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Friday Favourites :: 6 May
Now that I’m making weekly trips out into the world again, I’ve also been taking the opportunity for a regular pop in to my local library. I honestly missed the library so much while we’ve been working from home. We’re so lucky in Canberra to have a fabulous library service – it’s so easy to reserve books, and have them transferred to my local branch, and I regularly borrow not only books but also dvds. Over the past few weeks I’ve borrowed a bunch of novels and non-fiction books for both me and my daughter (it has been perfect for feeding her Dogman addiction!). Today I thought my library a…
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Library loans :: The Stella Prize Longlist
When the longlist for the Stella Prize – a major literary award for women’s writing in Australia – was announced I immediately logged onto my library account to start requesting some of the titles. I did pretty well – about 10 days later and my loans for 4 of the fiction titles are in already! I wrote a bit last year about my issues with prize lists and reader’s FOMO – I always want to read ALL THE BOOKS, which is obviously not possible. This year my plan is to start with the fiction books – 7 of the 12 longlisted books are fiction and I’d like to read them…
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Sunday stack :: January library loans
Every so often I get a bit click-happy on the library website and request a bunch of books. Of course, they all come in at once! These are the books I have out at the moment, some I’ve picked up because I’ve seen them recommended, and a couple are for the Read Harder Challenge. And so now the reading juggle to get through them before they’re due starts haha Xo Bron
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More library books
We all know library holds have a habit of coming in packs, and since my July library loan post I’ve added three more to the stack! What these three have in common, aside from being from the library, is that they all have such beautiful covers – some of my favourite’s on books I’ve read so far this year! I’ve almost finished The Bear and the Nightingale, and am loving it! Have you read any of these? And do you have a favourite cover this year? Tell me about it in the comments! Xo Bron
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July Library Loans
My library loan stack is pretty tiny this month – I’ve been reading loads of books for review, and the library books have been bumped. I’ve even returned a couple unread, which I hate! Anyhow, just the three books this month: The Virgin Cure, The New Boy, and The Bear and the Nightingale. I’d love to know whether you’ve read any of these, or advice on which to read first =) X Bron
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Sunday book stack
Just a quick post today to say ‘hi’ and share my current library loan stack. These are the books I have out on loan right now and there are some good ones in there! So, the two most exciting and long awaited are Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (of The Girl on the Train fame) and Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel (the sequel to Sleeping Giants, which was one of my favourite reads last year). These are the two I’m going to have to read right away, since they have people waiting to borrow them and I can’t renew my loans. I will definitely tell you more about them before I send…
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May library books
What is it with library holds all coming in at the same time? Some of these I’ve had on hold since last December, maybe even earlier! And then, just when I was feeling smug for having only one book out, a couple came in at once (and I picked up a few extras too!) One of the books in the stack (The Secret Keeper) I have read (I loved it!) and it will go back to the library tomorrow – I also have Sidekicks by Wil Kostakis waiting for me to pick up. Goodwood and The Atomic Weight of Love I put holds on ages ago, Cooper Bartholomew I grabbed straight from a friend who was returning…
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April library books
I love my library! For a long time I didn’t use it at all, but as ebook prices have gone up and I’ve become more interested in reading a lot of new releases, my library membership has been invaluable . It’s so user friendly – I love that I can go online and request a book from any branch across the ACT and it will be waiting for me next time I pop into my local. In fact, sometimes it’s too easy to put books on hold and I end up with many coming all at once! In April I’ve had a reasonably large stack of library books, but…
