Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!

July28 to August 8th.




Kill-Devil And Water by Andrew Pepper, The Girl Of His Dreams by Donna Leon


King Arthur's Bones:Medieval Murders

Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex.
I have a strange habit of starting series a few books in! lol .

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teasers:" So you're a policeman now?" The last time Pyke had seen Tilling ,about a year earlier,he had still been in the service of Sir Robert Peel,a leader of the Tory party.In fact ,he had served Peel in one capacity or another for twenty-five years,first of all in Ireland ,when Peel had been stationed there , and then back in London.
pg4 of Kill -Devil And Water :A Pyke Mystery.by Andrew Pepper.

Musing Mondays

This week’s musing asks…

Do you review books? If so, for who?

If not, have you ever thought about doing so? Why, or why not?

1.I don't review books.
2.I have thought about it.
3.I don't know how to and would probably need to be taught how to! lol

WWW Wednesdays

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?

hosted by @MizB

What am i currently reading ? " The Sun King Rises"and "Captain of Rome".

As well as "Uniform Justice".
Hosted by @ Marg






What did i recently finish reading? "Madam De Maintenon" .I thought if would be good for the french historicals challenge.Forgot the books are to be historical fiction!








What do i think i'll read next ? Not sure have to have a bit of a think!

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teasers for this week from "The Sun King Rises " byYves Jego and Denis Lepee.
"Tie him up securely ",said the man his tall frame towering over the poor private secretary.
"If need be , knock him out!And search the apartment -there may be other people here.Time is pressing." pg11/12.

This week’s musing asks…

What does your bookshelf (or, what do your bookshelves) say about you to the people who come into your home?

hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading

I hope my shelves say voracious ,avid reader! When i'm working on projects,fanfic or doing genealogy i always find there's something i don't know and get more books.
I also have fav authors and those books are added to the collection.
I like to find new authors also.

I don't quiet have over "1200" ! lol

Library Loot ! amended

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries! July 16th.

For something a bit different and to add to the French Historicals Oh La La Challenge.












I spotted " The Sun King Rises " by Yves Jego and Denis Lepee on the shelf ,now i have 2 of the 3 for this challenge.


















I also noticed " Captain of Rome " by John Stack and have had this one on my TBR for a while.

FRENCH HISTORICALS Oh-La-La! Challenge& Library Loot

hosted by Enchanted by Josephine ,
The fisrt of my 3 books for this challenge is "Madame De Maintenon The Secret Wife of Louis XIV" by Veronica Buckley.

Which is also part of my Library Loot! July 15th.




hosted by @ Marg.












As well as "A Cruel Courtship" Candace Robb.




I finished this on the night of 15/07/2010
4/5.




















And " Uniform Justice " by Donna Leon.

WWW Wednesdays

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?

Is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading .



1.What am i reading currently? Nothing ,taking a breather after rereading Nicola Barker's Darkmans.Think i need one! 800+ pages. lol.Strangly Darkmans has confirmed something i've thought for a while.













2.I recently finished some library books Daughters of the Grail by Elizabeth Chadwick ,
and The Malice of Unnatural Death by Michael Jecks .Both really good and both are back catalogue!lol
Some of my recent Library Loot!












Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!

3.What next? I have some ideas for the reading challenges i'm doing not got any thing yet.

Library Loot

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg of
The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!


Some of my recent Library Loot! for July 7th-13th.













Elizabeth Chadwick Daughters of the Grail ,The Malice of Unnatural Death Michael Jecks , and Jim Bradbury The Battke of Hastings.

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teasers : from Nicola Barker's Darkmans.
"How strange ",he said , turning just in time to see Beede's hand with-drawing from the womans hand(he had passed her an envelope.She placed it into her bag,her eyes meeting Kane's calmly.)
"What is ?" Beede asked ."The man who peered in through the window a moment ago.The man on the horse .He's changed." pg27

Musing Mondays

This week’s musing asks…

Can you read amidst distractions? (tv, others talking, sporting events, etc) .

hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading .

I can generally tune out background noise. The tv,others talking,sporting events don't really bother me.If it gets too noisy i'll go to my bedroom and read there.

I was on one occasion bothered by lack of noise!In school i couldn't concentrate in the student library because it was too quiet. Does that make sense? lol

Q is for ?

The Alphabet in Historical Fiction is hosted at Historical Tapestry .



Quest as in Grail quest : Bernard Cornwell's Grail Quest trilogy is unput downable!


It will have you cheering the hero on and wanting to strangle the odd really dense character also.






















































I couldn't not include the originator of the phrase/saying "grail quest" could i?


Book 1 had me up till the small hours trying to finish it! As well as crying in parts.















Some chapters of book2 had me crying as i read them . I'm looking forward to book3 the final of the trilogy.


































Some if the recent suspence/thrillers out today, could also be termed, "grail quests" although they are not all the same!
I'm not sure which can out first "Da Vinci Code" or this:
In my view this is better.

















Daughters of the Grail by Elizabeth Chadwick i got from my local library recently and loved it .Finished reading it in a week,but then i do always devour EC's books!
This one is part of the back catalogue which I've yet to work through.

New challenges continued!

Another i started a bit late! I'm signed up at 25 books .
Which is hosted by Home Girl's Book Blog.






As well as this one hosted by @ KMont .

Hopefully having untill the end of the year should mean i can complete these challenges!