Frankie reads 2014

[frankie]

No .. Oliver usually illustrates books (and writes them) for littlies. But they made a short animated film out of one a few years ago and it was just the most darling thing ever .. or I thought so Poor Barnaby 

 

Littlies as in kids under 10yo or so? Perhaps I don't read very much of them. Picture books? I do like the cover, like you do and I liked the illustrations. There's another book by John Boyne in the children's section that I've thought about borrowing and I'm now wondering if Oliver has his hands on that one, too Lemme see... 

 

Ah yes, you can't mistake this one for someone other than Oliver!

 

 

 

What a great idea .. getting borrowers to vote on books they'd like to see stocked. Brilliant! I hope some of your clicks make it through. That is excellent customer service. My library could do with taking a leaf .. out of .. their book  (sorry .. the pun only occurred to me as I was typing) I don't think they've changed their titles this millennium. They are doing the bare minimum as far as I'm concerned and not encouraging readers.  I could do it better (of course) in my sleep!!

It's such a boon to have a well stocked library (or libraries) nearby .. it saves one lots of pennies for a start and you can take chances on books which is liberating.

 

It's a fabulous idea! I mean of course they take in requests from customers and I've had my requests most often 'approved' and they've acquired copies. (Except for the first Dresden Files book by Jim Butcher But no matter, they have copies of those here in the south ) But this is a lot more customer friendly: this way the customers are more proactive, when they get a chance to influence the acquisitions at such an early age. Edit: Haha! Age! I means stage, LOL. 

 

There was a biography of Penelope Fitzgerald by Hermione Lee and nobody had clicked on that one But I did!! I've been wanting to read a few of her books for a while now: I've had The Bookshop on my wishlist for ages, and your review (? I'm quite sure it was your review ) on The Blue Flower made me add that one to my wishlist, too. And so I've become fascinated by her eventhough I haven't yet read anything by her. And the bio is by Hermione Lee, who's written a lot of great bios (so I've heard!), so of course I want to read the book! 

 

I have to say, the pun went right over my head I mean I get the pun but the real meaning of the phrase you've used is something I've never heard of That shouldn't surprise me, your English is so lyrical and innovative and prosaic all the time.

 

I hear the state of libraries in the UK (as well as in some other countries) is quite horrid. It's such a shame. Personally I think libraries ought to be one's constitutional right, but of course the first cut downs occur within the areas that aren't life sustaining. But don't they understand the libraries sustain our mental health and soul life.

 

I don't think I ever realized, 100%, how lucky I am to be a Finn and have such a great library system until I've read some of the horror stories of the libraries overseas on this forum. I feel so lucky and I'm forever grateful. 

 

Which library is your closest one? I'd like to see pics!

Edited October 9, 2014 by frankie

[frankie]

At the start of the year, my read books total on Goodreads was at 932 books, and one of my challenges for this year has been to get to 1,000 read books. I've marked all my read books on a notebook and Goodreads from the year 1998 onwards, and I've also added the ones I remember having read as a kid and a teen even before 1998. 

 

At the moment, my read books stand at 989, so I have 11 books to go. Now that my mojo is back, I'm pretty confident I can reach 1,000 read books by the end of the year I think I will have to save something really special for the 999th book! 

[Kylie]

Ooh, how exciting! Keep us posted as you get closer (please).

 

You just inspired me to go and check my number of 'read' books on Goodreads. Only 671! Looks like I'll be celebrating my 1000th read in another 6-7 years at this rate.

[Athena]

At the start of the year, my read books total on Goodreads was at 932 books, and one of my challenges for this year has been to get to 1,000 read books. I've marked all my read books on a notebook and Goodreads from the year 1998 onwards, and I've also added the ones I remember having read as a kid and a teen even before 1998. 

 

At the moment, my read books stand at 989, so I have 11 books to go. Now that my mojo is back, I'm pretty confident I can reach 1,000 read books by the end of the year I think I will have to save something really special for the 999th book!

Very exciting! I'm with Kylie, please keep us posted .

 

I only started recording my read books a few years ago, currently it says 951 read which doesn't include many Dutch books I read that aren't listed on GoodReads. Somewhere in the first half of next year I'll have 1000 read on GR.

 

I'm so glad your mojo is much better these days .

[chesilbeach]

You've just inspired me to go and look at my records which I started in February 2006, and I'm on 1074 books finished, so I passed the 1000 mark in May!

[Athena]

You've just inspired me to go and look at my records which I started in February 2006, and I'm on 1074 books finished, so I passed the 1000 mark in May!

Congratulations!

[frankie]

Ooh, how exciting! Keep us posted as you get closer (please). 

 

You just inspired me to go and check my number of 'read' books on Goodreads. Only 671! Looks like I'll be celebrating my 1000th read in another 6-7 years at this rate. 

 

When did you start keeping list of the books you've read? I'm sure you've read more, you just need to dig your memory for the books you haven't catalogued on GR And it's really only just a number, it doesn't actually mean anything

 

Very exciting! I'm with Kylie, please keep us posted .

 

I only started recording my read books a few years ago, currently it says 951 read which doesn't include many Dutch books I read that aren't listed on GoodReads. Somewhere in the first half of next year I'll have 1000 read on GR.

 

I'm so glad your mojo is much better these days .

 

I'm sure you'll be flying to 1,000 in the next few weeks at your reading pace

 

 

I'll keep you guys posted!

 

You've just inspired me to go and look at my records which I started in February 2006, and I'm on 1074 books finished, so I passed the 1000 mark in May!

 

Well done chesil! You're a mean reading machine, you go through books like I go through chippies

[Kylie]

When did you start keeping list of the books you've read? I'm sure you've read more, you just need to dig your memory for the books you haven't catalogued on GR And it's really only just a number, it doesn't actually mean anything

 

I started keeping a spreadsheet of my books read in 2006 and I joined Goodreads in January 2008. I'm sure if I updated my books on Goodreads and wracked my brain for earlier reads I could probably bump up the number a bit, but probably still not close to 1000!

 

Do you remember that time in Gilmore Girls when Lorelai and Rory visited Harvard and Rory freaked out a bit when she realised how many books she hadn't read? I think she commented that she had only read around 300 books. I always thought that was a bit silly on the part of the writers because I'm sure she would have read many more books than that by her age...although now that I think about it some more, I suppose that's still around 30 books per year if she had started reading on her own when she was 6 or 7. Hmm...nope, still seems too few.

[Athena]

When did you start keeping list of the books you've read? I'm sure you've read more, you just need to dig your memory for the books you haven't catalogued on GR And it's really only just a number, it doesn't actually mean anything

 

 

I'm sure you'll be flying to 1,000 in the next few weeks at your reading pace

 

 

I'll keep you guys posted!

