Random books from Oklahoma's library

Frankenstein Unbound by Brian Wilson Aldiss

Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson

The Thorn Birds (Modern Classics) by Colleen McCullough

I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy

Dark Is the Sun by PHILIP JOSE FARMER

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom

Penmarric by Susan Howatch

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Friends: eheleneb3, Rarcar1

Interesting libraries: Eurydice, janeherr, jfurshong, lenereadsnok, obsessedbybooks, TheTortoise

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Groups50 Book Challenge, 75 Books Challenge for 2008, Best of British, What Are You Reading Now?

Favorite authorsCharlotte Brontë, Willa Cather, Agatha Christie, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, George Elliot, Philip José Farmer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Graves, Zane Grey, D. H. Lawrence (Shared favorites)

About meI read. I've always read. I never noticed the real world until last year. After noticing it, I promptly decided to ignore it as much as possible. I also watch movies. Not television. Horror movies, dramas, and comedies are my top favorites, but anything historical is good too. Other than that, my interests are drawing, talking, playing Trivial Pursuit, writing, watching college basketball, baseball, Diet Pepsi, needlework, fishing, and politics.

Reading List 2009---

1. Chocolat--Harris
2. Pride and Prejudice--Austen
3. Mommie Dearest--Crawford
4. My Life at Rose Red--Pearson
5. The Bourne Identity
6. Their Eyes Were Watching God
7. Double Entendre
8. Bitsy's Bait and BBQ
9. Agatha Christie; An Autobiography
10. Secret Life of Bees
11. Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
12. Orlando

Some of the Books on 2009's TBR Shelf:

Adam Bede
Agatha Christie;an autobiography
Around the World in 80 Days

Chocolat
Conquering Family

Gap Creek
Green Gauntlet

I Cannot Tell an Lie, Exactly
Island of Dr. Moreau

Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed

Madame Bovary
Mill on the Floss
Mommie Dearest

Notes From the Underground

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch
Orlando

Pride and Prejudice

Sons and Lovers

Ulysses

Vanity Fair

Way of All Flesh
Women in Love

About my libraryIt's growing! I've been trying to add at least ten books a week.Hoping one day to have over 100,000 volumes and my own private library to house them.

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Oklahoma added:
Orlando (Wordsworth Classics) by Virginia Woolf

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Star Trek: The Search for Spock by Vonda M. McIntyre

Oklahoma added:
I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy

Oklahoma added:
Sarek (Star Trek) by A.C. Crispin

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Uhuru by Robert Ruark

Oklahoma added:
Midwives (Oprah's Book Club) by Chris Bohjalian

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- TT

posted by TheTortoise at 5:40 am (EST) on Dec 10, 2008

Thanks for putting me on your 'interesting libraries 'list. I see we've read a lot of the same books this year, #15, Ice Station Zebra, I read that book...OH MY, it must have been over 30 years ago and it is still one of my favorites, I must read it again. How did you like it? Several books in your library are on my TBR list.
I like that you have your TBR list on your profile page, I should do that, but mine is always changing. I was born and raised in Oklahoma and moved back here six years ago. Good state to live in.

posted by lenereadsnok at 10:35 am (EST) on Nov 22, 2008

Hi! I'm happy you found my Conrad suggestions useful. As to your question about comparisons between Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim, I don't see how there could be any substantive decision regarding which is better. They are both great, in my view, but they are different. Heart of Darkness, a novella, is certainly more compact, and more atmospheric in every paragraph. Lord Jim, a novel, is longer, and it meanders somewhat in places. But as an investigation into human nature and into the question of how close an adherence to a personal code, even beyond the limits of common sense, is an admirable thing or a foolish thing, it is extremely powerful. Which is better? I don't know. Is a beautiful sunset better than a brilliant desert night sky full of stars? And which of those is better than a soft morning sunrise over a line of green, rolling hills? Seriously, trying to figure out which of two great works of art is "better" is an exercise that has never interested me. If you could answer the question, what would it get you? What important piece of information would you then possess? Some folks will be moved more by Heart of Darkness than by Lord Jim, and vice versa. C'est la vie!

