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Years of the Sword by R S Unstead
The Second Book of Modern Verse by Jessie Rittenhouse
Magic Years of Beatrix Potter by Margaret Lane
Christmas Books Tales and Sketches I by Charles Dickens
Isaac Newton (Vintage) by James Gleick
Agaton Sax and the Criminal Doubles by Nils-Olaf Franzen
The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
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Favorite authorsRoddy Doyle, Zora Neale Hurston, Primo Levi, Haruki Murakami, Peter Reading, Dylan Thomas (Shared favorites)
About meI am living in Yangon, Myanmar (or as it is referred to in Britain, Rangoon, Burma) and teaching at the International School Yangon (ISY) which is the US Embassy sponsored School. Lately I have been focusing on books that have Myanmar as a theme, anything from Andrew Marshall's 'The Trouser People' to J.H.William's 'Elephant Bill'. It is hard to come across books here except that the school library is decently stocked (including banned books) and colleagues have collections that one may borrow from. I also packed fifty pounds dead weight of text! I came prepared. I did really appreciate browsing the 'thrift stores' in England this Christmas, and loved 'Kinokuniya' book store in the Siam Paragon center in Bangkok which I browsed on my way back to Yangon.
My favourite Book Store is still Open Books a Poetry Emporium in Wallingford. I am also pining for the 'Bookman' of Billingborough (Lincolnshire England) whose 'Bookwife' took over after his unpredictable death a few years back. (The second hand books are displayed both outside and in so the 'store' is closed over Winter).
About my libraryI like to collect books with a history. If they contain evidence of their previous reader I am that much happier.
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Currently readingTheir Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel by Zora Neale Hurston
The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jaroslav Hasek
The Best American Essays 2003 (The Best American Series) by Anne Fadiman
White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith
The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist) by Salman Rushdie
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I saw your post on avaland's Club Read thread, and had to stop by since I am about two-thirds of the way through "The Glass Palace" by Amitav Ghosh. Have you read it? Part of it is set in Rangoon. Ghosh is an excellent writer, and I find the story compelling.
Lisa
posted by LisaCurcio at 9:45 am (EST) on May 12, 2009
posted by tomcatMurr at 11:43 pm (EST) on Mar 2, 2009
posted by tomcatMurr at 11:40 pm (EST) on Mar 2, 2009
I just read the summary of your 2008 reading and went "Another interesting person". I picked up a copy of Roddy Doyle's Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha in a thrift store yesterday for the princely sum of one cent. He was going to join the pile of thousands on my TBR pile but if you say he is THE best, I will move him up. The same experience you are describing with Ovid, I had this year with Homer. I kept getting looks, questions, and nobody understood you could be reading such stuff if you did not have to.
How did you end up in the Far East? Are you having an adventure?
Andrew
posted by polutropos at 8:57 am (EST) on Dec 19, 2008
posted by virgingloves at 11:57 pm (EST) on Jun 21, 2007
well, there's the link...
t.
posted by sounding at 6:25 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2006
posted by sounding at 6:25 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2006
I once read Bleak House with an excellent Beer to hand. Heavon. I remember 'Peaches' from Dylan Thomas's 'Portrait of the Artist as a young dog' being read to me when I was fifteen. Heavon.
I handle my books. I smell the pages. I think about the people who owned them previously. I want to find evidence of a relationship.
When I read out loud I breathe life into the book and I feel like I'm falling in love but I'm not sure who with. I have to be careful what I read out loud. I am dedicated but passing in my commitment.
posted by BeesleSR at 6:10 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2006