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About meWhat I've finished this year:
1. Original Sins (Hellblazer)
2. Roderick Random by Smollett
3. The Small Bachelor by P.G.Wodehouse
4. Money for Nothing by P.G. Wodehouse
5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick (reread)
6. Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
7. Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust
8. The Torture Garden by Octave Mirbeau
9. The Devil you Know (Hellblazer)
10. The Odyssey by Homer
11. A Dish of Spices by J.K. Huysmans
12. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
13. Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
14. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
15. The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMasters Bujold
16. Galahad at Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse
17. The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
18. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
19. Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
20. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
21. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
22. The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
23. Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

What I'm reading now:

1. Ulysses by James Joyce
2. A Rebours by J.K. Huysmans
3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy: Laurence Sterne
4. The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
5. The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust
6. Der Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse (reread)
7. The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose
8. Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake
9. Middlemarch by George Eliot
10. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

About my libraryIt's not big enough...but I'm working on it!

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Member sinceMar 26, 2007

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jenknox added:
The Boys Vol. 2: Get Some (v. 2) by Garth Ennis

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Das Erzählerische Werk, Vol. II: Der Verschollene (America); Der Prozeß; Das Schloß. by Franz Kafka

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Complete Novels: Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, and The Thin Man (Library of America #110) by Dashiell Hammett

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Vollidiot. by Tommy Jaud

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller

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The Boys: Definitive Edition, Vol. 1 by Garth Ennis

Hey Jen -- haven't seen you post in awhile. Are you too involved with real life to spend much time at LT or are you just lurking in the shadows? (LOL)

Ciao!

Garp

posted by Garp83 at 1:02 am (EST) on May 3, 2009

Thanks for the quick reply. Your method sounds very logical. I often recall the environment or the coincidences surrounding the books I've read. Lately I found a very comfortable chair and do most of my reading in my library. I must force myself to adopt your method. Carmelo

posted by cbellia at 3:32 pm (EST) on Apr 11, 2009

Hi Jen, I like to read several books at a time, but your list includes James Joyce, Lawrence Stern and Murasaki Shikibu. How are you going to keep them apart? Let me in on your secret. Good Luck. Carmelo

posted by cbellia at 3:00 pm (EST) on Apr 11, 2009

I actually never thought about reading Ulysses and the Odyssey parallel. Brilliant. Sounds like I should put that on my TBR. I read the Odyssey some time back but Ulysses has sat on my bookshelf gathering dust since I was 13 and I never made it further than page 6 or something. Now I have a plan.

As for the Iliad, I always thought that Homer intended Hector as the real hero of the Iliad. Overall, the Trojans seem so much more mature and civilized than the Greeks, don't they?

Ciao

Garp

posted by Garp83 at 2:39 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2009

Jen -- Great post in "On the Wisdom of a Library" -- very witty & on-topic --and thanks for the compliment on my collection.

I notice we share a number of books including "How To Survive a Robot Uprising." Did you read it? I belong to a local "books & beer" club with a small group of guys and that was a selection one month. I thought it was great. Nice follow-up to "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (an old time fav or mine) don't you think?

I see you are reading "Odyssey" & "Ulysses" at the same time. Now that is ambitious! Just wondering whether you are reading the verse or the prose translation of Odyssey? I read the old Butler prose one. Ever read the Iliad? That's my favorite and what launched me on my quest to get the classical education I missed the first time around. I read mostly non-fiction these days, but it is my goal to get thru all the classics one day.

posted by Garp83 at 12:25 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2009

I think it is very interesting. I have a thing for Dionysus and the sacred marriage with Ariadne. my webpage-- lornacahall.com is reachable on Google. I'm building it. Of course they aren't sure what took place in the villa, but I imagine that it is a preparation for marriage. (not a coming-of-age, so much)I am fascinated by the art and the world that must have been represented there.

posted by lornacahall at 5:51 pm (EST) on Mar 15, 2009

Where have you been?
:o/

posted by clamairy at 9:52 pm (EST) on Jun 29, 2007

Jen: Thanks for the quick reply. I pasted the code onto my profile, but did not receieve any map. In any event I now have managed to install a maploco. BTW, I was stationed at Flugplatz Hahn from 1975-78 and have fond memories of the Mosel and Hundsruck, albeit not the weather. Cheers, Nemoman

posted by nemoman at 1:47 pm (EST) on Jun 14, 2007

Hi Jen: It appears you have successfully installed a clustrmap on you profile. I am a complete klutz and have yet to figure out how to install mine. I would appreciate your telling me how it is done. Please be insultingly explicit. Thanks, Nemoman

posted by nemoman at 12:58 pm (EST) on Jun 14, 2007

Welcome to Decadence. I also want to put out a high-five for your PG Wodehouse readings. I love his books and have grabbed as many of them as I could lay my hands on. I have the Stephen Fry/Hugh Laurie "Jeeves and Bertie" series as well. Fry seemed to young for the role of the shimmering one, but it worked for me.

posted by benwaugh at 4:24 pm (EST) on May 15, 2007

:) So etwa 40 km von Köln entfernt ;) Ich werde morgen nachschauen, welche Imps ich noch habe. LG

posted by elenasimona at 5:59 pm (EST) on May 12, 2007

hi jen,

this is alex. after you showed me librarything this morning i had to create my own profile and just catalogued the 4 books beside my bed.

cu soon.

posted by colomba at 11:03 am (EST) on Apr 9, 2007

Hi Jen:

Isn't map loco a cool idea? Glad to see you've incorporated it onto your main profile. :)

posted by seemingmeaning at 10:01 am (EST) on Apr 9, 2007

Hi Anya! :)
I love surprises like this! :D
...and I am looking forward to see what books about embroidery you have :)
Bussi Racaire
(PS: very nice photo! :)

posted by Racaire at 6:25 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2007

Welcome to Books Compared. My ancestors immigrated from the Rhineland area 150 years ago, and in 2000 I spent a fabulous 3 weeks exploring the villages they came from. Hope you're enjoying Cologne!

posted by margad at 12:58 am (EST) on Apr 1, 2007

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