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Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and The End of The Roman Empire by William Rosen
Cultural Amnesia by Clive James
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn

Favourite Books Read in 2008

Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
Out of Line Growing Up Soviet by Tina Grimberg
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Fables of Brunswick Avenue: Stories by Katherine Govier
A Writer at War by Vasily Grossman
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Fault Lines by Nancy Huston( not really a favourite-but it gets better towards the end)
The Caliph's House A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Heat by Bill Buford
The Translator A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
The Nimrod Flipout by Etgar Keret
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
Heyday by Kurt Andersen
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Special Assignments by Boris Akunin
South Beach Deco Step by Step by Iris Chase
Dancing to "Almendra" by Mayra Montero
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Shining At The Bottom of The Sea by Stephen Marche
Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Triangle by Katharine Weber
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron
The Inner Side of the Wind or The Novel of Hero and Leander by Milorad Pavic
Across the Bridge by Mavis Gallant
A Delightful Compendium of Consolation-A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean by Burton L. Visotzky
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
Kafka in Bronteland and Other Stories by Tamar Yellin
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood( a reread but well worth it!)
Pelagia and The White Bulldog by Boris Akunin
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Mystery of Olga Chekhova by Antony Beevor
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
Night of Many Dreams by Gail Tsukiyama
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
A Journey to the End of the Millennium by A.B. Yehoshua
The Year of Living Biblically by A..J. Jacobs
The Rabbi's Cat 2 by Joann Sfar
In Arabian Nights by Tahir Shah
The Genizah at the House of Shepher by Tamar Yellin
Conceit by Mary Novik
Granta 98 The Deep End
Away by Amy Bloom
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.
The Giant O'Brien by Hilary Mantel
Granta 101
Granta 92 The View From Africa
Field of Mars by Stephen Miller
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
A Royal Affair George III and His Troublesome Siblings by Stella Tillyard
Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Troll a Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo
Granta 96 War Zones
Away by Jane Urquhart
Elizabeth Rex by Timothy Findley
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

Really Favourite books read in 2007

The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
Death of a Monk by Alon Hilu
Bodies and Souls-The Tragic Plight of Three Jewish Women Forced into Prostitution in the Americas by Isabel Vincent
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Istanbul, Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk
Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte ( not the first time nor the last time read! )
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Six Wives of Henry VIII by David Starkey
The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst
The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar
Trickster Travels-A Sixteenth Century Muslim Between Worlds by Natalie Zemon Davis
The World to Come by Dara Horn
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al-Aswany
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Archivist's Story by Travis Holland
Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Arrival by Shawn Tan
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Tyrants by Marshall N. Klimasewiski

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Hi Cyrel,

An art teacher?! My wife taught middle school art and now teaches at a local college. I think I understand your appreciation of The Arrival a little better now. I think I was looking at from more of a literary aspect. The artwork is beautiful.

Llama, Llama, Red Pajama is one of my favorite children's books for younger children. I highly recommend it. It was mentioned on LT by a user who I think must read at library story times. That caught my interest and led me to pick it up from the library, and my daughter (she's almost 4 now) loved it. Actually, I think it's first children's book I ordered from the library. I get them routinely now. My daughter has learned which books are ours and which are the library books that we'll need to return. Anyway, we now own a copy of Llama Llama Red Pajama & Llama Llama Mad at Moma (almost as good). It's really cute, and it's a great story for kids and parents.

Cheers,d

postet av dchaikin kl. 7:09 pm (EST) den Aug 10, 2008

Hi Torontoc, I did pick up The Arrival. Thanks for the suggestion, I enjoyed i (I tried on my daughter, she lasted about two pages.) Without words it was kind of like watching a silent movie. I could see, understand it. But I'm almost not sure I actually read it. Cheers,d

postet av dchaikin kl. 9:45 pm (EST) den Aug 7, 2008

Hi Torontoc,

Thanks so much for the children's books suggestions. We've had a lot of fun lately using our library to check out lots of different children's books. I'll follow up on those two if my library has them. If you know the age range of "The Arrival", let me know. Mine little ones almost 4 and almost 2 and might be too young.

I really like your book lists on this page and the one you've mentioned on the "What are you reading the week of" thread. If your curious, that is what caught my interest.

