I have one library request pending and last week I picked up a few extra books but this is it. I am going on a library ban for a couple of weeks. I don’t know how long I’ll be able to hold out but I really need to read more from my stacks.

So here are the books I recently picked up. Honestly I may not even get to read them but I checked them out because I wanted to make sure to add them to my TBR list and I thought if I had a bit more time to look through them then I would be sure to add them to my list.

• Anatomy of Murder by Imogen Robertson. From the cover, London, 1781. The streets seethe with rumor and conspiracy as the king’s navy battles the French. And while the banks of the Thames swarm with the hustle and bustle of life, a body is dragged form its murky waters.
• The Rhetoric of Death by Judith Rock. From reviews, First-novelist Rock brings firsthand knowledge of dance, choreography, acting, police investigation, and teaching to the beginning of a mystery series set in seventeenth-century Paris and featuring Jesuit teacher Charles du Luc.
• Ghosts Know by Ramsey Campbell. A straight-shooting radio talk-show host and a glib fake psychic make intriguing sparring partners in this suspenseful thriller

Have you read any of these? Should I start one now?

Actually I do have a few other library books out but those are renewals. I think my library ban should really be longer to have any effect on my reading stacks but I don’t know how long I can resist checking out new books. They are so tempting aren’t they? What have you checked out recently?

Here we are at the end of February and I feel like the reading stack I started the month with has not really changed. Granted some other books have been added and moved off but it seems pretty constant to me.

I don’t mind if a book takes me a while to finish but when it goes on for longer than a month I don’t feel as motivated to finish it. Do you ever feel that way?

So here are my current reads:

• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Seriously guys, I am enjoying this book but for whatever reason others book jump to the front of the line. Still stuck on page 50 or so.
• A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy. This is an easy read. Maybe that’s why I’m making progress with it. A wide cast of characters who’ll find themselves spending a week in winter in a beautiful hotel in Ireland. I wouldn’t mind spending a week in Ireland myself.
• The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol. I have this one on my Kindle and I’m still stuck at 6%.

So hopefully this week I should be able to read a bit in these and at least make some progress. I’m trying not to add any new books to the pile so I can focus on these.