Both K and I are cranky today, so all we did was go in, find books (not many movies, much to our displeasure), pick up our holds, and get out.It must be January.
This week's loot:
Picture books:
Puffling, by Margaret Wild and Julie Vivas
How Do You Wokka-Wokka?, by Elizabeth Blueme/Illus. by Randy Cecil
I Will Surprise My Friend! (An Elephant and Piggie Book), by Mo Willems
Dear Vampa, by Ross Collins
Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember, by Steve Jenkins
Waiting for Winter, by Sebastian Meschenmoser
Emmet, by Leo Politi
Magic Box, by Kate Cleminson
Catfish Kate and the Sweet Swamp Band, by Sarah Weeks/Illus. by Elwood H. Smith
Middle Grade books:
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin
YA books:
The Hollow Kingdom: Book I -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, by Clare B. Dunkle
Close Kin: Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, by Clare B. Dunkle
Leviathan, by Scott Westerfield (M is in the mood for it now.)
The Singing: The Fourth Book of Pellinor (Pellinor Series), by Alison Croggon
Darkhenge, by Catherine Fisher
Non-Fiction:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith, by Deborah Heiligman
The roundup is either at Reading Adventures or A Striped Armchair. Obligatory FTC note: the links are provided through my Amazon Associates account. If you click through and actually purchase one of these books, I'll get a teeny, tiny payment. But, since no one ever does, and it's SO much easier using the associates account to put up these links, I'm going to keep doing it.
8 observations:
I think you have a little mistake - you have Charles and Emma listed twice and the first one is under MG, with the author as Grace Lin. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon perhaps?
Looking forward to your thoughts onThe Hollow Kingdom. I've been meaning to get to that series for a while now!
I hate cranky library days! I've been eyeing that book about the Darwins, so if you read and review it I'll be excited. :)
Oh, I adore The Hollow Kingdom! The other books in the series, not so much.
And I think Leviathan was the coolest book I read last year, so it looks like you folks have some great reading ahead.
Trisha
Eats, Shoots & Leaves is annoying.
Hi!
Sounds like lots of good reading at your house! Have a great day!
Sherrie
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Trisha: That's two votes for reading The Hollow Kingdom... I think I'll have to pick it up now. (It was originally for my daughter M...) And I agree: Leviathan was one of the coolest books I read last year.
Thanks for stopping by!!
and uenohama -- I kind of liked it when I read it several years ago. Maybe I won't like it so much now, but we'll see...
So many people are posting about books I meant to read some time ago. In your case, it is Eats, Shoots & Leaves!
Enjoy your loot.
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