They’re everywhere, on the shelves and in boxes on the floor. Now’s a good time. If you’ve seen my Twitter photo, it’s perfectly alright to stay inside and read when outside looks like this. Look closely, yes, it’s snowing cats and dogs:
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Here are some of them, in no particular order. Where do I begin?
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The Ambassadors by Henry James
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Saplings by Noel Streatfeild
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Headmaster’s Wager by Vincent Lam
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Magic of Saida by M. G. Vassanji
Tell it to the Trees by Anita Rau Badami
The High Mountain of Portugal by Yann Martel
Self by Yann Martel
Confessions by St. Augustine
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
The Matisse Stories by A. S. Byatt
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Death in Venice and Other Stories by Thomas Mann
Villette by Charlotte Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Lit by Mary Karr
The Plague by Albert Camus (O, not now)
O Pinoeers! by Willa Cather
Reborn by Susan Sontag
Cool Water by Diane Warren
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf
The last three volumes of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time
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I’ll stop here.
Your 2 pebbles? What are some of your TBR titles?
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Emergence: The connected lives of ants, brains, cities and software by Steven Johnson
Art Lover: A biography of Peggy Guggenheim by Anton Gill
Sapiens: A brief history of Humankind by Yuval Noah Haran
Educated: A memoir by Tara Westover
Voyage of The Beagle by Charles Darwin
Yes I’m a lover of all things nature and science, art in many forms, and memoirs.
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Eclectic choices, Heather. The Stay Home imperative is a good time for us to catch up on our TBR’s, isn’t it?
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I just wrote a long comment that won’t post! But yes, the stack is big, mostly mystery and bio but a couple of novels!
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Who are your favorite mystery writers, Jeanie?
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OK, trying again! So, right now I’m starting a new mystery series by Ellie Griffiths about an archaeologist who is in Norfolk, I’m only half through but pretty good. The list includes Kate Atkinson’s most recent Jackson Brodie mystery, Queen Victoria’s Sketchbook (which is also biography), the James (?) Runcie “Grantchester” mysteries (I liked the first; I have four to read); Danubia, Edward Rutherfurd’s New York, Ann Patchett’s Commonweath. My fave mystery writers are Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs), Deborah Crombie (Kincaid and James mysteries), Louise Penny (Insp. Gamahe); Georges Simenon (Maigret), Susan Elia Macneal (Maggie Hope), and a few others!
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That’s a long list indeed, and I don’t feel that bad about all the unread books in my home, haha. I think, especially at this time when bookstores are all closed, we should even all the more go online to buy books and bring them business. I mean, smaller, independent businesses and not Amazon. Anyway, for me, the mood is quite numb now, esp. with every update of the news. Hang in there, Jeanie, stay home, and try as much as you can, clear those TBR. 🙂
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A Noel Streatfeild I’ve never heard of in your stack? I have a few from every genre I like in mine. Ann Leckie’s The Raven Tower (I was going to read that before I could possibly meet her again at an annual meeting that was cancelled), Richard Powers’ The Overstory, and Simon Jiminez’s The Vanished Birds.
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Jeanne,
My copy of Saplings is published by Persephone Books, her 10th book for adults. I got it in a book sale years ago, attracted mainly by its elegant, minimalist book cover. I can see you favour the subject of science in your reading.
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My stack is too big to even contemplate listing it. I have an Excel file for that!
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I’m not as organized as you are, Lisa. I just go about the house and jot down these titles. At least this is a small, manageable list for myself. 🙂
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Oh, the list is long, long! There are several by John McPhee, including The Pine Barrens and The Control of Nature. There’s William Least Heat-Moon’s River Horse, some Mark Twain, and Geraldine Watson’s wonderful East Texas memoir, Reflections on the Neches. Lots of history and natural history, and a couple of Great Courses series on photography via DVD. Since I’m still able to work, I may not get to any of them!
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Yes, I can see nature, natural history and maybe local socio-geography would be your preferred choices. I went on Kanopy and started a video course on Shakespeare, which is very informative. Kanopy is a great service, you only need a library card no. to use it, classic films, docs, and courses. And you’re still working outside? Stay safe and take care!
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I actually wrote a post about my TBR too, but I restricted myself to My Top 5 on the TBR.
I have to say I’m doing well, the first on my list Courageous Dreaming by Alberto Villoldo is my one chapter a day read, as I don’t wish to overindulge one that’s at nourishing as this is, my second was Colette’s The Shackle which I’ve now read, and also 3 The Book of Harlan by Bernice McFadden which was fantastic and I’m halfway through 4 Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie. Number 5 is Plainsong by Kent Haruf and it’s a trilogy.
I have taken a diversion today though as I am reading The Adventures of China Iron, which was also on my TBR, but when it got shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 this week, I moved it up and started reading and it’s a hilarious, rollicking good read!
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Claire,
Thanks for sharing your list. And yes, I need to get hold of The Adventures of China Iron. Don’t we all need “a hilarious, rollicking good read” now!
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I hope your snow has melted! We are having typical spring, nice for a day or two and then snowing the next. I have two more library books to finish and then I will have to start browsing my own shelves if the public library remains closed. I feel like I am dipping into my savings account 😀
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