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Calling on Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book Three by Patricia C. Wrede

Garfield: Bigger Than Life (His Third Book) by Jim Davis

Ghiberti's Bronze Doors by Richard Krautheimer

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

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CollectionsYour library (288), Wishlist (136), Currently reading (3), To read (110), Read but unowned (106), Favorites (27), All collections (532)

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TagsFiction (143), Art History (45), England (31), College (29), Fantasy (28), Memoir (22), Steampunk (12), Comic Strip (11), Non-Fiction (10), Graphic Novel (10) — see all tags

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Groups1010 Category Challenge, 20-Something LibraryThingers, 50 Book Challenge, 999 Challenge, Art History, French Connection, Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple, Steampunk

Favorite authorsDouglas Adams, Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, Peter S. Beagle, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Ian Fleming, Nick Hornby, Ian McEwan, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, J.D. Salinger, Jules Verne, Patricia C. Wrede, Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBookmans - Grant, Bookmans - Ina, Bookmans - Speedway, Powell's City of Books

Favorite librariesPima County Public Library - Dusenberry-River

About meHello! My name is Marie. I'm a twenty-something year old residing in Tucson, Arizona, by way of a handful of other places I have lived. I have my degree in art history and currently work in a museum. I am an avid reader with eclectic tastes, though my background pushes me towards art themed books, both fiction or otherwise. I go through phases of history, science fiction, classic literature and whatever else seems worth reading about.

I love a good recommendation!

About my libraryI try to encompass everything I have read or would like to in the future. Keeping a wish list helps me remember what to pick up from the book store. If a book is labeled 'your library' it means that I own it. I only rate a book when I have completed it.

My Rating System:
★ - Disaster.
★★ - Meh. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good.
★★★ - Enjoyable. The majority of my ratings.
★★★★ - I thought about it for days afterward...
★★★★★ - A favorite! I'll be reading it again.

Here is a list of my ongoing & completed challenges:
2009:
50 Book Challenge in 2009
2010:
101010 Book Challenge in 2010

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Real nameMarie Hess

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Member sinceMay 29, 2007

Currently readingAnne of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

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mihess added:
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

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The Year of the Flood: A Novel by Margaret Atwood

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Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

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The Archivist: A Novel by Martha Cooley

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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

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The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

I know what you mean about Anne changing. It's inevitable of course, but sad.

However, you must persevere! Rilla of Ingleside has a completely different feel from the rest of the series, as it is set during WWI. I really love that one, and it vies with the first one for my favorite. Anne of Ingleside is probably my least favorite (though of course it's good); the kids are too young to be really interesting and Anne is in her mom mode, and there just isn't a lot that happens. Rainbow Valley picks up quite a bit because the kids' shenanigans get in full swing. And then Rilla of Ingleside gets this global view, after the small insular world of Four Winds/Canada, that really shows the characters in their historical context — without losing the small-town chumminess and community that makes the books work.

Rilla is also one of the funnier ones! There is a scene that never fails to make me laugh. Susan is priceless. I don't want to spoiler it though!

And great, now I want to reread really badly...

posted by wisewoman at 11:29 am (EST) on Nov 4, 2009

Hi mihess, and thanks for the interesting library add! Yours is fascinating as well. It's nice to see you in the salon as well.

I see you recently rated Anne's House of Dreams four stars. That's probably what I would give it. I have been toying with the idea of rereading the series with an eye to serious reviewing, but I'm not sure I can commit! Les Mis is looming in December, and if I reread the Anne books I want to do all of them straight through. Life is just too busy sometimes.

posted by wisewoman at 9:53 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2009

Well, haven't met a classic I haven't liked yet! Actually I'm a sucker for anything nice and clean. No violence or explicit sex for me! Sometimes I feel like a 60-something stuck in a 20-something body. After joining LT I've been tempted to read some modern books and I'm sorry to say that I haven't enjoyed most of them. So, it's mostly classics (and cozy mysteries!) for me. And you are welcome about the Salon group welcome! :-)

posted by Porua at 11:57 am (EST) on Nov 3, 2009

Hi! Thank you for including my library as an interesting library. It seems that we share quite a few books and two favorite authors. I have a relatively small collection when compared to that of the other LT members. I will be glad to know what you found interesting about my library. Once again thank you!

posted by Porua at 2:35 am (EST) on Nov 3, 2009

hiii marie!
i'm reading all kinds of things... the new dan brown book, alice in wonderland, the graveyard book, the iliad and fragile things. seriously. why am i reading so many books at once? because i keep being in different parts of my house without a book. so i just left a few around. hahaha. i'm weird.

miss going to powells?

posted by doombringer33 at 2:03 pm (EST) on Sep 29, 2009

Hello Marie,

Thank you for adding me to your interesting libraries.

Have you read The Shadow of the Wind and what did you think of it?

It is one of the books I plan to read oveer the next couple of months.

~ TT

posted by TheTortoise at 4:18 am (EST) on Aug 22, 2009

Earth our mother, breathe forth life
All night sleeping
Now awaking
In the east
Now see the dawn

Earth our mother, breathe and waken
Leaves are stirring
All things moving
New day coming
Life renewing

Eagle soaring, see the morning
See the new mysterious morning
Something marvelous and sacred
Though it happens every day
Dawn the child of God and Darkness

- PAWNEE PRAYER

posted by theoldman at 6:28 am (EST) on Jun 11, 2009

Noticed you liked The Virgin Suicides, 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 dysfunctional family 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 11:23 am (EST) on May 25, 2009

yeah you really should. the book is so much better, too. the movie was rad though. HEY HI MARIE. call me later

posted by doombringer33 at 4:32 pm (EST) on Sep 27, 2008

hahaha me too marie. and i just sent you an email i was like, dude i forget my password. but then i remembered it. hahaha.
ok. i'm reading three books right now. and. two of them are definitely boring business books. its all good though

posted by doombringer33 at 12:17 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2008

Well, we do both speak French.

posted by KaraS13 at 6:42 pm (EST) on Oct 10, 2007

Now we are intellectual friends!

posted by KaraS13 at 1:15 am (EST) on Sep 28, 2007

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