This Just In! Part 2

Since we are over 250 posts on the original 'This Just In' thread, I thought it was time we start another.

Come in and share the books you recently received! All books qualify whether for your personal library or (highly encouraged!) books from the public library. Let's not forget about digital downloads as well. . .

From my local library (and all for TIOLI challenges!):
The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason - Shared read with Mark, Ellen, and Linda Panzo
Lost Christianities by Bart D. Ehrman
Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell
The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff - Memorial read for Anita
Lost Nation by Jeffrey Lent - for the American Authors challenge
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez - This will make my third attempt to read this book. Maybe the third time is the charm?
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud - on the 2024 Booker Longlist

For my personal library (and also for a TIOLI Challenge):
Sacred Trash by Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole - for the August Nonfiction challenge

I got loads of books on my trip to Montana and back. I just love the books available in the Park Service gift shops and ALWAYS end up buying many of them. Some of the gift shops have more books than others and the one at Ashfall State Park in Nebraska is outstanding. Here is part of the list of what I got and where I got them.

At Agate Fossil Bed
Eager: The Surprising Secret Life pf Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb
Barbed Wire: The Fence That Changed the West by Joanne S. Liu
Both of these books are important to Agate Fossil Bed National Monument. Beavers, because prehistoric beavers left fossilized burrows that were not discovered until in the 1980's. And barbed wire because the rancher (out in the Sandhills of Nebraska) that owned the land was the one who discovered the fossil beds and got the University of Nebraska out there to start figuring out what they were and why they were there.

At Bear's Lodge/Devil's Tower National Monument
Battle of the Little Bighorn second edition by Mari Sandoz
Lakota's and the Black Hills: The Struggle For Sacred Ground by Jeffrey Ostler
I like Mari Sadoz and her story about writing and living in the Nebraska Sandhills is amazing. I am also concerned about why we insist on using sill European names that only reflect out ignorance about natural phenomena because it was named by people who didn't know any better. Why Devil's Tower? Does it really look like the home of the Devil. I like that native explanation for it so much better. It is the home of the Great Bear and the columnar construction of it is really the marks of the bears claws on the outside.

I bought a few books this week.
Caraval for a book club event. Turned out to be the wrong genre, so I bought a physical copy of The Dark King. Purchasing that I learned book 3 of the series is available so I bought The Vicious King on Kindle.
I also bought some Terry Pratchett on alibris. It's not here yet, but the book that I accidentally bought with it arrived today, Dancer of Gor (I didn't realize I still had it in my shopping cart from a previous visit to the site when I checked out). Still waiting to receive I Shall Wear Midnight and Raising Steam.

>4 elorin: Caraval sounds like an interesting read even if it is the wrong genre, Robyn. I hate coming into the middle of a series that I did not even know is a series! Lol

I hope your other books arrive soon!

>4 elorin:
If it is any help - I liked Caraval when I read it. I haven't gotten around to reading the others in the series.

On my recent trip to Montana I made the following purchases at the places we stopped.

Purchased at Ashfall State Park outside Royal, Nebraska
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg

Purchased at the Corner Coffee Shop in Red Cloud, Nebraska (the childhood home of Willa Cather). This coffee shop was a former bookstore with shelving 12 feet high (all the way up to the genuine tin ceiling) and one of those rolling ladders to get to those high shelves. While waiting for the coffee, I took a look at the shelves and to my surprise I found the following titles. They weren't a great bargain but they will make good reading. I am ready to start book 2 in the 12 book series. That one is Buyer's Market. Bonnie Renzi highly recommended this series.

Dance to the Music of Time: Fourth Movement by Anthony Powell
Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement by Anthony Powell
Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement by Anthony Powell

>7 benitastrnad: I think it is so cool that the Corner Coffee Shop had those books!

As someone who adds a fair few more books every year than he is ever able to read, I love learning what my dear friends are also adding.

