I’m starting to think I need to be more like Amanda, and ban myself from checking out books. It would make me sad, but I really can’t read them all. Why do I think I can?
For A/K:
Hobbledy-Clop, by Pat Brisson/Illus. by Maxie Chambliss
His Royal Buckliness, by Kevin Hawkes
A Visitor for Bear, by Bonny Becker/Illus. by Kady MacDonald Denton**
Peace Week in Miss Fox’s Class, by Eileen Spinelli/Illus. by Anne Kennedy
Tacky Goes to Camp, by Helen Lester/Illus. by Lynn Munsinger**
Henry’s Night, by D. B. Johnson and Linda Michelin
Pennies for Elephants, by Lita Judge
Itty Bitty, by Cece Bell**
For C:
She has decided to read (actually read) Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix. So she has requested no more books from the library for the time being. She, at least, has self-control.
For M:
Gifts, by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Key to the Golden Firebird, by Maureen Johnson (I’ll have to read this one, too. It’s the only one of hers — I think — that I haven’t read.)*
Rhiannon, by Vicki Grove
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, by Holly Black*
Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale, by Holly Black*
Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie, by Holly Black (Score! All three books in this series were in. I couldn’t resist.)
For me:
The Princetta, by Anne-Laure Bondoux
Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan
Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon, by Andrew Chaikin and Alan Bean
The roundup is either at Reading Adventures or A Striped Armchair.
*Ones that M eventually read.
**Picture books we really liked.
The Book Nut 
It's so hard not to check things out!!
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I've nearly banned myself these days, and I even work there now! How hard is that! That's why the other day when I came home with six YA's, I decided I've gone crazy.
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You know, I don't feel obligated to read all of the books I check out from the library. Some I start and realise I'm not going to enjoy. Others I realise I'm not in the right mood for. I just like having a variety to choose from. It gives me a soothing, 'all is right with the world' feeling.
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I totally agree, Amanda! And, Suey: crazy is good… right? Right?
And Eva, I don't either. Not really. Except I want to read all the books, because they all look SO good…
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I feel obligated to read all my library books. Partly because they are almost all ones I put on hold and waited for. Partly because I still have some weird mentality that says I HAVE to. I think I'll get over that eventually.
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Oh! I really liked The Princetta. It's so nice to see someone else giving it a chance, since it seems to be a slightly underground book…
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