Game ---->PICK A BOOK YOU HAVEN'T READ YET II

From ktbarnes' library: The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake

From Hemlokgang's library:
Cashelmara by Susan Howach

Okay, I have read this book, but years ago and all I really remember is that I liked it. Would like to read it again.

From ejj1955's library, I would choose The Simmering Pot Cookbook because I love searching for new recipes.

From alcottacre's library I choose 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff.

The Dark Lantern by Gerri Brightwell from lkernagh's library.

I choose Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy from ktbarnes's library.

From janoorani24's library I choose Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte, as I want to read more of this author and her sister.

All Over But The Shoutin' by Rick Bragg is a book I had forgotten that I wanted to read. So I choose that from appydo's library.

Beacon Street Mourning: A Fremont Jones Mystery, by Dianne Day, from ToReadToNap's looks very appealing, being a "closet" Sherlock Holmes addict and I've read all those. I also love that nickname, TRTN, not to mention that gorgeous photo!!!!

I have always wanted to read The Grapes of Wrath. This only reminded me to put it on my wish list. Thanks for the reminder appydo1.

The Bull Is Not Killed, by Sarah Dearing, I chose from the library of callmejacx on their recommendation in their "comments" section. I don't think we use that column enough!! I'm going to go back and fill in some of them on mine!!

#11, you're very welcome! I know you'll enjoy it, but it's not light fiction, as you probably know!!

from appydo1's library
El Senor Presidente by Miguel Angel Asturias

From masqar's library I choose The African Witch, by Joyce Cary, mostly for its title. After reading Achebe, I find I'm quite drawn to stories from that continent, as I feel I gain a little more understanding of that puzzling place each time I read something about it. I also think masqar for adding my library to his/her list of interesting ones!! I find I can happily reciprocate!

From appydo1's library, I chose Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. I have only read her memoir, none of her fiction, so it is about time.

from alcottacre's library
Women Who Made a Difference by Malcom Forbes

From masqar's library
The Secret History by Donna Tartt ( I love your dog)

From mallingham's library
The Girl With The Green Tatoo by Stieg Larson

Oh, boy! A new library (to me, at least) to look at!!!! Hard choice, but I choose The Circus in Winter, by Cathy Day, from punxsygal's library because all the comments there (in her library) are good and it sounds so appealing!!!

From appydo1's library, I choose The Book of Illusions because I really enjoyed The New York Trilogy.

From LisaMorr's library, I chose Counterfeit Unrealities by Philip K. Dick.

From alcottacre, I selected What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew. This book be a great reference. I just finished reading Vanity Fair.

From Sandydog1's library I choose The Climb, by Anatoli Boukreev, because I love a good adventure story and this sounds just the ticket.

From appydo1, I discovered How German is it; I'm in the middle of reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and this novel looks like it would link well to that tome.

Happy Thanksgiving!

From LisaMorr's library, Never Let Me Go is already on my Christmas wishlist.

I choose The Abode of Life, by Lee Corey, from hnau's library, being an old Trekkie!!

From appydo, its' All over but the Shoutin'.

From Sandydog's library, I chose The Weather Makers which I have been meaning to read forever.

From alcottacre's library I choose Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II, by Stephen Budiansky, for both my husband and I. We just watched a movie about how some German subs were captured in order to get the Enigma code, so this seems to be a good one to delve further into this interesting piece of history.

From appydo1's library I would choose Arrow of God. I'm a sucker for books that tell a story about how people still live their lives when they are oppressed.

from MsDonna's library I choose Reading Lolita in Theran A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

masgar

p.s. Is Esmerelda typed right? It's very similar to my mother's name, that is Esmeralda

anyway you're very smart and witty in tagging your books. Into the Wild tagged "look after your mental health , made me laugh outloud

From masgar, I chose Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father. I've always been interested in evolution ;)

From Sandydog1's library I choose D-Day: 6 June 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, by Stephen E. Ambrose

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

From masqar's very interesting library, this time I choose The Baron in the Trees, by Italo Calvino, as it sounds reminiscent of part of Anthony Adverse, by Herve Allen, where the main character discovered the world from the top of a tree!

From Appydo's library I chose Sophie's Choice.

From quillmenow's library 120 Banned Books: Censorship Histories Of World Literature by Nicholas J. Krolides ( You have very interesting library)

I pick Breach of Trust by D. W. Buffa from mallingham's library. Lots of good D.C./political mysteries!

From LisaMorr's library, I pick up 2010: Odyssey Two

From PiyushChourasia's library I choose The Count of Mont Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I actually own the book but have never read it.

I will read Black Hearts in Battersea by Joan Aiken from AMQS's library.

I pick The Gate to Women's Country - found it because it had 5 stars in janoorani24's library, and the tag cloud included "dystopia," which always catches my eye.

I chose Dark Matter by Greg Iles from LisaMorr's library. I liked the book I read by him a year or two ago and would like to try another.

I'll choose In Cold Blood from hemlokgang.

After yet another turn at pawing through Sandydog1's library I'm going to grab The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, because I should have read it long ago!!!!! It's been in my TBR for quite a while, so it's time to dig it up!!!!

From appydo's library I choose The Baron in the Trees. According to the review I read, it has the best dog character of all time.

From cynthrip's library, I chose The Cabin by Carla Neggers because I enjoy romantic suspense.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams, from alcottacre's library, where I always have so much fun looking, because I am a silly fan of his.

From Appydo's library:

All the King's Men. I've been meaning to read that forever.

I choose London: The Biography, by Peter Ackroyd, from quillmenow's library because I love London and think it would be lovely to read this en route and on site!!!!!

