January -- the joy of books

10 years ago

I've just finished Lev Grossman's "Codex." This was a real page-turner, and I got little sleep last night, as I was enthralled in how it would end. For readers who enjoyed "The Name of the Rose" and "Club Dumas" and others of that ilk, I recommend this one highly. I learnt several new terms with regard to the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and early bookbinding methods, not to mention medieval history. For any of you who worked in libraries (I did), this might be your cup of tea.

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annpan
10 years ago
I skipped through a geezer-lit mystery and got quite annoyed at the constant self-denigration of the main character. Always calling himself names "fart" "poop" "old goat" etc. Most of the senior age men I know prefer to think of themselves as still quite young and rarely refer to their age or infirmities.
Should I write to the author and point this out? :-)
woodnymph2_gw
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10 years ago
I am trying to keep part of my resolution to read books already on my shelves untouched, before I reach out to all the vast temptations elsewhere. Thus, I am now reading a superb NF work by Melissa Greene: "The Temple Bombing." The book was meticulously researched and is basically a history of the Civil Rights movement and anti-Semitism in Atlanta, where I grew up. The lovely old Temple was bombed by a White Hate group in 1958 and I have bitter memories of that event. I cannot say this is a book to be "enjoyed" but it is interesting and well written.
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2007 OFFICIAL ROSE LIST SUPPLEMENT, JANUARY 2008 Not An Official ARS Publication Rose lists are published last day of each month. 1) Approved ARS Exhibition Name 2) IRAR / Rose Registrations. 3) Color Classification. 4) Year Introduction / Registered. 5) Modern Roses 12 (MR 12). Changes to 2007 Official List / MR 12, 2008 Handbook 6) MR 12+ Changes & Additions to printing of Modern Roses 12 (*) Approved name change in September 2002. 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Lilac HT, m, MR 12+ F. White HT, w MR 12+ Fairy Ambiance HT, yb MR 12+ Falla HT, or MR 12+ Falling In Love 10-1-06--11/2006, pb, 2007 Fernand Point HT>>>Fernant Point * Fire Storm HT, yb MR 12+ Flare HT, mr MR 12+ Floating Candle HT, ob, 2006 Foster’s Ruby Glow HT, pb, 12-`17-07 Fragrant Plum HT, m, 1990>>>>>>>>>>(Gr) Friend Sonia HT, pb, MR 12+ Fujimai HT, m, 8-11-06--10/2006, MR 12+ Furisode HT, mp, MR 12+ Georgie Bee HT, 1-23-06--3/2006, rb, 2006 Gloria Ellen HT, pb, 12-17-07 Goldrush HT, dy, MR 12+ Golden Fairy Tale HT, my, 2005 Granny Beryl HT, my, 12-9-07 Green Tea HT, w, MR 12+ Guarding Angel HT, ab Hatsukari HT, 3-15-05--7/2005, pb, 2005 Helen Teresa HT, mp, 12-9-07 Help for Children HT, mr, 11-19-07>>>F, 1-2008 Here’s Charlie HT, 8-11-06--10/2006, pb, 2006 Hey Paula HT, 3-5-07, 4/2007, pb, 2007 Honesty HT, w, 2005 Howard and Sara HT, mr, 12-17-07 Irene Dean HT, 2-14-07, 4/2007, pb, 2007 Iris HT, 8-11-06--10/2006, op, 2006 Isabella Rossellini HT, dr, 2006 It’s Lovely Mary HT, pb, 10-2-07, 1-2008 James Power HT, ab, 11-14-07, 1-2008 Janice Kellog HT, dr, 2006 Johnny B Good HT, mp, 10-2-07, 1-2008 Johnny Becnel HT>>>>>(F), ob,. 2006 MR 12+ Joyce Ruston HT, 12-9-07 Kilbreda Centenary 3-21-07, 4/2007, mr, 2007 Just Peachy HT, 11-20-06--1/2007, pb, 2006 Ken Bruck HT, mr, 1997 Kuperkoiginin 8-10-06--11/2006, dy, 1996 Lady Teton HT, mp Legends JT, mr, 8-26-07, 10/2007 Leah June HT, pb, 5-20-07※6/2007 LeAnn Rimes, Cl HT, 2-15-07, 4/2007, pb, 2007 Lisa Michelle 6-13-06--7/2006, ab, 2005 Louise Hay HT, ab, 11-14-07, 1-2008 Lovejoy HT, w, 1-17-08 Margarete Fuchs HT, m, 2006 Marquesa del Vadillo HT>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Marquesa de Vadillo * Marlene HT, lp, 10-2-07, 1-2008 Mary Hankins HT, ob, 12-10-07 Matilda HT, mr, 2004,>>>>>>(my), MR 12+ Martha Rice HT, dp Mary C HT, 10-31-05, pb, 2006 Miri HT, pb, 8-17-07, 10/2007 MR 12+ Miss B. 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F, dy, 1-27-08 Ron’s Love F, dr, 12-9-07 Rose Marie Gorst F, dp, 11-19-07, 1-2008 Rustington Rose F, ob, 11-19-07 Samantha F, dp, 11-19-07, 1-2008 Sarah Hartas F, or, 11-19-07, 1-2008 Saxy Bob F, op, 2000 Scent To Remember 6-13-05--9/2005, ab, 2006 Shadow Ninja F, or, 11-14-07, 1-2008 Shockwave F, my, 8-17-07, 10/2007 MR 12+ Sisters At Heart F, ab, 2006 Sixteen Candles F, lp, 2006 Soft Morning F, 1-31-06--6/2006, ab, 2006 Ssiena Vigorosa F, op, 1997 Steve Chase F, 6/2006, ob, 2006 Strawberry Ice F, pb, 1986 Summer Flurries F, w, 2002 SunQueen F, 11-13-05--5/2006, yb, 2006 Sweet Response >>>The Optimist Sweet San Carlos F, 6-13-06--7/200, m, 2006 Tassie Diana F, lp, 12-21-07 Tassie Laua-Maree F, dp, 5-20-07 Tassie Miss Carolyn F, mp, 12-10-07 Tassie Mme Mariah F, w, 5-20-0-7※6/2007 The Balvenie Rose F, dr, 11-19-07, 1-2008 The Daldry Rose F, 11-14-06--1/200, rb, 2006 The English Lady F---17/25, ab, 2005 The Freda Perry F, lp, 11-16-07, 1-2008 The