Friday, July 03, 2015

Library Loot: First Trip in July

New Loot:
  • A Duty to The Dead by Charles Todd
  • An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd
  • The Little Way of Ruthie Leming by Rod Dreher
  • Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
  • Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
  • P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
  • The Book of Lost Tales, Part II by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Lays of Beleriand by J.R.R. Tolkien 
  • Wish You Well by David Baldacci 
  • Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Fat Cat by Robin Brande
Leftover Loot:
  • Faithmapping: A Gospel Atlas for Your Spiritual Journey by Daniel Montgomery and Mike Cosper
  • Jesus > Religion: Why He is So Much Better than Trying Harder, Doing More, and Being Good Enough by Jefferson Bethke
  • Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
  • Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Book of Lost Tales, volume 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Death and Mr. Pickwick by Stephen Jarvis
  • The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
  • The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
  • Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
  • Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
  • The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
  • Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks
  • The Imaginary by A.F. Harrold
  • The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
  •  Conjured by Sarah Beth Durst
  • Perfidia by James Ellroy
  • Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
  • The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
  • I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
  • Mr. Brown Can Moon! Can You? by Dr. Seuss
  •  Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Miles from Nowhere by Amy Clipston
  • Dear Hank Williams by Kimberly Willis Holt
  • To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
  • Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas, translated by Richard Pevear
          Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Linda from Silly Little Mischief 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 

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1 comments:

Claire (The Captive Reader) 12:14 AM  

I LOVED Hatchet as a kid. It was one of those books I tried to press on all my friends and was incredulous when they preferred lip syncing Spice Girls' songs rather than reviewing how they would survive if they found themselves in the same position as Brian. Weirdos, clearly.

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