I chose For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway from appydo1's library. It's a shame that I never read Hemingway's work...

Good choice. From applebook1's library, I would choose I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. She is such an amazing person.

From cal8769's library, I chose The Complete Garden Guide: A Comprehensive Reference for All Your Garden Needs by Time-Life Books

From mallingham's library, I choose The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum.

From hemlokgang's library, I choose Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel by Sijie Dai.

From LisaMorr's library, I choose The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

I've read some pretty thick tomes this year. Time for a change. From applebook1, I choose The Little Prince.

From Sandydog1's library, I pick Cat's Cradle because Vonnegut is love.

From ktbarnes library, I choose The Meaning of Night: A Confession - looks like an interesting mystery!

I chose Hellspark by Janet Kagan from LisaMorr's library since I am trying to broaden my science fiction and fantasy horizons.

I have heard about the Outlander series peripherally, and in alcottacre's library I see them highly rated, so I'll jump in and try Outlander.

Lisa, do yourself a favor and read Outlander. You won't regret it.

From LisaMorr's library, I pick 50 Great Horror Stories by John Canning. I love scaring myself.

From cal8769's library, I chose Without Pity by Ann Rule. I am a true crime fan from way back.

Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke sounds perfect for a snowy, winter Sunday morning! Thanks, alcottacre!

Oh, another hard choice from hemlokgang's library, but today it shall be Cavedweller: A Novel,
by Dorothy Allison.

I also throw in a recommendation for Outlander!

From appydo1's library, I pick In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.

I gotta pick Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen. Never heard of this book before but it did peak my interest.

I chose Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright. By the way, callmejacx, you might enjoy the film, Girl, Interrupted. I thought it was fantastic!

Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia by George Crane from Hemlokgang's library.

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (from ktbarnes's library, needless to say) seems interesting..

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte from applebook1's library.

I quickly choose The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde from ktbarnes' library. I especially look forward to hearing it as an audio book. Sounds great.

Definitely Awakenings by Oliver Sacks. I read one of Oliver Sacks's essay and loved his style of writing..

The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, chosen from applebook1's library, as it has been one I've meant to throw on the TBR pile for some time now.

From appydo1's library I'll read The Magus - there were some interesting reviews.

And, thanks cal8769 and ktbarnes for your recommendations for Outlander; I'm psyched!

From LisaMorr's library, I pick I am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert, cause..lol!

I choose Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford from ktbarnes's library.

I choose Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte from janoorani24's library because I liked The Tenants of Wildfell Hall.

The Samurai's Garden: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama from applebook1's library.

I chose Funeral Games from ktbarnes' library. I have not read anything by Mary Renault before.

From alcottacre's library I choose Cold Case, by Linda Barnes.

From appydo 1's library I choose:
Love in the Time Of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

From Catqwinn's library, I choose God is an Englishman by Ronald Frederick Delderfield.

I am so glad to return to hemlokgang's library! This time I'll try Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris. I've had my eye on it for awhile.

DON'T STAND TOO CLOSE TO A NAKED MAN, by Tim Allen, from hemokgang's library, because I think he's funny and the title sounds intriguing...AND, I think I need a little light reading soon!!

From AMQS's library, I choose The forger by Paul Watkins

I love LeCarre and haven't read Absolute Friends, so that's my pick from mallingham's library.

I chose The Painter of Battles: A Novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte from CD1am. Looks good!

The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery by James Adovasio from CD1am's library cause I've been wanting to read it for awhile.

And cause hemlokgang beat me, I pick Airframe by Michael Crichton, lol!

From ktbarnes library: Dancer: A Novel by Colum McCann

From Catgwinn's library I choose Connections, by James Burke. I've watched several fascinating episodes on television and the reviews are terrific, so I've just tossed it onto my TBR pile with a rueful sigh at the size of it!!!! Nice library, Catgwinn!!

From appydo1's library I select All Over But The Shouting by Rick Bragg. I seem to be reading memoirs/biographies recently. Just finished reading Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortinson and David Oliver Relin...very interesting.

From Catgwinn's library, I choose Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, one of those books I probably should have read a long time ago!

Love all the cat books!

From LisaMorr's library I choose The Birds, The Frogs (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written), by Aristophanes, because I should, but, even more, I've been wanting to get into the Greeks more.

From appydo1's library, I would choose The Baron In The Trees by Italo Calvino, because I read and enjoyed If On A Winter's Night A Traveler by the same author.

Nice library, oremusboys. I think I would try The Complete Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton.

From AMQS' library I choose A Death in the Family, by James Agee. It sounds like the sort of poetic prose I like to read, and it seems many people really liked it. So, it goes right into my huge TBR pile, with the hope that my eyesight holds out long enough to read all these wonderful books!!

from appydo1's How German is it? by Walter Abish

From masgar's library, I choose The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman by Bruce Robinson.

Interestingly enough, I also chose How German is it? from appydo's library...

From LisaMorr's library I select A Thousand Suns by Khalid Hossenini. I enjoyed reading
The Kite Runner this past summer. I watched the DVD/film while I was reading the book. The book & movie complement each other nicely.

From Catgwinn's library, I would read Anna Karenina.

From oremusboys' library, I would read Carry on, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse.

From applebook1's library I choose The Curse of Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold, as it sounds terrific, from all the reviews and awards.

From appydo1's library, I chose The Age of Scurvy. It sounds very interesting.

after a good swim with a snorkel in the huge tagged alcottacre's library I harpooned Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir by Martha Gellhorn

Because I need some desperately right now, from masgar's library I choose The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee, by Stewart Lee Allen. I also chose it because it sounds really interesting, being a great coffeephile!

