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Favorite authorsMargaret Atwood, Chris Bohjalian, Walter R. Brooks, T. S. Eliot, Leif Enger, Diana Gabaldon, Elizabeth Gilbert, Philippa Gregory, Alice Hoffman, John Irving, Barbara Kingsolver, Anne Lamott, Gregory Maguire, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Jodi Picoult, David Sedaris, Dr. Seuss, J. R. R. Tolkien, Eckhart Tolle, Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAladdin's Lamp Children's Bookstore, Boulder Book Store, City Lights Bookstore, Dawn Treader Book Shop, Elliott Bay Bookstore, Imagination Station, Kramerbooks, Saturn Booksellers, Shaman Drum, Tattered Cover Book Store - Historic LoDo, The Bookstore, Treadwell's, Trident Booksellers and Cafe, Waterstone's Piccadilly

Favorite librariesBoulder Public Library, Lafayette Public Library

Other favoritesThe British Museum

About meI am a book fanatic! I love to read, collect, and share books. I get nervous when I don't have a book nearby! I have two young children who are well on their way as book lovers.

I am both a business/technical and creative writer, depending on whether I'm getting paid or not. :-) Besides reading, my other hobbies include running, hiking, skiing, yoga, cooking, traveling and of course, writing. The photo in my profile was taken right in front of the Boulder Bookstore and cafe (listed in my favorites).

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About my libraryMy favorite type of book to read, and thus my largest collection, is literary fiction. My large cookbook collection reflects my love of cooking. Ditto for travel books. In fact, if you are looking to travel anywhere in the Rocky Mountain West, check out my Colorado Guides and Travel, Mountain West tags. I also enjoy the memoir genre, and I'm working to read more nonfiction and the classics that I have yet to read.

Because there is no way to separate collections, I've included my kids' favorite books in my library so I can keep track of them. We have many, many more children books in our house than the ones listed here, but these are the best of the best. I would recommend any of the children's books in my collection without hesitation.

I decided to go for it and try the 999 challenge in 2009. This is my progress so far and a link to my challenge thread:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/52991

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Currently readingSo Brave, Young and Handsome: A Novel by Leif Enger
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People of the Book: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks

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Life After Death: The Burden of Proof by Deepak Chopra

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Parenting With Love and Logic : Teaching Children Responsibility by Foster W. Cline

Hi Julie- The group read for the "People of the Book", which starts this Sunday the 1st, can be found here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/73347
Hope you can join us!
Mark

posted by msf59 at 7:57 am (EST) on Oct 26, 2009

jhedlund, thank you for your comment on my JE review! It's lovely to hear of someone enjoying this book as much as I did. Isn't it just fantastic? It absolutely took over my life in the two days I read it. Usually I can put down my book, no matter how much I love it, and get on with my daily responsibilities without too much trouble. Not with Jane Eyre! I chafed all day until I could get home and get back to devouring it :)

Are you, like me, inspired to seek out some film/TV adaptations now? My husband and I watched the 1983 BBC miniseries of it yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it, despite a few flaws and the somewhat stagey cinematography. I've heard the 90s' Zefferelli version lacks spirit and the 2006 miniseries took liberties calculated to make purists scream. But I do have hopes for the old Orson Welles/Joan Fontaine version, though they also made some changes (the Rivers don't appear, I guess).

You're reading Fantastic Mr. Fox — one of my childhood favorites! Isn't Dahl fun? He's one of those authors who write children's books that adults never have to stop enjoying.

posted by wisewoman at 8:34 am (EST) on Oct 19, 2009

Thanks, Julie!

Glad you liked it.

Karenmarie

posted by karenmarie at 12:55 pm (EST) on Sep 16, 2009

Handle With Care. I'm interested to know what you think of it. Have you read My Sister's Keeper?

posted by VictoriaPL at 2:07 pm (EST) on Aug 12, 2009

Congratulations! You have won a prize in the Book Read: Mistress of the Art of Death from Early Summer 2009, The Highly Rated Book Group.

