Showing posts with label 2013 Library Loots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013 Library Loots. Show all posts

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Library Loot: Second-ish Trip in December

New Loot:
  • Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
  • How Does Baby Feel by Karen Katz
  • Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 lives by John Sutherland
  • The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson
  • The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
  • The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • The First Dragon by James A. Owen

Leftover Loot:
  • Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
  • A Song for Bijou by Josh Farrar
  • The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
  Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.   

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Library Loot: Fifth Trip in November

New Loot:
  • Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
  • Salt by Helen Frost
  • A Song for Bijou by Josh Farrar
  • Risked by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • Mariah Mundi by G.P. Taylor
  • A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
  • The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
  • Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett
  • The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata
  • Building Our House by Jonathan Bean
  • The Real Boy by Anne Ursu
  • P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
  • Hokey Pokey by Jerry Spinelli

Leftover Loot:
  • Pete the Cat Saves Christmas Eric Litfin, James Dean
  • Rocking In My School Shoes by Eric Litfin, James Dean
  • Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses by Kimberley and James Dean
  • Wheels on the Bus (Pete the Cat) James Dean 
  • Pete the Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons by James Dean, Eric Litwin
  • Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Eric Litwin, James Dean
  Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.  

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Library Loot: Fourth Trip in November

New Loot:
  • Paperboy by Vince Vawter
  • Pete the Cat Saves Christmas Eric Litfin, James Dean
  • Rocking In My School Shoes by Eric Litfin, James Dean
  • Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses by Kimberley and James Dean
  • Wheels on the Bus (Pete the Cat) James Dean

Leftover Loot:
  • Pete the Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons by James Dean, Eric Litwin
  • Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Eric Litwin, James Dean
  • Thumpy Feet by Betsy Lewin
  • Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown
  • Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
  • The Grimm Conclusion by Adam Gidwitz
  • The 100 by Kass Morgan
  • Aquifer by Jonathan Friesen
 Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.  

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Library Loot: Third Trip in November

New Loot: 
  • Pete the Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons by James Dean, Eric Litwin
  • Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Eric Litwin, James Dean
  • Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope
  • Train by Elisha Cooper
  • Timeless by Alexandra Monir
  • Longbourn by JO Baker
  • Ah Ha by Jeff Mack
  • Thumpy Feet by Betsy Lewin
  • Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown
  • Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
  • The Grimm Conclusion by Adam Gidwitz
Leftover Loot:
  • Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Stephanie Hemphill
  • The 100 by Kass Morgan
  • Aquifer by Jonathan Friesen
 Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, November 09, 2013

Library Loot: Second Week In November

New Loot:
  • Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Stephanie Hemphill
  • The 100 by Kass Morgan
  • Aquifer by Jonathan Friesen
  • Across A Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
 Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, November 02, 2013

Library Loot: First Week in November

New Loot:
  • Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown
  • Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Leftover Loot:
  • Perfectly Matched by Maggie Brendan
 Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Library Loot: Fourth Trip in October

New Loot:
  • The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally
  • Bits & Pieces by Judy Schachner
  • Perfectly Matched by Maggie Brendan

Leftover Loot:
  • The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne 
 Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Library Loot: Third Trip in October


This is the I-returned-everything-because-I-have-a-cold-and-can't-imagine-reading-anything edition of Library Loot.

New Loot:
  • I'm A Frog by Mo Willems
  • UnSouled by Neal Shusterman
  • Ye Olde Weird But True! 300 Outrageous Facts From History by Cheryl Harness
Leftover Loot: 
  • The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale
  • The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
   Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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
 
© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Library Loot: Second Trip in October

New Loot:
  • Don't Pigeonhole me! Two Decades of the Mo Willems Sketchbook
  • The September Queen by Gillian Bagwell
  • The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale
  • The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne

Leftover Loot:
  • Dynasty: The Stuarts, 1560-1807 by John Macleod 
  • Georgette Heyer by Jennifer Kloester  
  • The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
  • Brownie and Pearl See the Sights by Cynthia Rylant
  • Brownie and Pearl Hit the Hay by Cynthia Rylant
  • The Big Wet Balloon by Liniers
  • So Close to You by Rachel Carter
  • The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
  • The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone
  • A Life in Letters by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Rebekkah's Journey by Ann Burg
  • Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
  • Fragments by Dan Wells
  • Rise by Anna Carey
  • The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
     Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.  

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, October 05, 2013

Library Loot: First Trip in October

I interrupt this Library Loot to remind everyone that Cybils nominations are in progress! Plenty of wonderful books have already been nominated, but there are still plenty of books that need your help! If you have read picture books, easy readers, early chapter books, nonfiction for kids or teens, poetry books for kids or teens, middle grade fiction, young adult fiction, fantasy or science fiction for kids or teens, or graphic novels for those age groups...published between October 16, 2012 and October 15, 2013, then you can contribute to this wonderful process by nominating books. After public nominations close on October 15, authors, publishers, and publicists may then nominate books.