I started to keep track in June 2012. I've added the books that I own that I've read (other than the children's and young adult books still in boxes.. ) but I read lots at the library in earlier years but unfortunately don't remember the authors or titles (I'd recognise some of the covers but GoodReads mainly has the English covers and not the Dutch). I really wish I started to keep track earlier on.

 

Thanks .

 

Do you remember that time in Gilmore Girls when Lorelai and Rory visited Harvard and Rory freaked out a bit when she realised how many books she hadn't read? I think she commented that she had only read around 300 books. I always thought that was a bit silly on the part of the writers because I'm sure she would have read many more books than that by her age...although now that I think about it some more, I suppose that's still around 30 books per year if she had started reading on her own when she was 6 or 7. Hmm...nope, still seems too few.

That sounds really interesting! Do you remember which season this was in? I want to know how quickly I can get to it (of course, I have to wait until my birthday as I don't have the DVDs yet). It does seem too few to me as well (though I haven't seen the episode obviously).

[Kylie]

That sounds really interesting! Do you remember which season this was in? I want to know how quickly I can get to it (of course, I have to wait until my birthday as I don't have the DVDs yet). It does seem too few to me as well (though I haven't seen the episode obviously).

 

 

It's season two, episode four: The Road Trip to Harvard. Here's the quote, which is deliciously bookish:

 

Lorelai has just told Rory that Harvard has 13 million books:

 

RORY: Thirteen million volumes? I've read like, what, three hundred books in my entire life and I'm already sixteen? Do you know how long it would take me to read thirteen million books?

LORELAI: But honey, you don't have to read every one of them. "Tuesday's with Morrie?" Skip that. "Who Moved My Cheese?" Just stuff you already know.

RORY: Okay, but every kid coming to Harvard is inevitably reading books, and different books, and I want to be able to converse intelligently with each of them and I can't do that unless I read books, at least a few from every genre and sub-genre.

[Athena]

It's season two, episode four: The Road Trip to Harvard. Here's the quote, which is deliciously bookish:

 

Lorelai has just told Rory that Harvard has 13 million books:

 

RORY: Thirteen million volumes? I've read like, what, three hundred books in my entire life and I'm already sixteen? Do you know how long it would take me to read thirteen million books?

LORELAI: But honey, you don't have to read every one of them. "Tuesday's with Morrie?" Skip that. "Who Moved My Cheese?" Just stuff you already know.

RORY: Okay, but every kid coming to Harvard is inevitably reading books, and different books, and I want to be able to converse intelligently with each of them and I can't do that unless I read books, at least a few from every genre and sub-genre.

That's a lovely quote! Thanks for that, Kylie .

[frankie]

I started keeping a spreadsheet of my books read in 2006 and I joined Goodreads in January 2008. I'm sure if I updated my books on Goodreads and wracked my brain for earlier reads I could probably bump up the number a bit, but probably still not close to 1000!

I'm sure you can't be too far behind! And your mojo's been great this year and it's really been speeding things up

 

 

Do you remember that time in Gilmore Girls when Lorelai and Rory visited Harvard and Rory freaked out a bit when she realised how many books she hadn't read? I think she commented that she had only read around 300 books. I always thought that was a bit silly on the part of the writers because I'm sure she would have read many more books than that by her age...although now that I think about it some more, I suppose that's still around 30 books per year if she had started reading on her own when she was 6 or 7. Hmm...nope, still seems too few.

Of course I remember! Yeah 30 books per year for Rory does seem like an understatement. But she's a humble person, maybe she knew she's more like around 500 but didn't want to boast And some of the books she's read are big books and difficult books

 

Edit: Also, she always did her homework and probably read all the extra notes and suggested further reading, and didn't mark those as read books. So she didn't have as much time for recreational reading as she would have had she been slacking at school

Edited October 12, 2014 by frankie

[frankie]

I went to the library last Saturday and I was browsing the self-help books and psychology books for fun. And I came across a book by Augusten Burroughs, by coincidence! It's a book I haven't yet read but it's on my wishlist as are all the Burroughs books I don't yet own.

 

This particular book is called This Is How – Surviving What You Think You Can't.

 

 

I wanted to borrow it of course, and I started reading it at the library. It's a collection of essays on 'how to' do different things, and I randomly chose one essay to start with, and it was titled 'How To Fail':

 

~

You will learn much more from failing than from making straight As in life. A string of failures is far more valuable than a string of wins.

The reason is that our brains were programmed in the factory to look for and pay special attention to novelty. Which is to say, the unique.

So if you're a straight-A student in school or a metaphorical straight-A student in your adult life, that's a whole lot of the same old, same old.

One A+ paper blends right into the next.

It's when you get a D that you learn something valuable. It's when you fall on your ass that you actually make progress.

I am a complete and total fudgeup. Which is exactly why I am equipped to write this book and tell you how to live.

I made rings out of gemstones and bronze and I never went to school for this, I never took a design class and I have no business, actually, handling 1,525-degree metal and chrysoberyl cat's eye gems. But I do it anyway. And when I began, I made one hideous disaster of a ring after another until I had made maybe three hundred.

Each time, I tried to make one nice ring. Each time, I totally failed.

Until ring number 301. Which was suddenly, inexplicably cool.

Now I make more good rings than lousy ones. There are always new mistakes to make. But I almost never make my old, rerun mistakes.

Perfectionism is the satin-lined casket of creativity and originality. It you are a perfectionist, at least stop telling everybody you're one and try to get over it yourself, alone in your home with the lights off.

~

 

Reading this made me feel good and happy Then I read another essay called 'How To Feel Like S*it', and 'How To Find Love'. Both were excellent They both made me think about stuff. Real stuff. 

Edited October 13, 2014 by frankie

[frankie]

Remember when I told you the library folks were letting patrons choose which English books they'd like the libraries to acquire? They've made the choices now according to the clicks by the patrons. There were 520 books to choose from, and people clicked on 502 of them. That's only 18 books that nobody was interested in (although I kinda feel bad for the 18 books  ). 

 

The most popular titles were Nick Hornby's Funny Girl, Tove Jansson's Moomin books and Joanne M. Harris's Gospel of Loki.

 

I'm sorry that the list is very difficult to read. I got it on PDF format and couldn't just copy+paste the titles, the ISBN numbers and all of it was copied as well. And there are no commas or anything after the title and before the author's last name, so it's a frustrating and difficult read. But I wanted to share the list with you anyways. I've marked the books I clicked myself with red. 

