{"id":3025,"date":"2011-01-18T02:21:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T07:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2011-03-03T14:08:03","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T19:08:03","slug":"this-week-in-library-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3025","title":{"rendered":"this week in library books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of the books I read are from the library, which is unsurprising, given how much I read. What I come home with tends to include a combination of random picks from the shelves and displays, books I&#8217;ve come in intending to track down, and books I&#8217;ve put on hold through the library&#8217;s web site (when you have 25 branches around the city, it can take a few days for end up someplace nearby).<\/p>\n<p>This week, in addition to the afore-reviewed <em>The Westing Game<\/em>,  I also brought home:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lev Grossman&#8217;s <em>The Magicians<\/em>, which I&#8217;ve been meaning to read for a couple of years (this is at least the second time I&#8217;ve checked it out from the library)<\/li>\n<li>Tarquin Hall&#8217;s <em>The Case of the Missing Servant<\/em>, which I heard about from <a href=\"http:\/\/lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com\/\">Nan<\/a> (I thought about buying it for Gramma for Christmas, but wasn&#8217;t totally convinced it would be her cup of tea without reading a bit of it)<\/li>\n<li>Leslie Connor&#8217;s <em>Crunch<\/em>, which I overheard recommended by a bookstore employee at Christmas and which recently made the shortlist for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cybils.com\/\">Cybils<\/a> (plus it has a bike on the cover)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Grant&#8217;s <em>The Magnificent 12<\/em>, which recently made the shortlist for the Cybils<\/li>\n<li>Cornelia Funke&#8217;s <em>Reckless<\/em>, which recently made the shortlist for the Cybils (and which I notice Grey Kitten just finished)<\/li>\n<li>Tara Kelly&#8217;s <em>Harmonic Feedback<\/em>, which recently made the shortlist for the Cybils<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have a few more books on hold at the branch by work that I have to pick up this week: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie<\/em> by Alan Bradley (I&#8217;ve been meaning to read this mystery since it came out; the third one in the series is either just out or due out any moment)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Manual of Detection<\/em> by Jedediah Berry (another mystery that&#8217;s been on my list for a while&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Woman in White<\/em> by Wilkie Collins is the next book for the Classics readalong (I really hope it&#8217;s not too scary!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are you currently reading? 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