Prestbury Rose F, ab, 11-19-07, 1-2008 The Sandyland’s Rose F, yb, 12-17-07 Tricia F, w, 1970>>>>>>>>>2007 OL Triyabell Trust F, or, 11-16-07, 1-2008 Tye Dye F, >>>5-21-06 >>>(Min Fl) Valerie Ann F, 1-23-06--3/2006, dy, 2006 Vince Butterworth F, 5-4-06, rb, 2006 Wedding Cake F, 6-15-07, w, 2007 Wendy F, lp, 11-19-07, 1-2008 White Walko F, 8.7, dr, 1957 Winter Haven F, 8-10-06--9/2006, lp, 2006 MINIATURES: (Min) Able Min, 11-20-06--1/2007, yb, 2006 Amor Hit Min, dr, >>>>>2007 Ange Divin Min, op, 1994>>>(Min Fl) MR 12+ Austin Jace Min, 2-28-06--5/2006, m, 2006 Baby Fifty-Fifty Min, ob, MR 12+ Baby Jane Clare Min, mp, 11-14-07 Big Apricot Min, ab, 2006 , (HT) MR 12+ Billy Fury Min, 1-23-06--3/2006, lp, 2006 Biola Centennial Min, rb, 12-11-07 Black Heart Min, 6-13-06--7/2006, dr, 2006 Bonfire Min, 8-11-06--10/2006, rb, 2006 # Burgess pink ** Min, mp Burgess red ** Min, mr Burgess Yellow ** Min, my Caramel Kisses Min, 3-21-07, 4/2007, m, 2008 Caroline Nicholos Min, 2-23-06--5/2006, m, Casino Mama HT, mp, 10-2-07 MR 12+, 1-2008 Changing My Habits 6-13-06--7/2006, r, 2006 Chelsea Brittlyn 12-17-06--1/2007, mp, 2006 Cherry Rose** Min, dp Chili Clementine Min, rb MR 12+ Chinaberry** Min, yb Coffee Bean Min, 10-1-06--11/2006, r, 2008 Damara Min, 6-27-06--9/2006, mr, 2006 Danara Min, 6-13-06--7/2006, rb, 2006 Darla Min, lp, 8-26-07, 2007 David D. Berstein, CL Min, 4-20-06--6/2006, mr Daylight’s Glow Min, 7-5-06--10/2006, my Dr Michael Noble 9-27-06--11/2006, ob, 2007 Dukata Min, 6-27-06--9/2006, ob, 2006 Emma Grace Min. ob, 12-10-07 Eveka Min, 7-2-06--10/2006, pb, 2006 Florance Daley Min, lp, 11-19-07, 1-2008 George’s Pride Min, ob, 5-20-07, 6/2007 Gift of Time Min, w, MR 12+ Gloria des Lawranceanas ** Min, dr, 1837 Glowing With Pride Min, 7-2-06--10/2006, ob Gold Star Min, yb, MR 12+ Golden Horizon Min, 7/2006, my, 2006 Icelantic Angel Min, w, 8-17-07, 10/2007 Happy Thoughts Min, 4-10-06--6/2006, ob Haru-No-Umi Min, pb, 12-9-07 Heartland Flame Min, ob, 10-8-07 MR 12+, 1-2008 Heidi-ho Min, 8-10-06--10/2006, ab, 2006 Hope And Joy 6-15-07, ob, 2007 John Boy Min, 11-20-06--1/2007, yb, 2006 Josh Alonso Min, 9-26-06--11/2006, op, 2007 Joy Min, pb, 5-20-07, 6/2007 Joy In The Morning Min, 10/2006, ab, 2006 Karmini Minimo Min, mr Klassy Lady 8-10-06--10/2006, pb, 2006 Lavender Pixie Min, m, 11-14-07 Lemon Up Min, 6-13-06--7/2006, yb, 2006 Little Pete Min, or, 2006 Love And Peace Min, 6-15-07, rb, 2007 Mardarin Min, 8-10-06--11/2006, lp, 1987 Marie Renfroe Min, ab, 12-10-07 Marita Lindner Min, 10-1-06--11/2006, lp, 2006 Memphis Bell Min, or, 12-221-07 Mini Wings Min, rb, 1985, 1-18-08 Miss Ruth Min, mp, 1959 Molly Min, 8-2-06--10/2006, mp, 2006 Morning Call Min, w, 12-17-07 Mother Lode 11-1-06--1/2007, yb, 2006 My Hometown Min, rb, 12-10-07 Noon Sunshine Min, 10/2006, ly, 2006 Orange Classic Min, ob, 2006 Orange You Happy Min, 7/2006, m, 2006 Orange-Cherry Up Min, 7/2006, or, 2006 Ox Min, 7.0 (7.2), rb, 1986 Pink Patio Min, lp, 4-25-07 Pearl Sanford Min, 3-21-07, 4/2007, pb, 2007 Pennies From Heaven, Cl, 11/2006, r, 2007 Peppermint Parfait Min, rb, 11-14-07 Petite Perle d’Or Min, 1-22-07, 4/2007, ab, 2006 Phoenix Rising Min, ob, 11-19-07, 1-2008 Pink Joey Min, 6.2, 1953 Pink ’n’ Pretty 1-22-07, 4/2007, pb, 2007 Pink Twist Min, 6-15-07, pb, 2007 Purple Passion Min, m R.C. Min, w Red Hot Friendship Min, rb, 2001 Robert Snowden Min, yb, 11-19-07, 1-2008 Rose Country Min, lp>>>>>>>>>>>>2007 Rosemarin Min, pb---1965 Saluda Min, 10-2-06--11/2006, ob, 2007 # Sheena Louise Min, dr, 11-19-07, 1-2008 Sleeping Beauty Min, pb, 2005>>>(Min Fl) Smoked Salmon Min, 3-21-07, 4/2007, pb, 2007 Snowman Min, w Soulmate Min, 1-22-07, w, 2007 Spring Fling 10-1-06--11/2006, mr, 2006 Starlight Parade Min, w>>>>>>>>>>>2007 Sydney Mary Min, or, 11-19-07, 1-2008 Tiddly Winks Min, 10-1-06--11/2006, yb, 2008 Tiko Tiko Min, rb, 2001 Top Priority Min, lp Vital Parade Min, my, 2002 Warm & Fuzzy Min, mr, 5-20-07※6/2007 White Chariot Min, w, 2005 Willing Min, 11-20-06--1/2007, yb, 2007 Zwergkonig 78 Min, dr>>>>>>>>>(Min Fl) MINI-FLORA: (Min Fl) Abby’s Angel 1-8-07, 4/2007, dy, 2007 Ablaze Min Fl, ob, 12-9-07 Alan Sandy Min Fl, 8-11-06, 2006 Amor Hit Min Fl, 2003>>>>>(Min) 2007 Ange Divin Min Fl, op, 1994 MR 12+ Bonfire Min Fl, >>>11-1-06, (Min) Breid Min Fl, rb, 10-8-07 MR 12+ Bud Meyers Min Fl, 8-21-06, ob, 2006 Captain Scarlet Cl Min Fl, mr, 2”, 9/16 MR 12 Carolyn’s Passion Min Fl, my, 1-23-06 Chatsworth Min Fl, dp, 1998>>>(S), 2007 OL Conundrum Min Fl, yb, 2001-8/2002 Copper Star Min Fl, ob, 4/8, 2007 Edisto Min Fl, 1-22-07, 5-20-07, 2007 Ellie Johnson Min Fl, my, 10-8-07 Fantasi Min Fl, ex, w, 50, 1.5-2.75”, 1996 MR 12 First Choice Min Fl, w, 12-10-07 Florence Daley Min, lp, 11-19-07 Fluffy Cloud Min Fl, w, 4-29-07 MR 12 Gianlauro Min Fl, 1978 MR 12 Gladys Quine Min Fl, 3/2006, ob, 2005 Golden Jewel Min Fl, dy, 1959 Grace Sharington Min Fl, mp, 5-20-07, 2007 Hazel McCallion Min Fl, pb, 1-27-08 High Ambition 8-21-06--11/2006, ab, 2006 Hot To Trot Min Fl, 8-21-06, or, 2006 Ingrid’s Hawaiian Magic Min Fl, 1-17-08 Ingrid’s Sister Elisabeth