Benita's additions relating the Lakota are very interesting as it is one of my favourite subjects.

For the record I have added 10 books over the weekend.

1. My Friends by Hisham Matar
2. James by Percival Everett
3. Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
4. The Restless Republic by Anna Keay
5. Bismarck's War by Rachel Chrastil
6. The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes
7. Seven Steeples by Sara Baume
8. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
9. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
10. My Left Foot by Christy Brown

>9 PaulCranswick: I am seriously jealous of you getting My Friends, one of the books from the Booker Longlist that I would really like to read!

>5 alcottacre: >6 benitastrnad: I'm definitely reading Caraval I just didn't have to finish it by Saturday. Which I would have if I'd used it for the book swap. I'm enjoying it already.

Speaking of the book swap, I got Dragonfall and look forward to it, also.

To continue with my posting of what I added, here are the books that I purchased at the Second Edition Bookstore in Butte, MT during the meet-up with Janet. (Streamsong) The bookstore was a fascinating place with books about everything, but with a very nice selection of Montana authors and books on Montana history.

Montana Authors I purchased.
Way West by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
One Night in a Bad Inn by Christy Leskovar
Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 by Michael Punke

the bargain books from Second Edition Bookstore
Cookoff: Recipe Fever in America by Amy Sutherland for $3.00
Monday Night Mayhem: The Inside Story of ABC's Monday Night Football by Marc Gunther and Bill Carter - free

I also purchased two Pillsbury Cookoff Cookbooks for $2.00 each and plan on making tomorrow's supper from one of them. It is a zucchini and summer squash recipe and we have a glut of zucchini and summer squash right now. No tomatoes (they just didn't do well this summer) but all the zucchini and yellow squash you could ever dream of using.

From a Thrift Shop in Bozemen:
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell for 25 cents

Today's Library Haul:

The Glass Magician by Caroline Stevermer
A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor
The fever: how malaria has ruled Humankind for 500,000 years by Sonia Shah
The Ottoman Empire by Lord Kinross

The last two came in by our local LinkPlus system, aka inter-library loan lite.

>11 elorin: Glad to hear that Caraval is off to a good start for you, Robyn!

>12 benitastrnad: all the zucchini and yellow squash you could ever dream of using Which in my case would be none. I do not care for summer squashes cooked, although I will eat them raw, lol.

>13 ArlieS: Nice! I hope that the ILL books turn out to be worth the effort, Arlie!

>10 alcottacre: Call me an enabler, but: did you know Blackwell's in England ships to the US? I haven't tried it, yet, but I've heard this from multiple quarters.

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/My-Friends-by-Hisham-Matar/97802414094...

Again not much new from the library. 6 music CDs (5 Reggae, 1 rock) and one book: The Lemon Man by Keith Bruton.

>15 ReneeMarie: Yes, I have used them several times and have always had great service from them. I appreciate the enabling!

>15 ReneeMarie: If I had infinite money, I'd have infinite space for books, and a competent staff to keep it all clean and in repair. Alas that I only have 1200 square feet, and the cleaning is on me and my housemate. And those 1200 sq feet already have more overflowing bookshelves than I originally thought could possibly fit.

>18 ArlieS: Bookshelves? At home?! (Yeah, I was always too busy spending money on books to buy shelves, too....)

I only got one book in this week from my local library: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, which will be a re-read for me (and one for a TIOLI challenge and one of my own challenges).

>20 alcottacre: My goodness: how restrained of you!

My newest book purchase, just published today!


Available:
The Glassblower

All 4 books I brought home from the library are brand new, & I'm glad but also irritated that one doesn't have holds on it (at the moment): The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss.

The 3 on fire:
* A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
* Democracy in Retrograde: How To Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives by Sami Sage & Emily Amick
* 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People by David Yeager

>21 ReneeMarie: I have a trip coming up so not checking out or buying a ton of books right now.

