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Earth Song by Catherine Coulter

Beyond the Horizon: Adventures in Faraway Lands (National Geographic Society Special Publication, Series 26) by National Geographic Society

Back To The Bedroom by Janet Evanovich

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard

WISE BLOOD by Flannery O'Connor

Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey

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Favorite authorsNevada Barr, Lawrence Block, Erma Bombeck, Suzanne Brockmann, Dorothy Cannell, Patricia Cornwell, Catherine Coulter, Millie Criswell, Amanda Cross, Jennifer Crusie, Mary Daheim, Diane Mott Davidson, jane dentinger, Susan Dunlap, Louise Erdrich, Janet Evanovich, M. F. K. Fisher, Diana Gabaldon, Kaye Gibbons, Rachel Gibson, Gail Godwin, Sue Grafton, Heather Graham, Laurell K. Hamilton, Carolyn Gimpel Hart, Tony Hillerman, Alice Hoffman, John Irving, Iris Johansen, Faye Kellerman, Jonathan Kellerman, Karen Kijewski, Laurie R. King, Barbara Kingsolver, Lynn Kurland, Constance Laux, Madeleine L'Engle, Elizabeth Lowell, Katie MacAlister, Wendy Markham, Margaret Maron, Kat Martin, Daphne Du Maurier, Larry McMurtry, James A. Michener, Linda Lael Miller, Marcia Muller, Carol O'Connell, Diana Palmer, Sara Paretsky, Carly Phillips, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Lisa Plumley, Amanda Quick, Anna Quindlen, Luanne Rice, Nora Roberts, Judith Rossner, Christina Skye, Jane Smiley, Julie Smith, Lee Smith, Amy Tan, J. R. R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Minette Walters, Laura Ingalls Wilder (Shared favorites)

About meI am a retired Registered Nurse who has discovered the artist hidden within all that efficiency. I make wooden art sculptures and paint.
I started reading before I started school and started collecting books around my sixth birthday. My family thought (and still does) that I'm not altogether there.
I've been married for over thirty years, have a grown son, daughter-in-law and grandson.
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About my libraryMy tastes run from history, to historical romance, murder mysteries to romantic comedy. I'm infamous for buying books because the title spoke to me, i.e. LAMENT FOR A SILVER-EYED WOMAN. Anything I develop an interest in, I buy books, either fiction or non-fiction.

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I see you list Tony Hillerman as one of your favorite authors. You might want to check out James D. Doss who writes about Charlie Moon a Ute Indian tribal investigator in Colorado.

posted by opmbms at 8:47 pm (EST) on Aug 6, 2009

Cool!!! you have started collecting books since you were 6!! I did too! Whenever my mom comes to visit when I was little she always brings me tons of books; I had a lot That I started to run my own little library in my house to let my friends borrow books.But since I moved to America I had to give away my WHOLE collection and I had to start a new collection and it's growing as long as I keep giving up new shoes or ask my mother very nicely to go to BOOKS-A-MILLION whenever we go to the mall. Yup I gave up new pairs of shoes to go to the bookstore but it was worth it.

Have you heard of Tina Ferraro? She's the author of my new fave book Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress. It's a great book!

well have fun fellow book lover!

posted by ragulto101 at 4:56 pm (EST) on Jun 18, 2009

Loving Frank has been on my list to read for a while now. I will have to see if my local library has a copy. Thanks for the recommendation.

AlcottAcre

posted by alcottacre at 8:55 am (EST) on Mar 29, 2009

Thanks!!!! I am adding your suggestions to my hold list at the library. Will let you know. It's so funny because I injured my shoulder at the gym 2 nights ago. I just now put 2 and 2 together. Mine is very mild compared to yours, but still counts as sympathy pain, right? Ha ha!

Take care, I'll be back soon.

Denise

posted by MissConstantReader at 2:42 pm (EST) on Feb 8, 2008

I hope everything is going well for you! How's your shoulder and such?
Things are great here. I tried so hard to get into the O'Connell novel, but it's like you said, there is a certain style to the writing and I'm just not familiar with it, I guess. I will try again later. But you also said there are lots of books you can recommend, so give me some more! Ha ha.

Take it easy!

--Denise C.

posted by MissConstantReader at 10:57 pm (EST) on Feb 7, 2008

Oh my goodness, your shoulder issue sounds horrible...I'll be sending you well wishes. I have just copied your email into my address book, please look for my next email coming soon. OH, and I just got the O'Connell book per your suggestion.

Take Care!

Denise

posted by MissConstantReader at 9:59 am (EST) on Jan 21, 2008

You are officially the coolest person I have never met! We should definitely keep up a correspondance!

--Denise (MissConstantReader)

posted by MissConstantReader at 9:59 am (EST) on Jan 15, 2008

Hi Siubhank: You may have already read this article from The Washington Post about miners struggling with addiction in W. Virginia: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...

Thought you'd be interested, given your professional background. This is a dreadful situation.

Cheers! Carol

posted by tropics at 6:42 pm (EST) on Jan 12, 2008

You're too cool! :) I like that your tastes are so all over the place, like mine. Where else will you find Daphne du Maurier and Nora Roberts in the same list?

Question, if you could recommend only one book to me, a relative stranger, which would it be?