M/F, pb, 8-3-06, Joyful Min Fl. pb, 12-10-07 Kieran’s Rose Min Fl, 1-1-06, yb, 2006 Kim Peters Min Fl, 2-23-06--5/2006, mp L’ je Min Fl, mr, 12-17-07 Lady Jennifer Green Min Fl, 2-23-06, dr Leading Lady Min Fl, 8-11-06, w, 2006 # Lilac Festival Min Fl, m, 12-9-07 Louise Emma Min Fl, op, 10-8-07 MR 12+ Loyal Vassal 1-8-07, 4/2007, ob, 2007 Majorette Min Fl, mr, 1987, MR 12 Mariam Ismailjee 9-27-06---11/2006-2007 Marian Finnucane Min Fl, dr, 10-8-07 Mary’s Pleasure-the Marywoods Rose>>>>>> Min Fl, >>>>>>>>>>>>>5-10-06, dp, 2006 Mee Maw Min Fl, 9-14-06, pb, 2006 Melinda Alonso Min Fl, ab, 10-8-07 MR 12+ Memphis Cajun Min Fl, 4-30-06, m, 2006 Memphis Music Min Fl, 5/2006, rb, 2006 Michel Mander Min Fl, pb, 10-15-07 MR 12+ Minnelli Min Fl, ab, 40/50, 2.5”, 2003 MR 12 Moonlit Min Fl, w, 12-10-07 Mr JCB Min Fl, 4-2-06,>>>>>>>(Shrub) Mr Lenard Min Fl, 1-8-06, 4/2007, mp, 2007 Mrs Mavis Watson Min Fl, 3/2006, ly, 2007 My Inspiration M/F, 1-8-07, 4/2007, w, 2007 Nature’s Wonder 1-8-07, 4/2007, pb, 2007 Nolpeg Min Fl, 7-14-04--8/2004, m, 2004 Nolsue Min Fl, 11-18-04--9/2005, pb, 2005 Phoenix Rising Min, ob, 11-19-07 Penny Girl Min Fl, ab, 12-10-07 Picture Perfect 1-8-07, 4/2007, pb, 2007 Pink Patio M/F>>>>>Min, lp, 4-25-07 Power Point M/F, mp, 12-9-07, # MR 12+ Ready Min Fl, 1-20-06, yb, 2007 Regina Lee’s Sister Min Fl, temporary AEN Ricky Hendrik M/F, dr,>>>> Ricky Hendricky Ricky Hendricky Min Fl, dr, 1-1-08, MR 12+ Rio Rita Min Fl, 3/2003--3/2006, dy, 2006 Robert Snowden Min, yb, 11-19-07 Rose Country M/F, lp>>>>>>>(Min) 2007 Shameless Min Fl, rb, 12-23-07 Shenandoah Min Fl, 8-2-06, dr, 2006 Shirynne Cowan M/F, 10-2-07, 1-2008 Show Stopper M/F, ab, 12-30-07 # Showstopper M/F, 12-9-07>>>>>Show Stopper Sleeping Beauty l-10-31-05--6/2006, pb Southern Sunrise Min Fl, ob, 1999 MR 12 Starlight Parade M/F, w, >>>>>>(Min) 2007 Summer Night Min Fl, yb, 2005 MR 12 Sunglow Min Fl, my, 12-10-07 Sydney Mary Min, or, 11-19-07 The Creakers Rose 2-23-06--5/2006, 2006 The Guthrie Rose 8-21-06--11/2006, 2006 To Mummy M/F>>>>>>>Blossom Blanket (S) Trifling Min Fl, rb, 2006 Tye-Dye Min Fl, 5-21-06, rb, 2006 Unbridled Min Fl, yb, 11-14-07 Valentine’s Day 9/2004, 7-2-06, dr, 2004 Vera Roberta Carver 1-23-06--3/2006, 2007 Vice Versa Min Fl, 11-20-06--1-2007, rb, 2007 Wind Rhythm Min Fl, ob, 2001 Winter Night Reg. Rejected>>>Conundrum, Min Fl Yellow Nugget Mega Brite dy, 40/50, 2.5” MR 12 POLYANTHA: (Pol) Alfalfa Pol, m, 8-26-07, 10/2007 Bossa Nova Pol, mp, 1992, 9-2004 Cotton Candy Pol, lp, 8-26-07, 10/2007 Fluffy Cloud Pol, 2-15-07, 4-29-07>>>>>Min Fl Lilac Joseph Guy Pol, m, MR 12+ Lippay Jr’s ? Pol, dr, MR 12+ Little White Star Pol, 2-18-07, 4/2007, w, 2004 Marshmallow Pol, w, 8-26-07, 10/2007 Pink Sweetie Pol, 2-18-07, 4/2007, lp, 2004 Spanky Pol, mp, 8-26-07, 10/2007 Wing-Ding Pol, 10-18-06, 11/2006, mr, 2007 CLASSIC SHRUBS: HYBRID MUSKS (HMsk) De Tous Mois ** HMsk, w---Frencesca HMsk, ab, 1922 Spanish Musk Rose ** HMsk, w, HYBRID KORDESII (HKor) Cape Diamond HKor, mp, 8-26-07, 10/2007 HYBRID RUGOSA: (HRg) Carmina HRg, mr Caroyal ** HRg, mr Dark Foxi HRg, m, MR 12+ Lavender White Rugosa HRg, m, 2002 Pacific Pearls HRg, lp, 12-10-07 Parnassine** HRg, m, 1825 Purple Springs HRg, 2-13-06, m, 2006 HYBRID WICHURANA (HWich) Lonesome Dove HWich, 10/2006, w, 2006 VF MODERN SHRUB: (S) Ancelin** S, dp, 1829 Anna De Boleyn** S, lp, 1829 Annie S, ly, 1998>>>Annie East Apricot Multirosa S, ab, MR 12+ Astronomia S, lp, MR 12+ Atocha Gold S, 8-11-06, 9/2006, my, 2006 Baby Luke S, 1-23-06--3/2006, pb, 2006 Beginnings S, pb, 2006 Belle Blanca S, w>>>>>>>>(HG) MR 12+ Belle Rosine** S, dp, 1820 Biarritz S, yb, MR 12+ Blossom Blanket S, rb, 2007 Bishop’s Castle 11-14-06--1/2007, mp, 2006 Camille Rose S, 12-1-06, 1/2007, mp, 2006 Candia Meillandecor S, mr, MR 12+ Cantario S, mr, MR 12+ Caramella S, 8-29-06, 11/2006, my, 2001 Castello S, rb, 1985, >>>>>(HT) MR 12+ Catherine Guelda S, 11-1-06--1/2007, m, 2006 Cesar S, 1995>>>(LCl) Charma S, mr MR 12+ Cicely Phippen Marks S, lp, 8-26-07, 10/2007 Cinderella S, 8-29-06--11/2006, lp, 2003 Citrus Splash S, 3-21-07, 4/2007, ob, 2007 Cole’s Settlement S, w, 1-23-06, 2006 Coral Drift S, op, MR 12+ Crimson Meidiland S, mr, 12-23-07 Darcey Bussell S, 11-14-06--1/2007, rb, 2006 Dieter Meer S, m, MR 12+ Dolly’s Forever Rose S, rb, 2-23-06, 2006 Domaine De St Jean de Beauregard S, mp, 2006 Doris Read S, ab, 10-2-07 MR 12+, 1-2008 Eckart Witzigmann S, mp MR 12+ Elizabeth of Goshen S, m, 11-19-07, 1-2008 Emina S, 7-2-06--10/2006, rb, 2006 Enigma Variation S, mp---2006 Esmae Lilly S, ly, 11-19-02, 1-2008 Evelyn May S, 5-20-06--6/2006, op, 2006 Exuberance S, mr, 2006 Fair Meidiland S, mp, 12-23-07 Faith S, m, 2002 Fakir’s Delight S, 6-13-06, 7/2006, w, 2006 Festival des Jardins de Chaumont S, ab MR 12+ Festive Jewel S, 5-20-06--6/2006, pb, 2005 Fiesta S, pb, MR 12+ Footloose S, dp, 1998>>>>>>2007 OL Fun Jwan Lo** S, w, 1910 Fur Elise S, 5-10-06, pb, 2007 Ganges Mist S, 5-18-05--7/2005, w, 2005 Gardener’s Joy S, 9-26-06, 11/2006, ab, 2005 Garry Moore S, mr, 10-2-07, 1-2008 Gentle Hermione 