 

ISBN - Title - Author - Clicks - Number of books ordered  

 

9780670922802 Funny Girl Hornby, Nick 94 2

9781770461710 Moomin collection Jansson, Tove 88 2

9781473211681 Gospel Of Loki Harris, Joanne M. 54 2

9780718155339 Woman Who Stole My Life Keyes, Marian 54 2

9780007553853 Emma Mccall Smith, Alexander 51 2

9781780226804 Odyssey Homer 49 2

9780241004913 Architects Apprentice Shafak, Elif 47 2

9780224099059 Beautiful You Palahniuk, Chuck 45 2

9781444789171 Revival King, Stephen 44 2

9780008101626 Alfie The Doorstep Cat Wells, Rachel 44 2

9780393240191 101 Two-letter Words Merritt, Stephen 42 2

9780241146446 Frog Yan, Mo 42 2

9781632151384 Blue Estate Graphic Novel Kalvachev, Viktor 41 2

9780575134263 Wild Cards: Lowball Martin, George R. R. 39 2

9781910281529 Complete Blackadder Curtis, Richard 38 2

9780349005683 Aunt Sass Travers, P. L. 35 2

9781473208148 Dead But Not Forgotten Harris, Charlaine 34 2

9781849019767 Agatha Raisin And The Blood Of An Englishman Beaton, M. C. 34 2

9781409148067 Mistletoe Bride And Other Haunting Tales Mosse, Kate 31 2

9780007549474 Its Not Me, Its You Mcfarlane, Mhairi 31 2

9781472205810 Strange Girls And Ordinary Women Mccarthy, Morgan 31 2

9781632150349 Walking dead 10 Kirkman, Robert 30 2

9780425256220 Magic breaks Andrews, Ilona 29 2

9781472201805 Job Evanovich, Janet 29 2

9780857052384 Portrait Of A Man Perec, Georges 28 2

9781780893686 Star Wars: Tarkin Luceno, James 28 2

9780701186593 Fires Of Autumn Nemirovsky, Irene 27 2

9781909807563 Hummingbird Hiekkapelto, Kati 26 2

9780356502823 Dance Of Ghosts Dalglish, David 25 2

9781847563583 Coming Home For Christmas Williams, Julia 25 2

9780751553956 Christmas Surprise Colgan, Jenny 25 2

9780007586400 Shape Of shhhhhhh To Come Mcarthur, Alan 25 2

9780857085672 How To Deal With Difficult People Hasson, Gill 25 2

9781409157564 Baking Bad Wheat, Walter 25 2

9780349402147 Vampire Watchmen Orourke, Tim 24 2

9780593073568 Time And Time Again Elton, Ben 24 2

9781841499420 Descent Macleod, Ken 24 2

9780007597369 Great Christmas Knit Off Brown, Alexandra 23 2

9780224101943 Whitman Illuminated Whitman, Walter 23 2

9780670015672 Magician's land Grossman, Lev 22 2

9781471138478 Cinderella Murder Burke, Alafair 22 2

9781780890159 Hope To Die Patterson, James 22 2

9780701185220 American Lover Tremain, Rose 22 2

9780099591696 Still Life With Bread Crumbs Quindlen, Anna 22 2

9781551525563 Adrian And The Tree Of Secrets Caillou, Marie 22 2

9780575119871 Wolves Ings, Simon 22 2

9780297870609 Dangerous Days In Elizabethan England Deary, Terry 22 2

9781472201799 The Chase Evanovich Janet 21 2

9781472211415 For all time Deveraux, Jude 21 2

9781471137594 Solomons Kitten Jeffries, Sheila 21 2

9780750959766 Halloween Mask And Other Strange Tales Davies, David Stuart 20 2

9780349134284 Everything I Never Told You Ng, Celeste 20 2

9781781251645 Question Everything New Scientist 20 2

9781473201231 Enchanter Heir Chima, Cinda Williams 19 2

9780750958523 Lord Bishops Clerk: A Bradecote And Catchpoll Investigation Hawkswood, Sarah 19 2

9780141198590 There Once Lived A Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In Petrushevskaya, Ludmilla 19 2

9780099566038 Three Brothers Ackroyd, Peter 19 2

9781781254165 Lingo Dorren, Gaston 19 2

9780241971253 Penguin Knitting Book Norbury, James 19 2

9781848664586 Ring Saviano, Roberto 18 2

9781626920750 Alice In The Country Of Joker Quinrose 18 2

9781472207579 Coming Home 18 2

9780385367004 The Job: A Fox and O'Hare Novel Evanovich, Janet 18 2

9780356502922 Oversight Fletcher, Charlie 17 2

9781784081089 Blue Labyrinth Preston, Douglas 17 2

9781848669857 Zig Zag Girl Griffiths, Elly 17 2

9781409128694 Light Of The World Burke, James Lee 17 2

9780571311187 Amnesia Carey, Peter 17 2

9780349404486 Chateau On The Lake Betts, Charlotte 17 2

9780857085702 Stuff I Wish Id Known When I Started Working Oconnell, Fergus 17 2

9781783780792 Men Explain Things To Me Solnit, Rebecca 17 2

9781845951542 Mystery Of Princess Louise Hawksley, Lucinda 17 2

9780745680729 Gender Connell, Raewyn 17 2

9781471134289 Let Me Go Cain, Chelsea 16 2

9780007552429 Flesh And Blood Cornwell, Patricia 16 2

9781784081652 Dancer In The Dust Cook, Thomas H. 16 2

9780749017958 Silk Tree Stockwin, Julian 16 2

9780575116887 Ultima Baxter, Stephen 16 2

9780752265605 Mindfulness Journal Sweet, Corinne 16 2

9781447283287 Yes Please Poehler, Amy 16 2

9781426214141 Body Restak, Richard 16 2

9781408706039 Does Santa Exist? Kaplan, Eric 15 1

9781780892269 Cop Town Slaughter, Karin 15 1

9780670921553 Peripheral Gibson, William 15 1

9780099585169 Nightingale Christmas Wish Douglas, Donna 15 1

9781447276838 Christmas Fireside Short Stories Allen, Diane Et Al 15 1

9781408853481 Let Me be Frank with You Ford, Richard 15 1

9780099572251 Back To Back Franck, Julia 15 1

9781782064367 Your Servants And Your People Towsey, David 15 1

9781491546178 Ashes to Ashes Hoag, Tami 15 1

9781848549760 Lost Art Of Having Fun Brandreth, Gyles 15 1

9781846148484 Tove Jansson Karjalainen, Tuula 15 1

9780738739823 Yoga And Body Image Klein, Melanie 15 1

9780141395036 Tales Of The Marvellous And News Of The Strange 14 1

9780575121539 Dream Of Wessex Priest, Christopher 14 1

9781849536493 F In Spelling Benson, Richard 14 1

9780141394756 Saint-fiacre Affair Simenon Georges 14 1