From appydo1's library: The Book Of Illusions: A Novel by Paul Auster...sounds very interesting.

From Catgwinn's library I choose At the Going Down of the Sun, by Elizabeth Darrell. The tags make this sound interesting, though there is no other information listed.

From appydo1's library, I'm selecting The Magus. 'Sounds interesing and controversial.

From Sandydog1's library, I chose The Master and Margarita. A visit by the devil to Russia - sounds very interesting!

From LisaMorr's library, I pick Dark Love by Nancy C. Collins.

Looks awesome!

Another pick from LisaMorr's library The House at Riverton by Kate Morton...I enjoy stories set in England.

From Catgwinn's interesting library, I choose The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours by Marian Wright Edelman. It sounds wonderful!

LisaMorr, I JUST finished The Master and Margarita. It was wild and Behemoth (the cat) was hilarious! I won't look at any large black cat the same.

From hemlokgang I choose The Hamlet.

Sandydog1 - I have a black cat.... uh oh!

I will now choose the Omnivore's Dilemma - something Dad has mentioned to me.

From LisaMorr's library: "The Tipping Point...How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" by Malcolm Gladwell.

Nice library, Catgwinn. I loved seeing all those great children's books. I would choose ...And the Ladies of the Club by Helen Hoover Santmyer. I bought a used copy a few years ago, and have not tried it yet... a bit daunted by the length.

The cover is what attracted me at first but now it's the whole book. I will have to choose...Bad Blood: A Memoir
by Lorna Sage

From callmejacx' library, I chose Bookends by Madeleine Stern.

I couldn't resist Murder of a Barbie and Ken by Denise Swanson from alcottacre's library.

From cynthrip's library I chose Inkspell. I read Inkheart earlier this year and have not had a chance to read the sequel.

In the last lines of The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy , Bob (?) Wingo wished that every man could have two lifes to be able to love two women. How many life would we all have to be able to read all the books we want? (maybe , it would be sufficient not to have to work :) )
Anyway from alcottacre trove’s library I choose
The Practical Archaeologist: How We Know What We Know About the Past by Jane McIntosh

Again I have the pleasure of looking at that beautiful canine and of scanning masgar's library. This time I will choose The Brooklyn Follies: A Novel,
by Paul Auster because it has been on my TBR pile for some time and I need to dig it out!

I don't remember whether I already picked this book from appydo1's library..but I choose For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

I think only Hemingway that I read is...Old Man and the Sea...

From applebook1's library, I chose The Neverending Story.

Ohhh I must get Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber. I never heard of this author until this year. I read the Blossom Street series, I think it was called. Really enjoyed it. Got through it quickly and couldn't wait to read the next one. Ended up not reading them in order but it really didn't matter all that much.

From callmejacx's library I select "Sombody Else's Child" by Nancy Woodruff. From the synopsis, I see that this is Nancy Woodruff's first novel & I'm always looking for new authors.

In keeping in the spirit of the holidays, I will pick The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans from Catgwinn's library.

I really enjoy books about books. From cal8769's library, this one looks interesting: 100 Banned books.

About time I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly seems quite interesting..

From applebook1's library I choose nineteen eighty four by George Orwell.... a book I keep meaning to read.

Maybe because Christmas is approaching..but I choose The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank

Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende from applebook1's library.

From ktbarnes' library, this time I choose Captain Corelli's Mandolin, by Louis de Bernieres, as I've been meaning to read this for some time now!

From appydo1's library Decision at Delphi, by Helen MacInnes, because I love old spy novels.

Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One school at Time by Greg Mortenson is my choice from pamelad's library

Arthur & George, by Julian Barnes, from masgar's library

From appydo 1's library I choose "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be" by Farley Mowat

From Catgwinn's library I choose Snow Country and Thousand Cranes by Yasuari Kawabata.

Another pleasant wander through hemlokgang's library yielded this pick for me: Cloudsplitter: A Novel, by Russell Banks. It is one of the 1001 books to read before I die and sounds like it deals with a very interesting historical subject.

shame on me, never heard of Nobel Prize Miguel Angel Asturias so I feel obliged to choose El Senor Presidente / Mr. President

From masgar's library, I chose The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov. I have not read any of Asimov's fiction.

From acottacre's library I select "Peter And The Starchasers" by Dave Barry

From Catqwinn, I choose Treasure in a Cornfield. I've visited the steam boat museum in "missour-a", and this find was a very interesting story.

I am unsure if I've chosen this before from Sandydog1's library, but I choose D-Day: 6 June 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, by Stephen E. Ambrose, as it sounds interesting. I would also pick out the other two by this author listed here. It sounds like a good series.

From appydo1's library I choose:
"A Death In the Family: A Novel" by James Agee

From Catgwinn's library I'll try The Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin.

From AMQS' library I choose Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini....got a rave review

From Hemlokgang, it's going to be Einstein: His Life and Universe. I could use a dose of intelligence right about now.

From Sandydog1, I'll pick The Angry Clam by Erik Quisling. That's an irresistible title.

From AMQS library, this time, I choose Brick Lane, by Monica Ali, because it's on my TBR list. Indeed, many of the books there are on my TBR list. It appears that we have similar reading tastes!

This time I choose "The Brooklyn Follies: A Novel" by Paul Auster from appydo1's library.
Sounds interesting and an additional author to try.

From Catgwinn's library, I chose Christmas Cats by Lesley Anne Ivory. Seems like the purrfect time of year to read it!

