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FavoritförfattareChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Louisa May Alcott, Kate Atkinson, Jane Austen, Pat Barker, Louis de Bernieres, T.C. Boyle, Peter Carey, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Coe, Charles Dickens, Roddy Doyle, Alexandre Dumas père, Penelope Fitzgerald, Amitav Ghosh, Allegra Goodman, Andrea Levy, Naguib Mahfouz, Thomas Mallon, Ian McEwan, Larry McMurtry, Rohinton Mistry, Haruki Murakami, Joyce Carol Oates, Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Ahdaf Soueif, Wallace Stegner, Neal Stephenson, Claire Tomalin, Anthony Trollope, Barry Unsworth, Sarah Waters (Delade favoriter)

Om mig I have been a fanatic reader for, well, ever since I can remember (and I can remember pretty far back). I work in publishing, but for puzzle magazines, so not for anything I actually read. I have a husband who used to be a reader but has gotten out of the habit (and I need to find a site like this for CDs for him), two daughters who are avid readers, and a pre-reading son who will leave them in the dust when he finally does learn to read--he loves books more than any child I have ever seen.

I'm keeping track of my 2008 reading progress here: http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...

LAST 10 BOOKS READ
The Colour, Rose Tremain
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
Akenfield, Ronald Blythe
Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn
Thank You For Smoking, Christopher Buckley
The Last Picture Show, Larry McMurtry
The United States of Arugula, David Kamp
American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis (abandoned)

NOW READING:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle (Daily Lit)
The Gravedigger's Daughter, Joyce Carol Oates

LAST 5 BOOKS LISTENED TO:
The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim
Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie
The Birth of Venus, Sarah Dunant (abandoned)
Born Standing Up, Steve Martin
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood

NOW LISTENING TO:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Sarah Vowell

FAVORITE FICTION OF 2007
Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Achidie
Queen Margot, Alexandre Dumas
Troubles, J.G. Farrell
North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell
The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope
Case Histories, Kate Atkinson
Away, Amy Bloom
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Lizard Cage, Karen Connelly
Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
Restoration, Rose Tremain
Mason & Dixon, Thomas Pynchon
Ship Fever, Andrea Barrett
A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
The Twyborn Affair, Patrick White

FAVORITE NONFICTION OF 2007
The Circus Fire, Stewart O'Nan
Young Men and Fire, Norman Maclean
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, Caroline Alexander
We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families, Philip Gourevitch
Up in the Old Hotel, Joseph Mitchell
The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan

FAVORITE AUDIOBOOKS OF 2007
The Hungry Tide, Amitav Ghosh
The History of Love, Nicole Krauss
The Secret River, Kate Grenville
The Four Feathers, AEW Mason

Om mitt bibliotek I originally set up one account for all the books in the house, but that doesn't work so well for suggestions. I now have a second account, chriskids, for my children's books.

I recently discovered the columns for Date Started and Date Ended, and have gone through the past two years of my book journal and entered that information, plus my comments, in my LT catalog. If you're interested, you can easily see this by selecting my recommended display style.

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Hey Chris,

for cd's I can recommend last.fm. It remembers the song you play on your pc and then recommends new artist.

Andreas

inlägg gjort av andreas83 vid 10:40 am (EST) Jul 10, 2008

Hi Chris

thanks for adding me to your list :) My favourites so far by Anthony Trollope would be all the books in the 'Chronicles of Barset' series starting with 'The Warden' and 'Barchester Towers'. Other (non-ecclesiastically themed) ones which I've enjoyed include 'He Knew He Was Right', 'Lady Anna' and 'Dr Wortle's School'. The first two have similar levels of tension and drama of 'The Way We Live Now'. There is also the very popular Palliser series, starting with 'Can You Forgive Her?' which has political themes, but I haven't read any of these yet. Trollope wrote about 45 novels so there are so many I am still yet to read!

regards

Laura

inlägg gjort av digifish_books vid 8:31 pm (EST) Apr 27, 2008

Hi, Chris. I'm a fellow editor. I've gleaned several new book ideas from your site and appreciate your posting them.

