pamur's books from LibraryThing

Blackout by Connie Willis

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:05:34 -0500

Subterranean (2010), Edition: Signed, Limited Edition, Hardcover

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:11:18 -0500

HarperTorch (2006), Edition: Later printing, Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages

Bad Land: An American Romance by Jonathan Raban

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:00:50 -0500

Vintage (1997), Paperback, 384 pages

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:52:26 -0500

pamur's review: "I don't know what it is about Neil Gaiman, maybe his brain is just shaped like mine. I have enjoyed everything of his that I have read. Odd and the Frost Giants was a "very" short book and written in an almost exaggeratedly simple style (I think it is officially a kid's book) but it still flowed smoothly through the pages as his books all seem to do. I enjoyed reading it and I can't give you any good, literary reasons for why I did. A simple little fairy tale told in fluent Gaimanese."
HarperCollins (2009), Hardcover, 128 pages

Wolf Hall: A Novel by Hilary Mantel

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:42:26 -0500

Henry Holt and Co. (2009), Hardcover, 560 pages

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Reprint Edition)[Dragon Tatoo] by Stieg (Author); Larsson

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:24:38 -0500

New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:15:39 -0500

Doubleday (2009), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 880 pages

Impatient with Desire by Gabrielle Burton

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:48:00 -0500

Voice (2010), Hardcover, 256 pages

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:24:52 -0500

Gotham (2009), Paperback, 256 pages

Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:06:59 -0500

Nation Books (2009), Paperback, 224 pages

Keynes: The Rise, Fall, and Return of the 20th Century's Most Influential Economist by Peter Clarke

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:03:05 -0500

Bloomsbury Press (2009), Hardcover, 224 pages

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:43:23 -0500

CreateSpace (2009), Paperback, 202 pages

Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the Voyage that Redrew the Map of the New World by Douglas Hunter

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:30:21 -0500

pamur's review: "This was an Early Reviewer book selection for me. <a href="http://my.timepage.org/?p=228">My Review</a>: “Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World,” by Douglas Hunter. This was one of those books that expanded what had been, for me, a tiny footnote in Early American History into a full blown tale of intrigue and adventure. It is really difficult to ignore Henry Hudson’s contributions towards the Discovery of the New World. His name, after all, is featured as one of North America’s most famous rivers (The Hudson River) and as one of its biggest nautical features (Canada’s Hudson Bay). But, other than those names and a faint memory of his crew’s mutiny, with him being set adrift and lost, I didn’t really have a very good notion of what he actually did as an explorer. Thanks to Mr. Hunter, I now know more than I probably ever wanted to about his voyages of discovery and their political setting. The author made great use of his nautical knowledge to supplement an amazing amount of research in original documents and maps. If there was a problem it was the author’s, maybe excessive, enthusiasm regarding the supporting data to the extent that I found myself occasionally struggling to keep all of the events/references straight."
Bloomsbury Press (2009), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 336 pages

Bradford's History of the Plymouth Settlement, 1608-1650: Original Manuscript Entitled "Of Plymouth Plantation" -… by Harold Paget

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:57:53 -0400

Mantle Ministries (1988), Hardcover

Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:48:12 -0400

San Val (2009), School & Library Binding, 180 pages

Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update by Donella H. Meadows

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:44:27 -0400

Chelsea Green (2004), Paperback, 368 pages

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:18:58 -0400

Doubleday Books (2009), Edition: Kindle edition

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:30:35 -0400

W.W. Norton & Co. (2009), Edition: Kindle edition

Tears of Autumn: A Paul Christopher Novel (Paul Christopher Novels) by Charles McCarry

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:23:03 -0400

pamur's review: "A very interesting, fast paced spy novel with a historical twist. I liked it a lot. See my review at http://my.timepage.org/?p=173"
Overlook TP (2007), Paperback, 288 pages

The Coral Thief: A Novel by Rebecca Stott

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:55:04 -0400

pamur's review: "<b>The Coral Thief</b> by Rebecca Stott. This was an early reviewer book selection. This book had an interesting setting (post-revolutionary Paris) and the placement of the main characters in the middle of the pre-Darwinian scientific debate about the origins of life gave the book a lot to work with. The story itself, a pretty stock crime drama, was less satisfying as it didn't seem as well developed as it could have been. My review copy had a lot of typographical errors and that is always distracting but overall it was satisfying read even though I must admit I can't be sure that the my keen interest in the background subject matter didn't hold this book up for me."
Spiegel & Grau (2009), Hardcover, 304 pages