11-14-06--1/2007, 2006 Georges Denjean S, ob, >>>>(F), yb MR 12+ Gina’s Rose 6-1-06--7/2006, rb, 2006 VF Glee S, mr, 12-9-07 Golden Fanfare S, 1-22-07, 4/2007, my, 2005 Goldhaube S, dy, MR 12+ Good ‘n’ Plenty 3-21-07, 4/2007, pb, 2007 Great Wall S, dp, 2005 Grosse Mohnkopfs Rose** S, dp, Hardii** S, yb, 1834 Henry Bierbauer S, pb, 2006 Hubar 2003-1 S, mp MR 12+ Hurdalsrosen** S, mp, 1860 Ida Red S, 8-11-06--9/2006, mr, 2006 Inclanation S, dr, 2006, 12-21-07 Instigation S, dr, 2006 Island Dancer S, pb, 2006 Ivor’s Rose S, 5-20-06, 6/2006, rb, 2005 Ivory Warrior S, 6-1-06, 9/2006, w, 2006 J. P. Connell S, my, MR 12+ Jaune Bicolor** S, yb, 1633 Joan Beatles S, 5-20-06--6/2006, dr, 2005 Joe Grey (WILjoeg) S, 2/2003, m, 2003 Josi S, 6-15-07, ly, 2007 Kitty’s Rose S, 5-20-06--6/2006, lp, 2004 La Bitta S, dy, 2005 Lady Emma Hamilton 11-14-06--1/2007, or, 2006 VF Lady Of Megginch 11-14-06--1/2007, dp, VF Lana Jane S, mp, 11-16-07, 1-2008 Landmark S, 1-23-06--3/2006, pb, 2006 Lichfield Angel S, 11-14-06--1/2007, w, 2006 Loreto Gold S, 3-21-07, 4/2007, yb, 2007 Lovely Child S, 5/2006, ab, 2006 Loving Care S, mr, 11-16-07, 1-2008 Lowel Allen S, op, 2005 Margaret Jean S, 9/2006, pb, 2006 Mariee S, 2-15-07, 4//2007, ab, 2008 Marilyn O’Connor S, mr, 12-11-07 Mirato S, dp, 1998>>>>Footloose>>>>2007 OL Miss Bloomsalot S, 9/2006, op, 2006 Miss Lillian S, 1-23-06※3/2006, pb, 2006 Mr JCB S, my, 4-2-06>>>>>>>2007 Nativity S, ab, 2006 Nelson’s Pride S, 9-26-06--11/2006, w, 2006 Olive S, mr, 1982>>>>>>>>>>2007 OL Orange Cluster S, ob, 2006 Our Beth S, 9-26-06, 11/2006, lp, 2006 Out Of The Night 6-13-06--7/2006, w, 2006 Paddy ‘n’ Elizabeth S, 10/2006, ob, 2006 Paint The Town S, mr, 2005 Palm Springs S, 6-1-06--9/2006, mr, 2006 Palmengarten Frankfurt 11/2006, dp, 1988 Paul Cottingham S, 5/2006, dy, 2006 Persian Flame S, 6-15-07, rb, 2007 Persian Peach S, 6-15-07, yb, 2007 Pink Bianca S, mp, 2002 Pink Delight S, mp, 1999 Pink Double Knockout S, mp, 8-26-07, 10/2007 Pink Perlude S, 2-13-06--7/2005, mp, 2005 Pinnatifide ** S, mp, Plum Frost S, 3-21-07, 4/2007, m, 2007 Poise S, lp, 2006 Pourpre Ancien ** S, m, 1829 Premier Essai** S, w, 1866 Rainbow Knockout S, mp, 2006 @ Raspberry Bouquet 12-1-06--1/2007, 2006 VF Red Popcorn S, dp, 2005 Riches S, m Roisin Ruddle S, ob, 2004>>>Ron Ruddle * Rose Atieno S, or, 11-14-07, 1-2008 Rosy Vision S, 1-26-06--3/2006, mp, 2006 Rustler’s Dream S, 8-11-06--9/2006, lp, 2006 Scarlet Velvet S, mr, 2006 Schulenfest S, 8-11-06--9/2006, ly, 2006 Sherlock Holmes S, ab, 2006 Simon Estes S, 6-1-06--7/2006, mp, 2006 Sister Elizabeth 11-14-06--1/2007, mp, 2006 Snowcone S, 3-21-07, 4/2007, w, 2006 Spring Fever S, lp, MR 1`2+ Stint S, or, 2006 Strawberry Hill 11-14-06--1/2007, lp, 2006 VF Striata** S, rb, Summer Song S, 11-14-06, ob, 2006 Summer Sunrise S, 6/2006, lp, 2006 SunQueen S, yb, 3/2006>>>(F)>>>5/2006 Sunny Knock Out S, ly, 8-17-07, 10/2007 Sweet Meidiland S, lp, 2003 Tea Clipper S, 11-14-06, 1/2007, ab, 2006 Teeny Bopper S, rb, 8-26-07, 10/2007 The Abbottsford Rose (WILjoeg)>>>Joe Grey The Imposter S, pb, 8-26-07, 10/2007 MR 12+ The Shepherdess 11-14-06, 1/2007, ab, 2006 Turneps** S, dp, Vic’s Refrain S, w, 1-27-08 Watercolors S, 10-1-06, 11/2006, yb, 2007 White Popcorn S, 17/25, w, 2005 Wild Edric S, 11-14-06, 1/2007, dp, 2006 Wild Thing S, 3-21-07, 4/2007, dp, 2007 Windermere S, 11-14-06, 1/2007, w, 2006 LG. FLOWERED CLIMBERS: (LCl) Amber Cloud LCl, 2-28-06, 5/2006, dy, 2006 Apricot LCl, ab, 2006 Bellavista LCl, lp MR 12+ Blaze Of Glory LCl, ob, 2004 Blue Lady LCl, m, MR 12+ Brise Parfum LCl, lp, MR 12+ Brite Eyes LCl, pb, 2006 Candy Land LCl, 10-1-06, 11/2007, pb, 2007 Cesar LCl, yb, 1993 Cheers LCl, pb, 2001 Clarence House LCl, 6/2006, w, 2006 Conch Shell LCl, 11-1-06--1/2007, pb, 2006 Crimson Sky LCl, mr, MR 12+ Destiny’s Dream 11-1-06, 1/2007, my, 2006 Full Moon Rising LCl, ly, 12-23-07 Gainesville Garnet 8-29-06, 11/2006, dr, 2006 Harlekin LCl, 9-26-06--11/2006, w, 1986 Ivory Castle LCl, w, 5-20-07※6/2007 Jacob’s Robe LCl, 10-1-06--11/2006, yb, 2008 Laguna LCl, 8-29-06, 11/2006, dp, 2004 Lonesome Dove HWich, 8-11-06, w, 2006 Lori LCl, 2-9-07, or, 2007 Lunar Mist LCl, ly, 12-23-07 Morning Magic LCl, lp, 8-17-07, 10/2007, MR 12+ Mount Eden LCl, mp, 12-17-07 New Hampshire Statehouse LCl, op, 2001 Paul Jerabek LCl, 1-22-06, 4/2007, pb, 2006 Rachael’s Smile LCl, 2-16-07, 4/2007, or, 2001 Rambling Rosie LCl, mr, 12-11-07 Salita LCl, 9-26-06--11/2006, or, 1987 Serape LCl, mr Sir John Mills LCl, 5-20-06--2/2006, mp, 2006 Sir Paul Smith 9-26-06--11/2006, ab, 2006 Sombreuil LCl, 11/2006, 1850 Sunset Beauty LCl, 11-1-06--1/2007, op, 2006 Sunshine Girl LCl, lp The Physician LCl, 2-15-07, 4/2007, lp, 2007 Winner’s Circle LCl, dr, 8-17-07, 10/2007 MNR 12+ Zorba LCl, ab, 2005 HYBRID MUSK (HMsk) Eponine** HMsk, w, Jeri Jennings---HMsk, 1-8-07, 4/2007, yb, 2007 Lupe’s Buttons HMsk, 11-1-06, 1/2007, w, 2006 Rivers Musk** HMsk, mp, Spanish Musk Rose** HMsk, w, HYBRID GIGANTEA (HG) Alister’s Gift HG, 12-1-06, 1/2007, lp, 2003 Amber Cloud HG, 2005 Bella Blanca HG, w MR 12+9 Belle Portugaise