>22 quondame: Nice! I am going to have to get that one at some point!

>23 ReneeMarie: Nice haul, ReneeMarie, but you are showing some restraint too, I think!

I normally post my library loans and purchases on Fridays, but I was finally (after at least 3 attempts) to get James from my local library today and will be starting it tonight.

>24 alcottacre: At the library, yes, a bit. Now I have to get more control over my purchases and ARCs (reported in the mostly silent group What Did YOU Buy Today?).

According to my records, there's only one month this year when I didn't bring home and keep an ARC (Jan), & only one during which I didn't buy a single book (May; before that, it was Dec '22).

I told myself I was going to do a max of both together of 18 -- but I blew that by March. I bought 4 books before work today (publisher ceases business in spring), which right now lands me at:

* 43 books purchased
* 21 ARCs brought home

for 2024. Dang.

ETA: And I put 2 books on hold today, both WWII nonfiction, 1 hardcover & 1 brand new in trade paperback. Double dang.

I'm delighted to have come home to find I Shall Wear Midnight on Mondays and finally yesterday my copy of Raising Steam was delivered. I just finished my Kindle book so I will start it tonight. I also got Better Bondage for Every Body last night, but I won't start it until I finish my book club selection.

A week ago I purchased Storm Furies and only finished it late last night. It was quite satisfactory.

>26 ReneeMarie: Well, putting books on hold at your local library is better than buying them, right?

>27 elorin: Nice!

>28 quondame: It is always great to get new books read straight off, isn't it?

>29 alcottacre: Well, I may have finished The Glassblower within hours of it showing up for sale.

>29 alcottacre: I put them on hold at the bookstore, not the library. And right now both are pretty bad.

The last 20 books I read this year were from the library. The one before that was an ARC. I'm not reading my own bought books.

Bought one of the two books I had on hold. And brought these books home from the library today:

* Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle To Preserve Democracy by Brian Tyler Cohen
* The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
* The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald
* How To Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
* The Annotated Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

>30 quondame: Only "may have"? I am sure it should be just "have," Susan :)

>31 ReneeMarie: Ah, OK. I can understand your comment about 'not reading my own bought books' because for so long I was not doing that either. One of the reasons that I appreciate the TIOLI challenges so much is that I am using the challenges to vet my personal library and decide which books I am going to keep and those I am not.

>32 ReneeMarie: I am not visiting the library this week since I am heading out of town on Sunday. You brought home a nice haul. Hopefully mine will rival yours when I get home in September!

I will be gone for a week around Labor Day, but that didn't stop me from placing four Inter-Library Loan requests. Now I get to wait to see if I get them.

>33 alcottacre: The Glassblower availability was announced 08/10/2024 12:14 PM and I didn't purchase it until Aug 10, 12:54 PM so I'd already lost 40 min. and I was in the middle of a re*-read of The Hands of the Emperor, so it may have delayed me an hour or two. I have no ability to put down a book.

I recently purchased Memoirs of Hadrian and Salvage the Bones.

Thursday's library haul:

- Anarchy, State, and Utopia
- Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-six Countries
- I Swear: Politics is Messier than my Minivan
- Reading the Constitution: Why I chose Pragmatism, not Textualism
- Social Justice Fallacies
- Not the End of the World: How we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet
- Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000
- Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the rise of insects
- A Trail Through Time

>32 ReneeMarie: " How To Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley"

I love that title.

>34 benitastrnad: Good luck with the inter-library loans.

>38 ArlieS: I enjoyed her last two books, so I didn't even read the description before adding it to my hold list.

>37 ArlieS: Not the End of the World sounds like one I would enjoy. I would be curious to what the author has to say. I am going to have to see if I can get my hands on a copy.

