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Currently readingVirginia Woolf: A Critical Memoir by Winifred Holtby
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Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology) by Eva Jablonka

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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library) by Cormac McCarthy

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Light years by James Salter

Hey, it looks like we have some similar interests. What is your favorite poetry?

posted by badr at 12:30 am (EST) on Oct 24, 2008

Cateline, I read it a long time ago and then remembered it recently and reread it. It was still good the second time around and the passage of time gave it a certain aura. And Makine is definitely worth reading.

posted by Karlus at 3:06 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2008

Great reviews Karlus! I have only read one Makine, Dreams of My Russian Summers and thoroughly enjoyed it, this one sounds exceptional, I must pull it to the tip of my TBR stack! Thanks.

I read By Love Possessed last year for the first time and your review captures it completely. Wonderful story.

posted by Cateline at 3:01 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2008

Thanks! I've ordered the next in line as well. :) I'd love to get them all, but it's just too much at present.

posted by Cateline at 10:03 pm (EST) on Aug 6, 2008

Hi, I noticed several chess titles in your catalog and thought you may like to check my forum site out- www.ChessForums.org, we have a dedicated section to chess books and recommended reading you may be interested in, thanks, Greg

posted by gregfindley at 6:15 am (EST) on Jun 30, 2007

Thanks for your kind comments over at my profile. I'm a big believer in reviews (especially here at LibraryThing), and it's nice to get appreciative comments.

posted by jbushnell at 4:50 pm (EST) on Apr 6, 2007

I'll look forward to reading your "Books Compared" review of the Woolf trio when your finished with The Waves. Once you post it, I'll invite another wave of potential members who I think will enjoy reading it.

posted by margad at 11:59 pm (EST) on Mar 23, 2007

Thanks for joining Books Compared. Your other reviews are great and have reinspired me to read The Worst Hard Time and The Lost German Slave Girl, both of which have long been on my list of books to get around to -- and I really must read some Nabokov. I hope you'll post a comparison soon and help to define how the group works! There are really no rules, except to share whatever you're inspired to share after reflecting on two (or more) different books.

posted by margad at 2:46 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2007

Hey, thanks! I'll get around to writing about how much I love Nabokov sooner or later...nice catalog.

posted by emily_morine at 4:59 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2006

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