I'll choose Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen from alcottacre's library. I've been trying to mooch it for a while and finally managed to get it recently.

Lamb by Christopher Moore; my choice

I choose Aristotle and Poetic Justice from masgar's library. It sounds interesting!

From one of the libraries through which I always enjoy rummaging, this round I will snatch A Dilly of a Death, by Susan Wittig Albert, on the strength of its enticing title alone!

I choose the peculiarly English saga of Arthur and George, which I have been meaning to get since I saw Julian Barnes read from it at the late Cody's in Berkeley.

From sconehead's library, I chose The Omnivore's Dilemma. I have been meaning to read it for a while now.

From alcottacre's library I now choose
"Sisters and Secrets: A Novel In Four Parts"
by Katherine Stuart. I've not read a 'romantic suspense' novel recently.

From Catgwinn's library I chose Three Cups of Tea. It sounds interesting. I'm currently reading Hot Flat and Crowded and Greg Mortenson's book about setting up schools, is mentioned there.

And another round of rummaging in Sandydog1's library yields The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jewish History and Culture, by Rabbi Benjamin Blech, which I now choose, as I am woefully deficient in my knowledge of this particular religion and lifestyle. Given that there is a relatively large representation in our local community, with a large neighborhood devoted entirely to them, I feel it would benefit me to do some initial studying and perhaps delve into it further after I have a better overview.

The Bedside Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes by Dick Riley from appydo's library looks like fun!

From hemlokang's libray I select "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez...sounds interesting..

#163 (Sandydog1) I finished reading "Three Cups of Tea" in early December...a facinating story.
Earlier in the fall I read "Reading Lolita In Terhan" and "The Kite Runner". Each provided insights on the life & cultures in remote Pakistan, and in Iran and Afganistan respectively.

After another pleasurable peruse through Catgwinn's library I have chosen The Dreaming Suburb 1919-1940 (Vol. 1 of "The Avenue"), by R. F. Delderfield because it sounds like an interesting book regarding a major part of our history. It is the first volume of a series and I look forward to choosing volume two when I am privileged to visit this library again.

A true story usually makes an interesting story. This story is one I haven't heard of before. Not only that the author seems to be very interesting also. Wondering how he never got into my library. I will certainly have to look into that.
I must pick from Appydo1's library
Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder by Jerry Bledsoe

I can't resist And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie from callmejacx' library. It would be a re-read for me -- I must have read it ten times when I was growing up.

I choose Interpreter of Maladies, from the library of AMQS. I may even add that to my Everestian TBR pile. (Yes, I think Everest-ian is a newly coined word).

From Sandydog's library: "The Professor and the Madman...A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford Dictionary" by Simon Winchester
Sounds VERY interesting. I like learning the history of things, like the dictionary, that we (now) take for granted.

As promised, whether put there by accident or on purpose, I will this time choose The Avenue Goes to War 1940-1947 (Vol. 2 "The Avenue"), by R. F Delderfield, as it sounds like a very interesting series.

#171 - As do I, Catgwinn, as do I...thus the above choices.

Adding to my TBR list from appydo1's library "The Bone People" by Keri Hulme; the New Zealand setting interests (I've read several novels set in Australia, but none set in New Zealand).

#167/171...appydo1...R.F. Delderfield's "The Avenue" ("The Dreaming Suburb" + "The Avenue Goes to War") is a favorite England/WWII story.

Like the sound of The Old Contemptibles by Martha Grimes from Catgwinn's library. I'm a mystery fanatic and I used to drink in a pub of that name too in Birmingham :)

From the library of TheBookImp, I chose Bored of the Rings. I'm so loyal to the classics!

I want to know all about The Boat That Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat.

From callmejacx' library, this time I choose A Better Place, by Alan Beaton. I like that he describes it as humor and an easy read. I need that right about now!!!

From appydo1's library, I now choose "Embers" by Sandor Marai. Sounds interesting, as does the story of the author & the manuscript itself (from the Amazon.com description of "Embers")

#178 - I saw an excellent performance of this on stage in London starring Jeremy Irons and Patrick Malahide, two of my favorite British actors!!! Wonderful evening!!!!

Now, from your library, Catgwinn, I choose The Bookman's Wake: a Mystery, with Cliff Janeway, by John Dunning, if only for the title, and would choose the first of the series as well, Booked To Die, by the same author.

From appydo1's library, I chose A Passage to India, once of those books I have never read but always meant to.

From alcottacre's massive library, I chose What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew. I was surprised to see that it wasn't already in my "virtual library" (ie, my TBR list). I've been looking for that one.

From Sandydog1's library I select "Portrait of A Lady" by Henry James. We will be discussing this book & author in a literature class in Feb/March/April, so hope to at least start reading the book before then.

From Catgwinn's library, I would choose Minor in Possession by J. A. Jance. I started it in a waiting room about a month ago and had completely forgotten the author and title! I've read to about page 50, so now I know and can go find it--thanks Catgwinn. :)

It's the first time for me to see christiquc's library. There were a few that caught my eye, but this time I will have to pick All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland. It shall be on my wish list.

Oh, since callmejax stole my thunder by getting in ahead of me on All Families..., by Douglas Coupland, which also went into MY library, and since I have FINALLY made it to page two of that library (oh, MY, what an interesting one!), I will this time choose Boy: Tales of Childhood, by Roald Dahl. No matter that it is listed as a book for young adults, as I am secretly one myself, though over a half century old chronologically!!!! SSShhhhh...tell no one!