Four books from the library, the first brand new & on fire:

* There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
* The Brightwood Code by Monica Hesse
* Once Was a Time by Leila Sales
* Living with Metabolic Syndrome: The Complete Guide To Risk Factors, Prevention, Symptoms, and Treatment Options by Naheed Ali

No library access on Labor Day, so my weekly trip was today. Still trying to not bring home scads of stuff:

* Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
* The Lonely Hearts Trivia Night by Lauren Farnsworth
* This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin

>42 ReneeMarie: I would be curious to see what you think of This Is Your Brain on Music.

From my local library (and all for TIOLI challenges!):
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson - I own this one, but can I find my copy? Of course not!
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell
Trust by Hernan Diaz
The Boy Who Fell from the Sky by Ken Dornstein
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson with Susy Flory
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather

For my personal library:
A History of Burning by Janika Oza - I pre-ordered this one month's ago and it finally got here!
The Meadow by James Galvin - Mark kindly sent this one to me
The Counterfeiters of Bosque Redondo by Matt Fitzsimons - The clerk at the Bosque Redondo gift shop recommended this one but they did not have it in stock so I ordered it from Amazon
The Earth is Weeping by Peter Cozzens - this one I did buy at Bosque Redondo
Passions in Death by J. D. Robb - Of course!
Farewell Espana by Howard M. Sachar - this book was on the shelves of the house we rented in New Mexico. I knew I would not have time to read it while there, so I bought my own copy.

I’ve had two big hauls lately. One to pick myself up that summer vacation was over and I had to go back to work, and the other was a result of a work trip to a town with some great bookshops.

Hergé - Tintin au Tibet
Hergé - L’étoile mystérieuse
Hjalmar Gullberg - Dikter
Agatha Christie - 4:50 from Paddington
Agatha Christie - A Pocket Full of Rye
Terry Pratchett - Going Postal
Terry Pratchett - I Shall Wear Midnight

and
The History of Western Art
Pop Art
Key Moments in Art
Modern Art
Tove Jansson - Sent i november
Tove Jansson - Det osynliga barnet och andra berättelser
Terry Pratchett - Eric
Terry Pratchett - Sourcery

>43 alcottacre: He has a new book out in the same vein, so this older one isn't on fire (at the moment). I might not get to it anytime soon, but I'll keep that in mind. I've heard good things about the book for years, and that music is good for mood and memory. I hope to use that.

I went book shopping last weekend. I was looking for some specific books to finish out several series that I am reading. I didn't find a single one of the titles I had written down but I did find these.

Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
Lives of the Muses: Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
People's Act of Love by James Meek
Deepest South of All: True Stories From Natchez, Mississippi by Richard Grant
Pie and Pastry Bible by Ruth Levy Bernbaum
Best Food Writing 2013 edited by Holly Hughes

>47 benitastrnad:, looks like you had a good haul, even tho the ones you were hunting were illusive.

>45 PawsforThought: Nice haul, Paws!

>46 ReneeMarie: I appreciate you keeping it in mind, Renee!

>47 benitastrnad: Looks like you had some great luck in finding books that were not on your list, Benita!

From my local library (and all for TIOLI challenges!):
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington - I originally had this one from Hoopla, but I wanted a hard copy rather than reading it on my Kindle
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan - Another one that I actually own but cannot locate at the moment
Babel by R. F. Kuang - my daughter Beth recommended this one to me

For my personal library:
The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos - For my 'Reading Around the World' challenge
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston - This one has been in the BlackHole forever so I was very happy to be able to get it through PBS
Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard - for the British Authors Challenge this month

I was MIA last week because I didn't check anything new out from the library.

Today, one book: The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler by Robert Hutton.

>51 ReneeMarie: The Hutton book looks like one I would enjoy. I hope you do, Renee!

Not much in for me this week. . .

For my personal library:
The Hand I Fan With by Tina McElroy Ansa - I saw Richard mention this one on the 'In Memoriam' thread
Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky - for my 'Reading Around the World' challenge one of these days

That is it!

