Member VivienneR

Real Name

Vivienne

About My Library

Like most libraries it's a work in progress. My collection in LibraryThing contains books that are either currently in my possession or that I have read recently but no longer own. I have read thousands of books before joining LibraryThing that are not listed. Although I read all kinds of material I particularly enjoy literary fiction, mysteries, and history. An added bonus is if the story is set in a faraway place.

This is a link to my 2026 Category Challenge thread, a group where I've been participating since 2013:
   • https://www.librarything.com/topic/384110#9189519

Other challenges completed:
   • Commonwealth Challenge
   • Europe Endless Challenge
   • Canadian Fiction/Non-fiction Challenge

My ratings and reviews:
Obviously, my personal taste is the crux of the rating. Although it's difficult to rate books that are essentially different, the rating simply indicates my level of enjoyment. I also consider if I would recommend the work, and to whom.

My reviews are often brief, sometimes only one or two sentences, written mostly to remind myself of the book.

About Me

Originally from Northern Ireland, I’ve lived in Canada for many years although I’ve moved around a lot with my husband and son. It was never my intention to be a wanderer, it just happened that way. We’ve settled in the south east corner of British Columbia where I love the hot summers, and even more, the snowy winters

Location

British Columbia, Canada

Memberships

LibraryThing Early Reviewers

Currently Reading

Murder of the Ninth Baronet by J. S. Fletcher

It begins in betrayal by Iona Whishaw

Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell

Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au

Favorite Authors

Kate Atkinson, Linwood Barclay, H.E. Bates, Belinda Bauer, Alan Bennett, E. F. Benson, Pierre Berton, Joseph Boyden, Alan Bradley, Christopher Brookmyre, Anita Brookner, Ken Bruen, John le Carré, Agatha Christie, Winston S. Churchill, Michael Connelly, Robertson Davies, William Deverell, Colin Dexter, Michael Didbin, Gwynne Dyer, Kim Echlin, Helen Fields, E. M. Forster, John Galsworthy, Jane Gardam, Germaine Greer, Elly Griffiths, Robert Harris, Mick Herron, Christopher Hitchens, Maureen Jennings, Alan Johnson, James Joyce, C. H. B. Kitchin, Margaret Laurence, Marie-Renée Lavoie, Laurie Lee, Peter Lovesey, Gavin Lyall, Alistair MacLeod, Henning Mankell, W. Somerset Maugham, Ian McEwan, Adrian McKinty, Denise Mina, W.O. Mitchell, Sarah Moss, Alice Munro, Stuart Neville, Maggie O'Farrell, George Orwell, Louise Penny, Beatrix Potter, Ian Rankin, Robert Rotenberg, Vita Sackville-West, Dorothy L. Sayers, Shelley Smith, Muriel Spark, Graham Swift, William Trevor, Anthony Trollope, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Richard Wagamese, Evelyn Waugh, Louise Welsh, Oscar Wilde, Inger Ash Wolfe, Virginia Woolf

Favorite Lists

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read, Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations

Local Favorites

Bookstores: Audreys Books, Greenwoods' Bookshoppe, Munro's Books, Otter Books, Pack Rat Annie's Used Books, Russell Books, Waterstone's Belfast Fountain

Libraries: Edmonton Public Library - Strathcona Branch, Linen Hall Library - Belfast, Northern Ireland, MacEwan University - John L. Haar Library, Scott Polar Research Institute Library, University of Alberta Libraries - Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta Libraries - Rutherford Library (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Member Connections

Friends

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Interesting Library

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Legacy libraries

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groups

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