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Medlem: VivienneR

SamlingarDitt bibliotek (811), Favoriter (70), Reviewed (35), Läser just nu (4), Önskelista (5), Alla samlingar (816)

Recensioner35 recensioner

TaggarMystery (189), British (160), Canadian (140), English literature (106), History (77), Favourite (68), Memoir (67), Biography (67), Cookery (66), Fiction (59) — se alla taggar

Molntaggmoln, författarmoln

GrupperAgatha Christie, Anglophiles, Best of British, Bibliomysteries, British & Irish Crime Fiction, Canadian Bookworms, Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge, Canadian Literature, George Orwell, I Survived the Great Vowel Shift — visa alla grupper , Series junkies, Women of Mystery

FavoritförfattareJane Austen, H. E. Bates, E. F. Benson, Charlotte Brontë, Agatha Christie, Colin Dexter, Charles Dickens, E. M. Forster, Dick Francis, John Galsworthy, Elizabeth Gaskell, Germaine Greer, Helen Humphreys, James Joyce, Margaret Laurence, D. H. Lawrence, W. Somerset Maugham, W.O. Mitchell, Alice Munro, George Orwell, Candace Savage, Dorothy L. Sayers, Judy Schultz, Carol Shields, Sue Townsend, Anthony Trollope, Joanna Trollope, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Evelyn Waugh, Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse (Gemensamma favoriter)

Om mitt bibliotekWith a few exceptions, my library is constantly changing. Every time we move - and we move often - the collection is severely reduced. I wish I still had every book I ever owned and a home big enough to hold them! My collection in LibraryThing is what I have in my possession at the moment as well as some books that I have read recently and passed on. I have read many that are not listed here. Although I read all kinds of material I particularly enjoy history, the classics, biography, natural history, travel, feminist literature, and mysteries.

This is an explanation of my rating system:

5 Outstanding, highly recommended
4 Very good, recommended to author/genre fans
3 Average
2 Disappointing
1 Not worth reading

Although I try not to use them, half stars indicate a slight variation of rank or where I have some hesitation in assigning a full star.

Obviously, my personal taste is the crux of the rating, A five star mystery does not necessarily compare with a classic work of literature also having five stars, it simply indicates just that I enjoyed them equally. I also consider if I would recommend the work, and to whom. My Favourites collection is based on a different principle so a five star rating doesn't guarantee entry, neither does a Favourites entry insure five stars.

In spite of trying to be consistent I often come across a rating that is out of keeping when compared with others similarly ranked so changes are made now and then.

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Riktigt namnVivienne

PlatsBritish Columbia, Canada

E-postred2robinsonhotmail.com

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Allmänna faktaSerier (114), Utmärkelser (196), Gestalter (2161), Platser (459)

Medlem sedanMay 23, 2007

Läser just nuA Butterfly Flaps in Iceland av Samuel James Harrison
Last Night in Montreal av Emily St. John Mandel
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories av Alberto [Editor] Manguel
Darkness at the stroke of noon av Dennis Richard Murphy