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He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Red Dwarf Omnibus by Grant Naylor
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TagsFiction (252), DD 800s (221), BN (194), DD 823 (168), paperback (165), UK (127), England (124), 20th century (109), Non-fiction (97), 19th century (92) — see all tags
Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 18th Century British Literature, 18th-19th Century Britain, 50 Book Challenge, Anglophiles, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, Audiobooks, Australian LibraryThingers, BBC (Radio) 7 Listeners, BBC Radio 3 Listeners — show all groups
Favorite authorsDouglas Adams, Enid Blyton, Charlotte Bronte, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jeremy Clarkson, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Kenneth Grahame, Helene Hanff, Thomas Hardy, Kazuo Ishiguro, A. A. Milne, Nancy Pearl, Beatrix Potter, Barbara Pym, Alexander McCall Smith, Lemony Snicket, Anthony Trollope, Ethel Turner (Shared favorites)
Favorite bookstoresDover Bookshop, Persephone Books, The Book Depository, The Hobart Bookshop
About me After completing a BA (Hons) many years ago I worked at various jobs in market research and health research (epidemiology/statistics). In 2004 I did a post-grad library (information science) degree. Still looking for that dream 'librarian' job!
PHOTO: Nancy Pearl (complete with 'shooshing' action) meets Barbara Pym!
About my library My LT library contains mostly books I've read since about the year 2000, which I may or may not still own. It is more a reflection of what I've read, rather than what I own.
I download and listen to quite a few free audiobooks from LibriVox.org, and these are also included in my library.
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CURRENTLY READING:
Middlemarch - George Eliot
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BOOKS COMPLETED IN 2008 = 27
I am also keeping track of books I've read this year in the 50 Book Challenge Group.
January
He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope
Queen Lucia - E.F. Benson
When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro*
Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
February
Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner
The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns - Arnold Bennett*
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams*
The Last Chronicle of Barset - Anthony Trollope
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro*
Charles Dickens - G.K. Chesterton*
March
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope*
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams*
The Cranford Chronicles - Elizabeth Gaskell
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush Life - Anthony Trollope
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage - Bill Bryson*
Wild Swans - Jung Chang
Jane and Prudence - Barbara Pym
The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
The Kalahari Typing School for Men - Alexander McCall Smith
April
Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams*
The Full Cupboard of Life - Alexander McCall Smith
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen*
Lady Anna - Anthony Trollope
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett*
May
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.- Edith Somerville & Martin Ross*
*audiobook (unabridged)
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BOOKS COMPLETED IN 2007 = 66
Top 5 Reads for 2007:
Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
Barchester Towers - Anthony Trollope
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Runners-up:
Arthur and George - Julian Barnes
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope
The Small House at Allington - Anthony Trollope
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I'm in Book Two of Middlemarch, the Roman honeymoon section. I find it sort of slow going at intervals - the rambling Victorian-style portions - but aside from the science/politics section I like the story and won't give up. I guess it doesn't hurt that I conquered a Dickens recently.
The furry things are okay, with the exception of the odd hairball incidents.
Take care,
Catherine
posted by ladygata at 1:32 pm (EST) on Apr 28, 2008
I'm a Noddy fan - can't believe those books are now considered politically incorrect - what's wrong with Big Ears I ask you?!! He DOES have big ears!
And the Famous Five... drool...
And you know what is the best thing? They are still loved today!! But we of good taste knew that! LOL!
posted by Lman at 7:22 am (EST) on Apr 28, 2008
Thanks for adding me to 'interesting libraries'. I reciprocated; it is a good way to link quickly with each other too. I was going to send a 'friend' request but I noticed you don't have any, and wondered if you don't like that concept?
I am always delighted by AMS and his newsletter - and obviously his writing ability is catching. Great story from Africa - huh? I have to delve into his site every month after I get the letter. I am considering writing to him to beg him to write another von Igelfeld book - especially since he reads all his letters!! I don't know how he finds enough time for all he does. I'm glad you subscribed.
I'm immersed in Remains of the Day - another gem, methinks!
It is very cold here now - brrrr! Oh well, here comes winter and plenty of excuses to hibernate indoors and read! I am a bit flummoxed that it is very nearly May - still trying to figure out where last year went and we are nearly half way through this year. :)
BTW I am serious about helping get you hard to find books... though you probably realise that!
And I am green with envy - look at all those Enid Blyton books you added recently!! Did you acquire them or just needed to add them from your childhood library? I had a little chuckle at the vast range of books in your recently added... all great though!
I love my Winnie the Pooh books!
Talk soon,
Lyn
posted by Lman at 5:59 am (EST) on Apr 28, 2008
posted by stringcat3 at 1:25 am (EST) on Apr 28, 2008
Thanks for adding me. It looks like we share 14 books. I think I have read most of them rather a long time ago (among them 'The Odyssey', 'Lord of the Flies' and 'Wuthering Heights' are favorites), but I'm not 100% sure (but I AM sure: I haven't read 'The Iliad' which I guess is a must?). Have you read these books. For the time being I'm reading "Middlemarch" (in Norwegian and English) and discussing it with the other members of the LT-group 'Group Reads - Literature'. I know you are a member there too. Interesting, isn't it?
kik, Bodø, Norway :>)
posted by kjellika at 3:22 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2008
Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list. You've been reading some great stuff. I just read Trollope for the first time last year (The Way We Live Now) and loved it--any recommendations on which of his to read next?
