Library Book Haul

Seeing as I am on a book buying ban, I am making great use of my local library, and I thought “Why not do a haul?” So here are the books I currently have from the library. 

First up we have “A Clockwork Orange” by Anthony Burgess. This is part of my “Reading the Classics” project and I have just finished it. I actually really enjoyed it and I think it is one of the few classics (so far) that I feel still have relevance today. Plotwise it’s not perhaps the best book I’ve read, simply because I don’t enjoy violence and made-up slang, but it really makes you think about free will, inherent “badness” and government control. 

Then I have “Across the Universe” by Beth Revis. This is a YA book set in space. Amy is frozen cryogenically along with her parents and a number of people who are sent off to colonize a new planet. The journey will take 300 years, and the spaceship is inhabited by other people who keep it running. Somehow Amy is woken up before the spaceship lands and I guess they have to figure out why? I’m not really too clear on the plot, but I’ve seen the book all over Booktube, and thought I should give it a go. I have started it, but so far it’s been a lot of world building and not too much action. 

“Women Travelers. A Century of Trailblazing Adventures 1850-1950” by Alexandra Lapierre and Christel Mouchard is a clunker of a book. I can’t remember how I came across the title but it sounds amazing. An come on, look at that cover! Amazing! These women traveled the world in a time when that was not really done, and had some amazing adventures. And they are often overlooked amidst all the male adventurers, so a little spotlight on these brave women is fully deserved. I haven’t started this yet, but I am looking forward to it. 

Then I have “Forever Amber” by Kathleen Winsor, which is the most recent pick from my TBR jar. It seems to be a trashy historical romance novel, but that is all I really know about it. I must confess I almost left it at the library when I saw it, because it’s an old book (from the 1940s) and a bit shabby, but I decided not to judge a book by its shabbiness and give it a try. But I can’t say I am too excited…hopefully I will be pleasantly surprised. 

Next up is a non-fiction book. “Cook Right For Your Type” by Peter D’Adamo and Catherine Whitney is all about cooking food fit for your blood type. I am developing an interest in nutrition (specifically my own) and I thought this sounded interesting. 

Then I have “Room” by Emma Donoghue. I feel like I’m the only one who hasn’t read this yet, so I figured it was time. I’ve had it for a while and never gotten round to it, because I imagine it’s not a very pleasant book to read given the plot. But everyone loves it, so I’ll have to pick it up soon. 

“Girl With A Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier is part of my Bingo Board Reading Challenge for this year. I’ve challenged myself to read a historical fiction, and this gets nothing but praise, so I figured this would be a great one. I don’t really know the plot actually, and the back is full of blurbs from newspapers, so I guess it will remain a mystery until I decide to pick it up. 

Finally we have “Salt to the Sea” by Ruta Sepetys. This is also historical fiction, set during the end of the Second World War. 4 young people head off to board the Wilhelm Gustloff, that will hopefully take them away from the advancing Red Army and war-torn Germany, but not everything goes to plan. This is inspired by true events, and everyone who has read it on Booktube loves it, so I figured I would give it a try. 

That’s all the books I currently have on loan from the library. The danger of getting your books from the library is that you have to return them at some point. And if someone else has the audacity to put them on hold you can’t extend the loan. So there is a deadline, and while that might be an inducement to check some books off your TBR, it can also get overwhelming real fast. For example I have 3 books to read by the weekend (4 days from now) and not a lot of free time to do it….Wish me luck!