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The Little House Collection Box Set (Full Color) by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Villette (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Bronte

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The March: A Novel by E.L. Doctorow

Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman

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Friends: asgard, ericaz, EveBrownWaite, Jemima79, ladymacbeth1, mbkenned, meadowmist, Whisper1

Interesting libraries: alcottacre, amandameale, avaland, Cariola, elliepotten, emaestra, EmilyRuth, Ex_Libris, jbleil, leperdbunny, mrstreme, Nickelini, PishPosh, stephxsu, teelgee, Whisper1

LibraryThing authors: Dave Cullen (DaveCullen), David Ebershoff (Debershoff), Natalie Tyler (Doulton), Garret Freymann-Weyr (GarretFW), Luis Alberto Urrea (LuisAlbertoUrrea), Mary E. Pearson (MaryEPearson), Maya Slater (MayaSlater), Sarah Addison Allen (SarahAddisonAllen), Sharon Kay Penman (Sharonkay), Susan Higginbotham (boswellbaxter), Patrick Jones (chairshotxl), Diana Gabaldon (diana.gabaldon), Jennifer Niesslein (jenniferniesslein), Jessica James (jessicajames), Lisa See (lisasee), Sara Donati (rosinalippi), John Green (sparksflyup)

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Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 20-Something LibraryThingers, 75 Books Challenge for 2009, 999 Challenge, Fifty States Fiction (or Nonfiction) Challenge, Geeks who love the Classics, Group Reads - Literature, Historical Fiction, Monthly Author Reads, New Zealand Thingamabrarians — show all groups

Favorite authorsLouisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Geraldine Brooks, Bill Bryson, A. S. Byatt, E. L. Doctorow, Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, Barbara Kingsolver, Wally Lamb, Harper Lee, John Marsden, Daphne Du Maurier, Frank McCourt, Stephenie Meyer, Margaret Mitchell, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Sharon Kay Penman, J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, Edith Wharton, Laura Ingalls Wilder (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBorders - Auckland, Jason Books, Unity Books

Favorite librariesAuckland Central City Library, University of Auckland General Library

About meI'm a 24 year old and I love to read any spare moment I have. I love lists of great books to read. In particular I like the 1001 books to read before you die, Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide, Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to World Fiction, and ALA's recommended reading for Young Adults. (Lets just say I'm ambitious!)

About my libraryMy library is a virtual library of books I have read. It is not a real life library that I have in my home. I love the 'folders' which allows me to sort out which books I own or don't which I have read or haven't yet etc I am pretty good at keeping these up to date.

Five star books that I've read in 2009 and would highly recommend to other readers are:

Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer (YA, Vampires and Paranormal)
The March by E.L. Doctorow (Historical Fiction - American Civil War)
If I stay by Gayle Forman (YA - Death and Dying)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Fantasy and Mythology)
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (Gothic and Romance)
The Outlander by Gil Adamson ( Historical Fiction - American Wilderness)
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (Historical Fiction and Mystery - Mormons and Polygamy)
The Pact by Jodi Picoult (Mystery - Teen suicide and Families)
People of the Book by Geraldine Books (Historical Fiction: Judaism/Muslim/Christianity)
The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton (YA Death and Dying)

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Currently readingSold by Patricia Mccormick
Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco Stork
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel by Brady Udall
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison

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The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

I see you have Shadow of the Wind on your list...that is why I added you to interesting libraries along with the fact that we have a lot of books in common. :)

Shadow of the Wind is my all-time favorite book...my profile photo is of the courtyard where Nuria lived....my son and I went to Barcelona to find all the places in The Shadow of the Wind....it was such fun.

Going to check out other books on your shelf to see what you have...I bet I will like all of the ones you have. :)

Keep in touch.

posted by meadowmist at 1:47 pm (EST) on Nov 8, 2009

Hi.

I'm just stopping by to ask how you are feeling and to say I hope you are better.

Take care,

Lind

posted by Whisper1 at 8:55 am (EST) on Sep 27, 2009

Thank you for reading my rant. I usually don’t give this kind of extreme reactions for books which I don’t like, but this book was different. I don’t just dislike it. I absolutely hate it! I had to finish it just to see if there are any redeemable points in this book. I thought “so many people like it must be something good about it”. Oh how wrong I was! I’ve just started reading The Historian. Let’s see how this one goes.

posted by Porua at 2:24 am (EST) on Sep 15, 2009

Hi Lisa in New Zealand,

I'm honored that you listed me as one of your interesting libraries! And I see you also list my good mate, amandameale; whom I visited in person in Sydney last August (she's a fab person!) I hope you are getting all of what you hope to from your LT experience. It is what you make of it.

Best,
Lois

posted by avaland at 10:40 am (EST) on Aug 23, 2009

Just out of curiosity: Are you originally from the Netherlands? I ask because I saw you added a book by Ayaan Hirshi Ali. She used to live in the Netherlands and I never knew she was 'known' or that her books were published outside of Holland.

posted by morninggray at 1:27 pm (EST) on Aug 12, 2009

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries!

Sharon

posted by Ex_Libris at 12:08 pm (EST) on Jun 29, 2009

It's a good feeling when others share your love of books. Thanks again for participating

posted by callmejacx at 3:48 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2009

If you like reading about Mormons, I recommend Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. I learned so much (disturbing) Mormon history from that book!

posted by PaperbackPirate at 11:57 pm (EST) on Jun 19, 2009

Thank you for joining my new thread

posted by callmejacx at 11:30 pm (EST) on Jun 13, 2009

Aahhh this is probably how you found me, we're in the same NZ group together ^_^

posted by asgard at 5:57 pm (EST) on May 18, 2009

Noticed you liked She's Come Undone, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also about a disturbed young girl's downward spiral and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 9:50 am (EST) on May 9, 2009

I just learned how to do "bold" and "italic" scripts. Go to Squeakychu if my explanation doesn't make sense.

