(Barely) Resisting Book Borrowing Temptations

Gorgeous covers matched with intriguing blurbs are my weakness!

[3 new books on a display shelf at a public library branch: Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni, In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundira, She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor]

[4 new books on 2 shelves of a display at a public library: That Prince is Mine by Jayci Lee, The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava, Troubled Waters by Mary Annaise Heglar, Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang]

Returned some borrowed items and despite my best intentions not to go beyond the returns counter, the new books display lured me close enough to see these enticing titles, which I managed not to bring home with me! Adding them to the top of my TBR list was my compromise. Still reading through last week's bookstack, ebooks on my phone, tablet, and in my email inbox.

Happy reading!

P.S. After a soul-boosting visit with someone who loves me, that person gave me two books. Then a book on my requests list arrived at the library.:-)

[3 books arranged on a closed piano lid: 365 Days Through Daily Meditation, Zero Proof by Elva Ramirez, No More Secrets by Lucy Score]

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