HG, lp, 1903 MR 12 Cooper’s Burmese HG, 1927 Double Cream HG, 1-8-07, 4/2007, w, 2007 Evergreen Gene HG, 11-1-06, ly, 2006 Flammetta HG, 1922 La Follette HG, mp, 1910 MR 12+ Lusitania HG, 1905 Monteariso HG, 1920 Senteur Amic HG, mr, 1924 MR 12+ HYBRID KORDESIL (HKor) Bengt M. Schalin HKor>>>>(HEg) dp************Old Garden Roses********** BOURBON & CL. BOURBON: (B &Cl B Adrienne de Cardoville** B, lp, 1864 MR 12+ Capitaine Sissolet B, mp, Pink Confection B, 4/2007, mp, 2006 HYBRID CHINA & CL HYBRID (HCh & Cl HCh) Capitaine Sissolet HCh, mp, >>(B) MR 12+ HYBRID EGLANTERIA (HEg) Bengt M. Schalin HEg, dp, 1956, MR 12+ HYBRID GALLICA: (HGal) Agathe Fatime** mp, >Agathe Fatim * The French Strumpet HGal, 10-1-06, dp, 2006 HYBRID MUSK (HMsk) Isabella Sprunt Single Seedling HMsk, lp, MR 12+ NOIISTTE (N) Lemon Zen N, 9-14-06--10/2006, ly, 2006 VF Sarasota Spice N, 11-1-06, 1/2007, w, 2006 VF HYBRID PERPETUAL (HP) Amelia Louise** HP, mp, 1844 Comet** HP, m, 1845 Du Roi a Fleur** HP, 1819 Hybrid SETIGERA HSet) Anna Maria** HSet, dp, 1843>>>Anne Maria * HYBRID SPINOSISSIMA (HSpn) Single Red HSpn, rb, MR 12+ TEA & CLIMBING TEA: (T & CL T) Alexandra T, op, MR 12+ Belle Portugaise Cl T, lp, 1903>>(HG) MR 12+ Clothilde Soupert T, mp, 1883 * Comelie Koch** T, w, 1855 Garnet Crest T, 12-01-06, 1/2007, pb, 2006 Krishna’s Peach T, 11-1-06, 1/2007, ab, 2006 La Follette Cl T, mp, 1910>>>>>(HG) MR 12+ Mlle de Sombreuil T>>> Mme de Sombreuil Mme de Sombreuil Cl T, w, >>>>>>>>(LCl) Sombreuil Cl T, w, 11/2006>>>>>>>>(LCl) Senateur Amic CL T, mr>>>>(HG) MR 12+ Won Fang Yon T, or, 12-23-07 MISCELLANEOUS OGR (Misc. OGR) Allard Misc OGR, dy, MR 12+ D’Orsay rose** Misc OGR, dp, 1850 Mannington Mauve Rambler 6-15-07, m R. Collina** Misc OGR, mp, 1788 R. Turbinata** Misc OGR, m, 1629 MOSS & Cl M Fara Shim Bo M, 2-9-07, 4/2007, m, 2007
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Update: Mary, I reread the part about the Greenland Norse in Diamond's book Collapse, and this time picked up on something that I must have forgotten previously. Apparently there had been at least four waves of Native American hunter-gatherers who preceded the Inuit who came and went from Greenland because of similar climate vacillation that the Norse eventually experienced. The Norse did encounter native peoples at some point but it is not completely clear if the Skraelings were proto-Inuit or Inuit. Unfortunately these meetings did not go well and the Norse inclination to bellicosity certainly didn't help. Diamond speculates -- plausibly, I think -- that the surviving Norse of Western Settlement fled to the Eastern Settlement, but the Eastern Settlement had its own problems and would have been overwhelmed by the migrants. (The names Western/West Settlement and Eastern/East Settlement are used by different historians.) Yes, "ancient ones" is the most common euphemistic meaning of Anasazi. Another is "old-time strangers." However, I looked it up and found that Anasazi is a Navajo word meaning "ancient enemies," sometimes enhanced with other uncomplimentary adjectives from the Navajo language. The guides at Mesa Verde give a little speech to visitors who don't know any better than to refer to the cliff-dwellers as Anasazi, but they, the guides, will not be saying it and they encourage others to refrain from it as well. However, I don't think the word will go away in common usage any time soon. Have you read Charles C. Mann's 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus? Among many things that I was not aware of: The Amazon rainforest is largely the result of intentional plantings by pre-Columbian natives, perhaps beginning thousands of years ago. It's a giant orchard! The "Indians" of North and South America (perhaps Mesoamerica as well) deliberately set fire to the plains grasses and forest undergrowth as part of their "land management." What texts are you using in your American West study? I'm always curious!
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10 years ago
Being January, in miserable England, reading appears on the agenda even more than usual.....so rather thrilled to find the postie had delivered The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Not the most prolific of authors but able to draw you in with books which resonate for a long time in the memory. So, anyone else reading/read this one.
The second installment in the Wool/Shift/Dust trilogy arrived and I also did my usual thing of picking some unknown SF book......so unknown that I have forgotten what this is (unless I check with Paypal) so will have to wait till the postman delivers....but I expect to be engrossed in Tarttworld by then.
veer
10 years ago
Listened to some of The Goldfinch on Radio 4's 'Book at Bedtime' but occasionally fell asleep so missed vital parts of the story. One minute in NYC, the next in Las Vegas and the characters a strange mixture of well-healed patricians and Russian mafia. All made extra enjoyable by the incidental music Tabula Rasa -Ludus by Arvo Part. Never heard it before, but it will stay with me.

