Library Lovin' {aka In My Mailbox}

This is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.  Its a great way to show what you won/bought/borrowed each week {or so}.  I might write one each week, but most likely every couple/few weeks as, while I love to read, I have many other things that take up my time and at the moment am not winning or being given any books for review {this is not my choice... I would love to make the excuse of "needing" to read a good book so I can review it!}.

I've loved my local library for decades, but I haven't really taken advantage of it in the past few years.  Its a shame, really.  The library was a little safe haven of sorts for me when I was younger, and as I got older and had jobs that paid me decently, the local Borders took its place.  Alas, Borders is gone, so its back to the library for me {yes, I know Barnes & Noble is out there as well as other lovely bookstore, but Borders was my favorite}.  I went to my local library today after going to Half Price Books yesterday, and I now have 6 books I need to read... well, 5 books and a graphic novel...

Borrowed:

Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen

Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel

The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton

Bought:

Austenland by Shannon Hale

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead (Author), Emma Vieceli (Illustrator), Leigh Dragoon (Adapter)

The nice thing about borrowing books from the library?  I have to spend more time reading that doing other frivolous things... I think I can do that ;-)

UPDATE:

I joined NetGalley this last week, and I actually won a copy of Tomorrow Land by Marni Mancusi!  So I'll be picking that up to read via the good ol' Kindle in the next few days...