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Steinbeck Novels 1942-1952: The Moon Is Down / Cannery Row / The Pearl / East of Eden (Library of America) av John Steinbeck
Jane Eyre (Collector's Library) av Charlotte Bronte
Great Tales from English History: A Treasury of True Stories about the Extraordinary People -- Knights and Knaves, Rebel av Robert Lacey
My Antonia (Book of the Month) av Willa Cather
The Golden Notebook: Perennial Classics edition (Perennial Classics) av Doris Lessing
Sense and Sensibility (Collector's Library) av Jane Austen
Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne av David Starkey
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Grupper75 Books Challenge for 2008, Anglophiles, Group Reads - Literature, Non-Fiction Readers, What Are You Reading Now?
Om mig Teacher, bookseller, life long bibliophile. Wide range of reading interests - history and biography, environmental issues, classic literature (particularly British and Russian writers), art and art history, food and cooking, mystery.
Favorite contemporary authors: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Joseph Ellis, Alexander McCall Smith, Elizabeth Kolbert, Michael Pollan, Atul Gwande, Peter Hessler, Jhumpa Lahiri
Favorite classics/contemporary literature: Anna Karenina, East of Eden, Gaudy Night, Bleak House, Age of Innocence, The Moonstone, Pride and Prejudice, My Antonia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Possession, Cold Mountain
Om mitt bibliotek I only list the keepers and classics on Library Thing - not every book I own. Many books come and go - once read, off to Half-Price, given, or loaned. My collection of children's books are, for the most part, not listed nor are anthologies such as the "Best of" series compiled each year in areas such as magazine or food writing.
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Thanks for your post and comments re. Anna Quindlen. I tried to obtain a copy of the recommended book, but it must be a popular one because my local library has a list of those waiting to check out the book. I'm now on the list.
There are authors that stick with us and it is good to know that Quindlen is one of them. Years ago I met Madeline L'Engle and was in awe of both her and her writing.
inlägg gjort av Whisper1 vid 8:26 am (EST) Aug 27, 2008
I haven't actually got a lot of momentum in the direction of Edith Wharton. I had an opportunity to get a new copy at a fair price, so I did. I like and respect Age of Innocence and hope to read more by her, but I have Henry James, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy ahead of her in fiction. I have a feeling I should get into Cather, too; I believe I read My Antonia in grade school and started Death Comes for the Archbishop in the last decade or so. I am fascinated by how all these folk cluster, James, Howells, Cather, Wharton, Jewett with Twain off to the side sort of.
I have read biography before now, and dipping into this one, I think it will be about right. I could swear that I have read something else happily by Hermione Lee, but looking at her list of works, I think myself mistaken.
Have fun,
Robert
inlägg gjort av rdurick vid 7:39 pm (EST) Jul 31, 2008
inlägg gjort av Fourpawz2 vid 8:05 am (EST) Jul 13, 2008
Thanks for your comments re. The Holbein painting at the Frick. About 15 years ago, I found the Frick museum (by accident) after visiting the Met. It is such a gem!
I like your descriptiveness re. the painting. I visited the Museum of Natural History a few weeks ago..took my granddaught to see the dinosaur bones. I travel to New York often (live in Bethlehem, PA) and your comments re. the Holbein painting prod me to want to re-visit the Frick.
inlägg gjort av Whisper1 vid 10:47 pm (EST) Jun 13, 2008
inlägg gjort av mtw7 vid 12:04 pm (EST) Apr 19, 2008