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Library Haul

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I got notification from my local library that six books which I had reserved were waiting for me to pick them up. Of course I didn’t expect them all to arrive at the same time, and honestly at least half of them meant nothing to me, they must have been late night blog recommendations!

Library Haul

I remembered that two of them were for the 1937 Club which is in April.

The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov (1937)

The Years by Virginia Woolf (1937)

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn (I’ve been swithering about reading this one for a while)

The Book of Beginnings by Sally Page (a Sunday Times bestseller – not my normal fare)

Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin (vintage crime)

Three Women and a Boat by Anne Youngson ( a BBC Radio 2 book club pick)

I’ve already finished reading The Book of Beginnings, which features a stationery shop. I’m sure that was what attracted me to it, and I really enjoyed it. Have you read any of these books?

 

Library haul

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Yesterday I went to the library to take back the Elly Griffiths book that I’ve just finished, I still had a couple of weeks before it was due up, but I noticed that somebody had requested it so I knew they would be glad to get their hands on it as soon as possible.

Library Book Haul 1

However, the librarian triumphantly presented me with four books that I had requested. Why is it that they all arrive at the same time? I’m supposed to be concentrating on reading my own books too! I really shouldn’t complain I suppose, especially as two of the books were recently recommended by bloggers that I trust.

Library Book Haul 2

Rosabelle Shaw by D.E. Stevenson
The English Air by D.E. Stevenson
The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor
The Poison Bed by E.C. Fremantle

The D.E. Stevensons had to be dug out of Fife’s Reserve Stock and they’re quite ancient but I’m working my way through all of her books, some of which could be described as comfort reads but often have stories revolving around families, and we all know that families can be problematical, and others deal with wartime problems. Rosabelle Shaw is a historical novel and so far I’m enjoying it. At least I’ll be able to renew those ones if I don’t manage to get them all read on time.