In library sale tradition, I am posting the books I picked up from our spring Library Sale. To help ensure that I actually get to these books and do not shelf them for life…. I have come up with a fun way to make sure they not only get read, but you have a chance to read them too.
Look through the two pictures of books and leave me a comment on what you suggest I read. In a few days I will choose 3 winners using random.org and then I will add those three books to my near future reading list – once I read that book, I will then pass it on to the winner who chose the book. Win -win. 😀
Thank you for your assistance! Good luck! 😀
Book Journey 
Fun contest! I pick Must Love Dogs!
I loved that movie Kathy!
The Hangman’s Daughter!
This is one I was super excited about finding Marian!
“When Elephants Dance” looks great to me!
I love the title and look of this one Carol 🙂
Before You Know Kindness or Brava, Valentine, but what a bunch of books! You made some excellent choices so waiting out in front of the library early in the a.m. was well worth it. Congratulations!
Thanks 🙂
There are several here that I’ve read and enjoyed, but if you’ve never read NIGHT by Elie Wiesel, pick that one. 🙂
I have read that one Kaye! I could not resist picking up a second copy!
Can I suggest a book even if I don’t want to be entered into the giveaway? I want you to read Maisie Dobbs — and then I want to know what you thought of it, of course! I just read the first four books in the series in a row and I’d be curious to see if you like this first one.
I’m jealous of your library sale even though I definitely don’t need any more books in my house!
I have been wanting to read these books so I snatched that oen right up 😀
First choice has to be Three Weeks with My Brother.
Enjoyed your waiting-in-line story! 🙂
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Thanks Karen, I am curious about that one – a non fiction out of Sparks!
I’ve been wanting to read Mudbound, so I hope you read that book.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.
This one was just recommended at my book club so I was excited to find it!
I think you should read The Fig Eater!
Fig eater… I had to look through the picture to find that one…. LOL 😀
The Fig Eater sounds enticing!
Its a great title!
Oooh, tough one! I am wavering between March and Before you know kindness. So if I win I’ll let you choose between them. I’m thrilled to see you picked up Mudbound though!
Good picks Angie! I was excited to find Mudbound after your great recommendation of it at book club!
Oryx and Crake by Atwood!! I gotta root for the Canadian of course 😉
This is a book I have wanted to read FOREVER Amy! 😀
Only one pick…so tough..I will pick Mudbound.
Great pick Kerri 😀
OK, You *must* read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamtress! It is slight, surprising and a wonderful story! Also, it’s one of those perfect gifts for a friend, aunt, sister, etc. One of my favorite book quotes is on page 125: “The artistry of the great Dumas was so compelling that I forgot all about our guest, and the words poured from me. My sentences became more precise, more concrete, more compact as I went along…I was pleasantly surprised, in the course of telling the story, to see the narrative mechanism laid bare before my eyes…” For me, that whole paragraph (redacted here) perfectly describes the epiphany that happens withe experiencing great writing: All of the sudden you see the brilliance, the balance, the structure and, for all the mechanics, you still still the beauty of the working whole (For me it happened with To Kill a Mockingbird (by Lee Harper; narrated by Sissy Spacek.))
You might want to wait until you have Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood on hand before you start Oryx and Crake. Up until the last sentence, O&C is fantastic; but that last sentence has you crying out for resolution (which is found in TYOTF. When I first read O&C I was screaming that it wouldn’t have killed MA to write*one more sentence!* (unlike The HAndmaid’s Tale whose Epilogue I felt was a few sentences too many :-/) Of course, with TYOTF, she did write one more sentence and then some!
Bel Canto (by Ann Patchett) was another book I loved. Until the Epilogue.
Maisie Dobbs (by Jacqueline Winspear) turned out to be surprisingly good. At first I was bored with the story I stuck with it and was emotionally staggered by the ending.
Obviously, since I read them, I don’t need copies but I had to mention those few! As for the ones I haven’t read that I’d love to see what you think and that I, too would love to have a crack at: The Hangman;s Daughter (by Oliver Pitzsch), The Robber Bride (by Margaret Atwood) and Before You Know Kindness (by Chris Bohjalian.) I’m very curious about The Hangman’s Daughter, am an Atwood fan and don’t have The Robber Bride and was introduced to Chris Bohjalian and his writing last spring (Books on the Nightstand Retreat) and have becoe a fan 🙂
OK, clearly I got carried away! And also I didn’t read the original post closely enough. *One* book? I’m gonna pick The Robber Bride (by Margaret Atwood) 🙂
LOL Thanks Tanya 😀
Tanya what a fabulous comment, love your insight to the books!
The Dress Lodger
I think that one sounds good too Amy!
Read the Bean Trees. It’s beautifully written and you won’t regret reading it.
Thanks Rachel 🙂
ReadThe god of small things. Heard good things about it.
Thanks – it is a gorgeous looking book 🙂
ive seen the movie called “Must love dogs” by Claire Cook, its a great story! I think you will like it!
Oh I forgot MLD was written by Claire Cook until just now! LOL 😀
I think you should read The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt. It’s supposed to be really good. Byatt is a great writer.
