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A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings by Stella Tillyard

Tangled Sheets by Michael Thomas Ford

Jane Austen: A Life (Penguin Lives) by Carol Shields

Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto

Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People by Horst P.; Lawford Horst, Valentine

North By Northanger, or The Shades of Pemberley: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery (Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mysteries) by Carrie Bebris

Courtesan: A Novel by Diane Haeger

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Favorite authorsJane Austen, Alan Bennett, Truman Capote, Patrick Dennis, Christopher Isherwood, William J. Mann, Stephen McAuley, J. K. Rowling, Steven Saylor, P. G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

About meI love every genre of books. I have always loved reading, even as a kid (my first obsession with reading and book collecting was Agatha Christie). I am very interested in the following subjects/genres and have read quite a lot of books. I would love to hear from others with similar interest: Famous courtesans; French royalty/history; British royalty/history (Victoria through George VI; Duke & Duchess of Windsor Elizabeth I); JANE AUSTEN (I cannot read her books enough...every couple of years, I have to re-read the entire canon); Christopher Isherwood; Truman Capote; Fiction; Biography/autobiographies; Historical Fiction (particularly Ancient Rome); Ancient Roman history; Mysteries. Books (and reading), next to music, is sustenance for my soul and is the closest thing to spirituality that I guess I've reached as yet.

I am also a bookseller (online). You can visit my bookstore at www.jmvintage.com. I also publish a quarterly magazine, The Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society Journal. To learn more about the Society visit our website at www.ddows.org. The journal often has interviews with noted authors/novelists, biographers and historians.

About my libraryThis is just a partial listing of books in my library.

Homepagehttp://www.jmvintage.com; www.ddows.org

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Currently readingThe Collected Stories of Colette by Colette
I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project by Paul Auster

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A Fine Old Conflict by Jessica Mitford

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Frederick the Great by Nancy Mitford

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Love from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford by Nancy Mitford

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Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford by Jessica Mitford

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Loved Ones: Pen Portraits by Diana Mosley

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The Book of Lost Things: A Novel by John Connolly

Noticed you liked Lovely Bones, 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 also contains a young female narrator struggling with a series of tragic circumstances. 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). Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the book before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:50 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2009

Hi Mark,
Hope you are liking The Master. It can be heavy sledding, but overall I really liked that book. My Star Tribune review of it is at http://www.startribune.com/entertainment...

I also read and reviewed his story collection, Mothers and Sons, which is very good.

Am starting "Dictation," by Cynthia Ozick, which imagines a meeting between Hernry James and Joseph Conrad.

Cheers from here,
Claude

posted by claudeboyd at 9:29 am (EST) on Dec 13, 2008

I'm on the same page as mgaulding when it comes to subject matter (some, at least) - concubines/courtesans; royalty/historical biography/autobiographies; politics, war, spirituality. Having become a passionate reader later in life (my fashion magaines were my source of joy) I couldn't sit still long enough to get through a book when I was younger - I feel there is so much to read now and so little time.

Your review on The Fortune Hunters was right on.

posted by jaHce at 10:29 am (EST) on Jul 12, 2008

I love every genre of books. I have always loved reading, even as a kid (my first obsession with reading and book collecting was Agatha Christie). I am very interested in the following subjects/genres and have read quite a lot of books. I would love to hear from others with similar interest: Famous courtesans; French royalty/history; British royalty/history (Victoria through Geroge VI; Duke & Duchess of Windsor Elizabeth I; JANE AUSTEN (I cannot read her books enough...every couple of years, I have to re-read the entire oevre); Christopher Isherwood; Truman Capote; Fiction; Biography/autobiographies; Historical Fiction (particularly Ancient Rome); Ancient Roman history; Mysteries. Books (and reading), next to music, is sustenance for my soul and is the closest thing to spirituality that I guess I've reached as yet.

posted by mgaulding at 4:11 pm (EST) on Mar 23, 2008

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