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Favorite authorsEmily Brontë, Bill Bryson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Joanne Harris, Alice Hoffman, Deric Longden, Stephenie Meyer, Christina Rossetti, J. K. Rowling, Nicholas Sparks, Oscar Wilde, Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Shared favorites)
Favorite bookstoresBook End, Borders - York, Minster Gate Bookshop, Oxfam Bookshop, Low Petergate, York, Scarthin Books
Favorite librariesBakewell Library, Chesterfield Library, University of York - JB Morrell Library (JBM)
About meI am a twenty-two year-old Derbyshire lass, a Gemini through and through! My mum ('goosegirl') and I have just opened our dream second-hand bookshop, 'Book End', which so far seems to have been well received - we're already collecting funny stories and regular customers... On top of the whole 'opening a bookshop' thing, I have other random 'things to do before I die', including seeing the Northern Lights, going to Kyoto for the cherry blossom season, visiting Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and flying a kestrel. In the meantime, I'm still battling agoraphobia and various other interlinking problems that are making life less than peachy, but hey, c'est la vie...
FAVOURITE BOOK 2006: 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
FAVOURITE BOOK 2007: 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier
FAVOURITE BOOK 2008: 'The Ice Queen' by Alice Hoffman
FAVOURITE BOOK 2009 (so far): 'Like Water for Chocolate' by Laura Esquivel
Most recent acquisition: 'Bess of Hardwick', the biography of Chatsworth's first lady, by Mary Lovell
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50-Book Challenge, thread 1:
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http://www.librarything.com/topic/73065
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http://www.librarything.com/topic/72998
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Books Read - 2009
1) On Reading - Andre Kertesz (3*)
2) New Moon - Stephenie Meyer (4*)
3) The Pleasure of Reading - ed. Antonia Fraser (4*)
4) Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs: The Left Bank World of Shakespeare & Co. - Jeremy Mercer (5*)
5) Remotely Controlled: How television is damaging our lives and what we can do about it - Dr. Aric Sigman (4*)
6) The Complete Polysyllabic Spree - Nick Hornby (5*)
7) Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade: How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges - Guy Browning (4*)
8) Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife - Sam Savage (4*)
9) Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer (4*)
10) Egypt's Golden Empire: The Age of the New Kingdom - Joyce Tyldesley (4*)
11) Addition - Toni Jordan (3*)
12) My Autobiography - Charles Chaplin (5*)
13) Moan About Men: A joyful guide to the things men do that drive women mad - Juliana Foster (3*)
14) Skylight Confessions - Alice Hoffman (3*)
15) Passing for Normal: Tourettes, OCD and growing up crazy - Amy Wilensky (2*)
16) The Madness of Modern Families - Annie Ashworth and Meg Sanders (3*)
17) Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey - The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World - Holley Bishop (4*)
18) The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend (3*)
19) Under the Paw: Confessions of a Cat Man - Tom Cox (3*)
20) The Year of Pleasures - Elizabeth Berg (3*)
21) Gold - Dan Rhodes (5*)
22) Bookworm Droppings: An Anthology of Absurd Remarks Made by Customers in Secondhand Bookshops - Sean Tyas (3*)
23) The Big Over Easy - by Jasper Fforde (4*)
24) Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine (2*)
25) Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (3*)
26) Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer (5*)
27) Life on the Refrigerator Door - Alice Kuipers (4*)
28) Growing Up at War - Maureen Hill (4*)
29) Minus Nine to One: The Diary of an Honest Mum - Jools Oliver (3*)
30) Housewife Down - Alison Penton Harper (2*)
31) The Hades Factor - Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds (4*)
32) The World According to Mimi Smartypants - 'Mimi Smartypants' (4*)
33) Frenchman's Creek - Daphne du Maurier (4*)
34) Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction - Tom Raabe (5*)
35) Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis (4*)
36) How I Lived a Year on Just a Pound a Day - Kath Kelly (3*)
37) Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (4*)
38) Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs (4*)
39) The Virgin Blue - Tracy Chevalier (4*)
40) The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (4*)
41) Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel (5*)
42) Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert (4*)
43) Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke (3*)
44) What It Feels Like - ed. A.J. Jacobs (2*)
45) Marley & Me - John Grogan (4*)
46) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon (3*)
47) People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks (4*)
About my libraryI've been obsessively cataloguing every detail of every book in my possession for years! My personal library is eclectic, and it inspires me every time I look at it - I want to expand and refine it over the years until I have something to truly be proud of and to pass down the generations. My current goal is to try and make the number of books I buy tally with the number of books I read - I'm a compulsive book buyer so I'm waaaaaay behind!