All the best!
Jerry

posted by rocketjk at 3:06 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2008

The Virginian was great. What a wonderful start to a whole genre. It had all of the things that we see in westerns now but with so much more, including a more well-rounded and complete main character. Most of the hero cowboys don't have the depth which Wister gave to the Virginian.

You should really check out his journals and letters compiled by a descendant, as they explain so much of the beginnings and the journey for the novel. That includes Wister's own experience with maltreatment of a horse. The novel plays down what really happened and the Virginian acts as Wister wished he would have but was not able to.

posted by blackdogbooks at 8:27 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2008

I am loving The Virginian and loved Out West, his journals and Letters even more. It's not a commonly known book but it is well worth hunting up. You should really enjoy Darkness at Noon, as I see it is in your TBR pile there. I really enjoyed looking at your reading list for this year. We've got some overlap.

posted by blackdogbooks at 3:10 pm (EST) on Jun 20, 2008

Owl has many more books to add just not enough time to do it. Blackhawk Down is a good one. Wife's brother was wounded in that ordeal and I had two former students in that fray-cuss. All were on little birds. Fortunately owl was not there!

posted by owlmoon at 9:37 am (EST) on Jun 15, 2008

OH! Owl is from Altus, Okieland.

posted by owlmoon at 7:08 pm (EST) on Jun 13, 2008

Owls well that ends well? Do you think owlmoon would like that?

posted by owlmoon at 7:06 pm (EST) on Jun 13, 2008

Thanks for the friend request! I look forward to looking through your library. I have enjoyed your challenge thread. Erin

posted by Rarcar1 at 7:09 pm (EST) on May 1, 2008

I know! I don't know many people using this site yet, and most people I know aren't really big readers like I am. I'm glad you find my library interesting also--it's always so fun to find people with similar tastes in books who have read the same things.

posted by eheleneb3 at 2:26 pm (EST) on Mar 25, 2008

Thanks for including me on your interesting libraries list. I too am interested in books that don't nescesarily make the current popularity lists. On my mothers death I was left a lot of her books (more than 20 boxes) and I really like to read books that were once popular. I have a feeling for these books that were the "blockbusters" of their time (mostly the 40's and 50's) but now are out of print and not read by anyone. Keep reading! It is definitely more exciting than real life!

posted by janeherr at 1:49 pm (EST) on Feb 23, 2008

Oh, good! I'm glad. :) It seemed only right, as you knew already who'd get first listings.

posted by Eurydice at 2:58 am (EST) on Jan 27, 2008

Hi! Thanks for the 'interesting library' nod! :) You've got an enjoyably diverse range of hobbies and interests, looks like. If I may suggest: why not mark your listed authors in the 'Favorite Authors' section? It turns up interesting connections, and shows on the authors' pages.... a casual index of their fan base. I'm with you on usually preferring my fiction, at least, vintage; though there are exceptions. - And yes, it's a great feeling to give unwanted books of no illustrious title, shall we say, a good home. :)

J.

posted by Eurydice at 2:00 am (EST) on Jan 26, 2008

Hey, I've got a question (and I'm going to ask everyone who has this book, so I may end up getting a lot of answers, lol):

I've got a book that I can't identify. It looks like it's from the 50s or 60s. It's designed for young readers. I don't know the title of it, author, or ISBN because those pages have been torn off.

On page 4, it reads:

"This is a guide to aid you in identifying rocks and minerals. But it is more than that. This book will also help you understand the importance of rocks and minerals in our daily lives."

On page 5, there is an artist's depiction of a car that I think must be from the 50s or 60s.

I think this book might be the same one that you own entitled, "Rocks and Minerals" by Herbert Spencer Zim.

Could you please check page 4 to see if those are the first words?

Oh, another thing, this book is small (pocket sized) - as a field guide should be.

Thanks very much!

posted by glanecia at 7:04 pm (EST) on Oct 24, 2007

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