From appydo1's TBR list I choose "Behind the Scenes at the Museum" by Kate Atkinson. From the decriptions by amazon.com & LTers, it sounds like an interesting look at a middle-class British family.

From Catgwinn's library I chose The Road From Coorain by Jill Ker Conway because it's in my library, as yet unread.

From Tropics library I chose Life of the Tanager by the king of Costa Rican natural history, Alexander Skutch.

Such a difficult choice, but this time, as I set out on a new year, I choose The Discoverers, by Daniel J. Boorstin to make an ambitious start on 2009. It sounds like an absorbing (if time-consuming) read!!!!

Wishing you all a joyful, healthy and prosperous new year, all you LTers!!!

From appydo1's library I just have to choose All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Copland. A Canadian author, a dysfunctional family, Florida... what more could a person ask for in a book :)

From Ikernagh's library I chose Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books by Paul Collins

Bonne Année a tous !!!

From Mallingham's library, I chose Papillon. I've been a bit cooped up today, perhaps that influenced my choice!

From Sandydog's library, I choose Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. It looks like a good read to start out the New Year.

From another of my favorite libraries to raid, I MUST choose Ansel Adams: An Autobiography, by Ansel Adams from janoorani24's. He is one of our "home boys," a favorite artist of mine, and, though you folks who have never driven through Snoqualmie Pass in Washington State may not believe this, there is actually a place named Ansel Adams, up in the ski zone there! I've driven by there so many times that the name is etched permanently on my "little gray cells." So of COURSE I'm compelled to pick this book, in order to find out more about him!!!!

From appydo1's nonfiction collection, I choose
"Pure Pleasure: A guide to the Twentith Century's
Most Enjoyable Books" by John Carey

From Catgwinn's library I chose The Church Mice In Action by Graham Oakley. Must track this one down.

From tropics library I choose "Galileo's Daughter A historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love" by Dava Sobel. I seem to be reading memoirs/biographies lately and this sounds like an interesting one.

#196>I have 2 of the 8 (as of 1982) "Church Mice..." books. In addition to "The Church Mice in Action" I own "Church Mice at Bay". I found them in a museum/church giftshop when I was living in England in the early 1980's. I love the illustrations, they tell the story as much as the words do.

From tropics' library I would choose The Tree Where Man was Born by Peter Matthiessen.

From the library of AMQS, I chose 84, Charing Cross Road. 'Love those books about books.

Well, it was inevitable. My posts #22 and #181 were the same selection from the same library. I think the clinical term for that is old-timer's disease.

Since my husband and I are frequent travelers to Mexico (readily accessible, given that we live in Arizona now), I've chosen one of Sandydog1's books, Mexican Mornings: Essays South Of The Border by Michael Francis Xavier Hogan.

From tropics' library, I chose The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark.

Fom LisaMorr's library I choose "The House at Riverton" by Kate Morton...a novel/mystery set in Edwardian England...my 'cuppa' tea.

From catqwinn's library I choose JOHN CONSTABLE - PAINTINGS AND COUNTRYSIDE because I can never go past an art book without looking at it.

From MsDonna's library, I chose No One Belongs Here More than You by Miranda July. I have heard very good things about it!

Aunt Dimity Digs In, by Nancy Atherton from alcottacre's library, I choose this time, because this series sounds wonderful.

AND, from Catgwinn's library, since they seemingly got ignored in a double-post on #197 and #198, I will be greedy and choose one from that library as well, as I don't wish anyone to feel left out...I now choose Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke, by Patty Duke. I have always found the celebrity and the subject matter interesting.

This time from appydo1's library I choose "The Accident Man: A Novel" by Tom Cain

Another perusal through Catgwinn's library brings me another volume of this interesting person's autobiographical writing, Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness,
by Patty Duke.

From appydo1's TBR stack I choose
"The Circus In Winter" by Cathy Day

From Catgwinn's library I would choose {Legendary Ladies of Texas} by {Francis Edward Abernethy and Texas Foundation for Women's Resources} Published by {University of North Texas}

As a native Texan, who now lives in Ohio and enjoys history, this would be quite fun to read. Texas legends are the best (jk!)

I always love looking at a new library!! From dolphinluver22000's library I choose Boy Next Door, by Meg Cabot.

From appydo1's library I chose Sons And Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, still languishing in one of my tottering TBR piles.

From tropic's library, I chose Savages. I would love to travel in South America!

From Sandydog1's library: "A Gentle Madness" by Nicholas A. Basbanes. Sounds facinating, a title I've been wanting to find & read.

From Catgwinn's library I would choose Land of the Burnt Thigh by Edith Eudora Kohl. I love pioneer stories, and the title is intriguing.

I must pick I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark. I have read some of hers but hardly enough

From callmejacx library, I chose Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak because I have never read it.

I'm choosing Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman from alcottacre's library. Five stars and good reviews.

I was going to choose LisaMorr's book on Bhopal, but I've been playing this game for so long I think I may have selected that one early on. In a similar vein, how about Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk.

From Sandydog1's library... it's very hard to choose, but I think I'll go with The Know-It All: One Man's Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs.

I think I will join the game. From AMQS library I pick Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish.

dara85...it is always a pleasure to search through your library. I will have to pick The Concubine's Children by Chong Denise.

AMQS, The know it all was a good, funny read. Welcome, dara85.

From callmejacx, a bit of Canadian humor. I picked Vinyl Cafe Stories.

From Sandydog1's library I will this time choose Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, by Stephen E. Ambrose. I just looked at this book in someone else's physical library while visiting and began to read...It's now definitely on my TBR list, along with the rest of this author's writings on WWII.