Keep in touch!

inlägg gjort av ShelleyK vid 12:18 pm (EST) Apr 19, 2008

Hi Chris--

I'm new to LT. Checked out your library because we have 50+ titles in common (I'm very much at the beginning of cataloging, so we may have many more). At any rate, decided to drop a note because I see in your profile that you're from Norwalk, CT, the city where I grew up (and where my dear old mum still lives). I've lived in California for quite a few years now, but still love my Norwalk.

Happy reading!

Becky

inlägg gjort av BeckyJG vid 5:54 pm (EST) Mar 30, 2008

Thanks for sending the info on this. I cannot believe how much you read! it is inspirational.
D McG

inlägg gjort av Spartaneagle vid 5:28 pm (EST) Mar 30, 2008

Yep, I was sad to give up on London too. I may yet buy it, but I have so many unread books as it is. There was just no hope of reading it in a month. We have 2 tornado-like kids aged 1 and 4 so I'm very jealous of your week of holiday reading!! Hmmm...maybe in a couple of years. Especially if I spend less time here and more time with a book...

Your library is fantastic - I had a wee look at it last week after I saw your posts about what you were reading.

inlägg gjort av cmt vid 4:28 am (EST) Mar 11, 2008

Hallo Chris,
Sorry, it took a while, bit I finally caught up with your review of Ingenious Pursuits, which was very sharp indeed (I hadn't considered poor Harrison...). It is such a fascinating period, isn't it? I can't wait to hear your verdict on the Hooke booke :-)
All the best, Carolyn

inlägg gjort av citizenkelly vid 9:05 am (EST) Mar 2, 2008

Hi, Chris: I finished Gentlemen of the Road earlier this week, but have been so busy with work (and reality TV viewing) that I haven't written my review yet. Overall, I liked the book - it was my first Chabon read - and I am intrigued to read his other two books that are sitting on my shelf: The Yiddish Policeman's Union and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.

My biggest impression of Gentlemen was "Wow! That's some vocabulary he's got!" =)

I hope to get my review up before the weekend....I will be curious to read yours.

Take care,
Jill

inlägg gjort av mrstreme vid 5:44 pm (EST) Feb 27, 2008

Hi Chris, I did enjoy [Dogs of Babel] but read it so long ago I can't remember why! Isn't that sad?

inlägg gjort av Rarcar1 vid 7:31 pm (EST) Feb 9, 2008

Hi Chris, I just saw that you are starting [Lost and Found], I have that on my tbr pile. Have you read [The Dogs of Babel]?

inlägg gjort av Rarcar1 vid 6:42 pm (EST) Feb 8, 2008

Hi, Chris: Just a quick note to let you know that the book arrived. And it still had Terri's post-it note to you in it, which will be my bookmark for this book.

Thanks again!
Jill =)

inlägg gjort av mrstreme vid 3:01 pm (EST) Jan 26, 2008

Thank you so much for sending the book. I will let you know when I receive it! I am very curious to read it, especially after your comment!

All the best,
Jill

inlägg gjort av mrstreme vid 8:57 pm (EST) Jan 23, 2008

I wanted to say thank you for your support on the 50 book challenge group. You are right, I'm still reading and that is what counts!

Hugs!-Kat

inlägg gjort av Katrinia17 vid 1:17 pm (EST) Jan 23, 2008

Thanks for that Chris. I was just about to post this link on the Reading Globally group but saw your reply and just had to share it with you. I revisited this 'friend' and found her huge resource had developed even further! The site is at http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/wl....

inlägg gjort av juliette07 vid 4:29 pm (EST) Jan 21, 2008

Chris, Thank you for adding me to your interesting library category. Flattering but I trust it will not disappoint you! Reading your profile was exceedingly interesting. I see we also share 40 books but this probably has more to do with the fact that you have a large number of books. My husband has just told me that it is not significant - oh well we can't all be mathematicians! Now I look more closely, my suggestion is that you have are an anglophile .... !
Intersting to read about your son - I look forward to following his progress.
Best wishes Julie

inlägg gjort av juliette07 vid 3:33 pm (EST) Jan 21, 2008

Hi -

We haven't conversed yet but somehow I found your library.