Chris
posted by cabegley at 10:08 am (EST) on Apr 27, 2008
Sorry my reply has been so delayed - finally got a day off work - and a four-day weekend! Yippee!
Hah!! Am I in love with TBD or what - just got three new books so quickly and at such a good price that I am not allowed on that site for months!
I do have two really good used book stores right where I work - and they are lovely as they will keep books for me too. I just have to give them my wish list. I recently got The Gathering by Anne Enright this way - it was $35 new (outrageous!!!) and I paid $11!! The only trouble is I tend to spend my lunch hours (and all my money) in these places :); but it is actually a very pleasant interlude if I am having a stressful day at work. And thanks to LT I have found out about all these other stores in Sydney now. I have managed to keep away for the minute.
The ABC series I mentioned was shown quite a while ago - but it was about those books I am sure now. I love the BBC 'bonnet' series or whatever they are called; the ones shown on a Sunday night. They do those costume dramas rather well IMHO.
The AMS newsletter is just like his books - lovely! I forgot to say you can subscribe from his website - did you? I was so mad I missed his visit here; I would have taken a day off work to meet him.
I am reading this absolutely gorgeous book now: Three Bags Full. It was recommended from a German friend and I can't recommend it enough. When I finish it I am going to read Remains of the Day - such a feast of reading!! AND time to read!
You are doing well with your list I see. I am watching a lot less TV, staying away from this site on purpose and managing to read a lot more - much better!
Enjoy your reading too - and if you ever need a book desperately, let me know and I will try to find it for you in my used stores. I looove looking for books, for others also, especially for others!!
Take care,
Lyn
posted by Lman at 12:08 am (EST) on Apr 24, 2008
Thanks for the invitation etc. I only lived in Lancashire for a year, but it was an enjoyable year none the less. Technically the place I've lived longest in Britain is around the Christchurch area, but I was 2 and a half when we left so it didn't really have an impact.
If you get the chance you should definitely try living in Japan for a bit. Certainly a worthwhile experience. I'd like to try living in a few more countries. It's such a good way to get thrown in the deep end to see if you can swim. Plus, you get so much more time and depth to really learn about a place/culture.
posted by dreamlikecheese at 12:12 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2008
Thanks again,
Christine
posted by marise at 3:00 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2008
Cheers,
Karen
posted by kiwidoc at 12:09 am (EST) on Apr 16, 2008
How are you?
Well, I had to order a book from TBD the other day (you know, arm twisted behind back and all that..) - and tonight I opened the site to look at the status with a bit of trepidation - and it was already completed and shipped!! Phew! I'm 'in love' with that site too - but I was a tad worried I had jinxed it.
I am up to the third book in the Isabel Dalhousie series now and the more I read, the more I like this character - just like Mma Ramotse. I still have the 44 Scotland series to read too - and then he seems to add a book from each series almost every year; I don't know how he manages to do it. I get his newsletter and he said - when he had finished the latest Isabel book - that he really enjoyed writing it! So I guess that helps.
I am off to one of my used book stores tomorrow and I will be searching for some Anthony Trollope! Did the ABC show a BBC series about his books? Somehow they seem familiar...
And another thanks to you - I am going to check out Myers books - I never think to go there but now you mentioned a BOOK SALE!!!! I need to do so.
I think you may be correct with winter reading and chocolate - I can definitely recommend The Sunday Philosophy Club books for that!
Lyn
posted by Lman at 7:58 am (EST) on Apr 14, 2008
Thanks for the kind words about my review - and the thumbs up(??) perhaps. I must say I think it is my age, even my personality, but I could relate to some things Isabel does - I even went off on my own musings, and had to drag myself back into the book!!!
I waited a bit after No. 1 series before I read these - Isabel is quite different to Precious in some ways, and then again similar in that they both have great consideration for their own worlds. Or Alexander McCall Smith's worlds perhaps!
I am just a fan. Have you got 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom? Maurice Von Igelfeld is a gem! I think my German friend nearly choked with laughter - she could relate so well to the world he conjured.
I am halfway through the next...
How are your book purchases' journeys from TBD going? Have they all arrived safely now?
Are you still reading 'Full Cupboard'? Waiting for your review...I read those before I joined; only writing reviews for books I read from now on (or re-read) - oh dear!
BTW I am going to read Remains of the Day very soon; Ishiguro is on my list of 'must reads' this year (four of his books at least) and now you are piquing my interest in Anthony Trollope!!!! *sigh* Which one do you recommend first?
Are you enjoying Douglas Adams? DON'T PANIC!!. They are classics - his Dirk Gentley is on my list for this year too - thank goodness it is only April!!!
L.
posted by Lman at 3:36 am (EST) on Apr 7, 2008
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