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Yes Nicholas Sparks has a special place in my heart for being the only author who can guarantee to have me in floods of tears by the end of his books, I've read four of his books so far and every time i've cried - that man has a gift for making romantic females goo all over the place ;)
Haha the seagulls around here are so massive I flinch every time one flies overhead in fear of what they might do although luckily I've managed to escape being pooped on so far *knocks on wood* but yes seagulls and pigeons should both be designated to the lowest circles of hell for being such horrid creatures :P
posted by LadyViolet at 10:26 am (EST) on Nov 7, 2009
You are doing great on your 50 book challenge. I bet it's tough to find time to read with the bookstore and the internet curse. (LT and FB) Glad to talk to you again,
Carrie
posted by cal8769 at 7:14 am (EST) on Nov 7, 2009
I'm reading Margaret Drabble's latest book (The Pattern in the Carpet) and wishing I could stop in for hot chocolate and a conversation about England. There are so many terms and expressions that are unfamiliar to me way over here in Texas. I'm enjoying the book, immersing myself -- as much as I'm able -- in things English.
Your book shop sounds lovely.
mollygrace
posted by mollygrace at 12:38 am (EST) on Oct 30, 2009
Mark
posted by msf59 at 8:21 am (EST) on Oct 27, 2009
Thank you for your message and for putting me on your list. Looking at your list of books read in 2009, I see quite a few authors who are favorites of mine.
I'm fairly new around here and haven't really explored as much as I'd like, but yours is a name a was already familiar with -- a name I've come to look for, in fact, so I was very pleased to see a message from you. Thanks so much.
mollygrace
posted by mollygrace at 4:48 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2009
big hug,
belva
posted by nannybebette at 5:38 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2009
I confess, when I jumped over to your profile, I was surprised to find you are so young! You have a wisdom beyond your years. :-)
Marie
posted by HeathMochaFrost at 11:27 am (EST) on Sep 22, 2009
The White Tiger
Girl in a Blue Dress
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Through Black Spruce
Every Man Dies Alone
The Golden Spruce
Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
Beach Music
Her Fearful Symmentry
It would be great to hear your thoughts on the books, which opnes have you read?
If you go on my profile you can probably find the thread there-my book list(50)
Thanks Heidi :)
posted by heidimorden at 9:21 am (EST) on Sep 22, 2009
Cheers,
Rena
posted by ChocolateMuse at 9:24 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009
posted by coppers at 9:52 pm (EST) on Aug 31, 2009
Just got home from Texas late yesterday and wanted to stop over and say "Hey, how's it going?"
Have you been reading any good books while I was gone? I only read one complete book while at Robbi's. "Battle Cry of Freedom" and it was mesmerizing. She and my friends kept me very busy for all of the 2 weeks. I was able to almost finish another on the flight home.
It was soo good to get home until I got home and found the dishes hadn't been done in 2 weeks; my last coffee cup was still in the sink. But apparently they ate out a lot. But the hubby took awesome care of the grandsons while I was away and of my mother also (and was happy to do it so I could go and spend some time with Robbi) so I didn't say anything about anything. I am just so appreciative that I was able to go and be with her for those two weeks. I got up at 5 A.M. today and cleaned the bathroom and did the dishes. The rest I will catch as catch can, but at least now the bathroom doesn't smell like a latrine and when I want to eat I can find a clean dish. So it's all good.
