Library Loot: June 17 to 23

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading 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. On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland – my reaction to volume one was neutrality. I was neither awed nor bored, which was good enough to push me on to volume two. The American Ambassador by Ward Just – I thought An Unfinished Season was marvelous back in 2024 but haven’t read anything more by Just since then. I’m looking forward to this suspenseful novel about an American diplomat who is preparing to take a posting in Germany when reports emerge that his son is involved with a German terrorist organization. I know already from An…