I have a reason for the piddly loot today: the library is closed for construction for the next two weeks, and I can only pick up holds. I feel like a part of me has gone missing. As does K… she was visibly upset when we went today and she couldn’t browse the books or the movies. It may be a long month…
Most of these books are ones that people mentioned they loved — either here last week or on Facebook. Others are ones that I’ve read reviews where people have loved them. Either way, I’m hoping to snap out of my slump.
What came in this week:
Adult Fiction:
Germinal , by Emile Zola
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence, by Nick Bantock
The Last Chinese Chef, by Nicole Mones
Non-Fiction:
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, by Elizabeth Gilbert
French Milk, by Lucy Knisley
Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman’s Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker, by Gesine Bullock-Prado
YA Fiction:
Crossing Stones, by Helen Frost
The roundup is either at Adventures of an Intrepid Reader or A Striped Armchair. Obligatory FTC note: the links are provided through my Amazon Associates account. If you click through and actually purchase one of these books, I’ll get a teeny, tiny payment. But, since no one ever does, and it’s SO much easier using the associates account to put up these links, I’m going to keep doing it.
The Book Nut 
I'll be interested in your reaction to Eat, Pray. Love. I was very excited to read it after hearing so much about it and was very disappointed in it. I thought it was very self-indulgent drivel.
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Wow! I'm surprised they would do this so close to summer, but maybe they're trying to do just before so they are open when the kids are out of school. Crazy! I'll cross my fingers hoping the holds get you both through for the next month! š
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Susan, I've been putting it off for much the same reason. I really don't trust a book that gets so much hype. But the movie's coming out, and I want to see that, and I felt like I needed to read the book first.
1st daughter: Thanks! I think they're trying to get the renovations done before the summer craziness. Hopefully, it'll work…
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Yay for Crossing Stones! I hope you love it!
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I love the Griffin and Sabine correspondence!
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