We went to the Pocket Sandwich Theater while I was there and they were showing a vaudevillian type play in which the actors interact with the audience. Popcorn fights are the rage and we had a blast throwing popcorn at the actors and other patrons and having popcorn rain down upon us as well. I can't wait to go back the next time!~! It was so much fun.
And they have Half Price Books stores all over the Dallas/Ft Worth/Plano/Irving/McKinny area. I think we hit everyone of them and I had to go to the P.O. and ship books home so as not to have to pay the heavy toll to check baggage at the airport. I travel so light. One very small back pack and my purse. That's it. Needless to say I do a lot of laundry while there, but traveling light just works for me.
Missed you and our conversations while I was gone. Can't wait to catch up on your thread and all the others. But I wanted to say hello as I know it will take time to play catch up.
Will see you on your thread.
belva
posted by nannybebette at 11:49 am (EST) on Aug 25, 2009
xoxo
RMD
posted by richardderus at 11:53 am (EST) on Aug 23, 2009
Once again thank you for your concern. And yes I'm really into the raphaelites and Arthurian tales so this and other works have been in my profiles, wallpaper, screensaver...
posted by VivianeoftheLake at 5:54 pm (EST) on Aug 16, 2009
posted by susanj67 at 2:27 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2009
I noticed your favorite book of 2007 was Rebecca. I read and loved that a few years ago, and recently listened to the unabridged audiobook read by Anna Massey. It was absolutely, breathtakingly amazing. I loved every minute, and Massey's reading was just superb. I guess she played Mrs. Danvers in a 1970s production of the story, too. Anyhow, I highly recommend the audiobook if you can get your hands on it. I was able to borrow it from the library.
Du Maurier is a great writer. Have you read much of her work? The only one I really didn't care for was The Flight of the Falcon. I didn't care for the characters or the setting, and put it down. Not sure if it gets better later or not.
Thanks again for the comment, and do drop me a note when you read it :)
Amy
posted by wisewoman at 7:59 pm (EST) on Aug 9, 2009
posted by Booksloth at 1:45 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2009
I'm now reading "The Thirteenth Tale" and keep thinking of your shop. It's very good so far. Have you read it? When I worked in the book store I was at, I began collecting books that had things to do with book shops etc. A funny one is "Overheard at the Bookstore" - Judith Henry. There is a relatively new light mystery series by Lorna Barrett called Booktown Mysteries. I read the first one. It's certainly a place a bookworm would want to spend a great deal of time in!
Cheers,
Clamato
Canada
posted by clamato at 8:18 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2009
I've been meaning to read Nathaniel's Nutmeg for years now - never quite got round to buying it until I spotted a 2nd hand copy in good condition in a charity shop the other day so I couldn't resist. Although I'm mostly a novel reader, I do love the occasional quirly kind of n/f. One of my favourites is one called A Fish Caught in Time, all about the search for the coelocanth (I think that's how it's spelled) the ancient fish known as the 'living fossil'. Little passions from enthusiastic oddballs just grab me that way. Nutmeg looks very readable and I do hope to get round to it fairly soon, though I mean to do that with the other 260 books on my TBR pile and look where that's got me! I'll be sure to let you know if I get there before you do.
posted by Booksloth at 4:18 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2009
And you have succeeded in making me extremely jealous. Here I am, working on my bachelor-thesis behind my computerscreen while it sounds like you are having the time of your life. Anyway, only the mentioning of living in England makes me jealous. I really wanted to go on vacation over there this years, bu the weather, the costs and the time-shortage is preventing me. We're visiting France now instead.
posted by morninggray at 9:48 am (EST) on Jul 26, 2009
Best of luck!
