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Killing Orders (V. I. Warshawski #3) by Sara Paretsky

The Black Company (Black Company #1) by Glen Cook

The History of the Pennsylvania Railroad by Timothy Jacobs

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TagsMystery (579), Science Fiction (517), Fantasy (511), Young Adult (243), Fiction (186), Suspense (168), 20th Century Fiction (114), Non-fiction (92), /s.10.01 (85), /s.10.02 (76) — see all tags

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Favorite authorsC. J. Cherryh, Lindsey Davis, O. Henry, Guy Gavriel Kay, Rudyard Kipling, Terry Pratchett, Calvin Trillin, P.G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

About me I'm married with three kids, a dog and a long commute. I read a lot, though not as much as when I commuted by train. I used to fly and scuba dive, both activities things that stopped when kids arrived. Now I've taken up piano in my middle age, do a little martial arts for some exercise, and spend all remaining free moments ferrying kids to and fro.

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About my library It's a work in progress as I'm moving through my house entering the titles I find as I go.

The library lists only books read (or attempted). Those still sitting on a shelf awaiting time, and those I want to "get to some day" will be added when read.

Anything with 'Date Read' filled in has been read since I started LT.

Anything with a rating of 3½ stars or better is recommended. Anything with a rating of 2 stars or worse was disliked. The remainder are various shades of neutrality. If you actually care about subtleties, you can go here.

Tagging is semi-random right at the moment as I haven't hit on the system I want to use.

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Member sinceMar 22, 2008

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Yeah TaDad, not much to that post of yours except that you described my library exactly. LOL I'm going all around the house gathering up books for my LT list. Also all around the garage, storage room, and attic.

And like you I am enjoying picking up my old books. It's like meeting an old friend again.

Hope you continue to have as much fun as I'm having.
Omboy

posted by omboy at 11:49 am (EST) on Jul 25, 2008

Interesting point. What's really interesting is that the LT book adding system listed it that way. I think I'll leave it as is for now.....something to ponder. Good catch!

posted by hemlokgang at 11:13 pm (EST) on Jul 23, 2008

hi TadAD

Yes, people are friendly here.
I am not much longer at LT, I started here on March 6th, 2008 and I am completely hooked now ;-)

Anita

posted by FAMeulstee at 4:46 pm (EST) on Jul 23, 2008

You wrote:
I saw your entry of Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary by Henry Hitchings. Have you read it and, if so, did you like it?

It seemed so interesting, I've just added it to my bi-weekly shopping cart for Amazon.

TadAD,

Hitchings's book is a very good read and quite informative. I'm halfway through with it, but I'm only reading it at bedtime. Hitchings provides background information concerning the writing of Johnson's Dictionary that I wasn't aware of myself, and I thought I knew quite a bit about Johnson. I highly recommend it.

posted by moibibliomaniac at 11:17 am (EST) on Jul 23, 2008

But the challenge isn't really to reach 75, but to see how many you actually DO read in that span of time. At least for me. I've never successfully kept track before in a book journal-but thanks to LT I'm motivated to do so.

Jhegaala is a fill-in story, after Vlad leaves Cawti and Adrilanka, between Teckla and Athyra chronologically. It's a good basic Vlad story, but it doesn't move him along much. I'm dying to know what happens now with Lady Teldra as his Great Weapon. But we have more books to look forward to.

posted by ronincats at 10:41 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2008

Yes, we are a friendly bunch. I joined the group in January 2008 and have added a lot of interesting books to my library. My reading interests have expanded. Previously, I read mostly historical biographies, historical fiction, and primarily books on England.

While searching the libraries of others I find common threads througout and some of those are the books I read or add to my list.
My most recent find is books by Rick Bragg. I've read All Over But the Shoutin and Ava's Man. Both are excellent and I would not have known of this author except for library thing.