Today's Library Haul:

- Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree - fiction
- The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older - fiction, sequel to one I liked a lot
- Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire - fiction
- Eat, Poop, Die: How animals Make Our World by Joe Roman - feeding my love of books about biology, ecology, and science in general
- Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson - finally getting started on September war room.
- Are You calling me Racist?: Why we need to stop talking about race and start making real antiracist change by Sarita Srivastava - found in the library's "interesting books" display

Back from the library with more shiny things:
* On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice by Adam Kirsch
* On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
* Longing for Connection: Entangled Memories and Emotional Loss in Early America by Andrew Burstein
* Game without Rules by Michael Gilbert
* Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie

>54 ArlieS: I have loved both of the Travis Baldree books that I have read, Arlie, so I hope you enjoy his work too.

>55 ReneeMarie: Shiny things are the best!

>55 ReneeMarie: some of these sound quite interesting. I may have to find and subscribe to your thread, to learn how they were for you.

Edited to add: NVM, I'm already subscribed to it. You just haven't been posting much, so I forgot.

Went to the local library used bookstore. I went in looking for a couple of books in some of my mystery series and to see if they had any of the Ivan Doig books I have been trying to get, and came away with the following. They were having a sale on all their Hispanic Authors the last week of this month.
Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past by Giles Tremlett
Open Season by C. J. Box
Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Worksong by Ivan Doig
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Good Night Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea

>57 ArlieS: Yeah, sorry. I no longer have a desktop. I tolerate but avoid my laptop. And I hate tablets, so I do little with my mini-tablet cellphone.

I've starred a lot of people, but I can't keep up, so I've been avoiding that, too. Someone on this site also led me to YouTube, and ditto.

Right now I'm reading Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy, because of the holds. I'm 68pp in, and haven't decided whether I like it yet. It feels a little -- precious(?). Next will be On Settler Colonialism by Adam Kirsch, because there are holds & because my library bought it at my request.

>58 benitastrnad: Nice haul!

Only one new book in-house for me to report this week, the second book in Ian W. Toll's Pacific War trilogy, The Conquering Tide. Next week will be another matter entirely as the October TIOLI Challenges start.

>59 ReneeMarie: Ouch! Even being reduced to an undocked laptop reduces my posting considerably; if I had only mobile devices (with virtual keyboards), I might never post again.

I ordered and received 5 of the 10 Acorna books by Anne McCaffrey and co-authors. In no particular order:
Acorna's Search
Acorna's World
Acorna's People
Acorna's Quest
First Warning: Acorna's Children

Finished Sipsworth. I ended finding it quite sweet. A trifle bittersweet.

Took it back today & came home with:
* A Clock Stopped Dead by J. M. Hall
* The Sherlock Society by James Ponti
* The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen (this got great reviews, so I actually bought it while I was still waiting for my hold to fill)

Celebrated my Thingaversary with books! Two physical books, five Kindle books.
Fragile Things Neil Gaiman
Finding Fraser kc dyer
Stardust
Starless
A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Becoming Dr. Seuss
The Good Neighbor A Mister Rogers biography

>64 elorin:, Happy Thingaversary Robyn

>64 elorin:
You will like Becoming Dr. Seuss. I read it early this year and enjoyed reading it. Plus, I learned a good bit about children's literature, in general, that I didn't know.

>62 elorin: I have not read any of the books in that series. I really need to revisit McCaffrey.

>63 ReneeMarie: The Sherlock Society looks fun!

>64 elorin: Happy Thingaversary!

>66 benitastrnad: I enjoyed Becoming Dr. Seuss too. Glad to see that you did as well, Benita.

A few books in this week:

From the public library: (All for October TIOLI Challenges)
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury - one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors
Orient Express by Graham Greene
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
The Old Order by Katherine Anne Porter - for the American Authors Challenge

For my personal library:
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo - from a series that Richard has been touting
My Beloved Monster by Caleb Carr - Kindle Edition, for one of my October TIOLI Challenges

>67 alcottacre: I've read his T.O.A.S.T. mysteries and they were fun. At some point I may read his spy stories.