Thanks! I just loved the look and title of this one!
Okay, I don’t need to win it for myself since I already own it, but i highly recommend Little Children!
Thanks Amanda 🙂
So many books I want to read and I’ve even found a new one to add to my TBR list. If I had to pick just one for you to read, I’d go with The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen. It is on my TBR list too and I read and enjoyed her first book Garden Spells earlier this month.
Oh fun Christina – I had not put it together that was the same author!
the big house…been on my list for awhile… fab haul for you!
Thanks Diana!
OMG! So many awesome ones to choose from…how will you ever pick just one to start???
The first one that caught my eye was Maisie Dobbs – I just put this series on my list. Pearl is another good one.
Can’t wait to see what you start off with,
Maisie Dobbs caught my eye too Lannie as many of you have been sharing with me your thoughts on these books 😀
The Fig Eater is my choice.. i would have waited in line too for these books 🙂
LOL – thanks 😉 at 50 cents a piece – I can not resist!
Please don’t enter me, as I have more books than I know what to do with, but I just had to put in a plug for Mudbound. It’s such a fabulous read.
Thanks Jill, Angie in our book club RAVED about this one as well. 😀
I am soooo jealous of your book stash!!! You have some great ones there – how are we supposed to choose just one??? But, here goes …
I would read Mudbound (supposed to be outstanding), or The Sugar Queen, because I love Sarah Addison Allen’s writing – it’s magical!
I want to come up and go to the book sale with you some day!!!! 🙂
It will be on again in the fall Sharon, come and stand in line with me 😀
You got some great ones, Sheila. I’d pick In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner.
I think I seen this movie Kaye 😉 Have to try the book!
I have read Bel Canto… Excellent read! Or, if I get a second choice, Mudbound… I have heard the reviews on that one are great!
I have heard such good things about Bel Canto…. I want to give it a try. Oh, and Mudbound too!
Oryx and Crake. We both need a seriously dystopian novel for your Dystopia Challenge. And I need one that’s not YA. 🙂
Leslie, you win for best reason I should read a book! LOL Plus I really want to read this one…..
Is it cool if I hope you win? 😀
That’s fine with me. And if you want to laugh, I bought the 2nd book, Year of the Flood at a book sale thinking it was the first one. But I can’t read it until I read Oryx and Crake. Atwood is difficult enough to read… not reading the first book might make it impossible!
I have yet to read Atwood…. I have purchased her books through the years but have yet to pick them up and read them! That must change. I think I have that second one floating around here somewhere. 😀
OMG…I picked Oryx and Crake for the same reason…I have the sequel. But I also think you’ll love it as Margaret Atwood does great dystopian….
LOL – YAY Laurel! 😀
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress! It is one of my favorites!! Hope you like it too ~
Beth 🙂
It looks like a nice little read Beth!
Wow, that is a lot of books. I vote for March–I’ve never regretted reading anything by Geraldine Brooks.
Thanks – I have never read Geraldine Brooks!
I would suggest The Children’s Book by Byatt. I loved Possession, and this one sounds very interesting.
Your potential tbr from this list looks an awfully lot like my selves
LOL…. if only this were my only TBR…. 😀
Bel Canto would be my first choice. It’s such a beautifully written book. I also liked Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter and Mudbound. If I have to pick one I haven’t read, it would be Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride.
I have read some wonderful reviews on Bel Canto,cant wait!
I guess I shouldn’t pick the ones I’ve read and loved…there are several. But here’s one I’m wanting to read: Oryx and Crake, by Atwood. (I have the sequel, The Year of the Flood on Sparky).
I am hearing a lot about this book Laurel 😀 Makes me want to read it more!
Thanks for the fun giveaway 🙂
I love library sales! But I’m not as motivated as you so I’m glad ours has an on-going sale. Thrift store shelves are great too.
My choice for you would be If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now. It sounds like a very realistic storyline.
Thanks… I loved that title.
I’m shocked pure not half way through BRAVA, VALENTINE yet!
I do think you’re going to love Mudbound. Great book club book.
So many great books you have there….enjoy!!
Hi Alison! Oh I am… I have read that one 🙂 If someone picks it I am just passing it on if they win. 😀 I always pick up a few I have read and loved so I can pass them to good homes 😀 Its the adopt a book program….LOL 😀
Wow…. I use smiley faced A LOT.
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Gotta be March, by Geraldine Brooks! She is marvelous, and a dear, respected reader friend of mine just recommended it to me as well.
I am starting to like the sound of that one more and more!
I vote for Bel Canto as well! I’ve been curious about it since reading State of Wonder.
I am real curious about Bel Canto too…. I have State Of Wonder but have not read it yet.
I’ve heard good things about Mudbound by Hillary Jordan and really want to read it.
I have too Bonnie 😉
What a great haul! You picked up so many books on my list but I really want to read The God of Small Things. A life changer according to some!
Katie
Really? Good to know 😀
Lots of books there that I own via book sales as well. I really do need to read more of them sooner. 🙂 I’d pick The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt.
I am intrigued bu this book Alyce and I have no idea what it is about 🙂
THE DRESS LODGER looks intriguing.
