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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Vintage) by Dave Eggers

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

The Corrections: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen

Jobs that don't suck by Charlie Drozdyk

Hamlet (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

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GroupsBloggers, BookMooching, Bostonians, Early Reviewers, I See Dead People's Books, North Carolina LT Group

Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - The Streets at Southpoint, Borders - Chapel Hill, Bulls Head Bookshop, Nice Price Books, Strand Bookstore, The Bookshop

Favorite librariesDurham County Library - Parkwood Branch, UNC University Libraries

About me Currently reading:
Bootlegger's Daughter - Margaret Maron

Just finished:
The Shell Collector - Anthony Doerr

About my library lots of contemporary fiction
love Southern fiction, especially North Carolina authors

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I *loved* Eats, Shoots, and Leaves :) And I gave out 2 copies of Special Topics in Calamity Physics for Xmas. I have a book on my desk to send to you- not going to spoil the surprise by telling you the title, but I hope you'll like it. And, unlike most others I've given you, it's not depressing! Hope everything is going well!

posted by sjray at 8:38 pm (EST) on Jan 25, 2008

Hi jayceebee, I'm glad you joined the discussion! Cheers,d

posted by dchaikin at 11:13 am (EST) on Jan 22, 2008

PS - Great picture!

posted by dchaikin at 8:52 am (EST) on Jan 21, 2008

From your review "I like Olive. Again, she's "real." But, I've noticed almost all the women in the book are kind of mean! All of the men who are significant characters are kind. I wonder why Strout is so sympathetic towards the men."

Funny observation. I might have replaced "kind" with "clueless". ;)

fyi - There is a discussion in Talk here. There are spoilers there, so wait until after you finish before looking.

posted by dchaikin at 8:51 am (EST) on Jan 21, 2008

thanks for the suggestion. that book is on my "books i want to read" list, but i had kind of forgotten about it. i will have to move it up closer to the top. lately nothing i read interests me for long! i hope the dry spell ends soon. feel free to stop by with your recommendations anytime!

posted by amanaceerdh at 8:31 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

Well, I started it (Charlotte Simmons), maybe I'll finish it one day. From your remarks I'm now more intrigued about Charlotte herself, so maybe I'll drag it off the shelf sooner than I expected. The reason I put it down months ago was that I didn't find it as compelling as Bonfire of the Vanities or a Man in Full. I'm not sure why.

posted by citygirl at 2:01 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

It's nice to know someone thinks my library is interesting, so thank you. How are you liking Charlotte Simmons?

posted by citygirl at 5:51 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2007

Hi, thanks for your comment. We do have a lot of books in common. I just finished Anne Tyler's Digging To America, and am about to start The Liar's Club by Mary Karr. What are you reading? Also, I don't know the rest of the conversation between you and Ritaleh, but I really like Whitman.

posted by survivingniki at 12:16 am (EST) on Mar 8, 2007

Hi! I just got your comment. Thanks. I'm about to add a bunch more books to my list so maybe we'll have even more in common. I'll definitely check out what you've got for some more ideas :)

posted by kristidisti at 10:45 am (EST) on Feb 2, 2007

thanks for stopping by. we also have in common that we both live in nc. i used to live in raleigh. i love the titles of your recently read books. let me know if they were as delightful as they sound. :)

posted by amanaceerdh at 9:12 am (EST) on Jan 25, 2007

I see your point: Whitman and Brahms. That's better than my Wordsworth and Brahms. In my book, Wordsworth is great, but Whitman is greater. Brahms is no slouch either.

posted by Ritaleah at 6:09 pm (EST) on Dec 12, 2006

I was making good use of summer vacation :) I have yet to catch up on my reading, but at least I'm organized!! Thanks for introducing me to this thing- I love it!

posted by sjray at 4:24 pm (EST) on Aug 5, 2006

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