Cheers from Canada
Clamato
posted by clamato at 9:13 am (EST) on Jul 25, 2009
posted by Booksloth at 8:01 am (EST) on Jul 25, 2009
Yep, another British girl... a Mancunian, in fact, which is why I asked where your bookshop is. *G* My little sister lives in Derby, so I have a lovely excuse to catch the TransPeak bus every so often. ;) I'm not far off the same age as you, too - I'm 23.
posted by Trialia at 5:07 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2009
anywho
my best to you
J
posted by jdthloue at 4:58 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2009
from here in the Grotty Old USA
Jude
posted by jdthloue at 3:16 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2009
posted by AMQS at 12:05 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2009
posted by jennieg at 10:26 am (EST) on Jul 24, 2009
Have a lovely day off tomorrow, and consider yourself hugged...
xoxo
RMD
posted by richardderus at 12:24 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2009
*nyah*
posted by richardderus at 11:47 am (EST) on Jul 9, 2009
I a always happy to be friends with another Gemini :)
I have been thinking of you, as I know the shop will be opening soon, and I knew that
you were away on a trip. How exciting to have a bookshop!
You are absolutely beautiful! Was that photo there before?
Flying a kestral, what a thought.. I love them too...
k
posted by mckait at 5:44 pm (EST) on Jun 27, 2009
jude
posted by jdthloue at 8:55 pm (EST) on Jun 3, 2009
Quote for today (from my current read A City of Bells):
'A bookseller . . . is the link between mind and mind, the feeder of the hungry, very often the binder up of wounds. There he sits, your bookseller, surrounded by a thousand minds all done up neatly in cardboard cases; beautiful minds, courageous minds, strong minds, wise minds, all sorts and conditions. And there come into him other minds, hungry for beauty, for knowledge, for truth, for love, and to the best of his ability he satisfies them all.'
Makes me want to run out and open my own bookstore!!
There. Do you feel like you have superpowers now?
RMD
posted by richardderus at 12:05 pm (EST) on May 26, 2009
Your progress on the book shop that I've read in your thread makes me wish to see pictures some day, when it's finished.
It is very nice to 'meet' someone your own age, you are right about that. Anyway, I will be browsing your library from time to time: I already saw so many books that I want to read!
posted by morninggray at 4:08 pm (EST) on May 18, 2009
the most i can say here...best wishes on the Bookshop
Ellie..you amaze me!!!
J
posted by jdthloue at 10:23 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2009
If you bought all those books in January you must have a sugar daddy you are hiding from the world. That is a lot of books!~! I am once again pea green with envy.
Have heard nothing but great things about "The Complete Polysyllabic Spree" by Nick Hornby and of course "The
Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank speaks volumes for itself. I have been wanting to read "Death in Venice" for years. Perhaps the next time I hit my second hand bookstore I will try to find a copy.
Are you sure you are only twenty one? Your life experiences speak ages for you. I think you would be one fascinating young lady to meet in real life.
Good luck to you in whatever you endeavor.
belva
posted by nannybebette at 6:25 pm (EST) on Mar 27, 2009
posted by bonniebooks at 7:24 pm (EST) on Mar 9, 2009
Thanks for the comment on my recent purchases on the What Are You Reading Now Thread. I've just spent some time going through your library and it is very interesting indeed. I envy you that you are starting at such an early age with your library, I love it when I see young people reading, I am adding your library to my interesting libraries. Also I love your name.
posted by lenereadsnok at 9:55 am (EST) on Feb 23, 2009
best wishes
jude
posted by jdthloue at 1:37 pm (EST) on Feb 14, 2009
Just checking in to see what book buying you've been doing recently... I've recently bought Marley and Me too - haven't seen the film yet, but will probably wait until it comes out on DVD.
Hope you are keeping well in this cold weather,
Michaela
xx
posted by Fluffyblue at 6:44 pm (EST) on Feb 10, 2009
posted by Booksloth at 1:06 pm (EST) on Jan 27, 2009