Random books from Cleomedes's library

Ancient Iraq: Third Edition (Penguin History) by Georges Roux

King Ottokar's Sceptre (The Adventures of Tintin) by Herge

Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) by William Makepeace Thackeray

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

SNAKECHARMERS IN TEXAS by Clive James

Gargantua and Pantagruel (Penguin Classics) by Francois Rabelais

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Members with Cleomedes's books

Member connections

Friends: nakedsushi

RSS feeds

Recently-added books

Cleomedes's reviews

Reviews of Cleomedes's books, not including Cleomedes's

Member: Cleomedes

CollectionsYour library (394)

ReviewsNone

TagsAutobiography (4), Literary Criticism (4), Classical History (3), Poetry (3), Essays (2), Humour (1), Grammar (1), Science (1), Elizabethan History (1), Medieval History (1) — see all tags

Cloudstag cloud, author cloud

GroupsNone

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers/Member Giveaway

Favorite authorsNone

Account typepublic, lifetime

Connection NewsConnection News

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/Cleomedes (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Cleomedes (library)

Common KnowledgeSeries (71), Awards (189), Characters (2458), Places (479)

Member sinceSep 6, 2008

Most recent activity

Cleomedes added:
The Smoking Diaries: Boxed Set by Simon Gray

Cleomedes added:
The Night Climbers of Cambridge by Whipplesnaith

Cleomedes added:
Shelley: The Pursuit (New York Review Books) by Richard Holmes

Cleomedes added:
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law: Book Two) by Joe Abercrombie

Cleomedes added:
After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation by George Steiner

Cleomedes added:
The Songs of the Kings: A Novel by Barry Unsworth

Wow, ok, that was a very unappealing attitude in the interview. I see what you meant. And I don't remember the writing being that well, self righteous for one, but stiff and clumsy as what he was reading aloud at the beginning. Hmmm I was thinking of rereading this series just to see what its like when I'm not reading from the perspective of a 12 year old, but it's looking like it's going to be another of the ones I read in middle school that don't measure up once you're past the "it's new to me so it must be good" phase of adolescent reading enthusiasm.
Thanks for the info, I think this has just bumped his books off the TBR pile for good.

posted by Aerulan at 7:37 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2008

Copyright LibraryThing and/or members of LibraryThing, authors, publishers, libraries, cover designers, Amazon, Bol, Bruna, etc. | static: /