9781409155737 City Of Bones Connelly, Michael 14 1

9780356501932 Symbiont Grant, Mira 14 1

9781782210528 Craft A Creative Business Pullen, Fiona 14 1

9781611801231 Vintage Made Modern Casa, Jennifer 14 1

9780786965601 Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook NULL 14 1

9781421575865 Princess Mononoke - First Story Miyazaki, Hayao 14 1

9781782394594 Why Religion Is Immoral Hitchens, Christopher 14 1

9780199645107 Philosophy Of Social Science 14 1

9781848317949 Sciku Camden School For Girls 13 1

9781405914154 Hello From The Gillespies Mcinerney, Monica 13 1

9781782064138 Eden In Winter Patterson, Richard North 13 1

9780316298117 Pandorahearts Odds And Ends Mochizuki, Jun 13 1

9780356502328 Mechanical Tregillis, Ian 13 1

9780575129009 Empires: Extraction Deas, Gavin 13 1

9780575130692 Nos4r2 Hill, Joe 13 1

9781491509845 Snowfall at Willow Lake Wiggs, Susan 13 1

9781846043574 Hardwiring Happiness Hanson, Rick 13 1

9781409148739 Girls Will Be Girls Otoole, Emer 13 1

9781782062738 Secrets Of The Knights Templar Hodge, S. J. 13 1

9781784700089 Alan Turing Hodges, Andrew 13 1

9781449460082 Practically Raw Crawley, Amber Shea 13 1

9781423180272 Disney During World War II Baxter, John 13 1

9780755395279 Golem of Hollywood Kellerman, Jonathan 12 1

9781848545854 Suicide Club Williams, Andrew 12 1

9781447275596 Some Luck Smiley, Jane 12 1

9781782270935 Red Cavalry Babel, Isaac 12 1

9781848548541 When The Night Comes Parrett, Favel 12 1

9780571308910 Infidelities Gunn, Kirsty 12 1

9781447254447 2 A.m. At The Cats Pajamas Bertino, Marie-Helene 12 1

9781784160203 It Must Have Been The Mistletoe Astley, Judy 12 1

9781401245238 Wake Snyder, Scott 12 1

9780575088597 Dark Defiles Morgan, Richard 12 1

9780575129283 Empires: Infiltration Deas, Gavin 12 1

9781921966415 Change The Way You Eat Cooper, Leanne 12 1

9781846683220 Gods Of Olympus: A History Graziosi, Barbara 12 1

9781780172415 Problem Management Hall, Michael 12 1

9780241146347 Elsa Schiaparelli Secrest, Meryle 12 1

9781471140273 Woman I Wanted To Be Von Furstenberg, Diane 12 1

9781742708423 New Feast Malouf, Greg 12 1

9781594747250 Jane Austen Cover To Cover Sullivan, Margaret 12 1

9781419713989 Royal Gardens 12 1

9780349000381 Naked Scientist: Everyday Life Under The Microscope Smith, Chris 12 1

9780575096875 Stay With Me Pinborough, Sarah 11 1

9780007551279 Dead Man Walking Finch, Paul 11 1

9780751551891 Dont Look Back Spindler, Erica 11 1

9781444731422 Zodiac Station Harper, Tom 11 1

9781471128103 Silversmiths Wife Tobin, Sophia 11 1

9780751554304 Her Mothers Secret King, Catherine 11 1

9780060092146 Married To The Viscount Jeffries, Sabrina 11 1

9781780746081 In Paradise Matthiessen, Peter 11 1

9781782068518 Claire Of The Sea Light Danticat, Edwidge 11 1

9781409146209 Goddess And The Thief Fox, Essie 11 1

9781781857618 Hide her name Dorries, Nadine 11 1

9781612625966 Tsubasa Omnibus 2 Clamp 11 1

9781447220923 Halo: Mortal Dictata Traviss, Karen 11 1

9781846140181 English And Their History Tombs, Robert 11 1

9781782395140 Eureka! Jones, Peter 11 1

9780199672967 Between Two Worlds Gaskill, Malcolm 11 1

9781742208923 Lonely Planet Barcelona Lonely Planet 11 1

9781471137099 Complete Annotated Lyrics Dylan, Bob 11 1

9781783055869 Joni Mitchell Marom, Malka 11 1

9781472532800 Japanese Fashion Cultures Monden, Masafumi 11 1

9781440334719 Urban Sketcher Holmes, Marc Taro 11 1

9780393240740 Human age Ackerman, Diane 11 1

9781118946916 Adventures In Minecraft Whale, David 11 1

9780751549195 Better Off Dead Wood, Tom 10 1

9780755398140 Dead Souls Egholm, Elsebeth 10 1

9780755389957 Closer Than You Think Rose, Karen 10 1

9781409145516 Burning Room Connelly, Michael 10  1

9781781853733 Abduction Holt, Jonathan 10 1

9781472212856 Winter House Oconnell, Carol 10 1

9781849908474 Mapp And Lucia Omnibus Benson, E. F. 10 1

9780340992760 Proper Family Christmas Manby, Chrissie 10 1

9781447219705 Christmas In The Snow Swan, Karen 10 1

9781782114185 Academy Street Costello, Mary 10 1

9781421532882 Inuyasha 9 Takahashi, Rumiko 10 1

9781421532899 Inuyasha 10 Takahashi, Rumiko 10 1

9781409153863 Burning Room Connelly, Michael 10  1

9780349403144 We Need To Talk About Grief Broadbent, Annie 10 1

9781608683062 Life Purpose Boot Camp Maisel, Eric 10 1

9781623260354 Instagram Book Crist, Steve 10  1

9781847087782 Brief Stop On The Road From Auschwitz Rosenberg, Goran 10 1

9781742575605 Retro London - The Way We Used To Live Gosling, Lucinda 10 1

9780190201890 Gaza Filiu, Jean-Pierre 10 1

9781782211549 Arne & Carlos knitting Scandinavian style Nerjordet, Arne 10 1

9781743215753 Lonely Planet Spain Lonely Planet 10 1

9780283072086 Naming Jack The Ripper Edwards, Russell 10 1

9781940363240 Yumuniverse Crosby, Heather 10 1

9780091954451 Stories In The Stars Hislop, Susanna 10 1

9781408816981 Naming Of The Shrew Wright, John 10 1

9781409153535 Wheres Boris?  9 1

9781447225355 Target Baldacci David 9 1

9781455525775 Lost island Preston, Douglas 9 1

9780007312405 Cromwells Blessing Ransley, Peter  9 1

9780007431779 Honeyville Waugh, Daisy 9 1 

9781782270980 Rendezvous In Venice Beaussant, Philippe 9 1 

9780099595038 Mr Miracle Macomber, Debbie 9 1 

9781471139000 Balloonist Long, James 9 1 

9780099539568 Black Sheep Hill, Susan 9 1 

9780749017064 Up The Garden Path Thelwell, Norman 9 1 

