Member: mthelibrarian

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About meI am currently reading:

-- "Precious" (originally "Push") by Sapphire
-- "My Life in France" by Julia Child
-- "Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art" by Danny Danziger
-- "Adventures of a Chemist Collector" by Alfred Bader
-- "Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (read-aloud to my 12-year-old son)

Recently read and recommended:

-- "New Moon," "Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer
-- "Painter from Shanghai" by Jennifer Cody Epstein (probably my favorite book of 2009)
-- "Never Let Me Go" by Ishiguro
-- "My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey" by Jill Bolte Taylor (memoir)
-- "The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft" by Ulrich Boser
-- "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt (book club)
-- "The Soloist" by Steve Lopez (non-fiction)
-- "Blindspot" by Kamensky and Jill Lepore (fiction)
-- "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak (young adult Holocaust fiction)
-- "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll (read-aloud to my then-11-year-old son)
-- "Sunlight in a Beautiful Garden" (historical fiction about the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood of 1889)
-- "Tokyo Fiancee" by Amelie Nothomb
-- "Washington, D.C.: A Novel" by Gore Vidal

In memory of my grandmother, Patricia Rice Hoffman, 87, 1921-2008, whose last books read were "Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression" by Mildred Armstrong Kalish and "Summer at Tiffany" by Marjorie Hart.

My screenname is from a childhood nickname, " 'Marion' the Librarian."

About my libraryMy online library includes books read and current books since 2002. Some are in my own collection; others are borrowed from a library, family or friends. My to-be-read list is usually subject to change until the very last minute on the basis of what's next for book club, a recommendation, media reference, or whim!

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Member sinceMar 16, 2007

Currently readingMuseum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Danny Danziger
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Modern Library Classics) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Precious (Push Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries) by Sapphire