Forgive me and you're welcome for telling you this: Princeton University Press is running a 70% off sale in October.

So many yummy titles. Unfortunately, one that sounded awesome doesn't release until April '25. On the other hand, I have books I bought in the '80s that I haven't read yet.

>70 ReneeMarie: If only they hadn't developed a bad habit of omitting footnotes.

Four new books from the library, the first two on fire:

* Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success by Russ Buettner & Susanne Craig
* The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
* A Golden Life by Ginny Kubitz Moyer
* First Art Kit: 25 Creative Papercraft Remedies for What Ails You by Boo Paterson

I got a couple of books from my local library this week, both for TIOLI challenges: Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England by Alison Weir and Villette by Charlotte Bronte. I also received one book for my personal library, Playground by Richard Powers.

More library books, with the first two on fire:
* We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
* Betrayal at Blackthorn Park by Julia Kelly
* The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
* High Blood Pressure for Dummies by Richard W. Snyder & Alan L. Rubin
* Live Pain-Free by Lee Albert

So restrained: only 3 new library books & only the first on fire. Here they be:
* Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth
* The Man in Black and Other Stories by Elly Griffiths
* Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

>75 ReneeMarie: Such restraint! I hope this trend does not continue. . .

One library book in for me this week: How Music Works by David Byrne, which I am reading with Kim.

I also received 3 books for my personal library: The Levant Trilogy by Olivia Manning, MetaMaus by Art Spiegelman, and The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz.

>76 alcottacre: I hope to kiss a duck it does!

5 library books with the first two on fire:
* Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman
* End Everyday Pain for 50+: A 10-Minute-a-Day Program of Stretching, Strengthening, and Movement to Break the Grip of Pain by Dr. Joseph Tieri
* No Funeral for Nazia by Taha Kehar
* Interference: The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation by Aaron Zebley, James Quarles, and Andrew Goldstein
* The Children of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston

>78 ReneeMarie: Well, 5 is better than 3, right?

>79 alcottacre: Nope. Wrong direction. I've got to stop checking my library's new acquisition web pages. On the plus side, my holds list is down to 49 items, with over 40 of them suspended. Baby steps.

>80 ReneeMarie: My library's new acquisitions come up automatically when I go to their website, so I cannot avoid them!

My local library used to let you have a vast number of holds - I had over 100 at one point - but they changed that about 10 years ago. You are now restricted to 5 holds at once. *sigh* I miss the good old days.

Congratulations on your baby steps!

My latest purchases arrived this morning.

Abstract Art by Stephanie Straine
Looking at Pictures by Susan Woodford
Jingo by Terry Pratchett
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
Egna världar by Maria Gripe
Kometen kommer (Comet in Moominland) by Tove Jansson
Pappan och havet (Moominpappa at Sea) by Tove Jansson
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie

Several series (Moomin, Discworld, Maria Gripe) are now close to being complete.

And now I’m not allowed to buy any more (new, secondhand is okay) books until I go to Gothenburg for work in a few weeks. I’m visiting at least two great bookshops when there, which will be the highlight of the trip.

>82 PawsforThought: I’m visiting at least two great bookshops when there, which will be the highlight of the trip. That goes without saying, especially if you are going for work! Have a great trip. I cannot wait to see what books that you get while you are there.

Congratulations on getting close to finishing up so many series!

I received several books this week from my local library and through Hoopla (all for November TIOLI challenges):

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Eyes on the Prize by Juan Williams
The Optimist by E. M. Delafield
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford - only because I cannot locate my copy of the book!

Nothing in this week for my personal library. . .

>84 alcottacre: That's an E. M. Delafield that's new to me--I'll be interested to know what you think of it. I've read all the Provincial Lady books and one other, and have several on the TBR, but not that one.