Here is a link that might be useful: Tabula Rasa
sherwood38
10 years ago
I have The Goldfinch on my kindle to read, I grabbed it when it was on a 24 hr Amazon mark down, but I haven't got around to reading it -yet.

After reading A Question of Guilt by Frances Fyfield which was the 1st book in the Helen West series, I was ready for a total change of pace. I am now reading an American political thriller...can't recall the title off the top as I have just started it.

Pat
carolyn_ky
10 years ago
I've started on the second of the Call the Midwife books, Shadows of the Workhouse. I just loved the first book; but this one, while quite as well written, has started off with the horrors of workhouses and is dread inducing.
janalyn
10 years ago
Just finished Julian Barnes "The Sense of an Ending" which apparently won the Martin Booker Prize in 2011, I think. And yes, I refer to all Man Booker Prize books as Martin Bookers, simply because he was the one who introduced me to these years ago... I thought you might have a discussion on it, but couldnt find it if so, but the search engine doesnt work very well.

Anyway, this book was an afterthought, saw it as I was checking out other library books and it looked short and it WAS a Martin Booker winner so there you go.

I liked it, not rapturously, but enjoyed it a lot. Definitely not chick lit as its about adolescent boys and life. The book at one point uses a river as a metaphor...when the moon or gravitational pull or somesuch natural phenomenon occurs, the river goes backward. And this book is about memory, truth and history. How it all is recorded in our minds but when we go backward, sometimes we find things are not what we thought they were. Perspectives, viewpoints etc. I liked the way Barnes wrote and I think we can all relate to it....in his sixties he revisits a very important and disturbing point in his life during his university years. Short, easy read and one I will remember.

**playing around with the font color, just for fun *grin

This post was edited by janalyn on Sun, Jan 12, 14 at 3:01
User
10 years ago
Hmmm, backward running rivers - yep, the incessant worry of tidal surges pushing against the outward flow of riverine waters, meeting in a gigantic battle just on the oxbow where my woodland is situated. Those metaphors, hey....when they slap you hard in the face!.

I generally enjoy the unhurried genteel writings of Julian Barnes although they are never exactly riveting.
kathy_t
10 years ago
annpan - I'd never heard the term "geezer lit" until you mentioned it in your post above. It made me smile. I do occasionally get irritated when an author writing about an elderly character feels they must mention or joke about the character's age incessantly. Okay, we get it. Now get on with the story and the interesting insights of a character who has more experience than most.
maxmom96
10 years ago
I remember reading Donna Tartt's first book and not really caring for it too much. I had mentioned this to a patron at the FOL shop and she said I should read A Secret History which this gal said was quite good. Initially I liked it and do enjoy Tartt's writing, but I got bored with all the mention of drug-induced states, which, granted, plays a big part in the plot.

When I heard all the buzz about The Goldfinch, and I did enjoy her writing, I read it. I really did like the book and would say her writing gets better with each book, but still she manages to play the drug scenes up a bit too much for me. Nevertheless, I loved the book.
sheriz6
10 years ago
Looking for some insight into the minds of adolescent boys (mine is almost 15) I just finished Masterminds and Wingmen by Rosalind Wiseman. Subtitled, Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World it covered all the subjects promised and was interesting, and in some places a bit alarming. I'd devoured her earlier books, Queen Bees and Wannabes about adolescent girls and Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads about dealing with other parents, and found them both very helpful when my daughter was younger.

This one was just as comprehensive, but I finished it feeling a bit panicked about my lack of comprehension of "boy world" rather than comforted that yes, I understood things and was prepared to deal with whatever came our way, which was the feeling I took away from the prior two books. All boiling down to, I suppose, that yes, boys are different and I have a lot to learn!

Lemonhead, thanks for mentioning Gretchen Rubin's Happiness at Home, that's been on my TBR list for a while and I like her take on things very much.
janalyn
10 years ago
15 yr old boys...I remember. That is about the period of time they turn into aliens. This will last for a few years then I guarantee they will revert to that sweet little boy you gave birth to. People say it's the hormones but I swear it was an alien. Good luck, mine is now 25, wouldn't change a thing about him! :)
sheriz6
10 years ago
Aliens .... yes, that would explain a LOT. Thanks, Janalyn :)
netla
10 years ago
I've set aside The Observations in order to read the Call the Midwife trilogy. I find the stories Worth tells fascinating and the style and manner of storytelling reminds me of James Herriott.
Kath
10 years ago
I have started The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert. I haven't read Eat, Pray, Love but I know many people didn't like it. However one of my workmates rated this her favourite book of 2013, and we tend to like similar books, so I started it.
I am thrilled. Not only is the story the kind of history I like (set in the early 1800s) but the writing is wonderful. Much more literary than I expected and with lovely little turns of phrase that are drily funny.
I'll let you know when I finish :)
carolyn_ky
10 years ago
I finished the last of the Call the Midwife books and feel bereft.
janalyn
10 years ago
Recently finished The Blue Flower for the Century of Books project, reviewed there. Also City and the City which I discussed under the SFF thread.

Going to look for some lighter books just for a reading change.
yoyobon_gw
10 years ago
Carolyn......

I felt that way when I finished the last Maisie Dobb's book.
Always hoping that she has another one ready to publish!

What other books have you enjoy so much that you hated to see the book end?

Yvonne
lemonhead101
10 years ago
Just finished a good read of a collection of short stories: The Red Carpet: Bangalore Stories by Lavanya Sankaran (2005). Historically, I've not been such a big fan of short stories, but I enjoyed this collection very much. It's set in the Silicon Valley of India - Bangalore (in south India) and the short stories, although all separate and stand-alone, have a thread of characters and places that interlink them. Perhaps this was what made me like these short stores - the linked narratives made them not like short stories?

Who knows how the human mind works. It was a good read.
sherwood38
10 years ago
I finished Nailed by Joseph Flynn yesterday, he has written a lot of good thrillers and has fast become one of my favorite authors, especially since his books are available for the kindle at very reasonable prices.

I finally got a library book yesterday, the new Mark Billingham-From the Dead in his Insp Tom Thorne series. It has been so long since I read a 'real' book it felt strange to actually have to turn the page!

Pat
carolyn_ky
10 years ago
Yoyobon, I feel that way about a few books but not many. I really like Margaret Maron's Deborah Knott books and always want more about her family. I think Ms. Maron has southern family down pat--the best of anyone I've read--as far as conversation among the kinfolks and food on the table are concerned. It's like a visit home for me.

