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Member: izzybee

Library3,569 books — see library

Reviews22 reviews — see reviews

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Tagsfiction (803), non-fiction (186), film (120), memoir (98), crime (97), thriller (96), classics (92), favourite authors (88), fantasy (77) — see all tags

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 50 Book Challenge, 75 Books Challenge for 2008, 888 Challenge, Anglophiles, Arabic, North African and Middle Eastern Literature, Author Chat, Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies, Birds, Birding & Books, BookMooching — show all groups , Clarissa's Cottage, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Early Reviewers, eReading, Girlybooks, Group Reads - Literature, Historical Fiction, I See Dead People['s Books], LibraryThing Community Outreach, LibraryThing in Portuguese (Brazilian), LibraryThing in Portuguese (Portugal), Medicine, Non-Fiction Readers, Persephone Readers, Readers Without Borders, Reading Globally, Reading the States, Science!, South Africa, Stalking Tim & Company, Tea!, The Prizes, The Random Group for Fogies and Curmudgeons of All Ages, Virago Modern Classics, What Are You Reading Now?, What did YOU buy today?, Written in Stone - The Literary Cemetery

Favorite authorsLouisa May Alcott, Isabel Allende, Jeffrey Archer, Jane Austen, Louis de Bernieres, Enid Blyton, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Bill Bryson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, A.S. Byatt, Kate Chopin, Agatha Christie, Jeffery Deaver, Charles Dickens, Sebastian Faulks, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Graham Greene, Joanne Harris, Nick Hornby, Khaled Hosseini, Barbara Kingsolver, Jhumpa Lahiri, Harper Lee, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, W. Somerset Maugham, Daphne Du Maurier, Ian McEwan, Larry McMurtry, Anne Michaels, Margaret Mitchell, L.M. Montgomery, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Ondaatje, Mary Doria Russell, Erich Segal, Anita Shreve, Wilbur Smith, John Steinbeck, Amy Tan, Anne Tyler, Sarah Waters (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresEstoril Books - Fourways, Exclusive Books - Cresta, Exclusive Books - Hyde Park

Favorite librariesBlackheath Library

About me "Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety." Jorge Luis Borges

"Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head." From "The Brooklyn Follies" by Paul Auster

Voracious reader, music lover, movie watcher, daydreamer!

About my library My library will always be a work in progress. I am constantly buying books and still have several boxes of books to sort out. Many of the older books in my collection are books which I have inherited over the years. My library is a rather eclectic mix of fiction, non-fiction, modern and classic literature, children's fiction and fantasy.

Currently Reading:

Reading several books.

Recent Purchases:

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert
In the Forest by Edna O'Brien
Small Favors by Jim Butcher
The Accidental by Ali Smith
The Officer's Daughter by Zina Rohan
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Petite Anglaise by Catherine Sanderson
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min

Recent Reads:

I'm keeping track here.

Favourites of 2008

A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
March by Geraldine Brooks
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

Some of My Favourite Books

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Possession by AS Byatt
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

My Rating System:

***** excellent, loved it
**** very good, highly recommended
*** enjoyed it, worth reading
** disappointing, expected more
* didn't like it, not worth reading

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Real nameIsabel

LocationJohannesburg, South Africa

Emailizziewithaygmail.com

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Member sinceNov 14, 2005