>85 kac522: I will try and remember to post my thoughts on it when I have read it, Kathy.

No library books this week. Didn't even get to the library until yesterday because I wasn't feeling well on Monday.

There should be holds to pick up next Monday, though. I added some after my search for "denazification."

Still not feeling well.

My library copy of On Freedom by Timothy Snyder came in; what perfect timing. I'm going to start it immediately.

>87 ReneeMarie: I am sorry you do not feel well, Renee. I hope you feel better soon!

>88 kac522: I am going to have to see if I can find a copy of that one. Thanks for the mention, Kathy.

A few books in this week:

From the public library: (All for November TIOLI Challenges)
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune - I loved The House in the Cerulean Sea and hope this one is just as good
The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers - Katie recently recommended this one
Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins by Eric Kimmel - I have already finished this one :)
A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce - one that has been in the BlackHole far too long

For my personal library:
By the Waters of Manhattan by Charles Reznikoff - a recent recommendation from Linda (laytonwoman3rd)
500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide by Erica Bauermeister, Jesse Larsen, and Holly Smith - a book for reference purposes

>89 alcottacre: Thanks, but it's going to take at least 4 years. I hope not longer than that. My faith in humanity has been shaken. Perhaps broken.

>90 alcottacre: I'll have to tell my sister about _500 Great Books by Women_. Sounds like her alley.

>90 alcottacre: 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide looks interesting and I went looking for it - 1992?
Women wrote many good and great books before 1992, but so many since as well. It has been a long 35 years since this report was compiled.

>93 quondame: I agree that it has been a long 35 years since it was compiled, but I figure I need to start somewhere and I do not mind reading older books. In fact, am rather glad to do so in this case - let's see where we came from in literature and then move on to where we are now :)

>94 alcottacre: I'm sure I'd find important authors I missed. I know I'd want to stuff in some of the genre authors that started publishing in the late 80's. The 10 years between 1985-1995 saw so many new women getting their books on the market.

>91 ReneeMarie: Ah, I understand now. Yeah, I think we are in for a long 4 years.

>92 ReneeMarie: I hope that if she does get hold of the book she enjoys it!

>95 quondame: I have not looked at the author list yet so I have no idea if genre authors are included or not. I certainly hope that they are!

I haven't gotten anything new but I am reshelving a few books. Taking them out of the bags and boxes that I brought them in - does that count as Just In!?

>91 ReneeMarie:
I'm with you. I simply find my mind returning to the horrible moment I learned the results of the election. I am still stunned. I keep thinking that we will be living under this horrible person for at least the next 8 years. Stunned. Simply stunned.

>97 benitastrnad: Sure! Especially if you discover "treasures" that you thought long gone!

>98 benitastrnad: EIGHT MORE YEARS! Is he going to invalidate the 22nd Amendment????

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxii

>100 kac522: If Vance takes over soon and wins re-election. Could be 12 if Vance gets elected after a full DT term.
Could be for the rest of our lives - assuming we survive long into it.

>100 kac522:
My mistake. I thought it was two consecutive terms. It isn't. All the information I could gather this evening says it is two terms. Consecutive or not. It is only 2 terms. The Orange Asshat can't run again.

A VP who succeeds to the presidency on the death of a president can run twice on their own provided they have served less than 2 years of a previous president. That means that if Asshat dies within the first two years Jumped Up Dumphf junior can only run once.

I slipped again with my library card (ARCs & purchases are reported in another group). First 3 are on fire:

* The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
* Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
* The Author's Guide to Murder: A Novel by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, & Karen White
* Religion Is Not Done with You: Or, the Hidden Power of Religion on Race, Maps, Bodies, and Law by Megan Goodwin & Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst
* All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians by Phil Elwood
* Did It Happen Here?: Perspectives on Fascism and America edited by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
* Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans
* The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans
* My New Order by Adolf Hitler
* Exorcising Hitler: The Occupation and Denazification of Germany by Frederick Taylor

>103 ReneeMarie: I know that the Richard J. Evans books are worth the read. Not sure about the rest of them though :)

A new Victoria Goddard book just came out today,
The Weaver of the Middle Desert. The usual sources, but for the author to get the most benefit from your purchase, try here There is a friends discount code: LXZ-E5BEU76.
For members of the Discord HOTE sever there is another code you can find by searching for discount.