To see what you have won, check this link:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/67256&...

And follow these instructions:

1) Write a note to Vintage Books with your
- real name
- address
- email address
- AND the prize you won.

That's it! Sit back and enjoy your fame and fortune. Congratulations!

vintage_books

posted by vintage_books at 12:26 am (EST) on Aug 5, 2009

What did you think of Garden Spells?

posted by VictoriaPL at 3:53 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2009

Yes, I loved "The Angel's Game". Thank you so much for sending it to me. I was a mildly neglectful parent for a few days there, though. Dinners were excessively simple, dust gathered. I heard an interview with him where he said that he has four books planned centered around the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, so we have two more at least!

posted by RidgewayGirl at 10:30 am (EST) on Jul 21, 2009

Julie - Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries! I see you've got quite a few cookbooks. I love browing through cookbooks, although I don't have a lot of time to actually make time consuming things very often.

I have a 15 year old daughter, and have kept the best of the best of her childrens' books. She's not a reader like I am, but it's not for lack of opportunity. Her big interest is playing her trombone.

I'm in the 999 challenge, too. I keep finding books that I want to read that aren't in the challenge. And that's a challenge in itself.

I'm going to check out your 999 right now!

See you around.
karenmarie

posted by karenmarie at 6:21 am (EST) on Jun 13, 2009

Julie, thank you so much for letting me have "The Angel's Game". I forced myself to only read the first paragraph (about selling your soul along with that first written piece) and am saving it for the annual family holiday, where an excess of adults means that boring old mom can read in peace while her children are safely entertained. It's lovely to be able to count on having a good book! I listened to an interview with Ruiz, who has planned several books in his "Cemetary of Forgotten Books" series, each related but not in any order.

posted by RidgewayGirl at 1:04 pm (EST) on Jun 7, 2009

Hi Julie, great to have you in the Middlesex group read! Come on over, I just posted a start date of June 20.

posted by DetailMuse at 11:31 am (EST) on Jun 7, 2009

Since I don't know how often you check group discussion threads (if you are like me, not very) I thought I'd tell you that my copy of Mommy Grace did in fact arrive today. By Purolator. Shipped five days ago. Not straight from the publisher (publishers who do their own shipping tend to be prompt) but from "Hachette Book Group".

Hope yours arrives soon too.

posted by muumi at 5:10 pm (EST) on May 19, 2009

Thanks for the info about Anne Lamott. I'm excited to have discovered her writing. Knowing me, I'll probably like her essays the best.

I'm giving my copy of Bird by Bird (when I finish it) to a friend who got interested in it because of her desire to write. She was skeptical when I handed her my book, but after she read a bit, she was laughing out loud ... and hooked. :)

Madeline

posted by SqueakyChu at 9:09 pm (EST) on Apr 28, 2009

Don't sweat it - I won't be able to read much Wed or Thurs (and maybe Fri), so you might catch up with me!
The discussion thread is here:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/61975

posted by VictoriaPL at 11:24 am (EST) on Apr 7, 2009

Hey, thanks for dropping by my thread. Funny you should ask, I'm starting Girl tonight. I think LT memeber elbakerone is also reading it this week. I'd love to have you join in. I've started a thread on Talk.

posted by VictoriaPL at 11:19 am (EST) on Apr 7, 2009

Saw your question about Edgar Sawtelle and thought your mom might like "Tell Me Where it Hurts". I thought it was a very good dog book.

posted by ShannonMDE at 4:53 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2009

Your review of the Book Thief resonated with me. I recently finished it and I have similar feelings. I hope your review inspires many more to read it!

posted by GirlMisanthrope at 9:29 pm (EST) on Jan 5, 2009

Hi Julie,
I'm only about 10 pages into The Flanders Panel and so far, so good. This is branching out for me because until now the only mysteries I read were Agatha Christie and Josephine Tey. I had to pick this up because so many people like this author and I have a strong interest in art.
Thanks for the message, good to know he has fans!
Jennifer

posted by mstrust at 11:32 am (EST) on Jan 5, 2009

Welcome to the group read for The Coffee Trader!

