New on My Bookcase (vol. 13)

Another big batch of library books this visit (I also brought home several kids’ books, I just don’t include them in the photo or post). I always know it’s a big visit when I can’t fit all of my books in the tote bag I use for library trips. Although sometimes that’s misleading, if the books include lots of oversized ones.

This trip I got a lot of fiction, because I still have plenty of nonfiction on my bookshelf waiting for me to finish it. Or even to start it.

Nonfiction

Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn Atwood
This is a repeat – I had to return this one unfinished, and I’m quite happy to get it back, especially after enjoying the other book by Atwood I recently finished (come back on Monday to see what that one was).

Keepers: Two Home Cooks Share Their Tried-and-True Weeknight Recipes and the Secrets to Happiness in the Kitchen by Kathy Brennan and Caroline Campion
Sounds like one I’ll enjoy, although I don’t know anything more about it than the cover and title.

Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem by Jack Prelutsky
Prelutsky makes me laugh, and I admire his creativity – I’m looking forward to what he has to say about writing poetry.

Rip the Page!: Adventures in Creative Writing by Karen Benke
Was doing some research about Language Arts instruction and found this one recommended for older kids. And I was so curious about it that I couldn’t wait until my kids were even close to the age when they’d use it.

Fiction

The Annotated Pride and Prejudice: A Revised and Expanded Edition by Jane Austen
Getting a start on my reading challenge (or at least getting ready to make a start on it.) I own a copy of Pride and Prejudice, but loved the annotated Sense and Sensibility that I read last year so much I couldn’t resist getting the annotated version here.

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
An upcoming book club pick, and I’ve learned not to put off reading those books, or else that’s a guarantee that life will intervene and I’ll either be cramming at the end, or not finishing the book. And I hate not finishing the book.

Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson
If I remember correctly, I learned about this one through Mimi, and it sounded intriguing. As much as I love fairy tale retellings, it’s fun to find one that doesn’t use Cinderella, or some of the other really common ones. This one features the pirate Bluebeard.

A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd
Found a list on Goodreads of upcoming mysteries, and while browsing through it I found some new ones, and some that reminded me of series I was behind on. This is one of the new ones (at least this series by Charles Todd; I’ve read the first one in his Ian Rutledge series, A Test of Wills, and LOVED it.)

A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate by Susanna Calkins
See above. This is a new-to-me author, because historical mysteries are some of my favorite reads.

A Simple Murder by Eleanor Kuhns
And yet another historical mystery by a new-to-me author.

The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye
Found it described somewhere that made it sound like one one of those fairy tale retellings I’d like. It’s a kid’s book, so it’s not a big time investment.

The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech
Meant to read this one last year and forgot all about it.

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