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Favourite Books Read in 2009
The Scream by Rohinton Mistry and illustrated by Tony Urquhart
Barnacle Love by Anthony De Sa
The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant.
The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Property by Valerie Martin
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes
The Final Solution: A Story of Detection by Michael Chabon
The Outlander by Gil Adamson
The Cobra's Heart by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York by Adam Gopnik
Fabulous Small Jews:Stories by Joseph Epstein
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
Frida's Bed by Slavenko Drakulic
Dangerous Laughter: 13 Stories by Steven Milhauser
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric
Farthing by Jo Walton
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Klezmer: Book One: Tales of the Wild East by Joann Sfar
Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leoni Frieda
New Orleans, Mon Amour. Twenty Years of Writings from the City by Andrei Codrescu
Ha'Penny by Jo Walton
The Girl on the Fridge: Stories by Etgar Keret
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Flights of Love by Bernhard Schlink
The Gathering by Anne Enright
Are You Somebody? The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman by Nuala O'Faolain
Annie's Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg
The Outcast by Sadie Jones
A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby by Mary S. Lovell
The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss
Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
Lucia in The Age of Napoleon by Andrea di Robilant
Dictation by Cynthia Ozick
Chess by Stefan Zweig
The Darkness of Wallis Simpson by Rose Tremain
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
The Things That Matter-What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life by Edward Mendelson
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Giving Up America by Pearl Abraham
Our Hearts were Young and Gay by Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough
Hotel Savoy by Joseph Roth
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst
Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink
Cold Confort Farm by Stella Gibbons
When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant
My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme
number9dream by David Mitchell
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville
February by Lisa Moore
My Father's Secret War by Lucinda Franks
Heaven is Small by Emily Schultz
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
Book of Clouds by Chloe Aridjis
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
From The Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant
Aleppo Tales by Haim Sabato
Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant
The Devil's Company by David Liss
The Journal of Dora Damage by Belinda Starling
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
Galore by Michael Crummey
Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman
The Wife's Tale by Lori Lansens
The Disappeared by Kim Echlin
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles
Unbuilt Toronto A History of the City that Might Have Been by Mark Osbaldeston
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God by Etgar Keret
The German Mujahid by Boualem Sansal
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
A House in Fez by Suzanna Clarke
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
Favourite Books Read in 2008
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
A Writer at War by Vasily Grossman
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Translator A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
The Nimrod Flipout by Etgar Keret
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Shining At The Bottom of The Sea by Stephen Marche
Triangle by Katharine Weber
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A Delightful Compendium of Consolation-A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean by Burton L. Visotzky
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood( a reread but well worth it!)
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
A Journey to the End of the Millennium by A.B. Yehoshua
Conceit by Mary Novik
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
A Royal Affair George III and His Troublesome Siblings by Stella Tillyard
Troll a Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo
The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert
Cultural Amnesia by Clive James
The Last Train to Kazan by Stephen Miller
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Continuums by Robert Carr
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Love's Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie Letters and Diaries edited by Victoria Glendinning
Really Favourite books read in 2007
The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
Death of a Monk by Alon Hilu
Bodies and Souls-The Tragic Plight of Three Jewish Women Forced into Prostitution in the Americas by Isabel Vincent
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Istanbul, Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk
Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte ( not the first time nor the last time read! )
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Six Wives of Henry VIII by David Starkey
The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst
The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar
Trickster Travels-A Sixteenth Century Muslim Between Worlds by Natalie Zemon Davis
The World to Come by Dara Horn
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al-Aswany
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Archivist's Story by Travis Holland
Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Arrival by Shawn Tan
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Tyrants by Marshall N. Klimasewiski
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I recently joined a challenge group, Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge. With little prior experience with Canadian reads, and with historical fiction my genre of choice, of course I landed on the topic 'Historical novels about Canada' in the Historical Fiction group, whilst searching out potential reads. (Then shamelessly copied those recommendations into my list of potentials.)
Noticing your 'name' therein, I got to wondering if you had seen this new(ish) group and whether you might be interested in it. I'll leave you the link, just in case ... http://www.librarything.com/groups/canad...
posted by countrylife at 4:25 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2009
We are doing a mid January follow up to "Pillars of the Earth", "World Without End" if you are available and interested in that. Will get back to you closer to.....
posted by nannybebette at 12:36 am (EST) on Sep 9, 2009
Thank you for getting back with me so promptly.
I really appreciate it.
Take care,
belva
posted by nannybebette at 12:32 am (EST) on Sep 9, 2009
posted by benitastrnad at 5:10 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2009
I have a renewed interest in LG due to the horrid (13degrees) weather here. I was bored & perused my lost generation books where I came upon "Found Meals of the Lost Generation", by Suzanne Rodriguez-Hunter. When I purchased the book, I must admit I looked at the recipes & ignored the accompanying text. In reading it through, I am finding it a delight. Neat little thumbnail sketches of the time with recipes for foods they served/may have served in Paris. The book is dotted with post-its & my Amazon cart has some new things to read, e.g., "Nightwood" by Djuna Barnes.
Am looking forward to some news from our members as to what new relevant books you've read or really, anything to do with the time. Thanks, Judie
posted by passy at 11:06 am (EST) on Mar 1, 2009
Hannah
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posted by infiniteletters at 11:15 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2008
Many thanks for sending the Charles Higham book regarding The Duchess of Windsor. I rec'd. it today and thank you for your kindness. I know postage is expensive.
posted by Whisper1 at 10:52 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2008
I'm writing to thank you for your recommendation re. Lullabies for Little Criminals. I finished this today. What a sad, and very well written book. I simply loved the spunkiness of that little girl who learned to cope with so much.