Oh, I paged through what we share and so many of the books we have in common you have listed as TBR. I am excited that you stil have them to read - I must say I don't know which one to recommend you start with next (not that you are asking my opinion!)

I would suggest any of the Alice Munro's or the Carol Shield's. I don't read a lot of Irving, but I must say Trying to Save Piggy Sneed really left an impression upon me.

Personally, I love the academic novel, so I just picked up Tobias Wolff and David Lodge. Have you read Stoner by John Williams. Have you read it??? My favorite of 2007.

Anyway, hello and keep in touch.

Best
Alpahorder

inlägg gjort av alphaorder vid 7:16 pm (EST) Jan 19, 2008

p. 104 0f 446 (good call!). "you're not Mr. Tiplady?" He says something about her doing a 'roaring trade', out of curiosity wants to know what she charges. Helen is looking at the clock and thinking "go away!", but is too polite to let it show. they start to talk about what she charges. His manner changes, he seems interested but yet he is smiling. She becomes cautious. Maybe he's a lunatic...She'd often thought about how vulnerable she and Viv were, so close to Oxford Street and yet cut oof, up here.. Can't discuss it with you now, she said primly, if you care to come back during ordinary hours, my colleague (she glances towards the stairs, the lavatory) will be happy to explain the whole process. His interest is piqued more, he asks about her colleague. She says they're closed for lunch. A pity, he says. Tomorrow perhaps, she says. His manner changes once again after realizing what she was doing. "Look here, I'm sorry. I think I've given the wrong impression." At that moment Viv came up the stairs and into the office. She must have heard his voice and wondered what is going on. She looks at him in amazement, blushes. Helen catches her eye, making a little gesture of alarm. He steps forward and begins to laugh. "I'm afraid I really did give you the wrong idea. It isn't a wife I'm after, you see. Just Miss Pearche. Viv colors deeper. She glances at Helen and then introduces him as Robert Fraser, a friend of her brother's. She asks if Duncan is alright. Nothing like that he says, I was just passing. Duncan asked you to come? she asks. Just hoping you'd be free, just a whim, he says. Moment of awkward silence. Helen thinks she should 'get on." Viv says 'no, it's all right" and they head for the door (middle of page 106).

inlägg gjort av avaland vid 4:27 pm (EST) Jan 18, 2008

Wow! you really read some great fiction in 2007, Chris. What a list that is! - Lois

inlägg gjort av avaland vid 11:02 am (EST) Jan 18, 2008

Chris, If you husband is not a musician he might find some of Musicophilia interesting. Don't despair.
Amanda

inlägg gjort av amandameale vid 3:32 am (EST) Jan 16, 2008

There is another one that I got free last year from the town library as they were throwing books out(read: culling, rotating, down-sizing). Most of the victims were novels over which no one should shed a tear. But Wiesel? The book is [The Town Beyond the Wall]. It was my first book by him. It caught me by surprise. The story was in flashbacks, dreams, and it took me a while to sort it all out. And then the trap sprung, and I was dumbfounded by its effect on me. Incredibly powerful.
I have not read [The Night] yet, but have the updated version, corrected by his wife. I have so many TBR! I helped a friend who managed a bookstore, and as a Thank You, received nearly 40 books of my choosing! But enough, I hope you are as impacted by Wiesel as I was.

inlägg gjort av jarka vid 6:36 pm (EST) Jan 3, 2008

Good day! I looked at the books we share, and would like to recommend Wiesel's book in your TBR pile. It is fiction, but made up of countless pixels of lives. Powerful book.
Jer

inlägg gjort av jarka vid 7:44 am (EST) Jan 3, 2008

Ha, really? That's excellent!

