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1Linda92007
Hi everyone. Welcome to my 2017 thread.
I live in the Capital Region of NYS and am retired from a long career in public human service delivery and administration. This will be my sixth year on Club Read, although I was mostly among the missing last year, due to my elderly mother’s serious illness and other conflicting demands on my time. I have missed the group and hope to do better this year, especially in reviewing the books that I read, as I find that process helpful in forcing me to focus my thoughts.
I will read anything that appeals to me, but generally prefer literary and translated fiction, classics, travel narratives and poetry. My only specific goal, although very long-term, is to eventually read at least one work by each Nobel Literature Laureate whose work has been translated to English.
I live in the Capital Region of NYS and am retired from a long career in public human service delivery and administration. This will be my sixth year on Club Read, although I was mostly among the missing last year, due to my elderly mother’s serious illness and other conflicting demands on my time. I have missed the group and hope to do better this year, especially in reviewing the books that I read, as I find that process helpful in forcing me to focus my thoughts.
I will read anything that appeals to me, but generally prefer literary and translated fiction, classics, travel narratives and poetry. My only specific goal, although very long-term, is to eventually read at least one work by each Nobel Literature Laureate whose work has been translated to English.
2Linda92007
Books Read in 2017
The Reindeer People: Living With Animals and Spirits in Siberia by Piers Vitebsky
Mischling by Affinity Konar
The Reindeer People: Living With Animals and Spirits in Siberia by Piers Vitebsky
Mischling by Affinity Konar
3Linda92007
Books Read in 2016
I failed to keep track of books as I was reading them last year, so this is my best attempt to recreate a list. Since I only managed one review (The Things They Carried), I am working on a few thoughts about what were highlights for me from this list - good, bad and indifferent.
Among the Russians by Colin Thubron
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe by Robert Lanza with Bob Berman
Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh
Eva’s Eye: An Inspector Sejer Mystery by Karin Fossum
Great Soul of Siberia: Passion, Obsession, and One Man’s Quest for the World’s Most Elusive Tiger by Sooyong Park
Howards End by E.M. Forster
I Am No One by Patrick Flanery
In Siberia by Colin Thubron
Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood
Love and Other Ways of Dying by Michael Paterniti
Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Madame Alexandra David-Neel
Number Our Days by Barbara Myerhoff
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Selected Poems by E.E. Cummings
Selected Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
The Anchoress: A Novel by Robyn Cadwallader
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Walking the Himalayas by Levison Wood
Waterland by Graham Swift
When A Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
I failed to keep track of books as I was reading them last year, so this is my best attempt to recreate a list. Since I only managed one review (The Things They Carried), I am working on a few thoughts about what were highlights for me from this list - good, bad and indifferent.
Among the Russians by Colin Thubron
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe by Robert Lanza with Bob Berman
Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh
Eva’s Eye: An Inspector Sejer Mystery by Karin Fossum
Great Soul of Siberia: Passion, Obsession, and One Man’s Quest for the World’s Most Elusive Tiger by Sooyong Park
Howards End by E.M. Forster
I Am No One by Patrick Flanery
In Siberia by Colin Thubron
Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood
Love and Other Ways of Dying by Michael Paterniti
Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Madame Alexandra David-Neel
Number Our Days by Barbara Myerhoff
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Selected Poems by E.E. Cummings
Selected Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
The Anchoress: A Novel by Robyn Cadwallader
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Walking the Himalayas by Levison Wood
Waterland by Graham Swift
When A Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
4SassyLassy
So glad to see you back again. Looking forward to your reading.
7arubabookwoman
Hi Linda--Welcome back. I look forward to following your reading in 2017, and will try to occasionally comment.
8Linda92007
Thanks and welcome Sassy, Colleen and Deborah! I'm glad to be back and trying to get caught up. I have just posted above my pitifully short list of 2016 reading and am finding myself drawn back into several of these as I work on a few thoughts about their highlights.
9dchaikin
>8 Linda92007: the magic of lists. You read a lot of great books last year.
It's nice to have you back, Linda.
It's nice to have you back, Linda.
12PaulCranswick
Lovely to see that you have ensconced yourself over here, Linda. What a lucky coincidence that I was able to find you again!
I well remember our discussions about reading something by all the Nobel Winners. How are you doing with the challenge? I have presently managed 59 of them and hope to get some more done this year.
Wishing you a wonderful 2017 and I can confirm that I will star your thread and drop by when I can. xx
I well remember our discussions about reading something by all the Nobel Winners. How are you doing with the challenge? I have presently managed 59 of them and hope to get some more done this year.
Wishing you a wonderful 2017 and I can confirm that I will star your thread and drop by when I can. xx
13AnnieMod
Welcome back Linda. I was wondering where you disappeared :) Hopefully you will have an easier year personally this year.
14DieFledermaus
Looking forward to following your reading this year!
15labfs39
Great reading last year! Wow. I'm trying to restrain myself from adding them to my wishlist. It's interesting that you only reviewed The Things They Carried. Why that one? Did you enjoy it? I read and reviewed it a few years ago, and I remember it sparked quite a discussion on my thread. I found his ruminations on memory and personal narrative interesting. Especially his idea that "story-truth" is more true than "happening-truth".
16Linda92007
Dan, Alison, Katherine, Paul, Annie, DieF and Lisa - Great to see you all again! I will probably continue to fade in and out a bit, as my mother's estate and Trust matters are still consuming enormous amounts of time, but I'm determined to hang in here.
Last year was overall a good reading year. The two that I really did not care for - Lady Oracle and The Day of the Locust - were from discussion groups, but even those were interesting in the context of their discussion topics: "The Storyteller's Art" and "A Sense of Place", respectively. I did have hopes of commenting briefly on my 2016 reading, but as time goes on, it seems less likely to happen.
>12 PaulCranswick: You are doing better than I am with the Nobel Literature winners, Paul. If I count already being very familiar with Bob Dylan's songs (I'm not likely to just sit down and read them, unless I'm playing them on guitar), then I have read 41 out of the 113 Laureates. I have many more in my TBR piles. Time to get busy, but I always seem to get distracted by all the wonderful CR reviews!
>15 labfs39: Lisa, the fact that I only reviewed The Things They Carried was simply because I read it early in the year, for a discussion group that caused me to give it some serious thought, and managed to complete the review before my mother's illness worsened. I found that it becomes richer with every re-read, whether in its entirety or just selected sections. It was also a selection for "The Storyteller's Art" group, so the question of story-truth and happening-truth got a lot of attention.
Last year was overall a good reading year. The two that I really did not care for - Lady Oracle and The Day of the Locust - were from discussion groups, but even those were interesting in the context of their discussion topics: "The Storyteller's Art" and "A Sense of Place", respectively. I did have hopes of commenting briefly on my 2016 reading, but as time goes on, it seems less likely to happen.
>12 PaulCranswick: You are doing better than I am with the Nobel Literature winners, Paul. If I count already being very familiar with Bob Dylan's songs (I'm not likely to just sit down and read them, unless I'm playing them on guitar), then I have read 41 out of the 113 Laureates. I have many more in my TBR piles. Time to get busy, but I always seem to get distracted by all the wonderful CR reviews!
>15 labfs39: Lisa, the fact that I only reviewed The Things They Carried was simply because I read it early in the year, for a discussion group that caused me to give it some serious thought, and managed to complete the review before my mother's illness worsened. I found that it becomes richer with every re-read, whether in its entirety or just selected sections. It was also a selection for "The Storyteller's Art" group, so the question of story-truth and happening-truth got a lot of attention.
