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Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2 (Walk West) by Peter Jenkins
Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman by Alice Steinbach
And Now You Can Go : A Novel by Vendela Vida
Damascus Gate by Robert Stone
A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That : A Novel by Lisa Glatt
Our Former Lives in Art: Stories by Jennifer S. Davis
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About meI am an avid reader who lives in NYC... My favorite way to spend an afternoon is browsing a used bookstore (Strand is my second home -- they may start charging me rent) Lying on the beach listening to a Mets game on the radio and reading a good book is heaven to me. I am always looking for suggestions for good books and I never ever pay full price for one. I also can't borrow books (libraries are a wonderful idea, but not for me) -- I have to own them. Gets expensive, thus the whole "not paying full price" thing. I also love to cook and collect cookbooks, none of which I ever actually use, I just like to have them. My favorite TV shows are Arrested Development (RIP), Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, Boston Legal, Six Feet Under (again, RIP), Big Brother (guilty pleasure) and anything on Food Network and ESPN. Avid Mets fan. As much as I love all of these things, they pale in comparison to my wonderful son :-)
About my libraryI love a good story, so fiction is my preference. In recent years I've discovered the wonderful world of historical fiction. I also very much enjoy an interesting memoir (James Frey didn't affect me), especially those who have bizarre childhoods (Augusten wins, hands down). I appreciate good humor more than anything. I will give a book 50 pages to draw me in, or else it gets put down -there are too many good books out there to waste time on the bad ones.
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by Yellow Hawk - Sioux Chief
Oh Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds,
and whose breath gives life to all the world - hear me -
I come before you, one of your children.
I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes behold
the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect
the things you have made, my ears sharp to your voice.
Make me wise, so that I may know the things you have
taught my people, the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able
to fight my greatest enemy, Myself. Make me ever ready
come to you, with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life
fades as a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.
posted by theoldman at 7:22 am (EST) on Sep 19, 2009
I'm with you about "owning" your books. I can't bring myself to check out a book from the library, read it and then not buy it! People think that's weird... so cheers fellow weirdo :)
posted by glassreader at 7:33 pm (EST) on Dec 5, 2008
I'm with you about "owning" your books. I can't bring myself to check out a book from the library, read it and then not buy it! People think that's weird... so cheers fellow weirdo :)
posted by glassreader at 7:32 pm (EST) on Dec 5, 2008
I'm with you about "owning" your books. I can't bring myself to check out a book from the library, read it and then not buy it! People think that's weird... so cheers fellow weirdo :)
posted by glassreader at 7:32 pm (EST) on Dec 5, 2008
posted by LiterateHousewife at 10:26 pm (EST) on May 21, 2008
posted by LiterateHousewife at 11:02 pm (EST) on May 20, 2008
Thanks for sharing that amazing story about Burroughs! I will certainly be looking out for him.
posted by akeela at 7:17 am (EST) on Jan 29, 2008
posted by akeela at 1:34 am (EST) on Jan 28, 2008
Okay, so Roanoke, VA and Grand Rapids, MI are not high traffic areas for anyone, let alone authors. I don't suppose I can hate you forever because you live in NYC. You will just have to be yet another person through whom I can live vicariously. ;) I have, however, been in touch with Lauren Groff through Barnes & Nobles' First Look Book Club. That has been fun for me. I don't want her to think I'm a stalker, though. ;)
posted by LiterateHousewife at 10:49 am (EST) on Oct 31, 2007
I am kind of down the middle on You're Not You. First of all, what's up with the paperback cover? I still have no idea how that was meant to go along with the story. I can't remember the names of the characters - so it was somewhat forgettable in that way. I don't care for reading about food or the preparation of food in general. I had to speed read through that - although I thought it was great for the character. I was kind of left unsettled by the whole vibrator situation. It felt pretty exploitative to me - but probably gave me the same feeling as the caretaker had. That being said, I'm glad that the main character went out and got her own. I liked that X learned so much about life from another woman who couldn't live without her. What did the women in your reading group think?
posted by LiterateHousewife at 9:22 pm (EST) on Oct 30, 2007
posted by leahrex at 2:12 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2007
The corporate life I dropped out of was bookselling (buyer and eventually middle management for one of the big chains) where the pressure is to read what's new or hot. I'm having a lot of fun now catching up on older titles. Don't envy my drop-out status too much...I still work for a living, I just moved to a small company.
Drop a note if you read anything great! Leah
posted by leahrex at 10:43 am (EST) on Sep 22, 2007
posted by bookworm12 at 10:04 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2007
posted by amanaceerdh at 8:34 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2007
Rendell as the author of The Water's Lovely. Maybe you would want to edit the post to show her name?
posted by Schmerguls at 3:26 pm (EST) on Sep 13, 2007
posted by amanaceerdh at 8:42 am (EST) on Sep 10, 2007
posted by amanaceerdh at 9:34 am (EST) on Aug 13, 2007
I just moved here from NY, my last name is Strand and I love Strand books! I remember the first time I went I was so overwhelmed, but then I figured out my favorite areas.
posted by strandbooks at 7:51 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2007
posted by amanaceerdh at 2:02 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2007
Thanks for all those great books you mentioned/recommended. No, I haven't read all of Philippa Gregory's books. Actually only 2 of them: The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. I went to one of her book signings for The Constant Princess and have a copy of that, but haven't read it yet. I also do hear good things about the Boleyn Inheritance and hope to get to that one too! I actually had not heard of Innocent Traitor, but after you told me about it I went and added it to my list on Amazon, thanks!! :-)
I loved The Birth of Venus too, but of the people I know who read it, I stood alone on that which was quite disappointing. It's so nice to find someone else who liked it!