>105 quondame: Thanks for the mention and the link, Susan!

I’m in Gothenburg for work and my work bestie and I decided to make the most of it and so headed off to two of the best places in this town, namely the Gothenburg outposts of The English Bookshop and The Science Fiction Bookshop. Since we’re flying back home we couldn’t go completely wild, but we made a few purchases each. And the guy we talked to in the SF bookshop was amazing and recommended a bunch of other books, series and authors we need to try.

I bought the following.
At The English Booksop:
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
(all in the gorgeous new covers that the Marple books have been given)

At the Science Fiction Bookshop:
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
Muminpappans memoarer (Moominpappa’s Memoirs) by Tove Jansson (I now have all the Moomin novels in the gorgeous new covers)
Nordic Tales by Ulla Thynell

>107 PawsforThought: Nice haul, Paws! Congratulations on having all the new reprints of the Moomin novels now.

>108 alcottacre: Thanks, Stasia! I’m really happy with my full set of pretty Moomin books. I’m getting close to finishing a few other series too (Marple, the “Tales” and the books by Maria Gripe are only missing a few books each.).

>109 PawsforThought: That's great! I hope you can track down the books you are missing.

>110 alcottacre: I’m pretty sure I will. There’s only one that I’m really having trouble finding, the other are fairly readily available. I just don’t want to spend too much on books in one go so am spacing out the purchases.

>111 PawsforThought: I understand about not wanting to overspend on books at one time - but it is hard not to go overboard, lol.

From the library today, 2 nonfiction, 1 historical fiction, and 2 children's books:

* Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections by David Daley
* The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time by Brooke Gladstone
* The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey
* Spy Ring by Sarah Beth Durst
* The Dark Skies Mystery by Deron R. Hicks

>113 ReneeMarie: Nice haul! I would be curious about the Samantha Harvey book now that she has won the Booker Prize for Orbital.

>114 alcottacre: That's what brought this book back to my mind. When I was still part of the historical fiction book group I started, it was one someone wanted in the "hat" we drew from (actually a metal, heart-shaped tin).

>52 alcottacre: Had to take The Illusionist back to the library today, because holds, with only the first few chapters read.

But: so far I'm really enjoying it (not giving up, I put a hold on it again). It's definitely a popular history. Very readable.

Today's library run had a short outcome:
* A Killing at Cotton Hill by Terry Shames
* Murder in the Ranks by Kristi Jones

Brevity again:
* Movies Showing Nowhere by Yorick Goldewijk
* The Plot To Seize the White House by Jules Archer (about a coup attempt 88 years before January 6)
* Reconsidering Reagan: Racism, Republicans, and the Road to Trump by Daniel S. Lucks (I detested Reagan, didn't think it could ever be worse, but then we sank to Bush junior and hit bottom -- I hope -- with that MAGAt)

Another excess:
* This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
* The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen
* The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher
* Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
* Night of Camp David by Fletcher Knebel
* _Wolves at the Door_ by Steve Watkins
* AWOL in North Africa by Steve Watkins

I just added the following: Christmas presents to myself.
Backbone of the World by Frank Clifford
Bloody Tuesday by John M. Giggie
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Mattanza by Theresa Maggio
In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art by Sue Roe
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Last week there was nothing new from the library. Today I picked up 3:
* Make Time: How To Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
* The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers
and
* Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (a reread before book 3 releases)

Victoria Goddard has a new novelette for her fans:
Balancing Stone, found here