I wait impatiently for more of Simon Serrialler by Susan Hill, but I do wish she would let the poor man have a bit of happiness. Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' long, long Morland Dynasty series, which I understand has come to the end with the last book which isn't available here in paperback yet, has kept me enthralled with her take on English history. More, of course, that will come to me when I post this.
woodnymph2_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Carolyn, like you, I really got caught up in the Simon Serrialler series by Susan Hill. I've read all of them, some more than once. Do let me know when the next one comes out.

I also would like to see another of the Alexander McCall Smith set in Edinborough series forthcoming.
User
10 years ago
Abandoned The Goldfinch 2/3rds through - frankly tedious. I enjoyed The Secret History, less so The Little Friend but this is turgid drivel with a cast of unlikeable, implausible characters, going about their ridiculous non-lives.
Back to SF world with Alister Reynolds 'On the Steel Breeze' and dipping into Guns Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond) which I left for a while because the type was so tiny and I had broken my specs.
carolyn_ky
10 years ago
Mary, the Stop You're Killing Me site says that the next Simon S. book, The Soul of Discretion, is due May 1.

Speaking of Edinburgh, I can't remember if you like Ian Rankin, but he has a new Rebus book due out soon. He had Rebus retire a couple of years ago, and now he is to come back in another job working with the new character in investigating corruption in the police department.
rosefolly
10 years ago
I stayed up late last night reading Lexicon, a science fiction novel by Max Barry. It is about the immense power of words, literally. I was enthralled, which is a demonstration of that power!

Rosefolly
annpan
10 years ago
Woodnymph, do you mean the Scotland Street series? I have just caught up with a couple. He is getting a bit preposterous IMHO with the story lines!
J C
10 years ago
Continuing my glut of mountaineering books with Robert Roper's Fatal Mountaineerwhich I am enjoying immensely. It is about Willi Unsoeld, the legendary mountaineer who took his daughter, named after the mountain, to climb Nanda Devi where she succumbed to illness. He died on Rainer less than three years later.
woodnymph2_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Carolyn, thanks for the info. I do not know Ian Rankin. Is he as interesting as Susan Hill's creations?

Annpan, I was referring to the series which has characters named Jamie and Isabel. The latter is a philosopher who was the lover of a younger man, Jamie. She has a child by him, and they belatedly married in the last novel. Is this the Scotland Street series, or is that separate?

I almost forgot: because I am presently taking a course on Gothic Art and Architecture, I am re-reading Cahill's wonderfully descriptive work " Mysteries of the Middle Ages."
sheriz6
10 years ago
I finished Me Before You by Jojo Moyes for my book group meeting tonight, and it was very good, far better than I expected as Moyes was an unknown quantity to me.

I'm half way through The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, and it's wonderful to be reading about Flavia's adventures again. I'm hoping many of the long-running mysteries regarding her mother are going to be cleared up in this story.
lemonhead101
10 years ago
Just finished up "Happiness at Home" by Getchen Rubin. (She wrote a nonfiction book called "The Happiness Project" a few years ago that was a NYT bestseller.) Fun read, as always, with lots of good (old and new) suggestions to make little changes in your world for the better.

Sometimes these books can get a bit bossy - I don't get that feel from Rubin, and I really like her attitude towards life. (She's also very honest which I admire. Pretty brave if it's true.)

Sheri - you might like this. I haven't read her first book (THP) so I don't know if this one is repetitive or not. I enjoyed it, though, and I have cleaned out a few things in the house due to this read!

Here is a link that might be useful: The Happiness Project blog
carolyn_ky
10 years ago
Mary, the Inspector John Rebus books by Ian Rankin are focused on Rebus, with the point of view sometimes shifting to colleagues, petty criminals, or suspects. They are hardboiled police procedurals set in Edinburgh and involve murders, suspicious deaths, and disappearances, and depict a stark picture of Scotland characterized by corruption, poverty, and organised crime. Along the way, Rebus has to struggle with internal police politics and his troubles because of his tendency to bend the rules and ignore his superiors. He also has to deal with his own personal issues dealing with his daughter, his divorced wife, and his girlfriends.

The books are gritty and some are dark (e.g., Black and Blue), but I like him a lot.
carolyn_ky
10 years ago
I finished Johnny Cash, The Life yesterday. (I know, I know.) And last night began The Book Thief, which I must say is going faster than Johnny did, in spite of his amphetamines. I grew up on country music and did like JC's early songs. My brother-in-law who was a good singer said Johnny Cash was the only person he knew who could speak off key.

The biography is by Robert Hilburn, very thorough, and differs considerably from the movie I Walk the Line which I loved.
sherwood38
10 years ago
Carolyn I read The Book Thief a couple of years ago and enjoyed it. I read a review of the movie that said the film strayed from the book and didn't really show the real events, more a glamorized version.

I just started the new Lisa Black in her series about Theresa MacLean-this one is The Price of Innocence.

Pat
annpan
10 years ago
Woodnymph, that series is the Sunday Philosophy Club and is a different series from the Scotland Street one which mainly features Bertie, a small boy and various other characters.
I like the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and found he has also written a couple of junior books about Precious as a child.
J C
10 years ago
My next mountaineering adventure as experienced through the written word is on the Eiger. The White Spider is a classic by Heinrich Harrer and I can hardly put it down.
kkay_md
10 years ago
Oooh, I'll have to put "The White Spider" on my TBR list! I see that it is not in my library system, and Amazon has no copies at the moment. Apparently it has been out of print for years.

I got the Margaret Atwood trilogy as a Christmas gift, and made short shrift of "Oryx and Crake," which was mesmerizing. The next in line, "The Year of the Flood," is a bit more work, jumping around in time, and the narrative is interrupted by "sermons" and "hymns." But, still, an amazing tale.

I'm on the waiting list at the library for "Someone" (McDermott) and "The Round House" (Erdrich), both for my book groups.
lemonhead101
10 years ago
I will be interested to hear how your read of the 3rd Atwood book is - I'm up to that point as well, and looking forward to the experience as I've enjoyed the other two. I know that she's not everyone's cup of tea though...

I am reading Jon Krakauer's "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" which is really interesting so far. Krakauer is such a good journalist.

And then pulled a book from my own TBR shelves (unheard of, I know): "Felicia's Journey" by William Trevor. Irish book about a young rural girl who gets pregnant by a no-good boy and who travels to England to see if she can track him down. She ends up mixed with someone who might not be who she thinks he is. Psychological thriller type of thing, and extremely well written. Trevor seems to have a large back list so if I enjoy this one, there's more to choose from.

(However, one problem I seem to never have: Lack of titles to read.)
kathy_t
10 years ago
Siobhan - I'm always interested to read your posts about mountaineering books. I have lots of questions. What got you started on this topic? Are you reading these exclusively now? How many have you read so far? Where do you get your titles? Are you keeping a journal or blog about them? I think it would be interesting to see a full list of them. -- Kathy
carolyn_ky
10 years ago
I finished The Book Thief, which I loved, and have begun Ruth Rendell's No Man's Nightingale. I have always liked the Inspector Wexford books best of Ms Rendell's writings. I dislike her darker books. Wexford is now retired and reading The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire but is glad to be of assistance when asked by the Police Department to go along to the scene of the murder of a female CoE priest (which several of the members don't approve of).