9781612625959 Tsubasa Omnibus 1 Clamp 9 1 

9781442375468 Halo: Broken Circle Shirley, John 9 1 

9781409146568 Little Book Of Common Sense Wogan, Terry 9 1 

9781781802991 fudge It Is The Answer Parkin, John 9 1 

9781782395829 How To Be Normal Browning, Guy 9 1 

9781781251973 Confidence Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas 9 1 

9780241004968 Trouble In Paradise Zizek, Slavoj 9 1 

9780670922321 Edge Of The World Pye, Michael 9 1 

9780141439426 Travels In West Africa Kingsley, Mary H. 9 1 

9781742208947 Lonely Planet Prague & The Czech Republic Lonely Planet 

9780719807503 Jane Austens Journeys Jones, Hazel 9 1 

9781471133398 Watch Me Huston, Anjelica 9 1 

9781476775562 Good Son Andersen, Christopher 9 1 

9781783350353 Snowden files Harding, Luke 9 1 

9781780220956 Johnny Cash Hilburn, Robert 9 1 

9780062242167 Tinseltown Mann, William

9780385344630 Make Comics Like The Pros Pak, Greg

9781137337290 Criminal Capital Platt, Stephen

9781118940327 Coding For Kids For Dummies Mccue, Camille

9781445639666 Cut And Thrust Dougherty, Martin

9781405918701 Vault Mckay, Emily

9781472204707 Blood Legacy Jones, Stephen Lloyd

9780230764378 Twist Of The Knife James, Peter

9780749016180 Inspector Colbecks Casebook Marston, Edward

9781782068037 Emperors Once More Jepson, Duncan

9781447225317 Escape Baldacci, David

9781409142447 Long Sword Cameron, Christian

9780349005096 Getting Colder Coe, Amanda

9781935639909 Search for Heinrich Schlögel Baillie, Martha

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9781612626062 Say I Love You Vol. 5 Hazuki, Kanae

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9780752462110 Waterloo 1815 Fremont-Barnes, Gregory

9780571269525 In These Times Uglow, Jenny

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9780571316328 Letters Of T. S. Eliot Hollis, Matthew

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9780857385772 Americas Mistress Williams, John L.

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9780393088953 George Frideric Händel - A Life With Friends Harris, Ellen T.

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9780857851857 Sustainable Fashion Farley, Gordon K.

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9780762454907 Cecil B. Demille Demille Presley, Cecilia

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9780300209358 Experience Of God Hart, David Bentley

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9780751544237 How The Light Gets In Penny, Louise

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9780099507680 Great Big Shining Star Griffiths, Niall

9780571298815 Remembering Light And Stone Madden, Deirdre

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9781612626017 My Little Monster vol. 5 Robico

9781846573552 Hope To Die Patterson, James

9780749468347 Psychology Of Work Gautier, Chantal

9781846559037 Where Im Reading From Parks, Tim

9780141395883 Fear And Trembling Kierkegaard, Soren

9780871401007 Meaning Of Human Existence Wilson, Edward O.

9781781853542 Penny Loaves And Butter Cheap Bates, Stephen

9781782392026 Lawrence In Arabia Anderson, Scott

9781781252680 Rogersons Book Of Numbers Rogerson, Barnaby

9781471127847 Cold Fiennes, Sir Ranulph

9781426213625 National Geographic Traveler Rachowiecki, Rob

9781426213632 National Geographic Traveler Sullivan, James

9780300195569 Helena Rubinstein Klein, Mason

9781780976037 5 Seconds Of Summer Fan Book Croft, Malcolm 7 1

9781118880760 Harmonica For Dummies Yerxa, Winslow 7 1

9781783055920 Jeff Beck Power, Martin 7 1

9781770411869 Young Neil Wilson, Sharry 7 1

9789814516655 Jeremy Monteiro: Random Thoughts Of A Jazz Musician Monteiro, Jeremy 7 1

9781742703992 Cantina Wilson, Paul 7 1

9781604334975 Gluten-free Christmas Baking Brown, Ellen 7 1

9780738217307 Sweet Eats For All Kramer, Allyson 7 1

9780300154382 Fashion Victims Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly 7 1

9780745334974 Abcs Of Political Economy Hahnel, Robin 7 1

9780091955359 Complete Low-fodmap Diet Shepherd, Sue 7 1

9781847978301 So You Want To Run An Ultra Mouncey, Andy 7 1

9781782062103 Blacklight Blue May, Peter 6 1

9780857892287 Lions Mouth Holt, Anne 6 1

9780751551167 Execution Wolf, Dick 6 1

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9780751554168 I Let You Go Mackintosh, Clare 6 1

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9780552167048 Silent Night Sheffield, Jack 6 1

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9781782064350 Your Brothers Blood Towsey, David 6 1

9781849055369 Unofficial Guide To Adoptive Parenting Donovan, Sally 6 1

9781440582974 Everything Parents Guide To Teenage Addiction Lynam, Edward 6 1

9781471138867 Virtue Of Stillness Iyer, Pico 6 1

9781922178503 Our Tattoos Lockman, Adam 6 1

9781848316294 Do You Still Think Youre Clever? Farndon, John 6 1

9781782069430 Murderous Contagion Dobson, Mary 6 1

9780300178609 Founders As Fathers Glover, Lorri 6 1
9781780600567 Stamboul Sketches Freely, John 6 1

9781780051109 Insight Guides New Zealand Step By Step Apa 6 1

9781846557026 In America Mak, Geert 6 1

9781782433576 Tsunami Kids Forkan, Paul 6 1

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9780307716781 De Niro Levy, Shawn 6 1

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9780857861573 Jerry Lee Lewis Lewis, Jerry Lee 6 1

