Monday at the Library: 9.1.25

Since I’ve restarted using my library, I thought that I would also restart my Monday at the Library posts. So, here we go:

Print books:

1. Frankie by Graham Norton: this was a Lucky Day random grab;
2. Crush by Ada Calhoun: this was also a random grab; I know nothing about this book;
3. One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downs: I need to get to this one before it’s due date of 9/22 because I’ve already renewed it twice and I either need to read it or return it;
4. Crimson Lake by Candice Fox: ready to return when I picked up my holds. It’s a solid mystery set in Australia and I enjoyed it;
5. A Rip Through Time by Kelley Amstrong: also ready to return. Time travel to 1850’s Edinburgh. I thought it was a lot of fun and already have the second book in the series on hold;
6. Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire: this one is also ready to go back and I’ve requested Beneath the Sugar Sky, which is book 3 in the series;
7. The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa: this one is on deck because it looks so cute;
8. We’ll Prescribe You a Cat by Ishida Syou: the other Japanese cat book that also looks adorable;
9. My Death by Lisa Tuttle: from the NYRB classics series; not sure when I will get to this one, but it was intriguing. And short;
10. The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith: I’ve read a number of his Number One Ladies Detective Agency books and love them, but I’ve never read anything from this series;
11. Kindred by Octavia Butler: I cannot count the number of years that this has been on my TBR. I plan to get to it soon;
12. My House in Umbria by William Trevor: I’ve also been meaning to read some William Trevor, so I checked out this one and
13. The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor: we’ll see which one I get to, if I get to either;
14. The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright: another book by an Irish writer;
15. The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong: random grab off the shelves because I liked the cover;
16. Skeletons in the Closet by Jean-Patrick Manchette: another NYRB classic;
17. Local Girls by Alice Hoffman: I am a big fan of Alice Hoffman, reaching all the way back to Practical Magic and Turtle Moon;

Print holds awaiting pickup:

1. Tropic Moon by Georges Simenon: another NYRB classic & one of Simenon’s non-Maigret books;
2. The Child and the River by Henri Bosco: another NYRB classic that has been on my list for a while;
3. The Fire Engine that Disappeared by Maj Sowall and Per Wahloo: book 5 in the Martin Beck series; filling in a gap for me;
4. Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire: book 3 in the Wayward Children series;
5. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore: this book has been everywhere since last summer. I had a digital hold for two months that was still 12 weeks away, so I decided to go with print instead;
6. When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Kelley: I was intrigued by the cover and the plot summary.

My digital check outs:

1. The End of Everything by Megan Abbott: I have only read one other book by Megan Abbott, but I thought she did a good job with characters that I loathed;
2. A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas: I’ve read the first in this series and liked it; not sure if I will actually get to this one;
3. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs: I have this in audiobook and it’s a reread; I’ve been having trouble sleeping, so I am going through my audible library at a financially unsustainable speed;
4. The Fox’s Curse by Sarah Painter: I’m still not sure about this series, but they are quick reads;
5. The Honourable Schoolboy by John LeCarre: I’m working my way through George Smiley;
6. European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss: I’m rereading the first book in this series because I remembered very little about it and I’m not sure I will be going on. This may be a catch and release;
7. Redemption Point by Candice Fox: this is the second in the Crimson Lake series. I’ll definitely get to this one before my time expires;
8. Nightmare in Pink by John MacDonald: I’ve never read anything by MacDonald but he was prolific, so I wanted to give him a try;
9. The Ward Witch by Sarah Painter: this is the first book in a different series that I think I might like better;
10. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera: I tend not to love modern thrillers, so I’m not sure I’ll actually read this one, but the premise is interesting;
11. The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss: currently reading this one; not loving it. If I don’t connect with it in another 30 pages or so, it’s going back, along with book 2 in the series;
12. The Killing Bay by Chris Ould: the second in a series set in the Faroe Islands. I love mysteries set in bleak places, so I’ll get to it eventually, just maybe not this round;
13. An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson: I only have a few days left on this checkout. Dark academia has recently taken the place of steampunk as the type of fiction I want to love more than I actually love. I’ll probably run out of time;
14. The Mapmaker’s Apprentice by C.J. Archer: not sure I’ll get to this one;
15. Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie: book 5 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series and probably my next digital read.