Thanks, Sandydog1 -- I may have to pick up a copy!

From appydo1's library I would choose A Passage to India by E.M. Forster.

From AMQS's library I choose Mr. Timothy: A Novel by Louis Bayard.

From janoorani24's library I chose The Booklover's Repair Kit: First Aid for Home Libraries by Estelle Ellis

From mallingham's library I choose
"The Breaker" by Minette Walters...I've
not read any by Minette Walters lately.

Can I choose The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett from Catgwinn's library? It has been over 35 years since I read the book... definitely time for a re-read!

From lkernagh's library I choose Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen.

From hnau's library, I choose The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, though I will read it in English since my German is very rusty :).

THIS time, from the banquet offered by janoorani24's library, I choose The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. This author has been on my list to read all of his works, and this is an irresistible title, so it's going onto my TBR pile in my library.

This time from appydo1's nonfiction list, I choose "Birth of the Chess Queen: A History" by Marilyn Yalom...sounds like an interesting read.

Without a doubt I must pick James Herriot's Cat Stories by who else but James Herriot

It was hard, because callmejacx's reading tastes are very different from mine. I'd like to try Amy Girl by Bari Wood.

Blind Traveler Down a Dark River, by Robert P. Bennett, from hnau's library.

From appydo1, I've picked The African Witch. Time for a serious dose of Ju-Ju.

From Sandydog1's long list of bird-tagged titles, I choose "How Birds Migrate" by Paul Kerlinger.

''...AND LADIES OF THE CLUB'', by HELEN HOOVEN SANTMYER, from Catgwinn's library. It's been on my TBR pile for FAR too long!!!

with my great pleasure, once again I have to choose from appydo1's library
The Camera by Ansel Adams

From masgar's library, I chose Capsize: A Story of Survival in the North Atlantic by Alain Bombard. Sounds like it is right up my alley!

Psst...hey Catgwinn, this may be a violation of the norms of this thread, but may I suggest Songbird journeys or Living on the Wind instead of Kerlinger? Those two are entertaining and beautifully written books. Unless, of course, you are interested in pure science.

From masgar, I'd be interested in checking out The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfour.

The Touchstone's not working...

From Sandydog's library, The Procrastinator's Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now, which I need right now as I put off doing what I'm supposed to be doing!

From LisaMorr's library I think I'll try Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury.

From AMQS's library I choose "Wittington" by Alan Armstrong to add to my collection of illustrated stories featuring cats.

BTW Thanks to Sandydog1 for your recommended titles about bird migration.

I am nearly finished with Little Heathens from AMQS's library.

I pick Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I am ashamed to admit I have never read it.

I probably won't get to that as fast as I did Little Heathens.

I am nearly finished with Little Heathens picked from AMQS's library.

I pick Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I am ashamed to admit I have never read it.

I probably won't get to that as fast as I did Little Heathens.

dara85 don't feel so bad I haven't read Little Women either but did pick it up in December at a goodwill store for only $1.00. I am hoping to read in this year.

From dara's library I pick Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder by Jerry Bledsoe I always enjoy a good true crime novel.

From the books of callmejacx, I chose Stories from the Vinyl Cafe.

This time from Sandydog1's memoir tagged list , I select "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: an African Childhood" by Alexandra Fuller

From Catgwinn's library, I chose True North because I have read one of Conway's other books, but not this one.

From alcottacre's library, I choose Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky.

OMG! He writes TOO????? Then, as an original Trekkie, out of loyalty, if for no other reason, I must choose The Ashes of Eden, by William Shatner from hnau's interesting library. (sigh) I wish I were a bilingual reader...the German language list looks SOOOO interesting. Unfortunately, I didn't keep up my studies after graduating from high school, and have never refreshed or taken it up again...maybe one day...

From appydo1's recently added titles, I choose "Bookman's Pleasure: A Recreation for Booklovers" by Holbrook Jackson

From Catgwinn' library, this time I choose The Alhambra and the Generalife (by Jesus Bermudez Lopez, apparently, though not listed in said library), as it is high on our priority list of places to see before we can no longer travel. In fact, it is the next place in Europe we plan to visit...if/when we can go.

From appydo1's library I think I'll try Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I remember being traumatized by the play as a child. It's time I read the book as an adult.

from the neatly - tagged AMQS 's library, my choice fall on
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinsky

From masgar's library, I choose Hindoo Holiday by J. R. Ackerley.

hnau's large and eclectic library is a bit daunting! Nevertheless, I found The Silent Language by Edward T. Hall, which looks interesting.

Going to AMQS' library reminds me of going to a great restaurant!! So MANY good things on the menu!! This time I choose The Distant Land of My Father, by Bo Caldwell, as it really looks and sounds like a nice read.

Thank you, appydo1 and mascar for your kind words about my library. dara85, I'm so glad you read Little Heathens -- did you enjoy it?

From AMQS' library, I chose Essentials of Asian Cuisine. I love reading new recipes.

From alcottacre's big library, I would really want to get my hands on this book. Caught my attention. Another one for my wish list. The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking by Simon Singh

Sorry touchtones won't work

From callmejacx's library ai choose "Sleeping Beauty" by Phillip Margolin. I'm always looking for additional mystery/suspense authors.

Doc Susie, true Story of a Country physician in the Colorado Rockies, by Virginia Cornell, keeps catching my eye, so I will choose it this trip through Catgwinn's library.

From appydo1's library, I choose The Canterbury Tales. I have friends with mixed feelings over this, and would like to finally know what they are talking about!