I thought so too Mary -a nice hard cover! 😀
From your choices it’s obvious that you were there early, and of course, because of all the blogging, you know exactly what the good books are. What a brilliant selection of book, Sheila.
I think there are many I can recommend, but I read Mudbound recently and that is really very good.
I was the first one in Judith, great selection and I spent an hour browsing among the crowds but alas, I had to go to work 😀
So… first let me say pass on Pearl. My book club tried to read this book and the reactions were so bad, only two of us actually finished the book. I was one of them and it was a painfully slow read.
I also have The kindness of Strangers, let me know if you are interested in reading/reviewing this one together and asking three questions (a format I use on my blog from time to time).
If you haven’t watched the movie, my vote is for Little Children. Well written, intriguing with a little bit of creep.
Enjoy!
Mari, it is so funny you say that! One of the girls from my book club reminded me later that we had read (or tried to read) Pealr in our early club days and it was awful. I had forgotten that, but she is right… I dont recall it as it was probably 7 or 8 years ago and I did not finish the book. 😀
OOH – I like the idea of reading together…. if your name is pulled for the drawing lets talk more about that. 😀
I would love to read Tom Franklin’s Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter so I’ll choose it for you too.
Thanks Barbara!
Not entering but what a great idea, I may have to borrow it 😉
LOL 🙂 Go ahead 😉
I would say Mudbound, by Hilary Jordan. I haven’t actually read it myself, but I recently read When She Woke, and really like her writing style. I met her at a book signing/reading. Very interesting and nice person!
I keep hearing good things about it.
I think my pick is Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. But really, you should read Maisie Dobbs (that’s the first one in the series, and it’s excellent IMO), Elie Wiesel’s Night, and Deadline by Alcorn (although I’m not sure if that’s the first in the series …).
OOH the first one in the series? That is kind of awesome! I just seen it and grabbed it 😀
NIGHT I have read….. incredible. And I may have read Deadline too, can not recall….
OK, that’s good about NIGHT and DEADLINE. And yeah, extra lucky about Maisie Dobbs! 😀
Well, I’d pick Mudbound. I’ve heard it is great and I haven’t read it yet either.
But DEFINITELY make time for Little Children. Terrific book!
Thanks Jenners…. both have me curious 🙂
I’d read Brave New World. Classic!
That is one I have never read….
I vote for The Robber Bride – Margaret Atwood is one of my favourite authors, but I haven’t read that one.
I keep buying Atwood so I will read her and I have yet to do so. 😯
What a great idea!! hmmm..so hard to just pick one. I will say Mudbound. I haven’t read the previous books of this series, however, after seeing all the comments about it, I must have missed out on some good reads. Will be these on my wishlist/tbr list.
At the book sale it is so fast paced and crowded there is so time to read synopsis… I can look at the title and cover and make a decision…. usually in the books favor as for a quarter, I can always return it to next years sale if I dont like it. 😀
Its fun to see what people pick here off the list… I learn something about the books by the comments 😀
My choice – In Her Shoes.
I am excited about that one Mystica! 😀
I vote for March by Geraldine Brooks!
Thanks Lindsey – another one I need to read! 😀
ooh…someone mentioned March by Geraldine Brooks.
I must have missed that one when I looked the first time.
I have that on my list to read! I think you should read that!
LOL… thanks Rose… you are increasing my curiosity about it.
Those are some awesome books! I’m going to choose the Margaret Atwood book for you – The Robber Bride.
Thanks Aths… Atwood needs to come my way soon!
What a great haul Sheila! I love hearing about your adventures at your library book sale. We are kindred spirits for sure! The Children’s Book is calling to me – I’ve passed it by several times recently at the library and could kick myself every time that I walk out without it. There are SO many fantastic books to choose from! What a tough decision.
I am hearing good things about that one Sarah 🙂 Pick it up next time for sure!
I recommend The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen. I own a signed copy, so please don’t enter me in the giveaway, but I do love the book. It’s a good book to read in the winter though (although I think I read it in August), and I don’t know if it’s still winter where you are… She’s local to me, and we always have to recommend the locals, right? I’ve seen her speak a few times, and she just seems like the nicest, funniest woman.
Congrats on your haul! There are lots of good books in those stacks!
Thankfully Jen winter has moved on and we have a had a few days in the 70’s already 🙂 That is not always the case for Minnesota so I am very thrilled 😀
Mudbound by Jordan. I absolutely loved her newest When She Woke and I have been wanting to read this one as well.
OOH cant wait… lots of people pushing for this one 😉
Wow, so many amazing books!!! March by Geraldine Brooks was excellent – the first-ever historical fiction I loved; Bel Canto is wonderful – I just read it last year; you have several in this pile that are also on my TBR shelf!
But if I can only pick 1 (I can only pick one??), I guess it would be Mudbound by Hillary Jordan – really amazing book.
How on earth will you find the time to read ALL of these? you are my hero!
Sue
OOH another one for Mudbound…. I am so curious! 😀
I need you all to make me read these 😀
Bel Canto – one of my all time favorites
That one I can not wait for Julie! 😀
I think you should read More Than You Know.