9780732293901 Holiday Goddess Handbag Guide To Paris, London, New York And RomeAdams, Jessica 6 1

9781137304940 Managing Risks In The European Periphery Debt Crisis 6 1

9781628600445 My Paleo Patisserie Hulet, Jenni 6 1

9781783296750 Art Of The Penguins Of Madagascar 6 1

9780755365173 @war Harris, Shane 6 1

9781472511560 United States In The Long Twentieth Century Heale, Professor Michael J. 6 1

9781447235316 Renegade Wilkinson, Kerry 5 1

9781471134241 Crap Christmas Burt, Josh 5 1

9780283072185 Laughter Lines Oconnor, Des 5 1

9780857052063 Talking To Ghosts Le Corre, Herve 5 1

9781447268680 Trio Of Murders Mcgown Jill 5 1

9781405919418 Burning Mind Gardiner, M. G. 5 1

9780718179915 Havana Storm Cussler, Clive 5 1

9781409153375 Sins Of The Father Hurley, Graham 5 1

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9781781168585 No Known Grave Jennings, Maureen 5 1

9781784081065 White Fire Preston, Douglas 5 1

9781781859964 Petticoat Men Ewing, Barbara 5 1

9781447259435 Sack Kinsella, John 5 1

9780007503209 Cavendon Hall Barbara Taylor Bradf 5 1

9781409131496 Night Falling Webb, Katherine 5 1

9781472218346 Waiting For Doggo Mills, Mark 5 1

9781408847268 Someone Mcdermott, Alice

9781782392781 Amber Fury Haynes, Natalie

9780099572756 Asunder Aridjis, Chloe

9781421577661 World Trigger 3 Ashihara, Daisuke

9780575116870 Ultima Baxter, Stephen

9780091958787 Playing Big Mohr, Tara

9781780762937 Golden Age Of Pantomime Richards, Jeffrey

9781844681198 Conscientious Objectors Of The First World War Kramer, Ann

9780571249794 Churchills Bomb Farmelo, Graham

9781846683923 Armchair Nation Moran, Joe

9781848317376 Burglar Caught By A Skeleton Clay, Jeremy

9781409326793 Dk Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Cuba C. Baker

9781742202143 Lonely Planet Pocket Melbourne Lonely Planet

9780593075234 My Story Gillard, Julia

9781617690877 Novel Living Occhipinti, Lisa

9781783130115 Indias Disappearing Railways Mcdonald, Angus

9781592336418 New Sex Bible For Women Harwick, Amie

9780133980509 Css Animations And Transitions For The Modern Web Bradley, Steven

9781118968406 Minecraft Construction For Dummies Cordeiro, Adam

9780241187272 Tomb Raider The Ten Thousand Immortals Abnett, Dan

9780007544110 Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies - Visual Companion Fisher, Jude