From PishPosh's library, I chose Gone by Michael Grant. It looks very good!

What a nice picture, alcottacre, and from your library I will choose Case Histories: A Novel, by Kate Atkinson this time. I'm looking forward to reading this author.

#266 - The Canterbury Tales is NOT for everyone!!! It has some pretty raw adult humor in it. Be warned!!! Especially if you get a good translation or read it (as I chose to) in a tandem version in which you could see the original words Chaucer wrote and can refer to the modern English words for help understanding what is happening. I enjoyed this book very much, but was quite shocked nonetheless on my first reading.

Aye, The Canterbury Tales does have a lot of sex-capades and fart jokes.

From appydo1's library I've chosen the ambitious Beach Music. I'll give it some thought first before I chunk it onto my TBR pile.

This trip to Sandydog1's library I will choose Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, by Dee Brown. I've wanted to read it for years!!!

After visiting appydo1's library I'll continue my quest to read classics I've missed, and choose Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.

Ok, I'll go with a popular one from the library of AMQS: Enslaved by Ducks. I'm currently enslaved by canines and felines, but I think I'll try those anatids.

From Sandydog1's library I would pick A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams mainly because I am wanting to read books that have been made into movies.

From crazy4reading's library I'll pick Motherhood: the Second-Oldest Profession. I'm pretty sure I've read it before, way back when, but I love Erma Bombeck.

I love going to AMQS' page, if only to look at that sweet picture!! This time I choose Brick Lane, by Monica Ali, though I may have already chosen it before, as it is on my TBR pile.

First time going through appydo's library and I would choose Doctor Who: the Story of Martha by Dan Abnett.

I see why you like going through AMQS library, the picture is very nice.

From crazy4reading's library, I choose One for the Money - I've never read anything by Janet Evanovich.

From LisaMorr's library, I choose A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal. Touchstone seems a bit sluggish...

I'm very curious to read about the public health threats and their statistical significance. Epidemiology is like macroeconomics - a complicated science.

From Sandydog1's library, I choose The Last Lecture. It's been on my to-read list for a while now.

From PishPosh's library, I choose Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. My son had to read it for school and I just bought it to put in my TBR pile.

From crazy4reading's library I choose "The List" by Steve Martini
It sounds like an interesting mystery story.

Wow, thanks to appydo1 and crazy4reading for your kind words! I love that picture, too. Some of our happiest times are spent reading together, but there never seems to be enough time...

From Catgwinn's library I'll go with Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. Another classic I've never read.

From AMQS' library I will go with The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black. Always love to read books that have had a movie made about them.

From crazy4reading's library I choose The Golden Compass because of the religious controversy.

From PishPosh's library (love the lion by the way), I choose Emma because I should've read it a long time ago!

from LisaMorr's librarry: Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years by Michael Palin

by the way, about The Monty Python; probably everybody knows,
but for the few who doesn't ,
I like to signal this link:

http://it.youtube.com/MontyPython

From masgar's library I chose When We Were Orphans.

Masgar - I love the Monty Python page! Thanks, Jan

AMQS: Yes, I did enjoy Little Heathens. I am also from Iowa, so a good book for me to read. I remember hearing about some of the things she mentioned from my mom.

You enjoy Rebecca. I read it last year for my book group. We had a good discussion on it. I was lucky enough to see the movie again right before the discussion. I think the movie was better than the book, a lot spookier.

Sorry, all I was just passing through. I have four library books to get caught up on at the moment and can't add another book at the moment.

Hi PishPosh, do check out the lecture on Youtube or the Caarnegie Mellon site. It includes most of the content of the book. Very moving, even to this old curmudgeon.

From Alcottacre, I chose The Practical Archaeologist: How We Know What We Know About the Past.

In a Patch of Fireweed is the book I would choose from Sandydog1's library. It sounds interesting.

From Alcottacre's library I choose "The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan" by Christina Lamb . This sounds like a companion to "Reading Lolita in Tehran", which I read last summer.

From Alcottacre's library I choose "The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan" by Christina Lamb . This sounds like a good companion to "Reading Lolita in Tehran", which I read last summer.

from Catgwinn's library I choose The Best of Shaker cooking by Amy Bess Miller. (Why am I getting hungry now?!)

This time, from hnau's library, I choose The Decoy Princess, by Dawn Cook. It looks like a pleasant read.

My goodness, it's been eons since the last post! ;)

From appydo1, I choose Connections about the history of science and technology.

From Sandydog1 I choose Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain

from crazy4reading's library I choose The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, by Lilian Jackson Braun, as a frustrated interior decorator wannabe and mystery lover. This sounds like a great light read, which I need right now!

From appydo1's collection I select "The Distant Land of My Father" by Bo Caldwell

From Catgwinn's library I choose Ghost Girl by Torey L. Hayden.

From hnau's library I chose Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier.

from alcottacre 's library
The Invisible Collection/Buchmendel by Stefan Zweig

from masgar's library
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

From cynthrip's huge library, I'd like to browse in the Book of Common Prayer. Alas, visiting a book store won't help here in Germany.

since I'm not an English mother tongue
I choose from hnau Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English

@masgar: Using the Oxford, I've learned many additional words, because I had to look up the explanations, too :-( I'd recommend the Collins English Dictionary, it is much better.

Btw, I choose Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg from masgar's library.

>304 hnau: - The Book of Common Prayer is online at http://www.bcponline.org/

It is a great book to browse through.

From hnau's library I choose C. S. Lewis by Christian Rendel. I'm on a Lewis/Tolkien biography kick right now.

janoorani24, you have a wonderful library. I've always wanted to read The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey, so that's my pick.

