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Taggarhistorical fiction (46), English classic (29), American classic (21), contemporary fiction (19), Pulitzer Prize (10), American history (9), Russian classic (6), memoir (5), American fiction (3) — se alla taggar

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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PlatsDeep in the heart of Texas

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Hi Orangeena.

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.
Hi, Emily,

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
Thanks so much for your reply concerning The Age of American Unreason. I am still interested in it, but now I think that I will search for a reasonably priced copy instead of leaping at a full-priced one. How I love LT!
Hi

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.
Roz Chast- "Emit Sparks"
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