9781846044151 Future Of God Chopra, Deepak

9781472212894 Dead Famous Oconnell, Carol

9780091948382 Kill Casey, Jane

9781471136542 Act of war Thor, Brad

9781472201232 Dead pass Bateman, Colin

9780007312429 Kings List Ransley, Peter

9780230766211 Beyond The Veil Of Tears Bradshaw, Rita

9781408843987 Harraga Sansal, Boualem

9780434023189 Sunshine Cruise Company Niven, John

9781444789270 Hidden Knowledge Bishop, Bernardine

19780571298754 Authenticity Madden, Deirdre

9781612629292 Seven Deadly Sins vol. 5 Suzuki, Nakaba

9781491525968 Fight with Me Proby, Kristen

9780857085856 Little Book Of Thinking Big Wiley

9781578265169 How To Love Your Kids More Than You Hate Your Ex Fried, Helen

9781781854068 Rush Hour Gately, Iain

9780297869832 Margot Courcy, Anne De

9780349004327 Wounding The World Bourke, Joanna

9781584799535 Magpies, Homebodies, And Nomads Rose, Cirilia

9781454708513 Felt-o-ween Sheldon, Kathy

9780349403403 Book Of Leadership Gell, Anthony

9781907794797 Dark Side Of Business James, David

9789774166723 Alexandria Anthology

9781742208787 Lonely Planet Pocket Prague Lonely Planet

9781742208916 Lonely Planet Pocket Barcelona Lonely Planet

9781782115441 Not My Fathers Son Cumming, Alan

9781473608054 In Real Life Schulman, Nev

9781611800784 Tartine Gourmande Peltre, Beatrice

9781472524676 Moroccan Fashion Jansen, M. Angela

9780718192457 Breakfast At Sothebys Hook Philip1

9780241011713 Empire Of Cotton Beckert, Sven

9780745687513 Europe Entrapped Offe, Claus

9781440580857 Everything Investing In Your 20s And 30s Book Duarte, Joe

9781781804049 Living Pain-free Virtue, Doreen

9781628600438 Paleo Eats Bejelly, Kelly

9781849073134 Philips Stargazing With Mark Thompson

9781775591634 Manuka Van Eaton, Cliff

9781426213953 Blue Hope Earle, Sylvia A.

9781118951798 Adventures In Python Richardson, Craig

9781118968277 Minecraft Recipes For Dummies Stay, Jesse

9781408831304 On The Trail Of Genghis Khan Cope Tim

9781405917698 Rose Cord Oswald, J.D.

9780857387714 Arc Of The Swallow Gazan, Sissel-Jo

9781846689765 No Regrets, Coyote Dufresne, John

9780749017026 Peppercorn Street Jacobs, Anna

9781409155683 One Night: Denied Malpas, Jodi Ellen

9780385614337 Crooked heart Evans, Lissa

9781491525944 Come Away with Me Proby, Kristen

9781780767079 Dressed For War Edwards, Nina

9781472223968 Special Ops Heroes Ashcroft, Michael A.

9780141396156 Nairns London Nairn, Ian

9781454708490 Herbal Bath & Body Book Houdek, Heather Lee

9781409382904 Dk Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: New Orleans Dk Publishing

9781409353430 Rough Guide To Panama

9781906308629 At The Going Down Of The Sun Bound, Graham

9780349005928 Testament Of Youth Brittain, Vera

9780571303717 Report From The Interior Auster, Paul

9781780224640 Letters To The Midwife Worth, Jennifer

9781445643731 Eyewitness Accounts: I Was A Slave In Russia Noble, John

9780571313600 Touching From A Distance Curtis, Deborah

9781606997864 Invitation To Openness Mccann, Les

9781608874743 Live Dead Minkin, Bob

9780091958053 Slow Cooked South, Miss

9781782114031 Weak Messages Create Bad Situations Shrigley, David

9781781253601 Heineken Story Smit, Barbara

9781628600452 Real Life Paleo Toth, Stacy

9781628600469 Every Last Crumb Angell, Brittany

9780062334435 Greek Diet Loi, Maria

9781118968307 Minecraft Redstone For Dummies Cordeiro, Jacob

9781783293568 Interstellar Vaz, Mark Cotta

9780764347238 Pumpkin Cinema Tolle, Nathaniel

9781780973692 Barca Balague, Guillem

9784805312971 Essential Karate Book Lund, Graeme

9780349403519 Map Of Heaven Alexander, Dr. Eben

9781452131412 Little book of Jewish celebrations Tauber, Ronald

9781447241423 Informant Wilkins, Susan

9781843445470 Man From Berlin Mccallin, Luke

9781472220004 Tell Me Youre Sorry Obrien, Kevin

9781781852743 Stone Cold Box, C. J.

9780749016135 Kingdom Lock Roberts, I. D.

9781846689734 Raw Material Fauser, Jorg

9781472223685 Oyster Catcher Thomas, Jo

9781781253359 See You In Paradise Lennon, J. Robert

9780857898852 Cataract City Davidson, Craig

9780571298778 Hidden Symptoms Madden, Deirdre

9781478982821 Escape ( John Puller ) Baldacci, David

9780807033135 At Home In Exile Wolfe, Alan

9780241956106 Ministry Of Guidance Invites You To Not Stay Majd Hooman

9780241953815 Hundred Days Lloyd, Nick

9780099542247 Snake Dance Marnham, Patrick

9781848317345 Allums Antiques Almanac 2015 Allum, Marc

9781454707875 Big Little Felt Fun Lim, Jeanette

9781584235859 Gathering

9781780193410 Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Aquarium Fish & Fish Care Bailey, Mary

9780300209174 Home And The World Ray, Romita

9781409351337 Rough Guide To Fiji

9781780769349 On Faith And Freedom Siddiqui, Mona

9780857202543 What Goes On Tour Stays On Tour Moore, Brian

9780091958923 Best Of Benn Benn, Tony

9781783781140 Impossible Exile Prochnik, George

9781782066026 Darkness Descending Jones, Ken

9781780224558 Herzl Avineri, Shlomo

9781473608566 Memoir Bellingham, Lynda

9781781790953 Ultimate Guide To Great Reggae Garnice, Michael 2 1

9781908279668 Who Killed Mister Moonlight? Haskins, David J. 2 1

9781628600216 Zenbelly Cookbook Miller, Simone 2 1

9781848317420 Antiques Magpie Allum, Marc 2 1

9780393080995 Immortal Evening Plumly, Stanley 2 1

9781623260286 Chasing Epic Curtes, Jeff 2 1

9781849073141 Philips Astrophotography With Mark Thompson 2 1

9781604335057 Healthy Detox Slow Cooking Devito, Dominique 2 1

9781604335064 Lowcarb Slow Cooking Devito, Dominique 2 1

9780744015621 Destiny Signature Series Strategy Guide 2 1

9781848663879 Powder Thorne, Patrick 2 1

9781605986104 Lost Gospel - Decoding The Sacred Text That Reveals Jesus Marriage To Mary Magdalene Jacobovichi, Simcha 

9780755354054 Pyramid Gibbins, David 1 1

9781444789430 Vendetta Mitchell, Dreda Say 1 1

9780007531967 Second Watch Jance, J. A. 1 1

9780099581468 Bear Cameron, Claire 1 1

9781782068990 Season Of Fear Freeman, Brian 1 1

9781405912020 Primeval Golemon David Lyn 1 1

9780857522870 Sanctuary Edric, Robert 1 1

9781408845189 Beneath The Neon Egg Kennedy, Thomas E. 1 1

9781405913683 Rev Diaries Smallbone Reveren 1 1

9782930743127 United Glogowski, Philippe 1 1

9781421522470 Vagabond 5 Inoue, Takehiko 1 1

9780349406459 Dont Give Up, Dont Give In Zamperini, Louis 1 1

9781781253526 Christmas Carols Gant, Andrew 1 1

9780062322616 Me, Inc. Simmons, Gene 1 1

9780552170314 Haatchi And Little B Holden, Wendy 1 1

9780552169189 Pure Joy Steel, Danielle 1 1

9781118971178 Alpha Masters Ahuja, Maneet 1 1

9781408841969 Kerrigan In Copenhagen Kennedy, Thomas E. 1 1

9781409348832 Rough Guide To Laos Aves, Edward 1

19781409353126 Rough Guide To The Dominican Republic 1 1

9781849073271 Philips Complete Road Atlas Europe 1 1

9781472913074 Tour Of Bones Inge Denise 1 1

9781409142294 Best In The World Jericho, Chris 1 1

9780300198911 Raising Henry Adams, Rachel 1 1

9781409154815 Lions Tale Jericho, Chris 1 1

9780099546597 Penelope Fitzgerald Lee, Hermione 1 1

9780571303397 Through It All Ive Always Laughed Strong, Count Arthur 1 1

9780992886233 What Have I Become (Simpsons Artist), Chris 1 1

9781471139901 Ryan Giggs: The Man For All Seasons Bartram, Steve 1 1

9781423184188 Marc Davis Davis, Marc 1 1

9781846147180 Hook, Line And Singer Matthews Cerys 1 1

9781781855362 Different Class Of Murder Thomson, Laura 1 1

9780393089035 Liquid Intelligence - The Art And Science Of The Perfect Cocktail Arnold, Dave 1 1

9789383098385 Spicestory Gantzer, Hugh 1 1

9781472530936 Cultural Threads Hemmings, Jessica 1 1

9780867198133 Mirror, Black Mirror Garcia, Camille Rose 1 1

9781909526174 Billy Name: The Silver Age Name, Billy 1 1

9780760346402 Art Of The Corvette Leffingwell, Randy 1 1

9781600583971 Creative Lettering And Beyond Kirkendall, Gabri Joy 1 1

9781401944353 Make Your Own Rules Diet Stiles, Tara 1 1

9781770412279 Love You To Death Calhoun, Crissy 1 1

9781471139925 Red Leaders Hibbs, Ben 1 1

9780749017163 Three Sheets In The Wind Thelwell, Norman 1 1

9780224097369 Good War Fairweather, Jack 1 1

 

 

 

(The ones that nobody wanted)

9781848317895 Ask John Timpson, John 

9780804140195 Billy Joel Schruers, Fred 

9780141047225 Code Of Combat Asher Michael 

9781782199892 Daniel Radcliffe Blackhall, Sue

9780857898494 Havel Zantovsky, Michael 

9780593073483 Im A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! The Inside Story Busk-Cowley, Mark 

9781471137525 Its All Clowns Fault Crahan, Shawn 

9780857052759 Letters To Poseidon Nooteboom, Cees 

9781444795363 Life, Love And The Archers Cope, Wendy 

9781409152477 Little Keith Lemon Lemon, Keith 

9780500517703 Maison Goossens Mauries, Patrick 

9780091960391 Marc Marquez 

9780719809125 Maskelyne: Astronomer Royal Higgett, Rebekah 

9781444756739 Most Wanted Ryan, Chris 

9780701189105 My Life In Houses Forster, Margaret 

9781781857168 Rupert Brooke Jones, Nigel 

9780760346877 Strat In The Attic 2 Dickerson, Deke 

9780857501950 Unreturning Army Gordon, Huntly 

9781780224909 War Behind The Wire Lewis-Stempel, John 

9780062314963 You Cant Make This Up Michaels, Al )

 

 

I think it's safe to say that because of my vote, the library will have a copy of Penelope Fitzgerald's biography by Hermione Lee, as I was the only one voting for the book!

Edited October 23, 2014 by frankie

[Athena]

I hope the library gets copies of the books you want !

[frankie]

Well they did. The list above is the list of the books that are being acquired. 

[Athena]

I misread!

[frankie]

^ Don't worry, it happens  

 

 

 

I finished another great read last night and when I went to log the book in the read books post on the first page of this reading log, I stopped to wonder how it can be that I haven't yet read any books that have warranted a 1/5 from me. I then wanted to count the average rating for the books I've read this year. And it was a staggering 3,82. That's well above my Goodreads average. 

 

I'm also really happy that my mojo's doing so great at the moment. I lost it for quite a while earlier this year, and I've been through some things in the past few months, and I've been worried about my mojo lately but it's been going strong I think the library and its great selection (and free reservations ) have really contributed to that.  

[Anna Begins]

I was just going to say, I'm glad you've been reading more! 

[Athena]

I agree with Anna, it's really nice you've been enjoying your reading more .

[poppyshake]

Yay!! Your mojo is back with a vengeance  I feel mine is too .. must be something in the water You've had a stellar year too as far as reading good books is concerned. Your mojo has been rewarded for it's patience  That reminds me, we must, must, must, get around to reading those Moomin books soon. I need to know what they're about. I know they're more intriguing than I've ever given them credit for .. I've just been viewing them as shapeless lumps  .. something to do with the cartoon series which I could never make head nor tail of. Octavia loves them .. she always has them in her shop window displays .. it's an addiction with her I think. 

 

However, I do hope that any Moomin reading won't have an adverse effect on our mojos   

[frankie]

Edit: Will get back on stuff soon.

Edited October 25, 2014 by frankie

[poppyshake]

Littlies as in kids under 10yo or so? Perhaps I don't read very much of them. Picture books? I do like the cover, like you do and I liked the illustrations. There's another book by John Boyne in the children's section that I've thought about borrowing and I'm now wondering if Oliver has his hands on that one, too Lemme see... 

 

Ah yes, you can't mistake this one for someone other than Oliver!

He has a really recognisable style  Yes .. his books are for very small people .. as in toddlers etc. That is, I don't think he has written any for older children .. he probably just writes a few words to accompany his gorgeous drawings. I only know him from the animated version of his book Lost and Found which was lovely.

 

Pic of book: 

Pic of animation:

Ooh .. pic of Oliver:

That was a bonus .. whilst looking for the book cover  

[poppyshake]

It's a fabulous idea! I mean of course they take in requests from customers and I've had my requests most often 'approved' and they've acquired copies. (Except for the first Dresden Files book by Jim Butcher. But no matter, they have copies of those here in the south.) But this is a lot more customer friendly: this way the customers are more proactive, when they get a chance to influence the acquisitions at such an early age. Edit: Haha! Age! I means stage, LOL.

Marvellous .. it sounds like they really care about catering for the local community  

There was a biography of Penelope Fitzgerald by Hermione Lee and nobody had clicked on that one. But I did!! I've been wanting to read a few of her books for a while now: I've had The Bookshop on my wishlist for ages, and your review (? I'm quite sure it was your review.) on The Blue Flower made me add that one to my wishlist, too. And so I've become fascinated by her eventhough I haven't yet read anything by her. And the bio is by Hermione Lee, who's written a lot of great bios (so I've heard!), so of course I want to read the book!

That biography is said to be marvellous .. I'd love to read it too. I particularly loved The Blue Flower .. if you ever get hold of it then we must do a group read or something  I've got her letters collection too .. an acquisition from Hay-on-Wye .. must get around to them  Lord .. I haven't made a start on that lovely collection of Virginia's letters that Alan bought me last Christmas. They're on display downstairs and as such I forget that I'm supposed to be reading them and not just admiring them. if I take one down it will ruin my display     

I have to say, the pun went right over my head. I mean I get the pun but the real meaning of the phrase you've used is something I've never heard of. That shouldn't surprise me, your English is so lyrical and innovative and prosaic all the time.

It is ... innit!  

I hear the state of libraries in the UK (as well as in some other countries) is quite horrid. It's such a shame. Personally I think libraries ought to be one's constitutional right, but of course the first cut downs occur within the areas that aren't life sustaining. But don't they understand the libraries sustain our mental health and soul life.

A lot of towns etc are struggling to keep hold of their libraries It's so sad but the fault probably lies with the humans who don't visit them enough. I used to live in a little town where the librarian used to practically beg you to take out more books than you wanted/needed as the library was under threat of closure and the powers that be were looking at the number of books borrowed etc. All very well and good but it was quite a walk home with ten books under my arm  

I don't think I ever realized, 100%, how lucky I am to be a Finn and have such a great library system until I've read some of the horror stories of the libraries overseas on this forum. I feel so lucky and I'm forever grateful. 

 Which library is your closest one? I'd like to see pics! 

There is only one in Cirencester .. I will take a pic when I'm next there. It's pretty uninspiring and I've sort of exhausted it but still go there for a mooch fairly regularly. You can order books but the staff are not that helpful I love the one at North Swindon which is about a 20 min or so car journey away. I would LOVE it to be on my doorstep .. it' s just packed full of books and they want you to read. The Cirencester one try to let you off reading It's like .. here are the DVD's and the computers .. and the Quick Reads. Their classic selection is tiny .. and they're just not up to date with books .. very few recent titles if any and they just don't have that many books full stop. It's one of the few disappointing things about Cirencester .. that and the fact that Colin Firth doesn't live here  

[Anna Begins]

This happened about an hour away from me, an annual acoustic concert Pearl Jam plays almost every year.

Anyway, just thought of you when I watched it/ saw it.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/temple-of-the-dog-reunite-for-hunger-strike-at-bridge-school-benefit-20141026

Amazing how their voices have changed.