Oh, as a lover of lingustics I MUST choose Double Negative (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries), by David Carkeet from AMQS' fun library!!!

>308 AMQS:: Thank you for such a lovely compliment about my library! The Daughter of Time is one of my favorites, and I hope you enjoy it.

From appydo1's library, I choose Steinbeck's Ghost by Lewis Buzbee. It looks really good.

>307 janoorani24: Thanks for the link!

From janoorani24's library I choose Game Plan by Zbigniew Brzezinski.

From hnau's library, I chose Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.

This time, as an Albert Campion fan, I shall choose Dancers in Mourning, by Margery Allingham from alcottacre's wonderful library.

from appydo1's library
The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) by Mary Carruthers.

From masgar's libray I choose "The Devil's Cup: A History of the World According To Coffee" by Stewart Lee Allen. I love food histories, plus learnig about different places/times from a different perspective is always interesting.

From Catgwinn's library, this time I choose Crabtree & Evelyn Cookbook: A Book of Light Meals and Small Feasts, by Crabtree & Evelyn. A favorite name on one of my favorite subjects!

From appydo1's library, this time I choose the short story collection "Dancing Girls" by Margaret Atwood

From Catgwinn, I plucked The Kite Runner.

From Sandydog1, I choose Johnny got his gun

From crazy4reading, I choose So Many Books, So Little Time.

Wow, SusieBookworm -- I loved looking through your library. If my daughter ever visited your library I doubt I would ever see her again. I'd like to try The Book Without Words by Avi. He is a local (CO) author, and I've never read anything of his. Yet.

From AMQS- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. I've heard high praise for this one!

From msf59, I chose Dog Soldiers. I haven't read any Vietnam novels.

On this trip through Sandydog1's library I chooseDreamtigers, by Jorge Luis Borges. I've read other books by this author with much pleasure.

appydo1 - you have lots of interesting books! I think I'd like to read The Age of Scurvy - How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Helped Britain Win the Battle of Trafalgar by Stephen Bown because I'm interested in the Napoleonic Wars and epidemiology.

The first one that caught my eye was Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. Don't laugh, but I have never read this book. Both my children have but for whatever reason I never got that far. It's a must read for me.

From callmejacx' library I think I'll join in on reading the V. C. Andrews series starting with Butterfly: First Novel in the Orphans Miniseries, by V.C. Andrews, if only for its title (I'm a butterfly fan!!).

#325, karenmarie, thank you for your comment on my library, I have recently gone through and done some major remodeling there, seeing as I have room for only 200 books...though hopefully that will soon change!!

This time from appydo1's library I choose "The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture" by Mary Carrthers.

From Catgwinn's library, I choose Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.

I do believe this is the first time I got to pick from PishPosh's library.

This time I shall pick Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I bought the book not to long ago and it is on my TBR list. This might just get me to read this earlier.

From callmejacx's library I choose The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy.

From lkernagh's library, I would chose From A to X - it sounds like a book I might enjoy.

On this wander through alcottacre's wonderful library I choose Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers, by Michael Baden. As a fan of CSI, this choice was a no-brainer!!!!

From Appydo(numberone)
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

Hey, I love you all, but now I've got a great opportunity to check out a library I haven't seen for a while.

From masgar's list I chose Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father.

Plus, Masgar, you've got a great dog on your home page. I think it's a sprinkle-spangle, or something like that ;)

Handling Sin by Michael Malone is my choice from Sandydog1's very nice library.

Yes, I have a very nice VIRTUAL library, thanks to all the great recommendations here and at other LT Group sites. I'm really looking forward to chasing down and reading these hundreds of books in my TBR file. Most of these are not in my grubby mitts as of yet.

From alcottacre's very romantic library I chose the rather unromantic The Children's Blizzard.

And alcottacre has a cool animal pcture too. I presume it is what an American prairie resident would call a "Billy Owl" (Athene cunicularia).

From Sandydog1's library I chose The Time Trap: The Classic Book on Time Management by Alec Mackenzie.
I admit I have a real problem with the fact that there is only 24h in a day...

From mallingham's library, I select "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet" by James Herriot. I love his "All Creatures Great and Small", also the TV series based on the book.

This time from Catgwinn's library, I will choose The Afternoon Tea Book. :)

From the library of Pishposh, I select A Year in Provence, although I'm not even hungry.

From Sandydog1's library I select "The English Teacher" by R.K. Narayan

From Catgwinn's library, I chose All London because it is a place I would dearly love to visit.

BTW Catgwinn, I noticed you live in McKinney. My husband works there although we actually live in Sherman.

#339. Catgwinn...I so much enjoy All Creatures Great and Small and the books. About a month ago my dentist's hygenist was shocked that I ever heard of this show. She then told me that Dierdra is her cousin. How kewl is that!!!!

From Alcottacre's library....let me take a look...This one sure looks intersting. So difficult to just pick one. Dickens' Fur Coat and Charlotte's Unanswered Letters: The Rows and Romances of England's Great Victorian Novelists by Daniel Pool

From callmejacx's library I choose "The Girls: A Novel" by Lori Lansens

From Catgwinn's library I choose The Road from Coorain.

From Sandydog1's library I choose A field guide to advanced birding: birding challenges and how to approach them. Love your library, sandydog1, being a birder myself!

From et2304's library, I choose The Catcher in the Rye.

PishPosh, I love your library. So many great memories there. I'll choose Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.

I think we're ready for a new thread, as this one's quite big (I like to think of it as well-loved).

New thread here:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/58159