Library Loot #23

I haven't posted a Library Loot in a long time.  The reason is sort of ridiculous.  It's because we've had too many books checked out that photographing them seemed like quite an undertaking!  But I realized I really missed these photos.  What is more satisfying than a stack of books?  So here's what we have checked out right now:

Picture books:

Early chapter books:

Chapter books:

What do you have checked out from the library right now?

Library Loot #22, Part 1

I haven't posted in a little while for two reasons.  One, I haven't been inspired.  We haven't read anything that has really grabbed me.  But the other reason is that, for the first time since I had kids (nearly 8 years ago!), I have been really reading adult books again.  Not just now and then but constantly.  And I am really enjoying them. Although, I must confess, this pile does include a few YA books, two of which are about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which my daughter is researching for school.

So here's what I've been reading (or planning to read):

Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James was thoroughly enjoyable.  I liked The Mothers by Jennifer Gilmore but predicted the plot point involving the protagonist's sister.

Not pictured: The Good House by Ann Leary, which was very, very good, and two books in addition to the one on the stack by Lucinda Rosenfeld, I'm So Happy for You: A Novel About Best Friends and Why She Went Home, the former of which was better than the latter, but neither of which I loved (out of all three, The Pretty One: A Novel About Sisters was my favorite, but I thought the plot twist at the end was a little ridiculous.

Have you read any of these?  What's on your "to read" list?

Library Loot #21

Some of our recent picks from the library.

For the kids:

Picture books:

Close up:

Poetry:  I have suddenly become obssessed with children's poetry anthologies.  I guess all the poetry displays due to National Poetry Month have accomplished their goal, as far as I'm concerned!  (And yes, that is my reflection in the top book!)

Chapter books:

For me:

What have you checked out from the library recently?

Library Loot #20

Some of our recent picks.

Picture books:

Close up:

Chapter books:

For me:

Have you read any of them or are they on your to-read list?  What did you think?  What are you reading now?

Library Loot #19

I fear my library addiction is getting worse.  We have so many books checked out right now (100+) that I could not possibly photograph all of them, but here are a few of the ones we checked out most recently.

Picture books:

Chapter books:

For me:

Have you read any of them?  What are you reading now?

Library Loot #18, Part 3

For me:

Not pictured: Oddly Normal by John Schwartz, which I just picked up today.

What are you reading?

Library Loot #18, Part 2

Chapter books we have out from the library right now.  Most of these were chosen by my 7-year-old, but I admit to holding on to a few to fill in some of my kidlit gaps.

Due to technical difficulties, the photography leaves a lot to be desired.  But you can still see what we're reading!

 

 

As you can see, she is still heavily into series: Katie Kazoo Switcheroo, the Weird School books, the Humphrey books, the , those fairy books, the Amazing Days of Abby Hayes series, the Piper Reed series and the American Girl books.

What is your chapter-book-reader reading?

Library Loot #17

As you can see, these days we're reading lots of poetry and old favorites, catching up on classics we (I) missed, reading a few new books and reading lots of series.

For the kids: Now that my first grader's reading has really taken off, I had to subdivide these into categories. 

To read to both kids:

 

 

 

The one you can't see second from the top is The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch.  Notice three editions of the same book?  Expect to see a post on that sometime soon.

Not pictured: More by I.C. Springman, Days to Celebrate: A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Fascinating Facts and More by Lee Bennett Hopkin.

For the first-grader to read to herself:

The one on top that you can't see is Put Your Eyes Up Here: And Other School Poems by Kalli Dakos.

 And one that didn't make it into the photo since it was in use at the time:

Not pictured: More Junie B. Jones books than you can shake a stick at, Ruby Lu, Star of the Show by Lenore Look.

To read to the first grader (possibly):

For the first grader's research project (more on that soon):

For me:

Not pictured: Wonder by R.J. Palaccio and A Patent Lie by Paul Goldstein (a legal thriller involving patent law originally checked out by my patent lawyer husband and read by both of us.  I think I enjoyed it more!) and Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field.

What do you have checked out from the library?