Cheers,
d

postet av dchaikin kl. 6:40 pm (EST) den Jul 26, 2008

your quite welcome. since we have 244 books in common, i figure i may check in from time to time to see what you are reading. i am reading the history of love right now and loving it. some of your fave books of 2007 and 2008 are some of my all time faves!

postet av amanaceerdh kl. 8:26 am (EST) den Jun 26, 2008

I've never seen the Masterpiece Theatre version of The Yellow Wallpaper. I'll have to see if Blockbuster online has it. Thanks!

Deborah

postet av Cariola kl. 3:28 pm (EST) den Jun 23, 2008

I see you are reading a novel about Donne--one of my favorite poets. I was asking myself just yesterday why no one had written a play or novel about his fascinating life (In fact, I was tucking it away as I idea for myself!) Let me know how it is when you finish, will you?

~Deborah

postet av Cariola kl. 8:54 pm (EST) den Jun 16, 2008

You have an amazing library. I'm trolling through it for new books to read!

Warmly,

Hannah

postet av HannahHolborn kl. 10:48 am (EST) den May 23, 2008

Hi I recently read Wide Sargasso Sea. I note your library contains a book re. her letters. I think I'll check this and read it. Did you enjoy it? Do you like her writing?

postet av Whisper1 kl. 8:19 pm (EST) den May 19, 2008

Wow Cyrel, you are a traveller.

I would just love to go to Prague - I hear they have wonderful music and that the city largely escaped the Communist cultural black-out. All those places sound wonderful. Having kids put a damper on travel, but now they are getting older, the travel books are coming out again. My hubbie has done more than me, although I have effectively lived in more places (Malta, Cyprus, England, Wales, New Zealand as a child). One thing I would love to do next is the African safari.

Cheers,

Karen

postet av kiwidoc kl. 12:54 pm (EST) den Apr 30, 2008

Well - that is flattering Cyrel! Thanks.

...and it gives me a good chance to revisit your very interesting profile page. Great book selection and more food for the brain.

Cheers,

Karen

PS where are your travel haunts - we have spent time in Nepal and Eygpt and Asia - but since having kids have been going to Europe and Australasia more!

postet av kiwidoc kl. 12:14 am (EST) den Apr 30, 2008

Hi - came for a visit to your page after reading your post in the Kitchen. You have a great list of books and favourites. Great taste. I must return and take notes!! I also really like Chabon. I am also on Bookmooch and you can put the link on your profile page if you want more traffic!!

Nice to meet you.

Cheers,

Karen

postet av kiwidoc kl. 12:39 am (EST) den Apr 16, 2008

I joined BookMooch too! I've been with them for about a year now, and have given away 17 books and received 20. All except one have been in great condition. Yes, I only list small paperbacks too, so I still need a home for the hardcovers.

Gave up on BookCrossing, sad to say, as no-one showed the slightest glimmer of interest. Also, it's a little daunting to think of my books going out into the great unknown to be in all likelihood trashed by non-book people. Yes, rather paranoid, moi... :)

postet av jc_hall kl. 3:49 pm (EST) den Apr 5, 2008

So, all this & recipes too? I'm in heaven! Judie

postet av passy kl. 6:52 pm (EST) den Apr 1, 2008

I see you are about to read Colin Thubron's Shadow of the Silk Road. I have his Where Nights are Longest (kind of dated now), which I haven't read yet...the edition I have is part of a series from Grove/Atlantic called the Traveler Series.
I have another book from that series called East Along the Equator by Helen Winternitz...excellent book that helps to explain the origins of the current plight of equatorial Africa as a result of Cold War maneuvering. Let me know if you get a chance to read East Along the Equator - I'd be curious th see what you think.

postet av laruebk kl. 10:12 pm (EST) den Mar 26, 2008

Hi Cyrel,

Me again. :)

This month we are reading Consolation, by Michael Redhill. I noticed that you also include Consolation in your library. (We are reading The Road in April - I am looking forward to that one, too!)

FYI: We will also be hosting the author himself until the end February. You can post your questions for Mr. Redhill and he will answer from his current home in France.

If you are interested, visit us at http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca .

I hope you are well,
Dawn

postet av BookBuzz kl. 4:00 pm (EST) den Feb 8, 2008

Thanks for the suggestions! I have added a couple to my wishlist and will continue to follow your challenge.

postet av alphaorder kl. 12:30 pm (EST) den Jan 29, 2008

Hello from across the lake (Steeltown). I see we have 129 books in common so far. Glad to find someone who also enjoys Boris Akunin.

postet av posthumose kl. 10:14 am (EST) den Dec 9, 2007

Hi Cyrel,

Welcome back to town. :)
We are just in the juiciest part of the month: the end, when everyone starts really weighing in on the details and ending (and spoilers) of "Custodian of Paradise".

Usually we still have lots to talk about when the next month rolls in, so feel free to pop by and give us your views. We also had a chat with author Wayne Johnston - here's a link to the transcript.

I look forward to hearing what you have to say,
cheers,
Dawn

postet av BookBuzz kl. 2:34 pm (EST) den Nov 30, 2007

Hi,

My name is Dawn Connolly and I am a LibraryThing member and a librarian at Toronto Public Library. I see that you have included “Custodian of Paradise” in your library and listed in your top books for 2007. I run an online book club called Book Buzz and this month we are discussing the book. It’s a friendly group, very relaxed, and we’d love to hear from you, too.

Our website is: http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca

We are also very lucky to be hosting a live online chat with the author, Wayne Johnston, on Thursday, November 22, 7:30-8:30 PM (local time). Please feel free to join in.

Thanks,
Dawn

postet av BookBuzz kl. 2:49 pm (EST) den Nov 7, 2007

I'd like to know about the Henry the VIII the book. When I was young I read about the civil War, and The holocaust, and Czar Nicholas etc, which I think are fascinating periods for most teens. My daughter is really into the Ann Frank and the Titanic things. I would like to read some English history now.

postet av mydomino1978 kl. 8:04 pm (EST) den Jun 25, 2007

I joined BookMooch today. Will let you know how things go. Thanks for the tip.

postet av jc_hall kl. 5:22 pm (EST) den May 28, 2007

-Just finished The Wayward Muse by Elizabeth Hickey, entertaining historical fiction about Jane Burden Morris, wife of William Morris and model+ for pre-raphaelite painter Rossetti.
-ah, Nicholas Hoare Books on Front street, purely for the atmosphere.

postet av casaloma kl. 10:44 am (EST) den Apr 30, 2007

Hi Toronto! I linked on your library through your comment regarding the book Madonnas of Leningrad ( an interesting read BTW). We share both a city and many of my favourite books. ;-)

Casaloma

postet av casaloma kl. 9:51 am (EST) den Apr 29, 2007

That's too bad! I had my hopes on that one as it's closest to me. Well, at least you saved me a trip. I'm going to ask around at my local library and also at the CNIB where I volunteer and see if I can get anyone interested. Wish me luck!

JC

postet av jc_hall kl. 8:58 pm (EST) den Apr 16, 2007

Here's the URL for the official Book Crossing sites in Ontario. There are several in Toronto and even one in North York, where I am!
http://homepage.mac.com/pachydomo/Ontari...

postet av jc_hall kl. 10:58 pm (EST) den Apr 13, 2007

It's me again. I'm thinking our best bet is Book Crossing. I've been leery of setting free my books into the wild, but I went through the site and found out they actually have several official Book Crossing sites where members go and put their books and other members go pick them up. That's just as good as a controlled release! And no postage involved. There are even a few of these official sites in Toronto, I just checked. Or we can set one up ourselves, using their posters, in a safe public place like one corner of the local library (if they agree). I think this may actually work!

postet av jc_hall kl. 9:59 pm (EST) den Apr 12, 2007

Cyrel,
I love this site. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Fascinating to peek into other libraries. i want to read them all!.Can't wait to try your braised leeks.chag sameach.
zahava

postet av chicory kl. 4:10 pm (EST) den Apr 3, 2007

We share 20 books! I'm a 'reverse' library-user who takes books to the local library (North York, Toronto) every month or so. If you're interested in swapping books, maybe we could tag them so we can see which ones we're willing to part with.
There's a thread on The God of Small Things in Asian Fiction, but most people don't seem to have finished reading it. Did you like it? I just finished reading it for the second time and was blown away (more so than the first time). I'm a bit slow, sometimes. :)

JC

postet av jc_hall kl. 10:28 pm (EST) den Mar 31, 2007

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