Bibliomemoirs

Beschrijving
Books about books (and their impact on the author/s)
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Bibliomemoir
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12,941 leden
279 besprekingen
½ 3.6
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39 besprekingen
4.2
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213 besprekingen
4.2
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3,684 leden
100 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
RidgewayGirl, elkiedee, BLBera
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elkiedee: Paperback/Kindle TBR
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1,128 leden
78 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
charl08, elkiedee, BLBera
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charl08: Mostly for the cover. I also find her too name droppy.
elkiedee: I've discussed this book with others and am not alone in finding Susan Hill infuriating though sometimes interesting. She's a bit of a namedropper (and very conservative politically though this isn't necessary conspicuous in this book). I did nonetheless buy a copy for my mum's husband who seemed to like it more than I did.
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1,440 leden
79 besprekingen
½ 3.4
3 Members
RidgewayGirl, elkiedee, BLBera
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336 leden
11 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
charl08, elkiedee
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52 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
2 Members
charl08, elkiedee
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elkiedee: A memoir of working at Virago Books for many years, and some colleagues, Virago authors and other people. Very diplomatic in tone.
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681 leden
15 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
charl08, BLBera
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138 leden
6 besprekingen
3.8
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25 leden
½ 4.5
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charl08, elkiedee
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elkiedee: I thought this was a biography but it's really a memoir of Lara Feigel, reading Doris Lessing's work and studying her life, and looking at Feigel's own experiences and thoughts through this filter.
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1,107 leden
50 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda
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152 leden
7 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
elkiedee, BLBera
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761 leden
21 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
charl08, elkiedee
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711 leden
49 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
elkiedee, BLBera
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2,258 leden
187 besprekingen
3.9
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elkiedee, BLBera
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elkiedee: About the author sharing and discussing books with his mum as she was dying of cancer.
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elkiedee, BLBera
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937 leden
32 besprekingen
4.1
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elkiedee, BLBera
Verklaringen
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765 leden
58 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
elkiedee, BLBera
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elkiedee: Kindle TBR
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1,025 leden
32 besprekingen
½ 3.3
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BLBera
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39 besprekingen
½ 3.4
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charl08
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518 leden
39 besprekingen
3.9
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205 leden
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elkiedee
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elkiedee: A memoir of a life reading and working with books
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67 besprekingen
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elkiedee
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elkiedee: A short and sweet American bibliomemoir, not spectacular but enjoyable. I'm particularly envious of living right next door to the library, not that mine is far away from here. I've worked in 2 buildings which contained library branches in them, and that was a great thing in my last job, that if I needed a little escape to clear my head, I could especially during the sad months at the end of my time there (losing my boss to cancer) I could wander through and downstairs for a couple of minutes.
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3.8
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charl08
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charl08: I love this book although it's sad (bye bye amazing personal library). Is Manguel the only author from outside anglophone writing on this list?
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½ 4.3
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BLBera
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charl08
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charl08
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elkiedee
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114 leden
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elkiedee
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elkiedee: Short memoir essay by a novelist about preparing to downsize
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½ 3.6
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elkiedee
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118 leden
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½ 3.7
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BLBera
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135 leden
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½ 3.4
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BLBera
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674 leden
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½ 3.6
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elkiedee
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elkiedee: Paperback TBR
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49 besprekingen
½ 3.6
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elkiedee
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elkiedee: Kindle TBR - since April 2012. At this rate I'm going to have to add another category to my reading schedule and have even more books on the go.
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½ 3.3
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