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The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel by Yoko Ogawa
Dimensional Typography: Case Studies on the Shape of Letters in Virtual Environments by J. Abbott Miller
The Museum Vaults: Excerpts from the Journal of an Expert by Marc-Antoine Mathieu
The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy by Mina Loy
The Solid Form of Language: An Essay on Writing and Meaning by Robert Bringhurst
Lemon Hound by Sina Queyras
Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters
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Favorite authorsNicolas Abraham, Jane Austen, Christina Britzolakis, Emily Brontë, Paul Celan, J. M. Coetzee, Robert Coover, Charlotte Delbo, Anne Fadiman, Bessie Head, Franz Kafka, Sarah Kane, Anna Kavan, Julia Kristeva, Dennis Lee, Tim Lilburn, Alberto Manguel, Michael Ondaatje, Henry Petroski, Sylvia Plath, Michèle Roberts, Lisa Robertson, Jacqueline Rose, Karen Russell, Elaine Scarry, Jordan Scott, Mary Shelley, Lauren Slater, Art Spiegelman, Maria Torok, Lawrence Weschler (Shared favorites)
Favorite bookstoresAnother Dimension Comics, Ballenford, Banff Book & Art Den [closed], Blackwell Art & Poster Shop, Blackwell Oxford, Books for Cooks, British Library Bookshop, Chicago Architecture Foundation Shop, Cookbook Co., Daunt Books, David Mirvish Books, Grolier Poetry Bookshop, Harvard Book Store, Hatchards, Highgate Bookshop, La Moderna Poesia, Monkeyshines Children's Books, Olivieri Musée, librairie du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Pages Books & Magazines - Toronto [Closed], Pages on Kensington, Powell's - Hyde Park, Primrose Hill Books, Prospero's Books, Raven Used Books, The Beguiling, The QI Bookshop [closed], Type Books - Queen West, UPPERCASE gallery, books & papergoods, Waterstone's Gower Street
Favorite librariesBoston Public Library (Central Library, Copley Square), British Library, Central Library, Islington, Glenbow Museum, Library & Archives, MacKimmie Library - University of Calgary, Smith College - William Allan Neilson Library & Mortimer Rare Book Room, The National Archives, Vestry House Museum, Library & Archive
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About meI'm a Canadian woman with a dog named Rocky and a grumpy 1985 Camaro, which I still love to drive because it corners so beautifully. I love to read, cook, travel, browse in bookshops, have tea with friends, cycle & take photos. I love London, Boston, Calcutta, Havana, Montreal, Toronto & Chicago. I read a lot of non-fiction & poetry, and compared to many LTers, not much fiction. My favourite food is chocolate. But pomegranates are a close second. They squirt!
About my libraryMy LT library contains books that I presently own. It doesn't include titles I've borrowed or once owned but have since sold. It's still only a fraction of my actual holdings - it will take some time to input the whole collection. I rate most books I've read, but generally not those written by friends - and also not those I read long ago, or of which I read only some articles or chapters. My ratings are fairly high because I tend to ditch books I didn't enjoy.
My books fall roughly into these major categories: bibliophilia, poetry, language, abecedaria, art & design, maps & atlases, fiction, essays, literary criticism, books by friends, london, cuba, architecture, photography, graphic novels, trauma theory, holocaust, life writing, travel, children's lit, cookbooks, artists' books, sylvia plath, anna kavan.
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Currently readingA Void by Georges Perec
Prismatic Publics: Innovative Canadian Women's Poetry and Poetics by Kate Eichhorn
Chez Moi by Agnès Desarthe
Joy is So Exhausting by Susan Holbrook
Regreen: New Canadian Ecological Poetry by Madhur Anand
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Elizabeth ('fullmoonblue')
posted by Fullmoonblue at 3:24 pm (EST) on Feb 21, 2009
I just joined group read, and am starting to read through people's threads. I saw early on in Urania's thread you asked about Tatanya Tolstaya. In January I read The Slynx. (I did a short review of it on my 75 book challenge thread). It's a 1984-like novel set in the dystopian future 200 years after an event known as "the Blast." It was a quick read, and if you like that kind of fiction I'd recommend it. I'm planning to seek out her short stories which sound like they are totally different than the Slynx.
posted by arubabookwoman at 6:11 pm (EST) on Feb 5, 2009
Another nice thing about each. With the exception of the hardback collection of just recipes (which is the best buy for recipes/page), the Stewart books are a visual delight. Sundays is also a fun read in addition to being full of good stuff.
Up next for me after the dreary online recipe I book (which did yield a good soup recipe already), is a collection of pioneer recipes. I'm looking forward to it!
posted by suslyn at 6:38 am (EST) on Jan 23, 2009
i read ur post somewhere mentioning a film about Monsanto. i wonder if u have seen a more recent documentary (2008) by Marie-Monique Robin (France), The World According to Monsanto. i got to watch it in a Lisbon film fest just a few months ago. the discussion with the director after was very interesting, she's fearless, the nightmare of such multinational companies. she has just published a book on it which been translated to several languages (although the english translation will take the longest to come out...)
the film can be downloaded for free. interestingly, she says she doesn't mind copyrights and stuff, so long as the message gets to as many people as possible. she has waged war. here is the link, if you're interested...
http://wideeyecinema.com/?p=105
posted by deebee1 at 6:06 am (EST) on Jan 20, 2009
Thanks for adding me to your list of interesting libraries. I have started to scan through your shelves and the first thing I noticed was a number of shared books that L-thing doesn't recognize, flawed creature that it is. Your tags are simple and helpful. I hope to get around to updating my library soon, perhaps in the dead of winter... Great library.
cheers, Lynne
posted by zero-one_law at 7:04 pm (EST) on Dec 4, 2008
A part of me is jealous of you working on finishing your PhD and another part is not (LOL). I was going to study Faulkner in grad school with Michael Millgate and then more practical considerations prevailed and I am sure it was for the best. You do wonder, occasionally, "what if?" but really I have no regrets.
Poor Folk. I wanted to let you know you do NOT have to acquire it. I did not have it myself and found the full text online. I like the work so much that when I saw it in a bookstore last week, I still decided to NOT acquire it LOL. The link to it is http://www.online-literature.com/dostoev...
posted by polutropos at 8:59 am (EST) on Dec 3, 2008
I am glad to see Canadians on LT and I love your profile descriptions.
Nice to meet you!!
Cheers,
Karen
posted by kiwidoc at 1:53 am (EST) on Dec 3, 2008
I also sent you a "friend" request.
See you among the Booknudgers.
Paola :-))
posted by aluvalibri at 9:15 pm (EST) on Nov 29, 2008
Susan
posted by suslyn at 5:09 am (EST) on Nov 29, 2008
I see we share a great interest in Sylvia Plath and Anna Kavan!
I've read of you in the booknudgers group and though still lurking, it's great fun to read.
My TBR's have grown vicariously because of it!
Barns full of books and chocolate. Sounds like heaven to me!
Cate
posted by bleuroses at 12:14 pm (EST) on Nov 24, 2008
Caroline
posted by Caroline_McElwee at 5:21 am (EST) on Nov 20, 2008