MemberVivienneR

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 2023 Category Challenge thread, a group where I've been participating since 2013:
   • 2023 Category Challenge

Other challenges completed:
   • Commonwealth Challenge
   • Europe Endless Challenge
   • Canadian Fiction/Non-fiction Challenge
 
I like to keep track of where my books are set:


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My ratings:
Obviously, my personal taste is the crux of the rating. Although it's difficult to rate books that are essentially different, my rating simply indicates how much I enjoyed them or how memorable they were. I also consider if I would recommend the work, and to whom.

Location

British Columbia, Canada

Memberships

LibraryThing Early Reviewers

Currently Reading

Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell

The pull of the stars by Emma Donoghue

A Body of Water: A Black Beacons Murder Mystery by Rhys Dylan

Favorite Authors

Kate Atkinson, Linwood Barclay, H. E. Bates, 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 Dibdin, 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, 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, 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 - City Centre 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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groups

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