Every week, Marcia at the Printed Page blog, asks what new books came into your home this week? In my mailbox I received The Ladies Lending Library by Janice Kulyk Keefer from Harper Collins and their Library Love Fest blog.
I broke down and bought myself a trashy romance paperback - First Comes Marriage by Mary Balough. It's the first in a new series. I think I'll buy them all and then donate them to my library.
Then on Friday, I broke down and went to the library's used book sale. Did I rally need any more books? Probably not, but the money goes to the Friends of the Library and they in turn use it for projects at my library. I got Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon, Mourner's Bench by Susan Dodd, Game Control by Lionel Shriver, The Position by Meg Wolitzer, Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, and Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock. Most of these books I don't know anything about. I picked them up because they were authors I'd read or heard about. So I'd love to hear if anyone has read any of these and what you thought about them.
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I've been looking to read Kafka on the Shore myself, so it would be interesting to hear what you think of it. As for the rest, I can't help you there either, as I have neither read nor heard about any of them.
It's hard to pass up a book sale!
The library's big fall sale is my undoing. I come out of there with bags and bags of books. Of course, we justify it because hubby and I read a lot of the same books and the library gets the money to purchase more materials. Looks like you had a good week. Enjoy
Sorry to say, I haven't read any of those but you may very well have some hidden gems in there. Enjoy!
The Ladies Lending Library is terribly appealing to me. Lucky you to have scored a copy!
Out of all the books in your stack the one I've heard the most about is Kafka on the Shore. I haven't made up my mind yet whether I'm going to read that one.
Looks like you got some great books this week...congrats...happy reading
I usually fill my reusable shopping bags up at library sales. You certainly showed a lot of restraint! Of course, I usually have my kids with me working at filling up those bags :)
Thank you for stopping by the mailbox this week. Enjoy your books!
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