As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I broke my library ban. Woo-hoo! It didn’t last very long but as I wasn’t making a dent in my TBR piles, which is what I was hoping for, why not go back to the library right?
Plus, I really wanted to find an audiobook to listen to when I go for walks around the neighborhood or am on the treadmill. Sometimes music is what I need to get motivated to move so I’m not listening to an audiobook exclusively but for the first time I’m actually enjoying the experience of audiobooks. I can’t say that I capture all that happens but maybe I just need more practice!
So of course a trip to the library after a library ban is lifted means checking out a couple of books.
For my audiobook choice I went with The Dying Hours by Mark Billingham. I’m always on the lookout for British crime/police procedurals and I can’t recall hearing about this series before so I was excited to find it. Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has been recently demoted after stepping out of line once too often, and struggling to adjust when he becomes convinced that a spate of suicides among the elderly in London is something more sinister.
Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke. According to Kirkus Reviews the story chronicles the ramblings of a woman snowed in with her adopted daughter on Christmas Day. Samantha recently reviewed this one and it sounds like a good thriller.
October by Zoe Wicomb. Abandoned by her partner in Scotland, where she has been living for 25 years, Mercia returns to her homeland of South Africa to find her family overwhelmed by alcoholism and secrets. I’ve only read one other South African writer and that is Jim Coetzee so I welcome the opportunity to read another.
Very excited to have new books. Let’s see if my reading picks up a bit so I can get to these before they are due back at the library! What about you, what have you checked out recently?
I haven’t been to the library for a long time! I really miss the peace and the bookish atmosphere! Maybe next time I’ll bring my daughters to borrow some books but as for me it’d be more for browsing since my TBR piles are calling out to me, lol.
Hope you enjoy reading your books!
Funny, I was thinking last night that it has been a long time since I’ve been to the library. Like you, there are so many books that are stacked on my reading table (you know, that easy access storage area for books and a cup of tea or coffee) or in my Kindle que and there is an element of guilt in letting more books in to take precedence over those patiently waiting.
If you are going to break a ban, a library ban is the best one 🙂 Enjoy your books!
I broke my library ban and kind of forgot to return the books… So, I broke my library ban AND got a crazy library fine…
I am easily distracted, and so I have learned I prefer certain types of audio books to listen to, otherwise I stop paying attention all together. I’m so bad. I keep hoping though the more I listen, the better I will become at staying focused.
I really enjoyed the Mark Billingham book I read. I keep meaning to read more by him.
I read Mind of Winter and will be posting my review tomorrow. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, but ended up really liking it.
Yay! I hope you enjoy Mind of Winter as much as I did! Just be warned that it started slowly. I love using the library to help break my reading slumps!