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75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Rebeccanyc's Reads for 2009, Part 2		140	Carmenere, Today 6:25am
50 Book Challenge : karspeak's 4X8 for 2009		141	callen610, Friday 10:47pm
999 Challenge : *** I completed the ! ***		329	bookoholic13, Friday 9:30pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Porch_Reader's 2009 Reading, Part 2		294	Whisper1, Friday 7:14pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : avatiakh reads some books in 2009 - Part 2		338	Whisper1, Thursday 6:55pm
50 Book Challenge : sydamy's 50+ book challenge for 2009		145	bonniebooks, Tuesday 4:38pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Karen's 75 Books on a Stick (2009)		167	klobrien2, December 19
List Five Books Parlour Game : Things that make you smile		34	mamalaz, December 16
Books on Books : A list of books about books		65	trav, November 30
50 Book Challenge : Xenocephalus - 2009		41	xenocephalus, November 25
1001 Books to read before you die : How many have you read?		265	ekebivibeke, November 15
999 Challenge : BJ's 999 Categories and Books		222	billiejean, November 13
Recommend Site Improvements : social etc field: how did you find out about this book?		18	katieinseattle, October 25
Dewey Decimal Challenge : varielle's		18	bfertig, October 5
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Angela's 2009 Reading List - Chapter Two!		222	amwmsw04, September 28
50 Book Challenge : bell7's 81-ish challenge in 2009		209	bell7, August 26
1001 Books to read before you die : Oooookay . . . if everyone else is doing it. Booksloth's list.		26	cmt, August 11
999 Challenge : July 2009: What are you reading?		60	VictoriaPL, July 31
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Nonfiction		448	Bridget770, July 15
Dewey Decimal Challenge : Need suggestions for 01# section		6	sjmccreary, June 22
50 Book Challenge : Crazy4reading's 2009 goal - 50 books!!		150	crazy4reading, June 14
50 Book Challenge : janetaileen's 50 in 2009		38	janetaileen, June 7
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lisa's 2009 75 Book Challenge		109	alcottacre, June 1
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : girlunderglass stares out from her display case Q2		325	girlunderglass, May 20
Litteratur på norsk (original og oversatt) : Biografier, selvbiografier, bøker om bøker og litteratur.		3	plekter, May 15
What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 21 March 2009		224	Storeetllr, April 3
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : girlunderglass stares out from her display case II		323	girlunderglass, March 31
50 Book Challenge : Theaelizabet's 50 in 2008/09		90	bonniebooks, March 26
50 Book Challenge : girlunderglass stares out from her display case		267	girlunderglass, March 16
Science Fiction Fans : Giving Up?		79	rojse, March 9
What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in February		267	crazy4reading, February 28
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today?--January 2009		306	richardderus, January 22
List Five Books Parlour Game : books with book or books in the title		34	varielle, January 7
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Alaskabookworm's 2008 Challenge		390	alaskabookworm, January 4
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Prop2gether's 2008 List		324	Whisper1, January 2
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : AlcottAcre's 2008 Reads		576	Oklahoma, January 1
List Five Books Parlour Game : little gems		16	varielle, December 2008
888 Challenge : Shannon's list		89	billiejean, December 2008
888 Challenge : Sky34's		62	sky34, November 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? August, 2008. Number 2.		410	IaaS, November 2008
Recommend Site Improvements : LibraryThing strategy in an age of Amazon/Shelfari		461	lorax, October 2008
The Green Dragon : September Splurges		116	momom248, October 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? SEPTEMBER, 2008, Part 2		224	cameling, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the Week of 13 September 2008		203	mckait, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - FEBRUARY 2008		262	kstutz, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : A Year of Australian Literature - suggestions?		45	ianw, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? SEPTEMBER, 2008, Part I		244	MusicMom41, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books You Own		52	karenmarie, September 2008
50 Book Challenge : Stacey42's challenge starting April 1 2008		34	Stacey42, September 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - JUNE 2008		221	CharlesBixx, August 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books		335	Cariola, August 2008
888 Challenge : TheTortoise		2	TheTortoise, August 2008
What did YOU buy today? : What did You Buy today May 2008 Edition		35	Whicker, July 2008
75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Xombie's 75 Books In 2008		12	xombie, July 2008
New York Review Books : How do you pick which NYRB to read?		6	aluvalibri, July 2008
Book of the month club : June Books!!!		28	yareader2, July 2008
888 Challenge : Lindsaygail's 888		10	Lindsayg, July 2008
What did YOU buy today? : Message Board #2		188	karen5l, June 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 14 June 2008		227	Talbin, June 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 June 2008		217	dperrings, June 2008
The Green Dragon : How long?		47	kassetra, May 2008
What Are You Reading Now? : Book-related neuroses		174	dancingstarfish, April 2008
Dormant: Book talk : Books for the Hospital		23	WholeHouseLibrary, February 2008
Dormant: Off-topic : The Person Below Me (TPBM), Part VIII		420	Mr.Durick, January 2008
Dormant: Dewey Decimal Challenge : Interesting Books with Boring Classifications		21	Kira, January 2008
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : 100experiments will read 50+ books in 2007		22	100experiments, January 2008
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : New librarythinger joins up		10	raggedtig, January 2008
Dormant: Book talk : Reading journals for kids		6	MerryMary, December 2007
Dormant: The Green Dragon : NPR's Book Choices		28	mrgrooism, November 2007
Dormant: Dewey Decimal Challenge : The Lonely 000s Computer Science, Information, General Works		11	twomoredays, November 2007
Dormant: The Green Dragon : Have you bought ANY books lately? Do tell! (Part II)		221	peasly, October 2007
Dormant: Happy Heathens : Moses Has Crossed Eyes!		29	maggie1944, August 2007
Dormant: List Five Books Parlour Game : Feeling Lusty?		13	SpacemanSpiff, August 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 23 June 2007		123	vivienbrenda, June 2007
Dormant: Book talk : Podcasts about books?		3	imayb1, June 2007
Dormant: The Green Dragon : What have you borrowed from your local (or possibly not so local) library lately?		101	pollysmith, June 2007
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 Sep 2006		100	Oocels, October 2006

... really good reads on the journey too. I like your thoughtful, careful reviews, Rebecca. Your thread is like that book Book Lust: I always find something I might like to try.

I agree, Book Lust is a gem. I rec'd. this as a present and refer to it often.

Book #98 - Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason - Nancy Pearl - Finished November 12, 2009 I do not need to add more books to my TBR list. All of you here on LT have add dozens and dozens of titles every week. But I got this book for Christmas last year. It is ...

I recently received Book Lust as a gift. It is divided into specific categories of reading. I'm breezing through it and enjoying it a lot. This love of books is such an obsession.

104. The New Lifetime Reading Plan by Clifton Fadiman (father of the author of Ex Libris) After finishing Book Lust, I was still in the mood for 'books about books', so I picked up this one. This book is a guide to world literature, with recommended reading for each author included. I ...

102. Book Lust by Nancy Pearl Nancy Pearl is a delightful librarian/book expert, and this book is filled with her reading suggestions for more genres than I knew existed! I found this book to be a lot like reading our 75 book challenge threads - I read through it quickly when the book topics ...

... a ravenous reader or both?! Congrats on finishing your 2nd challenge and good luck on your 3rd. I do think you should do a Book Lust category. I've added you to the list and counted you on the ticker again. Go Cmbohn go! Go cyderry go! I expect to see you both back here finished soon!! ...

Hey, two books away is awesome too. Congrats on your pending finish! I just bought the book Book Lust by Nancy Pearl so I think I might use that for inspiration for a category. It's really interesting to see what she recommends in each genre.

Well, I opened Book Lust for about 2 minutes and added a handful of books to my TBR. So I think I'm going to put it back on the shelf!

Doing a search on this group I came across Book Lust for 011. Nancy Pearl's other books would presumably qualify as well.

Glad Book Lust was a good fit, BJ! I've read The Color of Water. He's not a great writer, but it was an interesting read. Being from the south, you'll enjoy it that much more I'm thinking. (Do you consider yourself from the south?)

... to really sit down and read the book. I have so many books right now that I want to read that I am afraid that if I read Book Lust I would just add more books to my wish list and TBR pile. Now about the 50 page rule. I have never tried this because I am usually afraid that I may just like ...

... nie! I have to agree that manageable numbers and tbr and wishlist are an oxymoron. But how fun is that? I glanced through Book Lust and decided that I really did want it. I also browsed and picked up a book that I had never heard of before: The Color of Water by James McBride. Oh, I just ...

... good advice! LTers already give me waaaay too many new possibilities for terrific reads, so I've been holding off on Book Lust until I get my TBRs to a manageable number (ha!!). So it's worth a look at it next time I'm in the store to see if it even belongs on my wishlist.

... reading it for a group read, I persevered but I bet I read at least 150% of that book! I am so glad that you brought up Book Lust, Monica, as I have a coupon to Borders for 25% off of everything, and I really want to get that book. Speaking of picking up those extras, tututhefirst, I am ...

... over and then realize that I had read that part. I am trying to only read one book at a time (yeah right). I had started Book Lust and I haven't picked it up since I bought it home from the store. Good luck on finishing a book before you start a new one. Monica

... interesting data (e.g. how many people bought a certain book because they saw it praised in The Polysyllabic Spree or in Book Lust?) but also more interaction between users. For example, ltquilter mentions * LT User {pick or specify}. It would be great if you would get a notification (s ...

... The Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman Beat The Reaper by Josh Bazell A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark...a Book Lust selection, which I loved Big Russ and Me by Tim Russert...still missing Tim on Sunday mornings From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell...I am a Scarpetta ...

... bøker man leser fra perm til perm, men som man blar i nå og da og bruker mer som inspirasjon og referanser. Book lust. More book lust. 501 must read books 1001 bøker du må lese før du dør Og denslags...

... War With the Eskimos". Also love Katherine Mansfield's short stories. And Alice Munro's. 28) Work of nonfiction? Does Book Lust count? 29) Who is your favorite writer? J.D. Salinger. 30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today? *cough* that idiotic Twilight woman who ...

24. Book Lust by Nancy Pearl Just what I needed more books to add to my tbr pile! What a great compilation of books. I am going to use this to buy book gifts for people. I can look up their interest and find a great book to match. I loved seeing books I have read (or own and haven't read) ...

... Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction. The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason Good books for the curious traveler Europe Good books for the curious traveler Asia and the South Paci ...

A friend recently gave the gift of Book Lust. After reading that it is one of your top five, I'm going to move this up to the top most area of the tbr pile.

... Is True by Wally Lamb 2. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 3. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 4. Book Lust by Nancy Pearl 5. Jazz by Toni Morrison (ha! - just for the amazing parts of it) Observations: I had no idea I was reading so many 1001 books YMRBYD! Oh, ...

... member giveaways that required a review. I haven't read 3 books at once in a long time. Plus I am still flipping through Book Lust. Happy reading all!!!

... the fun of it, I had her give me a off-the-cuff book recommendation (it was The Mandarins). I then went to get a copy of Book Lust. When I run out of ideas of what to read, I'll look into her book. :)

... By the way, I had the good fortune to meet Nancy Pearl and chat with her at one of the National Book festivals. I have Book Lust at home, but I'm afraid to even open it as my TBR pile has grown exponentially with the book just being in my house! :)

... over the new parents' pain is best kept to one's self.) ETA: Forgot to mention that Pearl has two wonderful books out: Book Lust and More Book Lust. They are wonderful reads in themselves, but be forewarned...the TBR pile will grow exponentially with each reading!

I'm more of a Nancy Peal gal myself (much prefer her Book Lust to 1001 books TRBYD) ...but to each his own! I would say definitely include the audiobooks! Like it says in the group description it's up to YOU how you decide to make your list and thread. Happy reading/listening!

16. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult In a seminar on Reader's Advisory by Nancy Pearl (the Book Lust author), we were challenged to read something out of our normal selections. So, this was my pick. The book had an interesting concept, but the writing was not real strong, and I ...

>134 furdog, sorry for the slow reply, have some catching up to do! I liked Book Lust and haven't had the experience you've had yet with picking some books I didn't like. There are quite a few that she has listed that I've read already and did like, so I'm hoping not to be disappointed. I'm ...

... read and to recommend books to others at work (I'm a librarian). I've enjoyed reading the reviews on your thread as well - Book Lust is a book I'm hoping to get to this year, even though I really don't need to be adding anything to my mental TBR piles (or physical ones, for that matter!).

You've got me very, very intrigued about Book Lust. My wish list already has over 600 books on it (and growing...) so it's probably the last thing I need. But I fear I may just have to get it nonetheless. Will keep you posted.

hmm..I'm not exactly loving Twilight...I'll save my rant for the review, however! Have you read Book Lust at all, Crazy4reading? Are you enjoying it?

... way you do about the Twilight book. I definitely have to re-read them soon. I wanted to let you know that I just bought Book Lust at Borders today. It is on my TBR pile or I may just read it a little bit at a time. I am afraid I may see more books to buy...

Well I finally got a hold of a book that I have seen mentioned on LT. At Borders today I bought: Book Lust by Nancy Pearl I am waiting for The Associate by John Grisham to be delivered. It was just shipped out the other day. It was on back order from one of my book clubs.

>62 I have not seen Book Lust in the stores. I did find out that if I wanted it I would have to order Book Lust, so I figure I will buy it when I have the money and from Amazon then.

>49: I keep seeing Book Lust in the store and, well, lusting after it, but I think the last thing I need is a book encouraging me to find more books! LT does a more-than-adequate job of that.

The Yellow lighted bookshop does look interesting. I am going to have wish list it on Amazon. I didn't but Book Lust, because it wasn't in stock at Borders. I will just have to order it from Amazon. Instead I bought my daughter her book for the AP Spanish exam she will be taking.

... Also, I Know This Much Is True is one of my all-time favorites, which my wife is reading as I "speak." I haven't read Book Lust, but have you or anyone read this (link to Amazon): The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop< ...

>82 Yes! That's exactly what I mean. You'll probably need 50 more coupons after you buy Book Lust ;) >83 I've heard soooo many good things about The Book Thief...I keep waiting to mooch it but it's on hundreds of wishlists :( I think I'm just gonna have to buy it. Oh well. As for The Secret ...

... Yellow Wallpaper, 4 stars, msg 8 3. The Secret History, 3.5 stars, msg 11 4. The Watchmen, 3.5 stars, msg 26 5. Book Lust, 4 stars, msg 28 6. Hitler Victorious, 3.5 stars, msg 37 7. The Magic Toyshop, 4 stars, msg 38 8. Blown Coverage, 1 star, msg 39 9. The Time Traveler's Wif ...

... to know that a book has touched me that much and has drawn me into the story so well. P.S. I am planning on buying Book Lust this weekend. I need to use my 30% off coupon for Borders anyway.

... read, interesting stuff. I see More Book Lust on your list, well, thanks to Girlunderglass, I finally went out and bought Book Lust. It had been on my list a while but I forgot about it till I saw it read on her challenge.

Alas, I only discovered the treasure that is Book Lust this year! Quite a disgrace for a bibliophile, I'm afraid :P I wasn't inclined to seek out More Book Lust in the first place (trying to learn when to say "enough") and after your review I certainly know that I won't be bothering. As for Toni ...

... More Book Lust by Nancy Pearl Like any self-respecting bibliophile, I read Book Lust when it was first published. I madly highlighted author's names and book titles for future reference and internalized the author's "Rule of Fifty" (known here on ...

OK, I went out and bought Book Lust. Thanks. ;)

... faces. That's why I stopped watching them. >71 Thanks Ellie! As you probably saw from my review, I loved it as well. And Book Lust is definitely worth reading too! I've put some of the books that Pearl recommends on my Bookmooch wishlist, but unfortunately a lot of them are proving to be ...

... reviews, I LOVED The Secret History - I read it for a book group years ago and at least once or twice since - and have Book Lust wishlisted... I'll be looking out for more to come!

Don't have lots of non-fiction on the list this year - we'll see what slips in! So far I've read Book Lust (like I need more recommendationss since joining LT - admittedly bought before I joined....) and I'm currently reading Obama: From Promise to Power, a biography by David Mendell.

The Nancy Pearl, librarian and author of Book Lust (and the only librarian to have an action figure modeled on her) formula for "when do you give up" is the first 100 pages minus your age. Life is too short.

... I never really read Literature/Fiction before and now that is all I am buying at the store. I will be looking into Book Lust soon.

That is why I am afraid to try Book Lust, because I know it will add to my TBR pile.

Hi parmaviolet! You really should look for Book Lust, but beware! Your TBR will increase significantly!

Hi, girlunderglass. I see you've read The secret history - I enjoyed it too. Also, Book lust looks interesting. I'll have to look out for it.

... first book I read this year and loved it, and I'm planning to read The Book Thief really soon. Also, there's of course Book Lust, that I think will ensure that we have some more common reads in the future...I think I remember seeing The Magic Toyshop recommended somewhere in the book, if I ...

5. Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl Tags: 2000s, non-fiction, U.S.A. Rating: ★★★★ An Amazon order I'd made containing this book just ...

... to start it soon. I've seen wildly varying reviews of it - some people loved it and some hated it. Also, Nancy Pearl (whose Book Lust I read the other day) mentions it as one of her favorite books. So I'm definitely intrigued!

well...I've decided to join this group as well. I started on the 50 book challenge group since I read approximately one book a week...but then thought something along the lines of "The more the merrier", and joined. I started January 1st - I'll be copying my first reviews and then post new ones ...

5. Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl Tags: 2000s, non-fiction, U.S.A. Rating: ★★★★ An Amazon order I'd made containing this ...

#5: Book Lust by Nancy Pearl I bought this book before discovering LibraryThing, and even after the LT discovery, I'm glad I picked it up. This is a book about books. Nancy Pearl has put together 172 short chapters, arranged alphabetically, that list books, some described, and some ...

... Of course it might have been just lucky, I might end up hating everything else Pearl suggests - I don't know I haven't read Book Lust yet. So I don't know if you should give her another try but you should certainly give Murdoch one!

... of Monte Cristo because a friend had strongly recommended it, actually. I did try several highly recommended books from Book Lust, but I think my tastes differ from Nancy Pearl's quite a bit. That was several years ago, though! Let me know if I should give it another try...

... read 16 books per year from that list for the rest of my life I decided against it. I'm thinking of getting Nancy Pearl's Book Lust instead - only heard good things about it and since there's way too many books mentioned (according to mood/subject) you don't have to bother about reading all ...

... The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman from the lending library, and then went to the downtown Seattle Library and bought Book Lust by Nancy Pearl from the Friends' shop.

Bush Pilot in Diamond Country Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Book Lust by Nancy Pearl South Wind Changing by Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh The Amber Spyglass

So Many Books, So Little Time, by Sara Nelson Book Lust, by Nancy Pearl The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler The Book of the Dead, by Dougla Preston and Lincoln Child The Book of Air and Shadows, by Michael Gruber

#200 Prop2gether: Nancy Pearl is the librarian who wrote Book Lust and More Book Lust. If you have not heard of the books, I highly recommend them. Pearl crosses nationalities, genres, etc in recommending books for just about everyone's taste.

I do not have that one, musicmom.. I do have several books about books and book collectors. ( Including Book Lust which just arrived recently) I may try that. My husband is away until wednesday also, on some soart of union business..I am pleased about that ! I love having the house all clean ...

... is based on a real person. She is in fact THE rock star among librarians: Nancy Pearl, author of the unparalleled books, Book Lust and More Book Lust. My Nancy Pearl action figure is still in the box (a fact my kids can't wrap their minds around), so I haven't yet had the occasion to test ...

Whisper: I get most of my book ideas from LibraryThing (go figure), and Nancy Pearl's two books: Book Lust and More Book Lust. What's great about Nancy, is that she often brings to the forefront prolific writers who are simply out of vogue. The Shirley Jackson book was from her section ...

Back to Barbary Lane: The Final Tales of the City Omnibus by Armistead Maupin Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir by Carolyn Jourdan

... opened the packages and found: Back to Barbary Lane: The Final Tales of the City Omnibus by Armistead Maupin Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir by Carolyn Jourdan

I'm blaming everyone on this sight who has mentioned Nancy Pearl. Was at Border's this evening and bought both of her booksBook Lust and More Book Lust. While I was in that area I also picked up Leave me Alone, I'm Reading Maureen Corrigan. Just love books on books.

... I got three in the post today! All LT inspired: Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman More Book Lust by Nancy Pearl (Book Lust is on its way, too!) Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature by Gene Edward Veith. Chapter One is on The Importance of Reading. I second ...

... but that was about it. I also LOVE the idea of lists. Could you imagine LTers making their own lists like those in Book Lust? Sure, Amazon has the option, but like Tim has pointed out with tagging on Amazon, it doesn't work nearly as well there as it does here. I think the book love ...

>13 karenmarie, Nancy Pearl is the author of Book Lust and More Book Lust as well as the head goddess in my personal pantheon. She is a librarian whose research into what books she could and should recommend to patrons led her down many a primrose path, which she documents in her books of ...

... Confessions of an Uncommon Reader by Anne Fadiman TBR 4. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley TBR 5. Book Lust by Nancy PearlTBR 6. More Book Lust by Nancy Pearl TBR 7. Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature by Gene Edward Veith 8. Sur ...

... been getting recommendations from this group. Several of the books have been mentioned in one of my books about books (Book Lust or The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction). I picked up The Outcry and The Other House because they were by Henry James, but a lot of the authors I don't know ...

... dick The Strange Death of David Kelly by Norman Baker Mr Wroe's Virgins - Jane Rogers Lisey's Story - Stephen King Book Lust - Nancy Pearl Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey The Story of a Marriage - Andrew Sean Greer The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan The Vanishing - Tim Kr ...

... heard of Now Read This, but if it's Nancy Pearl, I'd take a chance on it. There is lots and lots to get you started with Book Lust though.

I've got to second Nickelini's recommendations of Book Lust and More Book Lust. I love them and go back whenever I can't figure out what to read next. I love her categories, they're very creative and make it easy to find something I really want to read!

For book lists, I really like uber-librarian Nancy Pearl's Book Lust and More Book Lust. She also has a web site where she used to have a section called "books worth calling in sick for" (can't see it there today though).

... a romance novel! Also read The Last Colony by John Scalzi which was the end of a good science fiction trilogy. Book Lust by Nancy Pearl is an evil book that recommends books in various genres. I need this like the ocean needs salt... When China Ruled the Seas by Louise Lev ...

After finishing Book Lust which lists books in various genres to read which I need like I need leprosy, I read The Last Colony whch is good science fiction. Then I read When China Ruled the Seas a history of China's sea exploration. It was good but not great. Early this morning I ...

From BOMC2 I got The Last Colony by John Scalzi. It will be my next read after finishing with Book Lust.

... records of the man but sometimes a bit tiresome to read over and over. Finishing that, I am now started on the evil work Book Lust. It consists of lists of books recommended for reading. Do I need this? I need this like Trump needs pennies.

... through Amazon: My New Mac by Wallace Wang The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said by Robert Byrne Book Lust by Nancy Pearl How could I forget! I got two books the day before yesterday: When China Ruled the Seas by Louise Levathes The Ruby Programming Book ...

... Norton 22. Duma Key by Stephen King 23. 28 Days Later by Steve Niles 24. Shelf Monkey by Corey Redekop 25. Book Lust by Nancy Pearl 26. Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff 27. In The Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami 28. Othello by William Shakespeare 29. Some Things Are Better Left ...

I'm totally stealing one of your categories. I love Book Lust! What a good idea.

... Amazon I also got: Five Mile House by Karen Novak Innocence by Karen Novak Coal Run by Tawni O'Dell Book Lust and More Book Lust by Nancy Pearl (imagine that!) At the local independent bookstore I got: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak And I've lately picked ...

Book Lust - new

... will really like. I don't write in books much, never in fiction but occasionally in non-fiction. I am currently reading Book Lust from the library and I keep finding myself ticking off the books I have read and then feeling very guilty for marking up a library book.

... I too love books about books, which is what draws me back to 1001. Some of my favourite's include Nancy Pearl's Book Lust and More Book Lust, Reading Like a Writer, by Francine Prose, The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life, by Steve Leveen, and How to Read Literature L ...

Sky, I don't know how much you enjoy children's / young adult literature, but if you liked Nancy Pearl's Book Lust books, I would suggest reading / perusing her Book Crush (touchstones not working). I haven't read the whole thing. I skipped most of the Youngest Readers section, though I do ...

Here are my current categories and the books read so far in each: Books About Books: 1. Book Lust - Nancy Pearl 2. More Book Lust - Nancy Pearl 3. 84, Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff Classics: 1. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald YA/ Children's 1. Princess Mia - ...

... books so that I know I will have Austen to look forward to. I completely loved Pride and Prejudice! I just finished Book Lust and started More Book Lust which is causing me to want to pick up books I've never been interested in before. Reading Book Lust actually made me want to pick ...

Book Lust Recommendations 1.The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweil 2. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn 3. The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge 4. Callie's Tally by Betsy Howie 5. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

... to me by people I know. 4. Books about Books/Library Science 5. Prize Winners 6. Authors I've never read before 7. Book Lust recommendations. 8. Nonfiction on topics that are new to me

... – A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books 004 – IMAC for Dummies 011 – Book Lust 015 – What to Read 027 – At Home with Books 028 – A Reader’s Delight 031 - The Know-it-All: One Man's Humble Quest to become the Smartest Person ...

... Nancy Pearl, (touchstone isn't working, so link is her website!) author of Book Lust. Here's the quote from the book (via her website):

"Believe me, nobody is going to get any points in heaven by slogging their way through a book ...

kfl1227 in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - FEBRUARY 2008 (Feb 6, 2008, 10:03am)

Knocked a few off my want list at Borders- couldn't wait for Paperback Swap any longer! Innocent Traitor Book Lust The Widow's War The Treasury of Royal Scandals And for $1 at the library- Lean Mean Thirteen!

ShannonMDE in 888 Challenge : Shannon's list (Feb 5, 2008, 9:28am)

Book Lust, More Book Lust and Book Crush (touchtone isn't loading) are a series of books written by librarian, Nancy Pearl where she makes recommendations for reading. Nancy Pearl also has a radio show on the NPR station in Seattle where she talks about books. Her website is nancypearl.com ...

HeathMochaFrost in Book talk : Books for the Hospital (Feb 4, 2008, 4:25pm)

... hold), and contain just a couple paragraphs, or up to 2 or 3 pages, about various books. I haven't gotten a good look at Book Lust, but that's a well-known one. I like The Lifetime Reading Plan, which has had four editions, and then there's a really good collection about people who love ...

MerryMary in The Green Dragon : How long? (Feb 1, 2008, 3:48pm)

Nancy Pearl (Book Lust) suggests subtracting your age from 100, and giving a book that many pages to engage your attention. The older you get, the less time you have, so you are more impatient to jettison.

sky34 in 888 Challenge : Sky34's 888 Challenge (Jan 22, 2008, 7:14pm)

Books about Books 1. 84, Charing Cross Road – Helene Hanff - Finished Jan 15- 4 Stars 2. Book Lust- Nancy Pearl 3. More Book Lust - Nancy Pearl 4. Ex Libris - Anne Fadiman 5. So Many Books, So Little Time - Sara Nelson 6. The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett ...

sky34 in 888 Challenge : Sky34's 888 Challenge (Jan 7, 2008, 10:02pm)

... list for the 888 Challenge: Books about Books 1. 84, Charing Cross Road – Helene Hanff - Finished Jan 15 2. Book Lust-Nancy Pearl 3. More Book Lust - Nancy Pearl 4. Bibliotherapy - Beverly West and Nancy Peske 5. So Many Books, So Little Time - Sara Nelson ...

katphilospher in Off-topic : The Person Below Me (TPBM), Part VIII (Jan 7, 2008, 2:57pm)

... 3 hours in the Library today looking through the shelves, mostly at books which have lists of books and movies to read; Book Lust and others like it. I seem to have a million books to read already, then I look in one of these and realize I've read all of two books in them. It makes me feel ...

timspalding in Book talk : Reading journals for kids (Dec 12, 2007, 4:27pm)

I think the Book Lust -> Book Crush distinction is cute, but my teens had a lot more lust than I have now—unfulfilled, of course. I'm not sure I had a single clear thought 14-18.

maggie1944 in The Green Dragon : NPR's Book Choices (Nov 17, 2007, 11:45am)

... for the Librarian Action Figures which one can obtain through Archie McPhee (a novelty store). Also, she is author of Book Lust and More Book Lust.

_Zoe_ in Dewey Decimal Challenge : The Lonely 000s Computer Science, Information, General Works (Nov 5, 2007, 2:47pm)

... Up Late: The Origins of the Internet 006 Special computer methods - Decoding the Universe 011 Bibilographies - Book Lust 016 Bibliographies of works from specific subjects - The Reading List: Contemporary Fiction 022 Administration of the Physical Plant - The Book on the Boo ...

twomoredays in Dewey Decimal Challenge : Interesting Books with Boring Classifications (Oct 28, 2007, 6:55pm)

... the eternal passion for books 003 Systems - The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable 011 Bibilographies - Book Lust 069 Museology (Museum Science) - Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder 110 Ontology - I am a strange loop 200 Religion - The Devil is a Gentleman 220 Bible - T ...

HeathMochaFrost in Books on Books : A list of books about books (Oct 20, 2007, 3:52pm)

... It seems like a lot of books that recommend other books have only a paragraph or two about each title (I'm thinking of Book lust and a few others I've seen), whereas this one has five to seven pages about each novel - basically 100 short essays. I didn't really think about whether or not ...

inkdrinker in List Five Books Parlour Game : Things that make you smile (Sep 6, 2007, 9:34am)

Bibliophilia by Michael Griffith Book Lust by Nancy Pearl Casanova Was a Book Lover by John Maxwell Hamilton A Passion for Books by Harold Rabinowitz Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis

digifish_books in What Are You Reading Now? : A Year of Australian Literature - suggestions? (Aug 22, 2007, 7:43pm)

sycoraxpine ~ I have Nancy Pearl's Book Lust and have looked up her recommendations for Australian fiction. Apart from the books suggested here already, and the ones you've already read, Pearl recommends: Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice and The Breaking Wave Martin Boyd’s ...

maggie1944 in Happy Heathens : Moses Has Crossed Eyes! (Aug 9, 2007, 9:57pm)

... and perhaps irresistable, urge to go find Action Librarian. I think they are actually are two, modeled after Nancy Pearl,Book Lust and More Book Lust, while she was a librarian in Seattle. Since I have jumped into LT, and started actually volunteering in a library, I think I need an Action ...

varielle in List Five Books Parlour Game : Feeling Lusty? (Aug 2, 2007, 12:20pm)

Book Lust: Recommended Reading for every Mood, Moment and reason Lust, Violence, Sin, Magic: Sixty Years of Esquire Fiction The Botany of Desire The Word "Desire" Classic Erotic Tales

100experiments in 50 Book Challenge : 100experiments will read 50+ books in 2007 (Jul 25, 2007, 3:38pm)

... 12. The Lucky Shopping Manual by Andrea Linett The last in my fashion-advice bonanza. A quick thumb-though. 13. Book Lust by Nancy Pearl I love book lists (thus my love of LibraryThing). I was intrigued by many of Pearl's suggestions.

auntbeast in 50 Book Challenge : New librarythinger joins up (Jul 4, 2007, 6:21pm)

... to 26. (using the 300 pages/book formula) 9. The DaVinci Code -fun read 10. The Handmaid's Tale -phenomenal 11. Book Lust -Great reference 12. Stiff -Creepy, gross, great read 13. Altered Carbon -interesting concepts 14. The Omnivore's Dilemma -I love Michael Pollan's books ...

clamairy in The Green Dragon : Have you bought ANY books lately? Do tell! (Part II) (Jun 25, 2007, 10:57am)

... a copy of the Red Book of Westmarch, then! Is it slip cased? #41- Hey, bookaholicgirl, there's a book out there titled Book Lust???? Looks good to me! :o)

ShannonMDE in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 23 June 2007 (Jun 24, 2007, 8:50pm)

... course my TBR pile just grew even more. I like how for YA and children's books she titled the book Book Crush instead of Book Lust (haha) I also finished The Complete Peanuts: 1965- 1966 which I've been reading off and on for awhile. And I just started reading the Stephanie Plum series ...

bookaholicgirl in The Green Dragon : Have you bought ANY books lately? Do tell! (Part II) (Jun 24, 2007, 6:33pm)

... Day, The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (where did he come up with that number?), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Book Lust. We also have a stack of library books (about 20 I believe) so I guess you can tell what we plan on doing this summer. Happy Reading!

digifish_books in Book talk : Podcasts about books? (Jun 18, 2007, 10:26pm)

If you like Nancy Pearl (author of Book Lust), there are MP3 versions of her book reviews, posted weekly, at this website: http://kuow.org/searchresults.asp?ShowSearch='NP'&BeginMonthSearch=0

bluesalamanders in The Green Dragon : What have you borrowed from your local (or possibly not so local) library lately? (May 14, 2007, 7:37pm)

... The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club, which I am really not liking very much The Tao of Pooh The Te of Piglet Book Lust and The Victorian Fairy Tale Book

lilithcat in the perfect book...? : BOOK LUST (Mar 22, 2007, 8:59pm)

I have "read" the first one, Book Lust. I put "read" in quotations, because it's more of a browsing and reference book. I was amused by some of the categories Nancy Pearl invented; however, it really is little more than a list of books. It might give one some ideas, but in the absence of ...

WholeHouseLibrary in the perfect book...? : BOOK LUST (Mar 22, 2007, 8:27pm)

... 'finds' and what makes a given work good or bad, or more valuable than others. I've got over a dozen books just like Book Lust and More Book Lust, and they are all fascinating reads. Okay zjacksmith, WHO'S THE BIGGER NERD NOW???

Killeymoon in What did YOU buy today? : What did YOU buy today? Message Board #2 (Dec 30, 2006, 10:50am)

... od The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Book Lust by Nancy Pearl Plus... books I bought for the other half, but I'll probably read too... The Plot Against America by Philip Roth The Fourth Bear ...

NocturnalBlue in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 30 Sep 2006 (Oct 6, 2006, 9:12pm)

... welcome. :) I myself have to thank Nancy Pearl for finding Fforde: she wrote a small blurb about Thursday in one of her Book Lust books and it was enough to get me hooked.