inlägg gjort av ablachly vid 12:53 pm (EST) Dec 20, 2007

HI Chris
I was looking at your profile and I am totally going to steal your ideas for a few of your lists. I wanted to let you know and give you the full credit.
Notably, "last ten books I read" and "what I am reading now."
I keep a book journal too, I am going to look into filling some old dates.
thanks for the great ideas :)
-kristen

inlägg gjort av kristenliberty vid 5:04 pm (EST) Oct 22, 2007

Hi Chris,

I first read Salter in a writing workshop I was in and was surprised to find out how much I enjoyed "The Hunters," since it is a story about fighter pilots in the Korean War. Then I read "Light Years" which I believe is a masterpiece. It is somewhat difficult reading, as it takes some effort to follow the time shifts, but it is a beautiful, haunting, and ultimately sad portrayal of a place, a time, and a marriage. I've read almost everything else he wrote but, for me, nothing stands up to these two.
Rebecca

inlägg gjort av rebeccanyc vid 8:24 pm (EST) Sep 27, 2007

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your lovely welcoming message and congratulations. Library thing is a very recent discovery and I am very much enjoying my initial explorations.

Allie

inlägg gjort av AllieW vid 4:30 am (EST) Sep 25, 2007

Hi Chris,

Interesting comments about Sammar's anger at Rae. I had not thought about that. I was struck by how important his religion was to her. With mixed-religion marriages so common in Western cultures, I really hadn't thought about how important that was.

I agree with you that I would have liked to know more about Rae. I understand "why" we don't, in that the book is so much from Sammar's POV, but it was a bit frustrating at times. I am glad you liked the book though ... I really enjoyed it also!

Laura

inlägg gjort av lindsacl vid 7:44 pm (EST) Sep 20, 2007

Hi Chris, saw your request to chat further about The Translator. Want to do that here? What did you think of it?

inlägg gjort av lindsacl vid 8:40 pm (EST) Sep 19, 2007

Chris, I send the To Kill a Mockingbird CDs out today. - Lois

inlägg gjort av avaland vid 10:19 pm (EST) Sep 17, 2007

Hi Chris

Just dropping by, those trees are amazing..like something out of harry potter!

:-)

inlägg gjort av KimB vid 1:51 am (EST) Sep 6, 2007

I agree with the user avaland, that your idea of a second account for children's books is a great one. Being in my 50's, I also feel I have "earlier life" books!

inlägg gjort av lgaikwad vid 7:55 am (EST) Aug 17, 2007

Astonishing Splashes of Colour is definitely worth the reading. It's a difficult book to describe, not quite like anything else I've read. Morrall does a marvelous job of depicting a woman with depression; she sees her state of mind as colors. Not a spoiler--you find out in the first few pages that she has lost a baby and can't have another, but as the story unfolds, it's clear that a lot of other things in her past have also affected her. The pace really picks up as you go along. I've been recommending it to a lot of people.

inlägg gjort av Cariola vid 9:46 pm (EST) Aug 5, 2007

Wow, we have a ton of books in common! I also just finished On Chesil Beach, and it's still lingering with me. What did you think of it?

inlägg gjort av Cariola vid 2:16 pm (EST) Aug 5, 2007

That was a tame discussion compared to some I've seen, even on our very own Forum! They're never worth participating in. It occurred to me last night that the health of the science fiction genre can be determined by the health of the SF magazines. It's all relative, I suppose.

inlägg gjort av asphalteden vid 8:05 am (EST) Aug 3, 2007

Mabel Maney is camp - parodies of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, and James Bond. It's hilarious, but not *literature*... :)

I have a friend who's trying to get me started on Roddy Doyle - you're apparently a fan?

inlägg gjort av ablachly vid 12:22 pm (EST) Jul 20, 2007

"Shared favorites" (authors) - I wish we had had this feature before I met you in New York! Since you apparently have impeccable taste in authors.