Again, welcome

posted by Whisper1 at 8:15 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2008

Well, I personally have "World Without End" on audiobook waiting in the wings. I figured I needed a little time and space after "Pillars" before undertaking the sequel. I recently saw a mention of the sequel on LT and the reviewer had torn his/her hair out over the endless disasters. I thought maybe the next time I have a long drive by myself I would give it a try.

Glad to hear you pass by....Western New York is really beautiful!

posted by hemlokgang at 8:44 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2008

Woo! Lamb! Last summer I read Anne Fadiman's At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, in which she gushes about him rather, and since I loved her essays, I thought I ought to try his. So I read the Essays of Elia this winter, and, incidentally, just picked up a Modern Library Complete Works and Letters (the first Modern Library edition, I now notice, from 1935) a few weeks ago, to get another fix. Oh, I do like him! The Oxford essay is particularly lovely. :)

posted by penguinkye at 8:55 am (EST) on Jul 16, 2008

So you want to know what to read next?
People tell me they enjoy reading The Complete Works And Letters of Charles Lamb . This was published by the Modern Library. You can find many copies of the book on abebooks.com.

I enjoyed writing letters to my literary friends, and the letters are enjoyable reading material, or so I've been told. My poems and children's stories aren't bad either, but I'll let you form your own opinion after you read them. They should be included in the Modern Library edition as well.

Don't be a stranger!

posted by CharlesLamb at 8:04 pm (EST) on Jul 15, 2008

I took a quick peek at your library as well. We share similar interests. Good guess on the Lamb book. I'm cataloging his library on Library Thing.

posted by moibibliomaniac at 2:04 pm (EST) on Jul 15, 2008

Of course, now, ironically, I have just put up a review saying that Bambi's First Day--a picture book that uses the text of only the first chapter of Felix Salten's novel--is altogether a much better choice than the book entire. O timing. :)

posted by penguinkye at 10:37 pm (EST) on Jul 14, 2008

Saw your review on Witches of Karres--I didn't realize there was a new and edited version. Of course, my view on editing classics is always a disgusted view, but I can't see any reason to change anything about Schmitz's original. Either you have a good camp time reading it, or you don't; but either way, it is what it very much is, and that's how it should be.

posted by penguinkye at 5:57 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2008

Stephen Donaldson's Gap Cycle is probably his best work! It's dark and with disturbing characters - even more than Thomas Covenant. The first book is really just setting the scene introducing the characters and the world. If he hadn't wanted to write it as 5 books it could easily have been tacked onto the front of what is now the 2nd. Read this one - Forbidden Knowledge - and then decide if you want to read the rest, there is more action and the story starts to pick up. It is however the most graphic of the series. I think he's got a really great universe and he explores the consequences of it, and people's actions, very well.

I wouldn't go so far as to say I was a Francis fan, but I've managed to pick up a few on the cheap now and again, and I do enjoy them as thrillers to pass the time with. I've not heard of Sam Llewellyn but I'll bear the name in mind if I chance across some. I do like the way that many of Francis' books are only tangently related to horses, is that the same with Sam and sailing - as it's an area I know little about.

posted by reading_fox at 5:36 am (EST) on Jun 26, 2008

Good catch on the Cherryh! It was a missing , and had been combined. I normally view my catalog sorted on tags, so it wasn't obvious thatt he author was out of place.

posted by reading_fox at 6:32 am (EST) on Jun 16, 2008

Just passing by!
We seem to share not just quite a few books but similar opinions of them too. I've been brousing and enjoyed many of your reviews.

If you're still looking for new authors to try Janny Wurts' fantasy novels may well appeal - Master of Whitestorm or To Ride Hell's Chasm are good introductions though she's also written a long running series starting with The Curse of the Mistwraith.

Keep reading
Fox.

posted by reading_fox at 11:18 am (EST) on Jun 10, 2008

Thanks for the update. Didn't realize there was a second book out in the Death Head series.
I will read the second, and see if I agree with your critique.

dragonsign

posted by dragonsign at 1:48 pm (EST) on May 30, 2008

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