You're going to use these brackets < > below but I have to show you with parentheses ( ) so that you can see the process rather than the product.

(b)bold(/b) for changing a word or phrase to bold, but use the brackets < > instead of parentheses.

(i)italic(/i) for changing a word or phrase into italics, but, again, use the brackets shown above.

Note: the / before the b or i within the second bracket. I missed that the first time I tried it. Good luck!

Bonnie

posted by bonniebooks at 1:53 am (EST) on Dec 27, 2008

Hi Lisa - thanks so much for the offer of The Rose Grower on BookMooch when you're done. I'd love to take you up on that, if you're sure it's not too far to post? The last book I got from NZ made me feel v guilty as the mooch was accepted without a whimper - at least, not from the sender, for that's just what I did when I saw the postage price on the label when it got here!!

Best,
Rachael/FlossieT

posted by FlossieT at 4:50 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2008

I was intrigued by your comment on my book nudge thread that you were lacking in NZ literature and had no desire to change this - may I be cheeky and ask why? (I have a theory that the word "dreary" is going to turn up somewhere in your answer, but I'm ready to be proved wrong!)

Regards
Tim

posted by timjones at 5:33 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2008

Just saw your post to Jim53 about the 44 books from the sale, and had a random thought you should book a trip to Wellington for the annual Downtown Ministry Seconhand book sale. It's held over a weekend in September. I don't think there's anything as big in Auckland and you'd be in heaven! It's massive - the events centre is filled with books and most of them are $$2 each, with really good fiction around $5. I came home with 3 boxes full and that was from an hour of buying...I tagged them all DCM bookfair 2008 if you want to see!

posted by cmt at 3:20 am (EST) on Oct 20, 2008

Hi, Lisa. On Go Review That Book!, I've created a group Wiki page to keep track of the progress of the game and the reviews that have been generated. Some may find it easier to read the reviews by having them in one handy place. There's a discussion thread in the group and this is the first Wiki page if you are interested in having a look. To avoid any difficulties with copyright, I'm seeking your consent to add your reviews to the group Wiki page.

posted by InigoMontoya at 8:43 am (EST) on May 9, 2008

Thought I'd bring our conversation on the NZ High School English curriculum over here! Funny you should mention "To the Is-land" - I got a copy of that as a prize in 7th form. I'm trying to remember what we did as far as novels go... I remember doing "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" (6th form), and "The Catcher in the Rye" (4th form?), and a few Shakespeares (The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, and another tragedy, whose name escapes me). As far as NZ lit went, we did "The God Boy" I think, but I don't remember any others. Mostly I went off and read it by myself. My biggest bugbear was the so-called "English Comprehension", which I loathed. Although I did alright in English at school, I didn't love it. In fact, in 7th form I did some tutoring of a 4th form boy who was struggling in English, and his assignments smacked of bad planning and an uninspired curriculum. Sorry - got on my hobby horse a bit there - Rant over!

posted by Killeymoon at 7:08 am (EST) on Dec 4, 2007

Hey, I was just reading your review of We Need To Talk About Kevin, and I wanted to make a quick comment. I thought it was surprising that you especially hated Eva--I really hated her husband! I thought her ambivalence was a bit disturbing, but understandable, given how completely her life changed, and what a possessive, domineering jerk her husband became as soon as she got pregnant. And, it seemed like she really did *know* Kevin better than Franklin did. All that stuff about how difficult he was couldn't have been just her projecting, given the way nannies quit and no other children would play with him from a young age. And, she did try her best to do right by Kevin, taking good care of him, even though she didn't much like him. You can't force yourself to like someone, as she points out herself. I do agree, though, that I liked her a lot better at the end of the book. It really was a fascinating one.

Anyway, I just wanted to throw this out there, because I like talking about that book, really. It was very nuanced and interesting, if not exactly enjoyable, due to the disturbing subject matter.

posted by sussabmax at 7:00 pm (EST) on Oct 23, 2007

I've noticed we're both pretty avid Gabaldon fans! So I thought I'd say hello!

~Jenny

posted by goddessladyj at 12:28 am (EST) on Oct 22, 2007

Hi Kiwiflowa,

I just read your comment about not being able to find many Booker long list books at Borders - I stumbled on the Welsh Girl at Parsons in Wellington a few weeks ago. Haven't read it yet but will get there! If you're in Wellington, you're welcome to borrow my copy.

Cheers

Cushla
(too chicken to post on the discussion group when I have yet to read any of the books!)

posted by cmt at 4:46 am (EST) on Sep 8, 2007

Hello, I just read your post on the Prizes group about reading past Booker winners. I am part of some reading groups outside of LT, and a few of us have joined together on a long-term project to read all of the Booker winners. I set up a "group blog" where we can post reviews of the books as we read them (you do not have to have your own blog to do this).

Check it out here if you're interested, and happy reading!
http://completebooker.blogspot.com/

posted by lindsacl at 9:47 pm (EST) on Aug 30, 2007

I've recently read all the books you are working on. I liked March a great deal, but they were all good.

posted by mydomino1978 at 8:04 am (EST) on Aug 1, 2007

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