I am glad to say I'm having too much fun in retirement so far to think of reading Decline and Fall.
janalyn
10 years ago
I've been on reading binge but had to stop because my eyes feel like there is sand in them. This is what happens when you have the house to yourself for a couple of weeks, and no schedules that you need to follow.
I have always been a fast reader but I was reading a book a night (some, I have already talked about here), often staying up to 3 am and really regretting it the next day. .Sorta, maybe, not really. I read some great books.
The Rose Garden book which I picked up after the dismal modern Jane Eyre was what you expected: light, fluff but enjoyable. I then read Kindred by Octavia Butler, a writer I respect a lot. It's technically SFF due to the time travel element, which also appeared in The Rose Garden btw. Kindred was on a much higher level though, thought-provoking, memorable and one of the best books I have read in a while. I'll review it on the SFF thread when I have time. I made an attempt at The Midwife of Venice but just couldn't get into it, so it went back to the library. Currently, I am reading The Dead Zone by Stephen King, just for a change of pace. Also, dipping into a novel of short stories by Alice Munro, when I am in the mood for something quick. Normally I don't read collections of short stories, but these are quite good.
ladyrose65
10 years ago
I just finished Unaccustomed Earth and The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. I started the Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed.
timallan
10 years ago
I am reading and loving Christiane Ritter's 1934 memoir A Woman in the Polar Night, about her year-long stay in a tiny hut in the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. By no means is it an arctic The Egg and I, as Ritter quickly learns how perilous human existence can be in the arctic. It must be something about this particularly brutal winter which makes me want to read about the arctic. I recommend it to readers interested in women explorers and adventurers of the past.
The book was a best seller in Germany, and apparently has never been out of print there. Ritter lived until 2000, dying at the remarkable age of 103.
rosefolly
10 years ago
Racing to finish The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down for my book club in three hours. I might make it. In any case, fascinating book, a vivid and balanced presentation of cultural misunderstanding.

...and finished it in time. It ended up being the most popular book we've read in a long time. The last time I liked a book our book club has read this much was Undaunted by Laura Hillenbrand.

Rosefolly

This post was edited by rosefolly on Wed, Jan 29, 14 at 1:01
sherwood38
10 years ago
I have almost finished Tragic by Robert Tanenbaum, I really enjoy the Butch Karp books, and I am behind in the series.

Next up the library came through with the new Sophie Hannah - The Orphan Choir. I have read most of her books and really enjoy her imagination and style-always keeps me guessing.

Pat
Kath
10 years ago
I finished Dominion by C J Sansom, he of the Matthew Shardlake Tudor mysteries.
This is, however, something completely different. It is an alternate history book, taking as its premise that the UK surrendered to Germany in 1940. Set before and during the Great London Fog of 1952, it has an England which is somewhat less than an ally and somewhat more than a province of Germany. There are German troops in England, but their army is mostly engaged in a long, blooody war with Russia. Hitler is still alive, and the Resistance in England is stirring up trouble.
In this setting Sansom gives us a story of a few people willing to fight the system, and it is very well written and engrossing. One I can recommend.
lemonhead101
10 years ago
Felicia's Journey - William Trevor (1994)

A title that was picked rather randomly off the TBR shelf, this was a great surprise read for me. William Trevor, described by Wiki as Ã¢ÂÂone of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world,Ã¢ÂÂ is famous for his short stories, but his back list is HUGE and so there are loads of different books to choose from. HeÃ¢ÂÂs won loads of prestigious literary prizes (including the Whitbread Prize and five nominations for the Booker Prize.) Irreverent sidenote: He sounds a bit like the Snoop Dogg/Lion of the Booker World.*

So - to the plot of this fast-moving and short book: Felicia is an unmarried and naÃÂ¯ve Irish girl who ends up getting pregnant by a visiting no-good lad from her village and who has moved away to England. In FeliciaÃ¢ÂÂs impoverished family, there are few options for her to follow, so she leaves Ireland to go to the Midlands to chase down this boy who, she is certain, would like to know she is pregnant and would do the right thing. Her family is against this lad from the get-go as her father believes that the guy has run off to join the British Army, and as they are extremely wound up in Irish Independence activity and history, and so to them, this act means he has joined the enemy.

Along with this is the fact that the family is Roman Catholic and his father works at a convent in the garden, so options for her pregnancy are not available either. Poor thing - itÃ¢ÂÂs no win for her all around, it seems, and so she visits England for the first time - a foreign country for her as she has not traveled much before.

Aside from the facts that Felicia has little money, no friends, no housing, and a fake address for this boy of hers, it doesnÃ¢ÂÂt look very hopeful. Then she meets Mr. Hilditch (always used with that title) who is a quiet non-descript middle-aged catering manager for a local factory near where Felicia is staying. He presents himself as a kind and rescuing father figure for her, but in his thoughts, the reader can see that there is a history of something weird. He has Ã¢ÂÂrescuedÃ¢ÂÂ girls before, but what has come of them? And will he do the same with Felicia?

This is a taut psychological novel about the hunter and the hunted: Mr. Hildich is the predator and naÃÂ¯ve girls Ã¢ÂÂwho wonÃ¢ÂÂt be missedÃ¢ÂÂ are the prey. At the same time as this is happening, you also follow FeliciaÃ¢ÂÂs thoughts as she is scared and confused. She lives on the street for a few days, gets in with a rather strange religious group who can give her a place to sleep, and she keeps being circled by Mr. Hildich, as a shark does bleeding seals. You just know that something is going to happenÃ¢ÂÂ¦. But what?

The ending comes quite quickly and itÃ¢ÂÂs not what I had thought it would do. (I love this unpredictability in a plot.) There are a few major twists and in the end, things are left hanging unsolved really....
sheriz6
10 years ago
I'm splitting my reading time between Call the Midwife (excellent so far) and Gretchen Rubin's Happiness at Home. Lemonhead, thanks for mentioning it, I'm enjoying this very much.

Rosefolly, I loved both Lexicon (quite an original, I thought) and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. Anne Fadiman is an incredible writer and if you haven't already read her book of essays, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, I heartily recommend it.
carolyn_ky
10 years ago
I have Julia Spencer Fleming's latest, Through the Evil Days, waiting for me to get off the computer. Oh, fabjous day.
annpan
10 years ago
I am reading a reprint of The Mysterious Affair at Styles as there is an alternative ending in it as well, from AC's notebook.
I have been meaning to request the books about the notebooks by John Curran from the library. A mental TBR!
rouan
10 years ago
I went to the library a couple of days ago to find something new to read. None of the new fiction titles appealed to me at the time so I looked at the new non fiction and came home with 6 non-fic books instead of the 1 or 2 fiction one I wanted. So far I've finished two of them.

The first one was Big Daddy Rules by Steve Schirrupa (an actor from The Sopranos) who wrote about how he and his wife raised their daughters.

The next one I finished a few minutes ago. Wear Your Dreams by Ed Hardy is the story of how he came to be a tattoo artist and the path he took to try to bring tattooing as an art form more into the mainstream. At times I felt a little confused as he talked about all the different people he met who influenced him along the way but overall I found it to be an interesting story.

Now I have to decide what to read next as there are 4 more library books awaiting my attention.

January -- the joy of books

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