Member: LizzySiddal

With that username I had to say hello. :-)

posted by the_red_shoes at 4:26 am (EST) on Jan 1, 2013

Your list of 99 books is tremendous! If I'm going to try Simon's Century of Books challenge it will be a huge help (I've read quite a few, but I'm going to allow myself re-reads!)

posted by GeraniumCat at 1:28 pm (EST) on Sep 29, 2011

What a wonderful list! Must have taken you ages to make. I might well be taking some suggestions from it (although I've already read 24 of 'em - surprisingly about half from each half of the century!)

posted by Stuck-in-a-Book at 7:34 am (EST) on Sep 29, 2011

Hi there - I can't see your 99 years 99 authors 99 books list here, please point me in the right direction!

posted by Stuck-in-a-Book at 5:53 pm (EST) on Sep 28, 2011

Hi Lizzy, Elizabeth Gaskell is one of my favourite authors and I noted that you gave The Grey Woman 5 stars. I haven't read this one yet and I wondered if you plan to review this book. My favourite Gaskell novels are Mary Barton, Cranford and Wives & Daughters. I have just finishing listening to Ruth and was a little disappointed. Jenny

posted by socialpages at 4:51 pm (EST) on Jan 2, 2011

Hi Lizzy,

Note we have quite a lot of titles in common. I've just ordered the new Galgut - a favourite writer of mine - didn't know it was published until I heard it discussed on Radio 4 last night (they all liked it).

Sop when will Benjamin Markovits publish vol. 3 of his Byron Trilogy? So frustrating - his new book 'Playing days' due June is about Basketball - so frustrating!

Best,

Peter

posted by peterbrown at 9:51 am (EST) on Apr 11, 2010

i see u just added a couple of elizabeth gaskell books. i just discovered her! finished up 'wives and daughters' and going to read 'north and south' next!

posted by amanaceerdh at 3:32 pm (EST) on Mar 12, 2010

Enjoyed your review of Lanchester's Famil Romance. I haven't read Fragrant Harbor or Family Romance yet but I really liked The Debt to Pleasure and liked Mr. Phillips.

posted by slickdpdx at 3:14 pm (EST) on Feb 16, 2010

I agree. The White Castle was a bit disappointing.

posted by slickdpdx at 1:11 pm (EST) on Nov 26, 2009

And thank you, Lizzy, for the reply! Because the group is in the US and in Berlin, reading German authors is a priority. I'll be interested to hear how the chapter members on both sides of the Atlantic take to it.

In the meantime, jeez, finding The Shoe Tester has proven to be sooooooo hard. Weeks of waiting and back orders everywhere!

I hope the author appreciates our efforts. ;-)

Tammi

posted by tlcoles at 4:50 am (EST) on Aug 25, 2009

A human being is like a television set with millions of channels. If we turn on sorrow, we are sorrow. If we turn on a smile, we are the smile. We cannot let one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us and we have to seize the situation at hand, to recover our power. We need to change the channel once in a while!

~ Thich Nhat Nanh

posted by theoldman at 7:45 am (EST) on May 16, 2009

Hi
I am currently reading Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and read your review.

As one who loves the artistry of the Pre Raphaelites, I'm smiling at your name. Lizzy Siddal was quite an interesting person!

posted by Whisper1 at 9:58 pm (EST) on May 4, 2009

I have never finished a book by Rushdie - started, yes, but all abandoned. Good luck with the book group

posted by homefield at 5:35 pm (EST) on Mar 6, 2009

Alone in Berlin is quite a substantial read and is taking me a long time - I started it on Tuesday and am still only about a third of the way through it. What will happen to my reviews?!? I'll have to post an interim message tomorrow on www.acommonreader.org.uk

posted by homefield at 2:08 pm (EST) on Mar 6, 2009

You've added Alone in Berlin? Amazing - I've just acquired it too.

posted by homefield at 8:58 am (EST) on Mar 3, 2009

With some effort- I found [Dr. Glas] at my local library. I really appreciate the recommedation.
Ghost

posted by lil_ghostcrab at 1:55 pm (EST) on Jan 31, 2009

LizzySiddal-
thank you for your recommendation!
Ghost

posted by lil_ghostcrab at 10:10 pm (EST) on Jan 20, 2009

Hello LizzySiddal-
I'm interested in many books in your library.
Among other things, I am a Mankell reader.
I'm so particular about what kinds of mysteries I read- I have a low tolerance for bad writing- and Mankell writes well.
Do you have some other suggestions?
I don't know anything about Maj Sowall, but now will look for books, after seeing them on your site.

posted by lil_ghostcrab at 12:19 am (EST) on Jan 20, 2009

Hi Lizzie

Thanks so much for leading me to your 'themoorethemerrier' site. I love it ! I keep trying to drag myself away from his books and then capitulating and devouring 'just one more'. He hooked me with 'The Magician's Wife' and now I've literally just finished 'I am Mary Dunne' and your review was spot on. Now I'm dying to see your review of 'The Great Victorian Collection'...

Kalli

posted by kalli at 3:12 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2008

Hi, Lizzy. Nice to find another BGO type here!

posted by Grammath at 12:21 pm (EST) on Dec 3, 2007

Welcome to Books Compared. You write great reviews, and I hope you'll favor us with a comparison review soon. Theodor Storm's Der Schimmelreiter helped me improve my reading skills in German, not least because it's such a wonderful story I couldn't bear to stop struggling my way through the unfamiliar vocabulary. By mid-story, my reading skills were much improved. I've been meaning to read more Storm, and have put Immensee on my to-be-read list.

posted by margad at 2:38 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2007

Hi 'Lizzy' - I guess you are also a fan of the Pre-Raphaelites - haven't checked if you have the recent biog of LS. Anyway, I've just plugged in 99 books and find you have 28 in common, and you are a fellow Folio collector - I'm a lapsed member at the moment but wavering. I've been a member on and off for almost 25 years. Nice to see fellow bookaholics around.
Kind regards
Caroline

posted by Caroline_McElwee at 10:59 am (EST) on Feb 22, 2007

www.poonlop.com, Nomad

posted by dailowe at 4:11 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2006

Wow. You've read my book. Hope you enjoyed it and I must get on with "Little Mr Poonlop's Second Book"

posted by dailowe at 8:01 am (EST) on Dec 26, 2006