Abby

inlägg gjort av ablachly vid 12:07 pm (EST) Jul 20, 2007

Thanks for your review of The Road, Chris. It sounds like one of those ones which stays with you for a long time and one where you have to be in the right frame of mind in order to handle it. It will go in the TBR pile to wait for that time.

inlägg gjort av tiffin vid 12:01 am (EST) Jul 8, 2007

Hmmm. I see you have a second account for your kids' books. I've been thinking of doing the same. My 'kids" are in their 20's but I have a hoard of books that were their, not to mention many books from when I was young, AND excellent juvenile books I've collected from library sales for future grandchildren. So how's the two account system working out? I want to catalog them but really don't want it to affect my affinity (although my SF & F, which I don't read much of these days, already blows that to some extent). Are your children still at home?

Best, Lois

inlägg gjort av avaland vid 8:53 am (EST) Jun 19, 2007

Okay, I'm sitting her saying "milk cartons" what is she talking about. I can't remember saying anything about milk cartons, I don't even drink milk. Then, it came to me "milk crates," where I keep my books. Well, now that that's clear as mud, I am still not finished. I have about 10 or 15 crates to go. I found some poetry and a cartoon. I'll post the carton on my profile so you can see it. I was in love with a man in the late 70s, but circumstances were against us.

About Soueif, I enjoyed her to a point. I really enjoyed the picture she draws of life and culture in Egypt for the various characters. But the personal part disappointed me. What kind of marriage was that? I just found that hard to accept even as I enjoyed the characters. The other book I felt sort of the same loved the insights on Egyptian life and culture, could't accept the coincidence of the family connection. I thought the glimpse of life for the English woman who goes to Egypt and marries the Egyptian man was a compelling love story, but would have been better served if she hadn't been so perfect. Still and all I think Soueif is talented.

inlägg gjort av gautherbelle vid 6:49 pm (EST) Jun 10, 2007

We've 99% affinity. We share 101 books and I've actually read most of them. I see we both enjoy Indian literature also fans of Mahfous.

inlägg gjort av Gautherbelle vid 6:04 pm (EST) Jun 9, 2007

Hi! Greetings from Italy!
I have seen that we have 98% affinity!!

inlägg gjort av Juliette80 vid 3:38 pm (EST) May 13, 2007

I'm planning to read Drop City as soon as I can acquire it from the library.

inlägg gjort av tropics vid 11:57 pm (EST) Apr 4, 2007

Thanks for making me aware of [Drop City]. Many years ago my husband and I attempted to do a "back to the land" thing in Oregon. No sooner had we bought the land and begun to realize our dream when a group of urban counter-culturists bought the adjacent land and proceeded to turn our dream into a nightmare, blasting us with rock music from stereo speakers that they set up outside and over time attracting an endless procession of casual, usually noisy and thoughtless visitors. I've often wondered how long we would have stayed there if our neighbors had instead been quiet, elderly folk. Perhaps things worked out for the best after all.

inlägg gjort av tropics vid 1:12 pm (EST) Apr 4, 2007

cablgley-thanks so much for remembering to get back to me...my favorite Auster so far is [book of illusions]...excellent!

inlägg gjort av berthirsch vid 8:22 am (EST) Oct 25, 2006

would like to know how your group finds [Leviathan]...i am a big Auster fan, have Leviathan on the shelf unread.

inlägg gjort av berthirsch vid 6:08 pm (EST) Oct 18, 2006

Thanks for the Book Buddy pillow info. I think I’ve given up on “Jonathan Strange…”, but it might comer in handy for John Irving’s “Until I find You”.

We share 167 books – not bad. The usual suspects, plus the not so usual; Robertson Davies, Kate Atkinson, Arturo Perez-Reverte, and Jonathan Coe. You have lots of quintessentially English books too Penelope Fitzgerald, Wikie Collins, Anita Brookner…

inlägg gjort av magus vid 10:05 am (EST) Sep 11, 2006

Your reading program sounds like something I should try myself. I have so man7y unread books it's ridiculous. I really must stop rereading books so often - it's just so tempting. I don't know if I could stop buying books though...

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