Search keywestnan's booksRandom books from keywestnan's libraryBLUE EYES, BLACK HAIR (Pantheon Modern Writers) by Marguerite Duras The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts Home from Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World for the 21st Century by James Howard Kunstler Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America-and Found Unexpected Peace by William Lobdell Abraham Lincoln (Penguin Lives) by Thomas Keneally The Lady of the Rivers: A Novel (The Cousins' War) by Philippa Gregory Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire by Judith Thurman Members with keywestnan's booksMember connectionsFriends: bpkpam, GigiA, picoultfan, trevor_corson Interesting library: annelaytonrice, betsyford, bpkpam, EKAnderson, ErnestHemingway, GigiA, griffey, gwendolyndawson, JBD1, keyslibraries, kgs, librarianlk, margad, posthumose, trevor_corson Contacts: betsyford RSS feeds
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Member: keywestnanCollectionsCurrently reading (1), Read but unowned (336), To read (161), ebooks (44), Favorites (74), Did not finish (5), Your library (508), audiobooks (1), Food (17), KWLS author (67), All collections (768) Reviews105 reviews Tagsfiction (397), American (285), nonfiction (205), historical fiction (195), British (174), MCPL (112), crime (80), romance (72), read 2011 (70), history (70) — see all tags Cloudstag cloud, author cloud, tag mirror Recommendations4 recommendations About meI'm a lifelong reading addict who spent most of my adult life working for newspapers, with a short foray into environmental conservation. I finally realized my true calling a few years ago and now work at a public library. I used to prefer my fiction on the realist side of the equation although I have lately fallen into a serious genre habit: historical fiction, historical crime (fiction and non), romance and some fantasy/paranormal. I like narrative nonfiction, think we're in a golden age of great natural history writing for laypeople. I occasionally enjoy diving into a massive historical tome or biography. I keep thinking it's time for me to get over my obsession with the Tudors and their times but it keeps not happening. I live in Key West and I'm on the board of the Key West Literary Seminar. About my libraryThis is a mix of books I own and have read, own and haven't read or have read but don't own. My rating system: * = I hated it. ** = Not worth the time. *** = Worth the time but not really worth going out of your way for. *** 1/2 = Perfectly enjoyable read. **** = Great read. ***** = I intend to own this book for the rest of my life and would try to save my copy if my house were on fire. GroupsBlog the Book, Books Compared, Books on Books, Floridians, Historical Fiction, History: On learning from and writing history, Kindley Book Club, Knitters Inc., Librarians who LibraryThing, Non-Fiction Readers —show all groups Favorite authorsKate Atkinson, Andrea Barrett, Michael Chabon, Robertson Davies, Joan Didion, Ian Frazier, Alice Munro, David Quammen, Vernon Silver, Calvin Trillin (Shared favorites) VenuesFavorites Favorite bookstoresBooks & Books - Coral Gables, Key West Island Bookstore, Montague Book Mill, Whately Antiquarian Book Center Favorite librariesFlorida Keys Community College Library, Jones Library, Monroe County Library, S. White Dickinson Memorial Library Other favoritesKey West Literary Seminar Homepagehttp://www.boneislandbooks.wordpress.com Also onTwitter Membership Emailnklingener Account typepublic, lifetime URLs
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posted by janegil at 10:41 am (EST) on Dec 16, 2010
posted by margad at 10:27 pm (EST) on Jul 23, 2009
Yes, Alan Gurganus was the first week, so I didn't get to hear him, which means I'm eager to play the podcast. Ironically, my computer doesn't have sound (I know, I know - long story), so I'm waiting for my husband to update his computer when the new program to replace Vista comes out. I loved, loved, loved Last Confederate Widow Tells All - it was riveting. And after reading it, you'll never say a man can't write effectively in a woman's voice again.
posted by margad at 10:25 pm (EST) on Jul 23, 2009
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