Summer Library Challenge: Book Haul #2 and Goals Check-in

In my first library book haul post, I picked up five books. I dropped three of them, but The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender was a five star read and I’m greatly enjoying Buddhism Plain & Simple so far. I had two more holds come shortly after that post – All the Birds, Singing and I Forgot to Remember. I read both and posted a few thoughts here.

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve picked up a good number of library books, through planned trips, spontaneous browsing and hold requests. Here’s what’s sitting in the pile:

• Floating City by Sudhir Venkatesh
• Bone & Bread by Saleema Nawaz
• The Road to Middle-Earth by T.A. Shippey
• Doll Bones by Holly Black
• How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
• Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis
• The Archived by Victoria Schwab

• Visit the library once a week
• I forgot this was actually on my goals list! Oops…I haven’t been keeping track, but I think I have managed this anyhow. I’ve been stopping in lots to pick up books. I haven’t had any of those fun afternoons at the library yet, but now that I’m done school I hope to get in at least two before the end of the month.
• Read 12 library books
•  I Forgot to Remember by Su Meck
• All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
• The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton (review forthcoming!)
• A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
• Huh, only four! Two I loved, two I am ambivalent about. I don’t think I’ll have a problem reading eight more now that I’m out of school.
• Attend two library-hosted events
• Halfway there! I participated in an Ideas Fair last month. Today I inadvertently found a clue for the library’s book hunt. Next time I visit I’m going to give it a try. After checking out upcoming events, I might attend an outdoor open mic reading session or a guided tour of a local park.

Have you visited the library recently? What’s in your library TBR pile?