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Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death by Yoel Hoffmann

Before Night Falls: A Memoir by Reinaldo Arenas

Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth Reichl

Sushi by Mia Detrick

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths by Mardy Grothe

Treasure Island (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson

Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters Book Two: The Dragon Hunt by Mike Grell

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

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Voice of the Violin (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries) by Andrea Camilleri

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The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst

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A History of Modern Europe, 1789-1981 by Herbert Leonard Peacock

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Jumbie Bird (Longman Caribbean Writer Series) by Ismith Khan

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My Bone and My Flute (Drumbeats) by Edgar Mittelholzer

I do hope you enjoy your books. I went with one suggested by someone else and the 2nd was chosen by what you said you like and what's already in your catalogue. Turns out choosing books for someone else is more difficult than I imagined it would be, but I enjoyed it.

Happy holidays to you too!

posted by Myckyee at 1:49 pm (EST) on Dec 26, 2008

I finished The Symposium, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've never read Plato until this year. Can you imagine it? Each time I read a dialogue, I find myself engrossed in thought. Unfortunately, I can't think of which type of love I liked best, because all I can think is that the Greeks think I'm only capable of physical love, not spiritual! Once I get over that, I'll look again at the types of love so I can better answer your question. Which did you respond to?

posted by RcCarol at 12:18 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2008

Great name - I love it!

posted by Booksloth at 9:18 am (EST) on Feb 20, 2008

Just realised - that'll be because I should have been looking up 'skepsis'. Okay, I've got it - that name means you are doubtful as to whether you have a belly button! Am I right?

posted by Booksloth at 11:34 am (EST) on Feb 19, 2008

I'm fascinated by your LT name - please come and take a look at new thread in 'What are you Reading now?' entitled 'Where did your LT name come from?' It sounds decidedly Greek to me. Isn't Omphalos the naval? I looked up 'kepsis' in my Greek/English dictionary but couldn't find anything.

posted by Booksloth at 7:35 am (EST) on Feb 13, 2008

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