I've had You're Not You on my wishlist for about 2 months! I'm so glad to hear you like it, I don't know anyone else who's read it yet. I hope to get to it very soon. I'm thinking next month... I've been reading a lot of fiction so I'd like to switch to non-fiction for a little bit first.
I've just finished up Bel Canto and And Only to Deceive. I'm now reading Mr. Emerson's Wife but it's too early to tell how I'll like it. I don't know what's up next, I'm trying to decide between Jane Eyre, Pride & Prejudice (re-read) or some non-fiction stuff I have that I need to get to OR something else completely, lol...
What are you reading now?
posted by Dmatthewsgirl at 8:03 pm (EST) on Jan 15, 2007
posted by Dmatthewsgirl at 1:56 pm (EST) on Jan 4, 2007
posted by amanaceerdh at 10:49 am (EST) on Sep 13, 2006
posted by amanaceerdh at 1:47 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2006
I've never been to the Book Festival in D.C., live close enough to go, just haven't yet. One of those hope to do before I die things! Have you been before?
posted by avidreader at 12:49 am (EST) on Aug 11, 2006
Funny you should offer suggestions for something to read. We each have a book shelf in our bedroom crammed with stuff we want to read, an overflow shelf in the hall, and two small table top book holders in the family room for more overflow!
Yet, a few weeks ago, we spend a small fortune on new books, and both of us are reading something one of our friends recommended! So...I guess I am saying: "POUR IT ON!! LET'S HEAR MORE!!"
-Jim
posted by rmckeown at 12:23 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2006
I also finished today Elie Weisel's "Night." Can't quite decide what to read next. I have about 50 with "tbrr" tab in LibraryThing, meaning "to be read Ramona."
posted by rmckeown at 10:54 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2006
I just started [Kafka on the Shore] by [[Murikami]] {I hope that spelling is corrct} and it is really interesting -- beautiful prose. Post-modern in an unobtrusive way.
-Jim
posted by rmckeown at 8:29 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2006
posted by rmckeown at 9:30 am (EST) on Jul 30, 2006
posted by avidreader at 2:52 pm (EST) on Jul 23, 2006
posted by rmckeown at 4:29 pm (EST) on Jul 14, 2006
Here's that other reading list:
BOOK READ DURING OUR FIRST YEAR:
1. Blessings by Anna Quindlan
2. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
3. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
4. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
5. My Antonia by Willa Cather
6. Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
7. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashears
8. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
9. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
10. Sabbath
11. Middlesex
12. Like Water for Chocolate
Are you familiar with this website: http://www.readinggroupguides.com/findag...
It's a great place to find discussion questions for books your group is reading.
posted by rmckeown at 8:04 am (EST) on Jul 13, 2006
posted by BinnieBee at 4:47 pm (EST) on Jul 11, 2006
posted by rmckeown at 7:13 pm (EST) on Jul 10, 2006
Of the 50 books we share with you, some are "mine" and some are "Jim's." There are some authors (e.g. Margaret Atwood, Kaye Gibbons, Ian McEwan) that both us like. But I like some that he wouldn't be caught dead reading (e.g. Dan Brown, Pat Conroy, Barbara Kingsolver)!
I'm in a book group also and several of the books on your list are ones our group read recently. I'm currently reading a new book by Lolly Winston. It's pretty good. I really enjoyed "Atonement" and "Saturday" by Ian MacEwan and everything I've read by Barbara Kingsolver.
"Family History" by Dani Shapiro is one we have an advance reader's edition of but neither of us has read (I'll give it a whirl on your recommendation). We got our copy at the exhibit hall of the American Library Association, which we usually attend twice a year. Jim visits all of the exhibits and gets free books while I'm attending meetings.
Happy reading!
posted by rmckeown at 5:53 pm (EST) on Jul 10, 2006
posted by ginaruiz at 11:14 am (EST) on Jul 10, 2006
1.) I love historical fiction. I bought the Josephine Bonaparte series by Sandra Gulland recently & loved it!!!
2.) I haven't paid full price for a book in a long time. I usually save that for special occasions (i.e. the release of Harry Potters 7th book)
3.) I'm also the type of person who can not borrow a book especially if I liked it. I want to own it! (Do you think this is an obsessive compulsive disorder?)
I've added you too my watch list... can't wait to see what new books you will add!
posted by magst at 10:57 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2006
Binnie
posted by BinnieBee at 11:13 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2006