads.
Acting Class – Nick Drnaso
My Broken Mariko – Waka Hiroko
Both of these were random grabs off the adult graphic novel shelves. I have read Drnaso’s Sabrina, although I didn’t really like it. Second chance, Drnaso! I haven’t heard of Waka Hiroko before, but was curious about the book.
Anne of Greenville – Mariko Tamaki
A modern-day Anne of Green Gables. I’ve enjoyed Mariko Tamaki’s previous works like This One Summer.
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
This book is hard to describe, so here’s the synopsis from Goodreads:
Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He’s a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy—the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. Or is it?
After stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he’s ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but the buried legacy of his own family. Infinitely inventive and deeply personal, exploring the themes of pop culture, assimilation, and immigration—Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu’s most moving, daring, and masterful novel yet.
Bullet Train – Kotaro Isaka
Five killers find themselves on a bullet train from Tokyo competing for a suitcase full of money. Looks like this was made into a movie that starred Brad Pitt.
Haven – Emma Donoghue
To be honest, not really a book I would borrow based solely off its description. But I borrowed this because of the Storygraph Onboarding Challenge. One of the tasks is to read a book that’s based on your reader profile. Apparently my profile is
“Mainly reads fiction books that are reflective, adventurous, and emotional.”
The funny thing is using those 3 criteria to filter the books turns up just a handful books, most I’ve never heard of – or want to read. So after scrolling through these, I figured that Haven would work best as at least I’ve read Emma Donoghue’s books before! 😛
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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.
Happy Wednesday! What did you get from your library this week?
What I got from the library this week:
The Fever – Sonia Shah
I first came across this book on Maphead’s blog. It’s a book about malaria. While Singapore eradicated malaria some decades ago, it’s still plagued by dengue, another mosquito-borne disease.
Vladimir – Julia May Jonas
If I’m not wrong, I probably came across this book on one of those many “best of” book lists last month. That cover is definitely eye-catching!
Legends & Lattes – Travis Baldree
Ah my hold came in for this book! And then I finished reading it on that very day! What can I say, it was just such a fun book.
Real Life Reading 