Library Loot #16

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Silly Little Mischief 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.

Well it's time to start the summer reading - so made a trip to the library (Santa Clara City). I'm going to try reading some series this summer.

First I want to finish Fern Michaels - Sisterhood Series

August 2016 Recap

Books Read this month

Abigail the Whale – Review coming
Dalmatian in a Digger – Review coming
ABC Come Play With Me
Helicopters by Planet Collection
Sri Lanka by Planet Collection
Herbie’s Big Adventure
Kid Artists
Lazy Craftermoon
The Hungary Fan’s Game Day Cookbook
Meet the Denver Broncos by Zack Burgess
Book Review: Estonia: Picture Book by Planet Collection
Book Review: Germany: Picture Book by Planet Collection
Let's Go, Dear Dragon by Margaret Hillert
Book Review: Cuba by Planet Collection



Challenges Updates
*2016 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge (Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book) 6/26
*2016 Audiobook Challenge (GoodReads) 1/12
*2016 Audiobook Challenge (HotListens & TheBookNympo) 1/5
*2016 I Love Libraries (Bea's Book Nook) 5/12
*2016 I Love Picture Books (Bea's Book Nook) 11/20
*2016 NetGalley Reading Challenge (Fictively) 8/20
*2016 New Release Challenge (Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My! and (un)Conventional Bookviews) 7/15
*2016 Pages Read ( The Crafty Engineer's Bookshelf) 5297/26,000
*2016 Reading Challenge (GoodReads) 71/75
*2016 What an Animal Reading Challenge IX (Socrates Book Reviews) 8/12
*9th Annual Graphic Novels & Manga Challenge 2016 (9th Annual Graphic Novels & Manga Challenge 2016) 1/12
*Foodies Read 2016 (Based on A True Story) 6/12
*Let's Turn Pages Challenge (Good Reads - 2015 and 2016 Reading Challenge) 5297/10000
*Nonfiction Reading Challenge 2016 (The Introverted Reader) 6/10
*Summer Coyer (Fantasy is More Fun, Because Reading is better than real life, Books, Movies, Reviews. Oh my!) 10/30
2016 Crafty Cozy Challenge (Books Are Life – Vita Libri) 0/6
Blogging Better New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge (DoingDewey) 0/12
Bookshelf Love (Poetree) 3/12
Cruisin' Thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2016 (Socrates' Book Reviews) 0/6
Fun in the Sun Reading Challenge (Whole Latte Books) 0/6
Read the Books You Buy Reading Challenge 2016 (The Book Date) 1/12
Reading Challenge Addict (The Reader's Block) 0/5
The Challenge (The Novel Orange) 0/5


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(Book Review) The Green Umbrella
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(Book Review) Book Review: Kid Artists: True Tales of Childhood from Creative Legends by David Stabler
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Library Loot #15

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Silly Little Mischief 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.

Well it's time to start the summer reading - so made a trip to the library (Santa Clara City). I'm going to try reading some series this summer.

First I want to finish Fern Michaels - Sisterhood Series




I also am working on some Genealogy (Family History)

Library Loot #14

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Silly Little Mischief 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.

Well it's time to start the summer reading - so made a trip to the library. I'm going to try reading some series this summer.

First I want to finish Fern Michaels - Sisterhood Series

Library Loot #13

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Silly Little Mischief 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.

Well it's time to start the summer reading - so made a trip to the library. I'm going to try reading some series this summer.

First I want to finish Fern Michaels - Sisterhood Series




I started reading the Magic Tree House series when my nephew #1 was in grade school - he's now finishing up is Freshman year of high school - guess it's time to try to finish them up - they are short and sweet.



I started reading The Calendar with newphew #2 - time to finish that one too.....

Library Loot #12

Since it's time for the Library Reading Challenges - figured it was time to go to the library. Picked up the following at the library itself.



Winners is an audiobook, since it's Audio Book Month.

I downloaded a couple of ebooks using Overdrive (can be checked out for 21 days)

Library Loot #11

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Silly Little Mischief 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.

Library Loot #10

Only picked up a few books, since I got several from SIL on loan and am reading more on my iPad and my "old" Kindle. (My brother got a Fire for Christmas)

Here's what I got - Happy Birthday (audio), Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (audio), New Year's Eve Murder (Hardback)

Library Loot #9

I went to the library today to return and then pick up some books.

I picked up the following audio books:

Library Loot #8

I went to the library on Saturday to return and then pick up some books.

I picked up the following books: