Livros aleatórios da biblioteca de sjmccreary
The Amateur Spy por Dan Fesperman
Rocket Boys: a True Story por Homer H. Hickam
Pictorial Guide to Perennials por M Jane Coleman Helmer
Hot Water por P.G. Wodehouse
All the King's Men por Robert Penn Warren
Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (Two Dukes of Wyndham, Book 2) por Julia Quinn
City of the sun : a novel por David Levien
Membros com livros de sjmccreary
Ligações a outros membros
amigos: amsparky, beckylynn, cyderry, Donna828, Joycepa, lindapanzo, nsg0223, tloeffler, tututhefirst
bibliotecas interessantes: bcquinnsmom, blackcatknits, bookbeat, chrine, cyderry, DeltaQueen50, EarlyReviewers, jfischer75, miyurose, natcar, nsg0223, sbrandler
Autores LibraryThing: Amy Stewart (AmyStewart), Carolyn Wall (CDWall), Elizabeth Hoyt (ElizabethHoyt), Elizabeth Hoyt (ElizabethHoyt), Janet Skeslien Charles (JanetSkeslienCharles), John Knoerle (JohnKnoerle), Libby Fischer Hellmann (Libbyfh), Luis Alberto Urrea (LuisAlbertoUrrea), David Kessler (bookstolistento), Craig Nelson (craigz), Dara Horn (darahorn), David Liss (davidliss), Jedediah Berry (jedediahberry), Robert Slentz-Kesler (slentz-kesler), William Kamkwamba (wkamkwamba)
Fontes RSS
Livros adicionados recentemente
Resenhas de sjmccreary
Resenhas dos livros de sjmccreary não incluindo resenhas do próprio
Crachás de colaborador
Membro: sjmccreary
ColecçõesA sua biblioteca (285), Em leitura (4), Para ler (12), Lista de desejos (219), Try again (78), Odds Are (54), Overwhelming Odds (25), Reference (49), Abandoned (15), Owned books (58), Todas as colecções (646)
Resenhas86 resenhas
Etiquetasfiction (419), nonfiction (178), mystery (88), 999 challenge (87), historical (76), mcpl (63), romance (58), patterns (36), quilting (36), tbr (35) — ver todas as etiquetas
Nuvensnuvem de etiquetas, nuvem de autores
Grupos1010 Category Challenge, 75 Books Challenge for 2009, 999 Challenge, Alphabet Challenges, Audiobooks, Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge, Dewey Decimal Challenge, Fifty States Fiction (or Nonfiction) Challenge, Mini-Challenge: 6 Degrees of Separation, Mini-Challenge: Popular Science- 6 Books In 2009 — mostrar todos os grupos
Bibliotecas favoritasMid-Continent Public Library
Sobre a minha bibliotecaI read mostly from our wonderful local public library. The books in the "your library" collection are books I've experienced, not necessarily books I physically own. The books in "to read" and "currently reading" are also included in "your library". These are books that are currently in my possession and available to be read - the few I own plus the books currently checked out of the library.
Any books that I do own are also in the "owned books" collection. However, most of the books in that collection are "reference" books that are not necessarily read from cover to cover. "Reference" books are not generally included in "your library".
Sometimes I begin a book and decide not to finish it. That book becomes "abandoned". If a library book must be returned before I can read it, it turns into a "try again" book if I'm still interested, or is simply deleted if I've changed my mind about wanting to read it. There are only a couple of overlaps between these two collections - books I didn't want to finish when I had them, but might want to try again later.
Everything I have read has a star rating. Star ratings are a very subjective measurement of my reactions to a book at a given time based on my expectations of it, my mood, and maybe the phase of the moon. I do tend to be stingy with stars, and 3-1/2 stars is a positive rating.
All the books I've read since joining LT are in "your library". Previously read books are added as I re-discover or are reminded of them, and are tagged.
I just added 2 new categories. After seeing a comment from VisibleGhost who said she has separate categories for highly rated books, I decided to do the same. Any book whose overall rating is 4.0 or higher, and is rated by 100 or more people are in the "Odds Are" category. "Odds are" that you and I will like it. For those books that are still 4.0 or higher after being rated by 500 or more people, there are "Overwhelming Odds" that we will also like the book.
RECENTLY FINISHED:
CURRENTLY READING:
COMING UP SOON:
Adesão
LibraryThing Primeiros Resenhistas/Ofertas de Membros
LocalizaçãoKansas City
Autores favoritosNenhuma
Tipo de contapública, vitalícia
Novidades das LigaçõesNovidades das Ligações
URL
http://www.librarything.com/profile/sjmccreary (perfil)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/sjmccreary (biblioteca)
Conhecimento ComumSéries (172), Prémios (238), Personagens (2632), Lugares (453)
Membro desdeMar 10, 2008
Em leituraAmerican Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House por Jon Meacham
The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory por Brian Greene
The known world por Edward P. Jones
The Information Officer: A Novel por Mark Mills
Faça um comentário
Adira ou autentique-se para escrever um comentário.
On a thread somewhere, I asked whether I could be an honorary Missourian but decided maybe it's better to find out more here, straight from the horse's mouth so to speak (no offense intended).
publicado por lindapanzo às 6:00 pm (EST) em Dec 4, 2009
I am happy to contribute in any way that I can, but confess to being quite "narrow minded". Most of my reading has to do with the field in which I write, which is military history. However, I also read a good deal of theology, and some P.G. Wodehouse. My wife is the real reader, but she is not a member.
Kind regards.
Tom
publicado por tenutter às 3:26 pm (EST) em Dec 4, 2009
I've joined two new challenge groups in the past day. I think you might be in them. The alphabet one (I know you're there) plus the cleaning off your bookshelves one. Also joined the new Bibliomysteries group.
Oh, one other thing, for my santee, I had almost five dollars left over after I chose the two books, but then saw the discussion that Dover Thrift Editions are okay, as long as the other two books aren't so I added a $3.50 book to the mix to make it a closer fit, financially.
publicado por lindapanzo às 12:12 pm (EST) em Dec 3, 2009
Vampires, Ghosts and Supernatural:
- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvator (lots of good comments about this one - a love story with werewolves
- Linger by Maggie Stiefvator the second book in the series
- Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Linquist - a Swedish vampire story - again, good reviews
- Bottomfeeder by B.H. Fingerman - A vampire trying to survive in New York City
- There is a series vampire/crime books by Charlie Huston that gets rave reviews with LTers. The first book is called Already Dead and the second is No Dominion. She's read some of the Sookie Stackhouse vampire books so these should appeal.
Chick Lit (for want of a better word):
She's read and rated highly most of Sophie Kinsella's books so -
Marian Keyes - this author writes books similar to Sophie Kinsella but I think she's better. I would recommend Watermelon which is the first in a series, and/or Last Chance Saloon or Sushi For Beginners which are stand alone novels.
Jane Green is another female author that gets good reviews. Her novel Jemina J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans gets good reviews. Also one called Bookends is supposed to be good.
Another theme I noticed in her books is Historical Fiction with a strong female viewpoint so:
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - a beautiful book people usually love it.
= Shanghai Girls by Lisa See - this is her newest book.
- Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks - again historical fiction with a strong female viewpoint
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosney and The True Story of Hansel and Gretel - I recomment these because she read and liked The Book Thief and these are also set in WWII and are about children
Finally Young Adult Reads - she's read quite a few so:
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore - she loved The Hunger Games and this book is another YA fantasy that's really well written and due to a strong female lead, reminded me of The Hunger Games.
- A Great And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray - another YA read. This is the first in a series that people seem to really like.
- Crossing Stones by Helen Frost. She has read The Braid by this author and gave it 5 stars, so she would probably like this by the same author.
I haven't read all the books above but most of them I have either read or plan to. I didn't want to recommend any books that have been around for awhile since she may have read them but not listed them like Steven King's vampire novel "Salem's Lot" or the classic ghost story "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirely Jackson. I hope this is some help to you.
publicado por DeltaQueen50 às 11:56 pm (EST) em Dec 2, 2009
publicado por DeltaQueen50 às 9:18 pm (EST) em Dec 2, 2009
publicado por lindapanzo às 4:27 pm (EST) em Dec 2, 2009
Terri
publicado por tloeffler às 11:50 am (EST) em Dec 2, 2009
Hope you had a great holiday.
Shannon
publicado por smltheppl às 12:11 pm (EST) em Nov 30, 2009
publicado por Donna828 às 10:24 am (EST) em Nov 21, 2009