New Loot:
  • When Comes the Spring, Janette Oke
  • When Breaks the Dawn by Janette Oke
  • The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
  • Brownie and Pearl See the Sights by Cynthia Rylant
  • Brownie and Pearl Hit the Hay by Cynthia Rylant
  • The Big Wet Balloon by Liniers
  • So Close to You by Rachel Carter
  • The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
  • The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone
  • A Life in Letters by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Rebekkah's Journey by Ann Burg
  • Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
  • Fragments by Dan Wells
  • Rise by Anna Carey
  • The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
Leftover Loot:
  • Dynasty: The Stuarts, 1560-1807 by John Macleod 
  • The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
  • Georgette Heyer by Jennifer Kloester
    Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.  

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Library Loot: Third Trip in September

New Loot:
  • The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
  • Georgette Heyer by Jennifer Kloester
Leftover Loot:
  • Avalon by Anya Seton
  • The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
  • Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett
  • Dynasty: The Stuarts, 1560-1807 by John Macleod
  • Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by Flora Fraser
  • The Duchess of Drury Lane by Freda Lightfoot
  • If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley
  • The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer
  • I, Hogarth by Michael Dean
     Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Library Loot: Second Trip in September

New Loot:
  • Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer
  • Avalon by Anya Seton
  • Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
  • The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
  • Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett
Leftover Loot:
  • Dynasty: The Stuarts, 1560-1807 by John Macleod
  • Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by Flora Fraser
  • The Duchess of Drury Lane by Freda Lightfoot
  • If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley 
  • The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer
  • The Armada by Garrett Mattingly
  • The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
  • Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
  • A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick
  • The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick
  • Her Highness, The Traitor by Susan Higginbotham
  • I, Hogarth by Michael Dean
  • A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
  • Frederica by Georgette Heyer
  • False Colours by Georgette Heyer 
  • Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan by Robin Maxwell
  • The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler
  • The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow
  • The Road Beneath Me by Jessica Blair
  • To Defy A King by Elizabeth Chadwick
  •  Three Maids for A Crown by Ella March Chase
    Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, September 07, 2013

Library Loot: First in September

New Loot:
  • The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
  • Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
  • A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick
  • The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick
  • By Light Alone by Adam Roberts
  • Her Highness, The Traitor by Susan Higginbotham
  • I, Hogarth by Michael Dean
  • A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
  • Frederica by Georgette Heyer
  • False Colours by Georgette Heyer 
  • Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan by Robin Maxwell
  • The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler
  • The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow
  • The Road Beneath Me by Jessica Blair
  • To Defy A King by Elizabeth Chadwick
  • Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick
  • Three Maids for A Crown by Ella March Chase
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Leftover Loot:
  • Foundation: The History of England From Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors by Peter Ackroyd
  • Dynasty: The Stuarts, 1560-1807 by John Macleod
  • Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by Flora Fraser
  • The Duchess of Drury Lane by Freda Lightfoot
  • If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley 
  • The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer
  • The Armada by Garrett Mattingly
    Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Library Loot: Fifth Trip in August

New Loot:
  • Foundation: The History of England From Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors by Peter Ackroyd
  • Just Like Fate by Cat Patrick and Suzanne Young
  • Viking: The Norse Warrior's Unofficial Manual by John Haywood
  • Elephantantrum by Gillian Shields 
Leftover Loot:
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be A Greek Athlete by Michael Ford
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be A Slave in Ancient Greece by Fiona Macdonald
  • You Wouldn't Want to Be A Roman Gladiator by John Malam
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be An Aztec Sacrifice by Fiona Macdonald
  • You Wouldn't Want to Be A Roman Soldier by David Stewart
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be an 18th Century British Convict by Meredith Costain
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be A Victorian Servant by Fiona Macdonald
  • The Life and Times of Joan of Arc by Jim Whiting
  • Dynasty: The Stuarts, 1560-1807 by John Macleod
  • A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings by Stella Tillyard
  • Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by Flora Fraser
  • The Duchess of Drury Lane by Freda Lightfoot
  • If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley 
  • The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
  • A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
  • The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard by Jack Lynch
  • The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer
  • The Armada by Garrett Mattingly
  • How To Create the Perfect Wife: Britains Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate by Wendy Moore
  • How Shakespeare Changed Everything by Stephen Marche
    Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Library Loot: Fourth Trip in August

Is this my biggest library loot of the year?! 

New Loot:
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be A Greek Athlete by Michael Ford
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be A Slave in Ancient Greece by Fiona Macdonald
  • You Wouldn't Want to Be A Roman Gladiator by John Malam
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be An Aztec Sacrifice by Fiona Macdonald
  • You Wouldn't Want to Be A Roman Soldier by David Stewart
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be an 18th Century British Convict by Meredith Costain
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be A Victorian Servant by Fiona Macdonald
  • The Life and Times of Joan of Arc by Jim Whiting
  • Dynasty: The Stuarts, 1560-1807 by John Macleod
  • A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings by Stella Tillyard
  • Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by Flora Fraser
  • Alfred the Great by Justin Pollard
  • The Duchess of Drury Lane by Freda Lightfoot
  • Here Comes The Big, Mean Dust Bunny by Jan Thomas
  • The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
  • If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley

Leftover Loot:
  • Alexander the Conqueror: The Epic Story of the Warrior King by Laura Foreman
  • The Norman Conquest of England by Janice Hamilton
  • Far Traveler by Rebecca Tingle
  • The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
  • The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
  • A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
  • The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • Charlie and the Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
  • How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World: The Vikings, Vandals, Huns, Mongols, Goths, and Tartars Who Razed the Old World and Formed the New by Thomas J. Craughwell
  • Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard by Jack Lynch
  • Captives by Jill Williamson
  • The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer
  • The Armada by Garrett Mattingly
  • How To Create the Perfect Wife: Britains Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate by Wendy Moore
  • How Shakespeare Changed Everything by Stephen Marche 
  • The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
  • Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of the Original People's Princess by James Chambers 
  • Macbeth: A True Story by Fiona Watson
    Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Library Loot: Third Trip in August

New Loot:
  • You Wouldn't Want to Be in Alexander the Great's Army by Jacqueline Morley
  • You Wouldn't Want to Be a Shakespearean Actor by Jacqueline Morley
  • You Wouldn't Want to Be A World War II Pilot: by Ian Graham
  • You Wouldn't Want to Be Joan of Arc by Fiona Macdonald
  • Alexander the Conqueror: The Epic Story of the Warrior King by Laura Foreman
  • The Norman Conquest of England by Janice Hamilton
  • Far Traveler by Rebecca Tingle
  • The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
  • The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
  • A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
  • The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • Charlie and the Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
  • How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World: The Vikings, Vandals, Huns, Mongols, Goths, and Tartars Who Razed the Old World and Formed the New by Thomas J. Craughwell
  • Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard by Jack Lynch
  • Captives by Jill Williamson
  • The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer
  • The Armada by Garrett Mattingly
  • How To Create the Perfect Wife: Britains Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate by Wendy Moore
  • How Shakespeare Changed Everything by Stephen Marche
Leftover Loot:
  • The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
  • Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of the Original People's Princess by James Chambers 
  • Macbeth: A True Story by Fiona Watson
   Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.   

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Library Loot: Second Trip in August

New Loot:
  • The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
  • North of Nowhere by Liz Kessler
  • The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill
Leftover Loot:
  • Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of the Original People's Princess by James Chambers 
  • I, Claudius by Robert Graves
  • Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves
  • 1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World by Frank McLynn
  • English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable by Lacey Baldwin Smith 
  • Macbeth: A True Story by Fiona Watson
  • The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
  • The Vikings by Robert Ferguson
  • Forged in Fire by Ann Turnbull
  • The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
   Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.  

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, August 03, 2013

Library Loot: First Trip in August

New Loot:
  • Reunion by Lauraine Snelling
  • A Change of Fortune by Jen Turano
  • The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, translated from the Swedish by Rod Bradbury
  • The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline by Flora Fraser
  • Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of the Original People's Princess by James Chambers 
  • I, Claudius by Robert Graves
  • Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart and More by Robert Lacey
  • Great Tales from English History: Joan of Arc, the Princes in the Tower, Bloody Mary, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Isaac Newton and more by Robert Lacey
  • Great Tales from English History: Captain Cook, Samuel Johnson, Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin, Edward the Abdicator, and more by Robert Lacey
  • Servants' Hall: A Real Life Upstairs, downstairs romance by Margaret Powell
  • Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves
  • People's History of Britain by Rebecca Fraser
  • 1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World by Frank McLynn
  • English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable by Lacey Baldwin Smith 
  • Macbeth: A True Story by Fiona Watson
  • The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
  • The Vikings by Robert Ferguson
Leftover Loot:
  • The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt  
  • Forged in Fire by Ann Turnbull
  • The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
  Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.  

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Library Loot: Fourth Trip in July

New Loot:
  • The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones
  • The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman
  • Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer
  • April Lady by Georgette Heyer
  • Below Stairs by Margaret Powell
  • Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden
  • Forged in Fire by Ann Turnbull
  • No Shame, No Fear by Ann Turnbull
  • Pantomime by Laura Lam
  • 45 Pounds by K.A. Barson
  • Anomaly by Krista McGee
  • The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt 
Leftover Loot:
  • Mary Poppins Opens the Door by P.L. Travers
  • Mary Poppins In the Park by P.L. Travers
  • The Complete Tales & Poems of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne 
  • A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs
  • If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
  Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Library Loot: Third Trip in July

New Loot:
  • If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
  • Ship Out of Luck by Neal Shusterman 
Library Loot:
  • The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer
  • The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
  • Mary Poppins Opens the Door by P.L. Travers
  • Mary Poppins In the Park by P.L. Travers
  • The Complete Tales & Poems of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne  
  • Here's a Penny by Carolyn Haywood
  • Two and Two are Four by Carolyn Haywood
  • Penny and Peter by Carolyn Haywood
  • The Measure of Katie Calloway by Serena Miller
  • A Promise to Love by Serena B. Miller
  • A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg 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.   

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews