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Club Read 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading		219	aluvalibri, Yesterday 10:54am
CBC's Canada Reads Fans : Canada Reads 2010		12	arcona, Thursday 6:59am
List Five Books Parlour Game : Speed		13	Scratch, Wednesday 10:16pm
Canadian Bookworms : CBC Canada Reads 2010		14	ajsomerset, Wednesday 2:12pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Loosha's List		285	alcottacre, Tuesday 10:01pm
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 36		402	moibibliomaniac, Tuesday 2:23pm
50 Book Challenge : ljbwell's 2009=new year, new list		69	elliepotten, Tuesday 6:49am
999 Challenge : Nickelini's 999		117	avatiakh, Sunday 5:27pm
1010 Category Challenge : mathgirl40's 1010 challenge		59	mathgirl40, Saturday 12:16pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Sanddancer's 2009 Reading		218	alcottacre, Saturday 5:06am
Recommend Site Improvements : LibraryThing on the Facebook Platform		188	TheoClarke, December 18
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lunacat is still reading.......... thread #4		255	cameling, December 7
Bug Collectors : "C++" shows up as just "C" in book titles		9	jjmcgaffey, November 30
999 Challenge : djay's		65	avatiakh, November 12
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Caty M's 2009 Reading - Volume 2		206	CatyM, October 1
Bug Collectors : Switching collections while looking at a tag		5	BarkingMatt, September 13
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : FlossieT's Common Reading Confessions: Now a Trilogy		229	FlossieT, September 9
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Nickelini's 2009 Reading List		338	Nickelini, September 1
2009 Genre Challenge : May Genre -- Literary Fiction		16	readeron, September 1
50 Book Challenge : 1st year with library thing		73	bigbaddom, August 19
Bug Collectors : Fatal Collections Error		4	bluetyson, August 19
50 Book Challenge : readeron's 2008 challenge		235	readeron, August 8
Bug Collectors : Import books fail		4	bluetyson, July 5
Bug Collectors : Cover view shows nothing		3	staffordcastle, June 12
999 Challenge : MAY 2009: What Are You Reading?		69	BookLizard, June 1
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Recommend Site Improvements : cancel options for each search term displayed		10	kevmalone, May 12
Book of the month club : April Books		19	Booksloth, May 8
999 Challenge : readeron - 999		10	readeron, May 7
Canadian Bookworms : April 2009: What are you reading?		35	LynnB, May 2
Frequently Asked Questions : Search own library by multiple tags		6	mart1n, February 27
50 Book Challenge : TonyH's 50(ish) 08/09		48	TonyH, February 19
Reading Globally : Recommend a book from your country of origin/residence		82	CarlosMcRey, February 12
50 Book Challenge : KPlatypus: Going for 150 in 2008		100	Kplatypus, January 8
Book Nudgers : Nickelini needs a nudge		61	proudlycanadian, December 2008
Bug Collectors : List of Amazon Provided Covers		8	staffordcastle, November 2008
Christianity : Your must read recommendation		102	vincelatz, October 2008
Combiners! : Tag combining for beginners		17	vpfluke, September 2008
1001 Books to read before you die : Your one "I cant believe it's not in there" book		122	emaestra, September 2008
Recommend Site Improvements : Collections: Catalog user-interface		167	timspalding, August 2008
888 Challenge : Nikkles1		26	Nikkles, August 2008
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Dormant: Book talk : List ten books that...		73	bookladykm, March 2008
Dormant: Book talk : Another silly game -- Part 3		506	KymberK, February 2008
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - JANUARY 2008		222	Cariola, February 2008
Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : pratchettfan is reading 60 books		36	shanfan, January 2008
Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - November 2007		164	poemsforkeeps, December 2007
Dormant: Canuckistan : Giller prize 2006		5	tripleblessings, January 2007

... sad all the way through - every time hopes were raised, the hopes were smashed into oblivion. I'm hoping the next book, Generation X, will be a lighter read.

... I don't have a book that I really want to read and our library is closed til the new year. A-shopping I will go. ETA Generation X is on the Canada Reads list. It's been such a long time since I've read it that I cannot comment.

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland. Nominated for Canada Reads after all these years!

... I read all five in a row, trying to simulate what the panelists would do. I've read two (Fall on Your Knees and Generation X) and have Good to a Fault on my TBR shelves.

I've read Fall on Your Knees and it is one of my all-time favourite books ever. Guess I could re-read Generation X as a historical novel? Anyway, there is a group called CBC Canada Reads Fans which we can use to talk about the books and the show once it gets started!

... by Ann-Marie MacDonald -Simi Sara defends Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott -Roland Pemberton defends Generation X by Douglas Coupland -Dr. Samantha Nutt defends The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy -Michel Vézina defends Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner, translated by Laze ...

I haven't read Fall on Your Knees, and it isn't even in my TBR pile (although it is on my TBR list). I read Generation X last spring, and while it was good, I don't think it's Coupland's best, and I think it's a bit dated. I've also read Jade Peony, which I didn't much like. Nikolski is on ...

... group, some very popular others, not as much. Here is the list: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald Generation X by Douglas Coupland Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner I think they will have a ...

... entering c++ fails; the '++' disappears from the search box when you hit the button, and the page returns: Search: c x No books found in this collection.

... real. I have never felt the 'cult' like adoration of Coupland that others have (I've read Girlfriend in a Coma and Generation X) but I enjoy his books and I can see how he has received that status. I guess I'm just too cynical to give it myself. A typical Coupland looking at how ...

... I get told "No books found in this collection", which is patently not the case. Up at top it now says "Tag: doctor+who x", which I imagine is part of the problem.

Yes, when I read Generation X because it was HIGHLY relevant to me. It was also new! So, yeah, I'm old. All I've read from Coupland is Generation X and Microserfs, which wasn't bad. It reminded me of a 70s comic novel.

... ah yes, that would be quite a lot earlier than I assumed! You'll have to keep us posted ;) I'm agreed with you about Generation X - I enjoyed it, but wanted more from it in some way - definitely better than Girlfriend in a Coma anyway... Generation A? Is this a sequel?

... they're bothered :-( I could have done with another couple of weeks of not having to get up in time for the school run... Generation X I'm kind of enjoying, although I don't think it's his best book - and I do remember getting more out of it first time round (but then I was, ahem, quite a lot ...

... something I don't ordinarily do but which is indicative of my present funkiness: The White Lioness - Henning Mankell Generation X - Douglas Coupland (a re-read, he's doing the Guardian Book Club on Friday) Book of Clouds - Chloe Aridjis Letters to a Fiction Writer - ed. Frederick Bus ...

... (7/11/09) 3. The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman (23/11/09) 4. We Are All Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka 5. Generation X by Douglas Coupland Candidates: The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs The Postmistress by Sarah Blake The Tin Princess by Phillip Pullman

A variant behaviour. On this search : 1 – 9 of 9 1 Search: analog943 x It correctly gets the 9 record count, but rather than display an error, the catalog area is blank.

... taste in books - though we do occasionally disagree wildly. Hopefully going together to hear Douglas Coupland talk about Generation X in September at the Guardian Book Club.

... looking at. It doesn't appear in library view of recently added books, however, and also :- Search: duel on syrtis x No books found.

... April April-June Reading now: The White Lioness - Henning Mankell Generation X - Douglas Coupland Book of Clouds - Chloe Aridjis The Striped World - Emma Jones Letters to a Fiction Writer - edited by Frederick Busch This year's ...

I see my books in list view, no problem, but if I click on cover view, I get the site header, the modified power bar, an empty white bar and a big blank space with no books in it. This is FF2/Linux, and I understand that FF2-related bugs have very low priority, if they're considered at all, but ...

... I'm awaiting the arrival of Scott Lynch's second book of The Gentleman Bastard series I thought I'd read a quickie with Generation X by Douglas Coupland.

... I assume because of the hight of the warning message. The bar with "Special: Showing the n books you share with user x" is there, but I am in fact seeing all books, as reflected also in the "1 – n of m next page ..." bar. If I go straight from Profile to showing "Books you share ... S ...

I finished Generation X yesterday. I don't know why I didn't read it sooner. Now moving on to Brooklyn Follies.

> Thanks!:) # 61 Generation X by Douglas Coupland 192 pages 5 stars It will be a regular reread until I get ...

... you give it a go (no great literature, but really entertaining sometimes:). Have a wonderful day! I just started to read Generation X by Douglas Coupland yesterday. It's amazing and I was glad to read in a review that it's not about a certain generation one do or doesn't belong to. But I ...

... Coupland's books I liked (Hey Nostradamus, All Families are Psychotic Miss Wyoming) as opposed to the ones I didn't Generation X, Shampoo Planet.

After doing a search of a library, the results are displayed in a table. Above the table is a bar displaying the search terms followed by a bracketed "x", which allows you to cancel the search terms and just display the whole library. It would be nice if the bracketed "x" would show up for each ...

1. Literary Fiction/Historical Fiction 1. The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster (Sept 1) 2. Generation X by Douglas Coupland (May 15) 3. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 4. Everyman by Philip Roth 5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 6. The White ...

... on the Bounty, John Boyne 27. The Lost Painting, Jonathan Harr 26. Veronika Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho 25. Generation X, Douglas Coupland 24. The Frozen Thames, Helen Humphreys 23. Jacob's Room, Virginia Woolf (reread) Comments at my 75 Book Challenge thread: readeron in 2009 Genre Challenge : May Genre -- Literary Fiction (May 1, 2009, 12:35pm)

... it on my 50 challenge thread just yesterday:). - Paul Auster: The Brooklyn Follies (320 pages) - Douglas Coupland: Generation X (192 pages) - Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger (288 pages) - Thomas Pynchon: The Crying of Lot 49 (192 pages) - Alice Hoffman: Practical Magic (288 ...

25. Generation X, Douglas Coupland Postmodern fiction, 1991 Rating: 3.75/5 stars (I would have rated it higher had I read it closer to its publication date). Comments: I have read several things by Coupland, so was looking forward to reading this famous book that started the whole Gen X ...

17. Generation X, Douglas Coupland Category: Canadian literature Comments: Post #109

25. Generation X, Douglas Coupland Postmodern fiction, 1991 Rating: 3.75/5 stars (I would have rated it higher had I read it closer to its publication date). Comments: I have read several things by Coupland, so was looking forward to reading this famous book that started the ...

I've moved along to another one by a Canadian author: Generation X by Douglas Coupland. I've read him before and think he's brilliant, but I think I'm reading this one too late. It's coming across as pretty dated.

... 8.4 Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (Rec) * 8.5 The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts (Imp) * 8.6 Generation X by Douglas Coupland (Imp) * 8.7 The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (Imp) * 8.8 Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre (Imp) * 8.9 N ...

... om/catalog/username C) I think in terms of the Feeds that it would be nice if we could have something like the following X Publicize the adding of a book to your feed X Publicize the tagging of the @reading tag on a book to your feed X Publicize the tagging of the @read tag on a book to ...

... with one tag, great. But... how come I can't further refine that with another tag? I can remove that tag by clicking on the x but I can't add another? That seems silly. I want to find all my 'unread' 'need' 'non-fiction' books... but I can't seem to do this. And what adds to my confusion, is ...

@13: Well, you could always read Generation X - the book that coined the term to label a generation. (Sorry - meant sarcastically here- I've seen your stance on Martin Julius Esslin, "Theatre of the Absurd", and wikipedia.) ;-) And now, on to.... 7. Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa ...

hmmm I see Girlfriend in a Coma, Generation x, and Hey Nostradamus! available on Bookmooch. Can't decide... (if you're wondering what that sound is, it's the sound of my brain whirring like a dynamo)

... enjoyed both so a little nudge for each of those. I love the later Douglas Coupland books but really just didn't like Generation X at all, despite being very much of Generation X myself. If you haven't already read them, I would suggest ditching this one and substituting it for Hey Nostra ...

8. Canadian Literature 1. Fruit:a Novel about a Boy and His Nipples, Brian Francis (January 2) 2. Generation X, Douglas Coupland (April 8) 3. Late Nights on Air, Elizabeth Hay (May 16) 4. The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood (June 18) 5. Halfbreed, Maria Campbell (August 10) 6 ...

... no books. At the top there is a statement that looks like I'm searching for an ISBN: Your library Search: 1084266146 x with brackets around an X (this is touchstoning) as if it was a search term. The number is different every time I click on it. I have tried multiple times on each ...

... it? And I've loved the other six McEwan books I've read, so I expect it to be decent at the least. Yeah, I bought Generation X exactly because of the cultural history thing. I expect it to be a quick read once I get around to it. Douglas Coupland is one of those local author-celebrates ...

... before the bells rang. Breakfast at Tiffany's is def worth a read - a little darker than the film. And I also enjoyed Generation X - probably not his best, but good (and, after all, the book that coined the phrase, so worth reading as a piece of cultural history!).

... am Black Dogs Unformed Landscape The Wars A Good House Surfacing Fault Lines Kiss the Joy as it Flies Generation X

Hi, I'm new here--but already I feel compelled to 'fix' things! I've wrote a rather detailed version of my questions (see below the "***") but realize that those familiar with the process might want a concise version ;-) I'd like to combine the tags: 1) "NYS" and "New York State" 2 ...

... as I thought it might be a light, quick read. I've had it and some other's of his for years on the strength of having read Generation X and Microserfs both of which I kind of enjoyed as I remember it (though remember Microserfs as harder work). I thought it might be light as it is made up of ...

Thanks klarusu. I wasnt sure if anybody would be reading this! I'll have a look at the 888 challenge next. 4. Generation X by Douglas Coupland. This was the second of his books I've read after JPod, and I preferred this one. Some really funny bits, although sometimes the constant ...

... sense to me. I'd like to see the ability to add other search terms to the filter as per #93: Author: rowling x Title: potter x I'd also like the Library page to be "sticky" like it was for a few heady weeks back in 2007. (That is, to remember your settings if you went ...

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture Douglas Coupland Sugar Rush by Julie Burchill Night Falls Fast K Redfield Jamison Blast from the Past Ben Elton A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre

>8b, absolutely -- what I meant was that if the tag |x| pattern implies that there might also be tag |x| anothertag |x| yetanothertag |x|, then that's a huge step forward in the richness of the catalog nav. If it just means tag (or close the tag) then the x is kind of a ...

... (he's an excellent First Nations writer, and many of his stories are set in Alberta) Douglas Coupland (best known for Generation X) and of course there's Margaret Atwood. Since you're going to the prairies, I particularly recommend A Complicated Kindness, by Miriam Toews (pron ...

1. I don't like the save button -- it looks out of place. I would move it to the upper right and use the same green-with-white-checkmark icon that is used on the main edit page. 2. What if, instead of listing status boxes horizontally, you included a set of vertical, non-exclusive checkboxes, ...

23. Generation X, by Douglas Coupland How to describe Generation X? It was written in 1991 and focuses on the lives of three people in their late twenties who have abandoned their mainstream jobs and lives in favor of a more austere existence in Palm Springs. The storyline (if you can ...

... for a nice break. In progress: The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Abroad: British literary traveling between the wars, Generation X, and, technically, still Tristram Shandy, though I think I'm going to have to shelve that one for now, since I'm running out of renewals. Oh well. I'll ...

... ferences. In progress: Bobos in Paradise, Abroad: British literary traveling between the wars, The Shepherd Kings, Generation X, and, technically, still Tristram Shandy- on my fifth renewal for that one. 17/150 total 1/15+ 1001 books 6/50 atypical-for-me books 4/30 non-fiction

... From the library: The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland From Value Village: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Generation X by Douglas Coupland Miss Wyoming also by Coupland Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The beekeepers ...

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland

100. Generation X by Douglas Coupland An interesting view of a generation which tries to find itself by taking jobs their overqualified for and being constantly on the move. Even though the book is very funny and insightful, I couldn't find a bond to the characters as happened with Couplan ...

One more Canadian author . . . Douglas Coupland. He's best known for Generation X, but I personally loved Eleanor Rigby.

... Patrick White Blindness by Saramago A Passage to India The Royal Physician's Visit by Per Olav Enquist Generation X by Doug Coupland Mason & Dixon Robertson Davies' Cunning Man Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing Kim and Like Water for Chocolate. I think I ...

... was banned at various points in the 20th century but the story is heartbreaking and terrifying. I'm also shocked that Generation X by Douglas Coupland didn't make the list. Talk about a writer who defines a generation. I also agree that Tales of the City should have been ...

The Little Prince A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Generation X Slaughter-House Five Love in the Time of Cholera The Bell Jar Catcher in the Rye My Antonia Maggie Cassidy Mere Christianity

The Little Prince A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Generation X Slaughter-House Five Love in the Time of Cholera The Bell Jar Catcher in the Rye My Antonia Maggie Cassidy Mere Christianity

The Little Prince A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Generation X Slaughter-House Five Love in the Time of Cholera The Bell Jar Catcher in the Rye My Antonia Maggie Cassidy Mere Christianity

... was a student of Yoder's at Notre Dame My one MUST READ book is by a Rabbi/psychotherapist named edwin friedman -- generation to generation. It's a fascinating look at how family of origin struggles weigh us down in our relationships -- family, work, church, etc. It will make you pray ...

... out on October 3rd, and the prize will be awarded on November 7th. Douglas Couplandmust have improved since his Generation X and Shampoo Planet which I don't enjoy very much, and so didn't read anything more recent by him. He is nominated for jPod which has 10 LT reviews, ...