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My Antonia - tekijä: Willa Cather
The Robber Bride - tekijä: Margaret Atwood
The Secret Life of Bees - tekijä: Sue Monk Kidd
Payment in Blood - tekijä: Elizabeth George
Power of One - tekijä: Bryce Courtenay
Birds Without Wings - tekijä: Louis De Bernieres
From Time to Time - tekijä: Jack Finney
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Jäsen: Donna828
Kirjasto770 kirjaa — katso kirjasto
Arvostelut51 arvostelua — katso arvostelut
Pilvetavainsanapilvi, tekijäpilvi
AvainsanatClassic (52), Read in 2005 (48), Read in 2004 (45), Read in 2000 (43), Read in 1998 (41), Read in 2003 (39), Read in 1999 (37), Read in 2002 (33), Read in 1997 (32) — kaikki avainsanat
Ryhmät50 Book Challenge, Early Reviewers, Group Reads - Literature, Missouri Readers
LempikirjailijatWilla Cather, Louise Erdrich, John Irving, Barbara Kingsolver, John Steinbeck, Amy Tan (Yhteiset suosikit)
Tietoja minusta I'd rather be reading...I read at least one book per week, mostly contemporary fiction with an occasional classic or nonfiction work thrown in for variety. I have kept a reading journal since 1997 and will continue this tradition on LT beginning in 2008. I am borrowing Jane Austen's picture for my profile as one of my goals for the year is to read her complete works.
Favorite books for the first half of 2008:
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle -- David Wroblewski
The Maytrees -- Annie Dillard
The Master -- Colm Toibin
The Plague of Doves -- Louise Erdrich
The Age of Innocence -- Edith Wharton
Out Stealing Horses -- Per Pettersen
Gardens of Water -- Alan Drew
Tietoja kirjastostani My virtual library consists of many of my favorite books of the past ten to fifteen years with several all-time favorites added for good measure.
I am slowly adding titles housed in my permanent collection which I plan to read sometime before I die. My fervent hope is that these TBR tagged books will diminish over the years rather than increase. This will be a real challenge due to my weakness for buying books.
Jäsenyys
LibraryThing Early Reviewers ("varhaiset kirja-arvostelijat")
SijaintiMissouri, USA
Käyttäjätilin tyyppijulkinen, elinaikainen
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RekisteröitymispäiväMar 25, 2007

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I have a few friends that go to SMS (I can't get over the name change either). I love Springfield it's such a beautiful city. I was up there in May for a children's literature conference at my college (Drury).
Lähettänyt: beckylynn 5:57 pm (EST) Jul 16, 2008
Lähettänyt: beckylynn 4:20 pm (EST) Jul 10, 2008
We share many books and many favorites. From perusing your favorites, I am bumping Angle of Repose and The Poisonwood Bible to the top of my to be read next list - a list which is shamefully long and sadly neglected! I'm looking forward to spending more time wandering among your books...
Happy reading,
Mel
Lähettänyt: readaholic12 11:35 pm (EST) Jul 8, 2008
Lähettänyt: indygo88 6:16 pm (EST) Jun 29, 2008
Humidity is right - I think we've gotten nearly 5 inches of rain this week, and I know we haven't gotten as much here as you have down there this spring. My grandparents lived in Littleton until my grandfather died, then my "grandma" (a younger second wife) moved to Mt Vernon, MO where her mother and brother were living. She is still there. I've got more relatives in Colo Springs, but I doubt we'll get down there on this trip. Isn't it funny how we just assume that our lives are completly unique, then we find someone who is connected to all the same places?
The War and Peace read was already started when I joined LT in March, but I was intrigued. I used to read more literary books than I have been lately, but never a lot of classic literature. We weren't introduced to it in school, and I tried it on my own after college, but it was rough going. I started the Middlemarch read, but my heart was never in it. George Eliot has never had much appeal, and I didn't make it past book 1. I'm looking forward to the new book, and will read whichever of the two leaders wins. I had a difficult time voting, since there were several that looked interesting, so my heart is not set on either one of them. For the short time I was plodding through Middlemarch, I did enjoy reading comments from other people about the same material. I felt less alone, and have had twinges of regret that I didn't stick it out a little longer. I hope the winner is announced soon - I'd like to get a copy of the book in time to take it with me when we leave for vacation next week.
Sandy
Lähettänyt: sjmccreary 10:54 am (EST) Jun 6, 2008
We live in Lee's Summit, which is becoming more and more like Overland Park (not sure if that is a good or bad thing!)
We've always loved Springfield, and are pretty pleased that the boys are planning to move there. Our oldest son is in Rolla right now, but decided he didn't want to be an engineer after all, so he didn't enroll in school after he moved down there.
Where in Colorado did you live? That is another of my favorite places - my grandparents lived in Denver while I was growing up and we went out there every summer. We still make regular trips and have one planned for week after next to the Grand Mesa area - with a stop in Denver to visit relatives who still live there.
I fell in love with LT the first time I saw it. I expected the "new" to wear off, but so far I'm liking it more and more. I feel like I'm getting acquainted with the people here, and have started thinking of them just the same as I think of some of the the people I know in "real life". I know I sometimes spend far too much time here, when I could be reading, or should be working!
It's nice to meet you
Sandy
Lähettänyt: sjmccreary 10:30 am (EST) Jun 3, 2008
I'm off to sea hauling ropes on a tall ship for the next couple of weeks. I'll add a bunch of shippy books to my shelf when I get back.
Lähettänyt: EnglishPatient 7:14 am (EST) Jun 1, 2008
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Lähettänyt: Rarcar1 4:52 pm (EST) Apr 5, 2008
Lähettänyt: amanaceerdh 4:57 pm (EST) Apr 3, 2008
You are clearly an old hand at recording your reading. I just began in 2007, finally -- after years of wanting to -- using LT's 50 Book Challenge group. I don't see you on there, but recommend it as a great way to get a little feedback on your reading while you keep a record. My current thread is at kambrogi in 2008
I, too, set a goal of reading all of Austen (as well as Dickens), but don't seem to move as quickly as I want to in that direction. MY TBR pile is so high! If you liked The Sparrow and admire Ann Fadiman, I wonder if you have read the non-fiction work, "When the Spirit Catches You, You Fall Down"? It is a study of cross-cultural confusion and the tragedy that results.
Lähettänyt: kambrogi 11:29 am (EST) Mar 31, 2008
Terri
Lähettänyt: teelgee 1:17 am (EST) Mar 27, 2008
Lähettänyt: 3M3m 7:50 pm (EST) Mar 5, 2008
Lähettänyt: library_kate 12:21 am (EST) Mar 1, 2008
Lähettänyt: amanaceerdh 3:12 pm (EST) Feb 29, 2008
Lähettänyt: amanaceerdh 9:18 am (EST) Feb 27, 2008
I'm just getting started on War and Peace - only on page 70 or so - so I don't have too much to comment on yet, I feel like I'm just getting my bearings and getting to know some characters. I do see some parallels to contemporary issues - nationalism, imperialism, etc. that are fairly striking. It's going to take me a long time to read this one, as I'm reading endnotes, footnotes, looking at the dictionary, atlas, Wiki, etc - but learning a lot.
Do you know about the War and Peace group we've got going? It's called Group Reads - Literature. There are 25 or so LTers who are reading and commenting on the book - people are in various stages of reading. Pop in to have a look if you think you'd be interested. Here's a link to it.
Happy reading to you too.
Terri
Lähettänyt: teelgee 1:48 pm (EST) Feb 16, 2008
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