Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Library Loot


Hosted by Eva at A Striped Armchair.

This Week's Loot:

The Interrogation***+ by J.M. G. Le Clezio - completed
Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire by David Mura
2666 by Roberto Bolano
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Disappeared by Kim Echlin
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
The Music Teacher by Barbara Hall

Have you read any of these? What did you think? And what have you done to keep a librarian working lately?
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11 comments:

  1. BlodeueddMarch 25, 2009 at 1:18 p.m.

    Haven't read any of those, but i really must check if my library have R Road.

    I picked up 3 books this week :)

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  2. bermudaonionMarch 25, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

    You got some good ones. I really want to read The Housekeeper and the Professor.

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  3. Marie CloutierMarch 25, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.

    I'm midway through 2666 and currently taking a break. It is, as I've said on the blog, a hefty tome! :-)

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  4. AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 at 3:23 p.m.

    Nothing I've read in your pile but a lot of titles I'm curious about. I did pick up Revolutionary Road but it didn't feel like the right book for now - one day though.

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  5. UnknownMarch 26, 2009 at 5:49 a.m.

    I haven't read any but I am listening to 'The Hour I first Believed' now and I really, really like it. It is typical Wally Lamb, through and through.

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  6. WandaMarch 27, 2009 at 6:28 a.m.

    Great haul, Sandra .. I haven't read any of those titles yet.

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  7. LuanneMarch 28, 2009 at 7:32 p.m.

    I have maxed out my hold quota!

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  8. alisonwonderlandMarch 29, 2009 at 1:01 a.m.

    i've been hearing good things about The Housekeeper and the Professor. i'm also interested in Revolutionary Road. happy reading!

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  9. susanMarch 29, 2009 at 1:47 p.m.

    Thanks for linking to LLM, Sandra.
    I saw the movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I like Fitzgerald. I should read the book. Great books,too. I really need to pick up some adult literature and fiction. It's so easy to get caught up in YA and children's. I am always fantasizing about a girl coming to me for a recommendation. (For those who don't know, I'm a voluntary librarian in an all-girl agency.)

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  10. AlyceMarch 29, 2009 at 7:11 p.m.

    You've got a lot of good books to read (at least I've heard they're good). The only one I've read is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

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  11. AnnaMarch 31, 2009 at 9:41 a.m.

    I haven't read any of these, but I wouldn't mind hearing what you think of them if you have a chance to post the reviews. ;) Happy reading!

    --Anna
    Diary of an Eccentric

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