Linda
posted by Whisper1 at 4:24 pm (EST) on Dec 16, 2008
MAdeline
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posted by investory at 9:47 pm (EST) on Sep 23, 2008
An art teacher?! My wife taught middle school art and now teaches at a local college. I think I understand your appreciation of The Arrival a little better now. I think I was looking at from more of a literary aspect. The artwork is beautiful.
Llama, Llama, Red Pajama is one of my favorite children's books for younger children. I highly recommend it. It was mentioned on LT by a user who I think must read at library story times. That caught my interest and led me to pick it up from the library, and my daughter (she's almost 4 now) loved it. Actually, I think it's first children's book I ordered from the library. I get them routinely now. My daughter has learned which books are ours and which are the library books that we'll need to return. Anyway, we now own a copy of Llama Llama Red Pajama & Llama Llama Mad at Moma (almost as good). It's really cute, and it's a great story for kids and parents.
Cheers,d
posted by dchaikin at 7:09 pm (EST) on Aug 10, 2008
posted by dchaikin at 9:45 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2008
Thanks so much for the children's books suggestions. We've had a lot of fun lately using our library to check out lots of different children's books. I'll follow up on those two if my library has them. If you know the age range of "The Arrival", let me know. Mine little ones almost 4 and almost 2 and might be too young.
I really like your book lists on this page and the one you've mentioned on the "What are you reading the week of" thread. If your curious, that is what caught my interest.
Cheers,
d
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posted by amanaceerdh at 8:26 am (EST) on Jun 26, 2008
Deborah
posted by Cariola at 3:28 pm (EST) on Jun 23, 2008
~Deborah
posted by Cariola at 8:54 pm (EST) on Jun 16, 2008
Warmly,
Hannah
posted by HannahHolborn at 10:48 am (EST) on May 23, 2008
posted by Whisper1 at 8:19 pm (EST) on May 19, 2008
I would just love to go to Prague - I hear they have wonderful music and that the city largely escaped the Communist cultural black-out. All those places sound wonderful. Having kids put a damper on travel, but now they are getting older, the travel books are coming out again. My hubbie has done more than me, although I have effectively lived in more places (Malta, Cyprus, England, Wales, New Zealand as a child). One thing I would love to do next is the African safari.
Cheers,
Karen
posted by kiwidoc at 12:54 pm (EST) on Apr 30, 2008
...and it gives me a good chance to revisit your very interesting profile page. Great book selection and more food for the brain.
Cheers,
Karen
PS where are your travel haunts - we have spent time in Nepal and Eygpt and Asia - but since having kids have been going to Europe and Australasia more!
posted by kiwidoc at 12:14 am (EST) on Apr 30, 2008
Nice to meet you.
Cheers,
Karen
posted by kiwidoc at 12:39 am (EST) on Apr 16, 2008
Gave up on BookCrossing, sad to say, as no-one showed the slightest glimmer of interest. Also, it's a little daunting to think of my books going out into the great unknown to be in all likelihood trashed by non-book people. Yes, rather paranoid, moi... :)
posted by jc_hall at 3:49 pm (EST) on Apr 5, 2008
posted by passy at 6:52 pm (EST) on Apr 1, 2008
I have another book from that series called East Along the Equator by Helen Winternitz...excellent book that helps to explain the origins of the current plight of equatorial Africa as a result of Cold War maneuvering. Let me know if you get a chance to read East Along the Equator - I'd be curious th see what you think.
posted by laruebk at 10:12 pm (EST) on Mar 26, 2008
Me again. :)
This month we are reading Consolation, by Michael Redhill. I noticed that you also include Consolation in your library. (We are reading The Road in April - I am looking forward to that one, too!)
FYI: We will also be hosting the author himself until the end February. You can post your questions for Mr. Redhill and he will answer from his current home in France.
If you are interested, visit us at http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca .
I hope you are well,
Dawn
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posted by posthumose at 10:14 am (EST) on Dec 9, 2007
Welcome back to town. :)
We are just in the juiciest part of the month: the end, when everyone starts really weighing in on the details and ending (and spoilers) of "Custodian of Paradise".
Usually we still have lots to talk about when the next month rolls in, so feel free to pop by and give us your views. We also had a chat with author Wayne Johnston - here's a link to the transcript.
I look forward to hearing what you have to say,
cheers,
Dawn
posted by BookBuzz at 2:34 pm (EST) on Nov 30, 2007
My name is Dawn Connolly and I am a LibraryThing member and a librarian at Toronto Public Library. I see that you have included “Custodian of Paradise” in your library and listed in your top books for 2007. I run an online book club called Book Buzz and this month we are discussing the book. It’s a friendly group, very relaxed, and we’d love to hear from you, too.
Our website is: http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca
We are also very lucky to be hosting a live online chat with the author, Wayne Johnston, on Thursday, November 22, 7:30-8:30 PM (local time). Please feel free to join in.
Thanks,
Dawn
posted by BookBuzz at 2:49 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2007
posted by jc_hall at 5:22 pm (EST) on May 28, 2007
-ah, Nicholas Hoare Books on Front street, purely for the atmosphere.
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Casaloma
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I love this site. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Fascinating to peek into other libraries. i want to read them all!.Can't wait to try your braised leeks.chag sameach.
zahava
posted by chicory at 4:10 pm (EST) on Apr 3, 2007
There's a thread on The God of Small Things in Asian Fiction, but most people don't seem to have finished reading it. Did you like it? I just finished reading it for the second time and was blown away (more so than the first time). I'm a bit slow, sometimes. :)
JC
posted by jc_hall at 10:28 pm (EST) on Mar 31, 2007