We are so pleased you could join us, and hope you can also sign up for our Highly Rated Book Group Main page, where we list our book group reads!

See here for details:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/thehi...

Best,

vintage_books

PS: You might want to check out my cookbook collection. Keyword: cookbook

posted by vintage_books at 1:37 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2008

Thanks anyhow jhedlund. I'll just keep stalking my wishlist! :)

posted by wisewoman at 10:59 am (EST) on Nov 25, 2008

Hi,

Thanks for the message. I finished 'The Almost Moon' a few days ago and I gave it 3.5 stars. I thought the beginning was quite slow but it picked up half-way through. I really disliked the characters in the book, they all seemed so self-centred and this kind of put me off. I felt a bit let down by the ending, not sure what I expected to happen but when I finished the book I just felt cheated. My friends have said that her previous books and I will get round to reading them one day, unfortunately my tbr pile is over 600 books and I just keep buying more. In answer to your other comment about Mitch Albom, yes I love his books and 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' is one of my favourites. It was given to me by a friend after losing my mother suddenly and it really helped me to deal with her death. I didn't know he was a sports writer, I guess you learn something new everyday. Glad to see we have similar tastes and I have added you to my friends list.

Bye for now

Tess

posted by Teresa40 at 4:39 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2008

Hello,

I saw your post about Greek cooking and Halloumi -- it's good stuff! My husband is from Cyprus, so we look for it regularly, and it freezes well, so if you find it you can buy a lot. I can usually find it at Whole Foods, though it is expensive. If you're ever in Denver, there are two places I go to for Halloumi and other Greek/Middle Eastern food: one is the Middle East Market on Colorado and Evans, and the other is Pete's Fruit and Vegetables on Holly and Cedar. Pete's in particular is a wonderful market. If you like feta, go there and ask for the "good Greek" feta from the back. Both markets are good, fairly inexpensive sources for olives.

okay, I'm hungry now...

Take care,
Anne

posted by AMQS at 10:23 pm (EST) on Jul 5, 2008

Before we adopted the knee-biters, I used to get to the UK about every other year. I would pack a medium-sized suitcase, then pack THAT inside a large suitcase and fill the large one with tea and biscuits. Fortunately customs never opened my bags, because I think there was something like a 2lb limit on tea or so. It was all for personal use! It would last me about 6 months.

I got loads of reading done when my first was an infant. I used to rock and read through her 2-hour naps. Never happened with #2, though, since #1 was jumping up and down demanding attention whenever the baby was on my lap.

Now I read after they are in bed. Much less than I used to!

(That's my 3-year old in the profile picture. She was about 10 weeks old there, and we were giving her the Grand Tour of family visitation all over the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic!)

posted by lilysea at 2:16 pm (EST) on Jul 3, 2008

Hi Julie,

I just got The Wishing Year in the mail today; thank you so much! I'm looking forward to reading it. I'm afraid your book is not going to be send your way for a while yet; our move is taking longer than anticipated. (Sorry about that.) I'll let you know as soon as I've sent it.

I just noticed you're reading The Time Traveler's Wife. Are you enjoying it? I loved that book - it was definitely one of my top reads last year.

Thanks again!
Avis

posted by avisannschild at 2:37 pm (EST) on Jun 30, 2008

Thank you:-) I was hesitant about posting a "downer" review when the other readers at that point had all enjoyed the book, but figured if nothing else it would let the publisher know that fans of Conrad are not the demographic they should be targeting with this particular novel.

posted by Trismegistus at 3:34 pm (EST) on Jun 27, 2008

I'm glad we agree on Corelli's Mandolin. I don't care about the children or grandchildren. I cared about the original characters. And if De Bernieres wanted to see the mandolin passed down several generations, well, it could have been done much better.

posted by sanja at 1:26 pm (EST) on Jun 18, 2008

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