MemberVivienneR
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- Tag Cloud, Author Cloud, Tag Mirror
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- Groups
- 2014 Category Challenge, 2015 Category Challenge, 2016 Category Challenge, 2017 Category Challenge, 2018 Category Challenge, 2019 Category Challenge, 2020 Category Challenge, 2021 Category Challenge, 2022 Category Challenge, 2023 Category Challenge, 2024 Category Challenge, British & Irish Crime Fiction, Canadian Bookworms, Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge, Club Read 2013, Club Read 2014, Club Read 2015, Club Read 2016, Club Read 2017, Club Read 2018, Club Read 2019, Club Read 2020, Commonwealth Challenge, Orange January/July, Reading Globally, The Europe Endless Challenge, Virago Modern Classics, Women of Mystery
- Joined
- May 23, 2007
- 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:
Create Your Own Visited Countries Map
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
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- 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
- 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)
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