tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post1012780439109638617..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: Recommended readinglynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-6840831699027650242010-01-26T12:37:40.974+11:002010-01-26T12:37:40.974+11:00Thomas, as a fellow librarian, I'm a Nancy Pea...Thomas, as a fellow librarian, I'm a Nancy Pearl fan. I especially like her advice about when to give up on a book. Subtract your age from 100. If a book hasn't grabbed you by that page, move on.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-60953027035615311652010-01-23T22:13:59.013+11:002010-01-23T22:13:59.013+11:00Many sources:
Trusted friends (and bloggers) whose...Many sources:<br />Trusted friends (and bloggers) whose taste in reading is compatible. Book lists (Modern Library's top 100 books of the 20th century, etc.). Nancy Pearl's wonderful "Book Lust". <br /><br />One thing I almost never do is follow up on a recent book review. I like books to have some time to sink or swim before I pick them up.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-54047387195362810692010-01-23T12:26:30.670+11:002010-01-23T12:26:30.670+11:00Ruth, my problem is too many recommendations, not ...Ruth, my problem is too many recommendations, not too few! I'm almost afraid to discover a new blog to follow as I know I'll end up with more books to chase up. I've started Lytton Strachey's Queen Victoria & as I've just read an interview with Gillian Gill, author of We Two, a new book about V&A I may have to read that to compare & contrast. <br />Verity, your challenge is definitely a good way of structuring your reading & VMCs are diverse enough that you hopefully won't get bored.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-28404754834988438072010-01-22T19:51:46.565+11:002010-01-22T19:51:46.565+11:00Ooh - that's hard! I try to make every other ...Ooh - that's hard! I try to make every other book a Virago for my project, but otherwise it is down to whaever I have from the library and in terms of unread books knocking around at home.verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-21284062998186328972010-01-22T19:45:12.189+11:002010-01-22T19:45:12.189+11:00I hardly ever buy new books. So I adopt books from...I hardly ever buy new books. So I adopt books from charity shops usually. I will probably have heard a blogger talk about the book or I know of the autor, or increasingly hard to find, a Virago just because it is a Virago.<br />Then there are the titles. Drowning Ruth, because my name is Ruth. When I lived in Switzerland i was starved of decent English books so the one place that sold them was the Tabac and only had one swivelly display of books. But that was where I discovered Chaim Potok so I should be grateful for that deprivation. Brian Moore was another discovery. I think I acquired his first book from Padstow Library sale. If it is only 10p and readable, I usually take it home. Years ago in the 1970s I bought an old copy of A Kid for Two Farthings for 2p. Bloomsbury have just seen fit to republish this and I feel so superior because I "discovered" it all on my own nearly 30 years ago.<br />And how about browsing through LibraryThing.com?<br />Find someone who has a few of your books and see what else they have. I really should update my library over there. If you want to visit me there, I'm "ruthmarler". Just checked and I have just over 500 books over there so i really should walk around the house with the laptop again and get up to date.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com