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About my libraryMy husband and I both brought a lot of books into this house. Most of the books labeled "To Be Read" are his, though I hope to read most of them myself. I may change the label at some point, because I'm not sure I'm really going to read all of them.

We both love to read, and our interests are rather varied. He was an English Literature major, so we have a ton of classics. Though we've lately become interested in history, I think that our first love will always be good literature.

I have decided to include books that I do not own, and they are indicated as such in the tags. Unless the work was listed in the 1001 (or however many) books you need to read before you die, I am only including books that I either reviewed on Amazon back in the day or that I have read since signing up for LibraryThing.

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Member sinceJan 12, 2008

Currently readingThe Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian by Shelby Foote
The Collected Dialogues of Plato: Including the Letters (Bollingen Series LXXI) by Plato
Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty by Scott Turow
An Introduction to English Legal History by J. H. Baker
History Of Florence by Niccolo Machiavelli

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The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

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Du Barry; a biography by Stanley Loomis

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TRAFALGAR. THE NELSON TOUCH. by HOWARTH DAVID

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Waterloo Day of Battle by David Howarth

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From the Jaws of Victory. by CHARLES FAIR

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Everything Conceivable: How the Science of Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Our World by Liza Mundy

Noticed you liked Mudbound, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also southern (and also a bit dark). I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 11:12 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2009

Hi! Another convert to the joys of audiobooks! Welcome! I saw your post about your first audiobook experience and am glad to learn that "Ines of my Soul" was so good on audio since it is next on my list of Allende novels to read. ("The House of the Spirits," which I just finished, was my first Allende, and I simply fell in love with it!) Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and invite you to come on over and check out the Audiobooks group at http://www.librarything.com/groups/audio..., if you haven't already done so.

posted by Storeetllr at 10:43 pm (EST) on May 22, 2008

Thanks for your thoughts about [The Radetzky March] and for adding me to your Interesting Libraries list.

posted by rebeccanyc at 10:26 am (EST) on Mar 9, 2008

Have we finished cataloging the kid's books?

No.

Not even close.

We have a shelf in the hall with over 220 kid's book (I lost count at 223), and that doesn't include the books that are in their rooms, the living room, our room, closets, etc.

We are still working on Denise's books as well. Mine are probably about done, although I keep finding an odd one here and there. It is interesting that once I got all the Calvin and Hobbes and For Better of for Worse entered, our "members with your books" list seems static. We've added over 100 books since then and nothing changes. Not that that is a bad thing, but I used to people with more fantasy/scifi and literary books. Now it seems that outside of the comic collections, the people on my "members with your books" list don't actually have similar interests--to me or to Denise. I wonder if this trend will get more pronounced as we add more children's books.

posted by socialchild at 9:59 am (EST) on Mar 4, 2008

LT is addictive - I hang out here a lot. Just imagine how much reading I could do if I didn't! LOL!

War and Peace is going ok; I reached a breakthrough last night after feeling resistant to picking it up again (which requires upper body strength!). There were some really good bits in what I read last night, so I'm back to enjoying it.

And what are you reading?

T.

posted by teelgee at 10:56 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2008

Ack - no need to feel embarrassed - I'd never heard of her until this year either. Since I've been here on LT I've heard of and read so many authors and books that I'd never heard of before. What a great education!

Re: Anne Tyler -- I think she's one of those authors you either love or hate. I'm not in the first camp.

Terri

posted by teelgee at 12:33 am (EST) on Feb 26, 2008

I loved the Eliz. Taylor book. I'd seen the movie awhile back and thought it was so sweet. The book was a little darker and, of course, characters more developed. It was quite poignant. It's the only book of hers I've read, but I'm going to look for more. Our library has quite a few of her books. If you know Barbara Pym's work, it reminded me a little of her.

posted by teelgee at 8:38 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2008

I'm glad you enjoyed my Mists of Avalon review. I guess whether being "feminist" requires showing women in positive roles depends on what you mean by "feminist." While I was looking for positive female characters, it sounds like you were looking for equality between the sexes--but really, both are absent. The complete lack of unity between the women is not mirrored in the male characters, who represent a much broader range of characters and some of whom do have close, loyal friendships.

posted by jholcomb at 7:48 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2008

Hi RcCarol -- I was chuckling reading your profile - have you read Ann Fadiman's Ex Libris? There's a wonderful essay in it about she and her husband marrying their libraries together. It's also just a great book for book lovers!

Hope you're enjoying LT!
Terri

posted by teelgee at 5:05 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2008

I know what you mean about books being left behind. I lost most of my old textbooks whe the basement of the house we lived in in Guntersville flooded. That was a sad day.

I think I agree with you about The Hobbit being pop fantasy. I haven't cataloged it because I cannot find it.

I was looking through your library and we have more in common than I thought. I just haven't put Denise's books in yet. Maybe I'll start that tonight after Lost.

posted by socialchild at 6:49 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2008

I found you because we cataloged the same book--The Atlas of Pern. I was about to post a review when I noticed that RcCarol had also recently added it. I could not imagine that there could be two people who might use that nickname, but I wasn't sure. I sort of figured that we might have more books in common, though. We had similar tastes in college. I added you as an interesting library so you would look at my profile--it's easy to tell who I am if you know me--and if you were my friend Carol, you would respond. It's sort of like a poke on Facebook. And you are, and you did, so--yay! I'll add you as a friend and you will be my first LibraryThing friend.

Anyway, you asked about pop fantasy. I use that to refer to fantasy written for the masses. Harry Potter (which I liked) and Eragon (which I detest with an incandescent passion) for example are pop fiction that happens to be in the fantasy genre, as opposed to, say, the Lord of The Rings which is serious fantasy that happens to be popular.

posted by socialchild at 9:54 am (EST) on Feb 19, 2008

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