Mainly books, but also other pleasing things
Posted in Books, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Library Loot, Short Stories on Jun 24th, 2010
Here’s a pile of books I’ve recently borrowed: From top to bottom they are Brat Farrar by Joesphine Tey. Patrick had committed suicide, so who is the mysterious young man claiming to be him and calling himself Brat Farrar? I borrowed this because I enjoyed Tey’s books, The Daughter of Time and The Franchise Affair. [...]
Posted in Books, Crime Fiction, Library Loot on Jun 10th, 2010
It’s been a while since I did a Library Loot post. This is my latest haul from the Mobile Library that called round this morning (as usual click on the photo to enlarge): I really appreciate the mobile library service, the van stops just along the road from our house and has a varied, if small [...]
Posted in Books, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Library Loot, Non-fiction on May 1st, 2010
I hadn’t intended to borrow any more library books for a while, at least until I’ve read at least half of the ones I’ve got out at present. But on Thursday I was watering the hanging basket at the front door and glancing down the road saw a mobile library van. We moved here in [...]
Posted in Books, Friday Finds, Library Loot on Apr 16th, 2010
We had to take a CD back to the library today, so I thought I’d just see what was on the shelves, not intending to borrow any more books as I already have more than I can read for months ahead. But when I saw The Breaking Point, short stories by Daphne du Maurier was [...]
Posted in Books, Library Loot on Apr 9th, 2010
I’ve been reading lots of library books recently and still have quite a pile left unread. Here are just some of the books I’ve borrowed that I haven’t started to read yet. From top to bottom: Zennor in Darkness by Helen Dunmore. I haven’t read any of her books. The title of this drew my attention [...]
Posted in Books, Library Loot on Mar 5th, 2010
Here are some of the library books I currently have out on loan. I haven’t started any of them, although I’ve dipped into each one. From top to bottom they are: The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom. An interesting title I thought. It’s about a Jewish, vegetarian librarian who has just arrived to take [...]
Posted in Books, Library Loot on Jan 26th, 2010
I had two trips to two libraries last week. As I live in England, but close to the Scottish border I can borrow books from both Scottish and English libraries. I’d joined the Scottish Borders Library Services earlier this year as it’s the nearest one and had already borrowed a few books. They were due back [...]
Posted in Library Loot on Nov 7th, 2009
I went to the library this week just to return some books and had no intention of borrowing any more as I don’t think I’ll be able to finish the ones I’ve already got out before we leave the area. But I made the mistake of looking at the first display stand, which contained some very short books in the [...]
Posted in Books, Library Loot on Oct 31st, 2009
I went to the library yesterday and borrowed just four books. As we’re moving house at the end of November I may be able to read these in time. In fact I only have one week to read Dewey: the Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron. I only have one week [...]
Posted in Books, Library Loot on Jul 14th, 2009
I came back from the library today with this pile of books. I’ve been thinking about how I choose books since writing my last Weekly Geeks post – am I influenced by the cover, just what is it about a book that makes me want to read it? Here are my reasons for choosing this [...]
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