Member: lindapanzo

CollectionsYour library (2,948), Currently reading (2), To read (94), All collections (3,044)

Reviews13 reviews

Tagsmystery (1,662), baseball (230), 999 challenge (126), read in 2007 (112), read in 2006 (111), read in 2008 (102), read in 2004 (102), read in 2005 (100), read in 2000 (97), read in 2002 (95) — see all tags

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Groups1010 Category Challenge, 75 Books Challenge for 2009, 999 Challenge, Baseball, Books on Books, British & Irish Crime Fiction, Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge, Chicagoans, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Dewey Decimal Challenge — show all groups , Disaster Buffs, Fifty States Fiction (or Nonfiction) Challenge, Great Summer 2009 Read-Off, Kindley Book Club, Non-Fiction Readers, Reading the States, THE ANYTHING CULINARY BOOK GROUP, The Europe Endless Challenge, US Presidents Challenge

Favorite authorsLaura Childs, Mary Daheim, Aaron Elkins, Monica Ferris, Joanne Fluke, Hazel Holt, Victoria Houston (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAlibi Books, Inc., Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Lincolnshire, Borders - Gurnee

Favorite librariesLake Villa District Library, Warren-Newport Public Library

About meThe books shown in my LT library are books I've read, not books I own or books I want to read. To read are books I want to read, regardless of whether I own them.

I rate books as follows:

5 stars=great, one of the best of the year for me
4 stars=very good
3 stars=good
2 stars=ok, not bad
1 star =not very good
0 stars=why did I bother?

When I rate/review a book, I also figure my expectations about that book into equation and also think about other books I've read by that author or about that subject.

About my libraryI read all sorts of books but my favorites are mysteries of all kinds, especially those featuring amateur sleuths. I also love reading books about baseball, in particular about my beloved Chicago Cubs.

For 2009, I've chosen the following 9 categories for my first 999 challenge, which I finished on August 1, 2009:

1. Cozy Mysteries
2. Professional Sleuth Mysteries
3. Vintage Mysteries
4. Baseball Books
5. Books About Chicago
6. American Presidents
7. Books About Books/Libraries
8. Books About Disasters
9. General Nonfiction (that doesn't fit into categories 4 through 8, above)

Since 999 challenge 1 is progressing so nicely, I am doing a second 999 challenge, too. The categories for 999 challenge 2 include:

1. More Cozy Mysteries
2. More Baseball Books
3. More General Nonfiction
4. Books from the Rue Morgue Press
5. Authors/Series New to Me
6. Next in the Series
7. Sports, But Not Baseball
8. Biographies/Autobiographies
9. Art and Architecture

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Real nameLinda

LocationChicagoland

Account typepublic, lifetime

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Common KnowledgeSeries (463), Awards (256), Characters (5472), Places (862)

Member sinceJan 13, 2009

Currently readingTrue Compass: A Memoir by Edward M. Kennedy
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution by Richard Beeman