Denise

posted by MissConstantReader at 12:05 pm (EST) on Jan 12, 2008

Hi There: Here's a recent example of David Sedaris' quirky humor:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/...

posted by tropics at 9:22 am (EST) on Dec 14, 2007

Hi, I just thought I'd introduce myself since we both live in Phoenix. I've also enjoyed your comments on the person below me thread. I'm a retired bureaucrat and live in the northwest valley. I was born in a small town in Arizona and, even though I've traveled quite a bit, I have lived here all my life. I think you get up about the time I'm going to bed. Anyway, just thought I'd say, "hey." "Hey!" :)

Rox

posted by xorscape at 4:43 am (EST) on Dec 14, 2007

Hello again Siubhank: Regarding David Sedaris, I would recommend both "Naked" and "Me Talk Pretty One Day". The latter title refers to his early attempts to learn French. Hilarious!

posted by tropics at 3:26 pm (EST) on Oct 30, 2007

Hi Siubhank: I was intrigued by the account of your mother calling a cab to transport you and your siblings to a shelter during an Oklahoma tornado.

Have you read David Sedaris? Many of his essays involve family misadventures and crises.

posted by tropics at 12:35 pm (EST) on Oct 27, 2007

Thanks for your friendship and for having my book listed in your library. I look forward to checking out your other books and hope you enjoy mine.

posted by lisaunger at 3:26 pm (EST) on Oct 24, 2007

I must start by apologizing for taking so long to answer your note! My husband and I are traveling cross-country in an RV and I'm finding myself pretty busy most of the time. Right now we're in Medford, OR, about to start south and then east. Having a wonderful time, but not getting as much reading done as I'd hoped. Too much to see and do! Thank you for the compliment for my cat, Cupcake. We suspect she is at least part Maine Coon. She was rescued from under a trailer as a newborn. Her litter mates don't look like her. She is the dearest, funniest cat I've ever had. She is traveling with us and really adjusting quite well except for travel days when she has to go into her carrier. But overall is just doing really well. Happy reading, Rebecca

posted by readingrebecca at 9:35 pm (EST) on Sep 29, 2007

Thank you for your recent comments at Art is Life. I hope you will make it habit of commenting there.

posted by TheresaWilliams at 2:51 pm (EST) on Sep 28, 2007

That's quite a story. We are a bi-lingual family, English/Portuguese, but my eldest daughter (16) speaks six languages already. I lived briefly with Polish Americans in Massachusetts when a grad student. Fondest memories, but no Polish. Also the White Eagle Club in London, great food. But that was a long time ago. My youngsters love the BBC Muzzy series of DVD + CD for languages. I'd recommend it, no effort at all. Otherwise just learn restaurant French. Makes travelling so much more enjoyable.

Gerald

posted by botanica at 1:34 pm (EST) on Sep 22, 2007

Images are not so difficult. Do you have a flickr account? If you do, click on photo you want to paste into your LT page. Then select all sizes icon above it. One of the options then offered is:

To link to this photo on other websites you can either:
1. Copy and paste this HTML into your webpage:

You copy paste to your "edit profile" page on LT.

Hope this is clear.

How did your husband pick up such an eclectic clutch of languages? Get well soon.

Botanica

posted by botanica at 12:52 pm (EST) on Sep 22, 2007

Thanks siubhank,

I tried following your instructions, but its too late to tag them all - however I did discover that there are 1584 orphans! Non-English and some visual material contribute but mostly oddbeat stuff.

Botanica

posted by botanica at 7:53 am (EST) on Sep 22, 2007

Hi There: Thanks for the tip. I'd never before heard heroin referred to as "jones", so decided to check out current slang on this site: http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/herpe...

I'm a retired R.N. also, having worked mostly in psych in Oregon, Massachusetts and Toronto, Canada.

posted by tropics at 5:45 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2007

Hi there -- somehow I missed your comment on my profile page until this afternoon -- about Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for letting me know.

Terri

posted by teelgee at 1:28 am (EST) on Sep 8, 2007

Hi

Yes, we do share quite a lot of the same passions it seems. My books aren't in the garage (although, if I had one, I daresay they would have colonised it) but form a pretty impenetrable assault course in my flat. I'm not a big fitness fan but hurdling some of the hundreds of books waiting by my bed for my attention must be quite energy-wasteful and good for me.

Like you, I've frisked and gambolled through all sorts and conditions of books vowing never to subject myself to that particular tedium again. The reward is, of course, that sometimes, just sometimes, you discover someone so wonderful that your entire reading landscape is changed forever. It makes it all worthwhile (although my bank manager wouldn't agree!).

posted by Basbleu0 at 8:37 am (EST) on Sep 5, 2007

Hi, Siubhank. I'm just not a fan of magic, mythical, fantasy, paranormal stuff. Thankfully, my niece and nephews couldn't care less about Harry Potter. I never had to spend my hard-earned money on those books. My nephews were/are really interested in military history and my niece is a horse nut, so we were all into more traditional, "classic" YA Lit, like Red Badge of Courage, National Velvet, Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, etc. As an adult, I can't imagine having to sit through a whole Potter book. I, too was forced to watch one of the movies at a social gathering. One was enough!

CC

posted by CarolinaCatherine at 1:08 am (EST) on Aug 25, 2007

Thanks for the Friends invite. It seems we share quite a few books, and I'm sure by the time I finish looking through you library we'll a few more. :o)

posted by magst at 7:54 pm (EST) on Aug 19, 2007

Hi! Thanks for being my LibraryThing friend. You have some great books on your shelf. Have a fun week!

Lisa :)

posted by LPlumley at 11:06 am (EST) on Aug 2, 2007

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