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Home (222), ON KINDLE. (93), Not on kindle but in desktop folder. (34), Not on kindle (27), on kindle. (16), short perfect novels according to Louise Erdrich (in the book The Sentence) (13), on kindle (11), On Kindle. (10), couldn't get into it. (9), To read. (8), in my desktop kindle folder. (8), to read (6), but in kindle file on desktop. (6), Not on kindle. In kindle folder on laptop desktop. (6), took off kindle. (6), on kindle. Epistolary novel. (5), Jackson Brodie (5), deleted. (5), was on kindle (5), on hold. (4), from a NY Times article. (4), ON KINDLE. In Old Books Collection on Kindle - Keep. (3), want to read it. sounds good. not on kindle yet. (3), On kindle. To read. (3), On Kindle. To read. (3), ON KINDLE. UKLeG likes (3), NY Times Notable books of 2012. To place on hold and read at some point. (3), Ursula K. Le Guin recommends. (3), took off kindle. Read the first few pages and dismissed it. The writing was just not good enough for my refined palette. From a list that if I liked Eleanor Oliphant. (3), on kindle (NY Times notable) (3), Not on KINDLE. In desktop folder (3), Not on KINDLE. In desktop folder. (3), TO READ (3), took off kindle. NY Times Notable books of 2022. (3), not on kindle yet. (2), ON KINDLE. Tried to read (2), not on Kindle yet. NYT best books (2), Took off kindle. . Netherlands research. (2), took off kindle. LOVED The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. Boring! (2), Because We Could All Use A Break From Binary Thinking (2), On kindle. NYTimes rec book of 2019. (2), took off kindle. Epistolary novel. (2), took off KINDLE. Crappy. Tried it after I read her BOOK LOVERS and dug that. But this was stupid. (2), ON KINDLE. Anne Tyler likes it. (2), June 2021 (2), ON Kindle. Because I loved her book of letters: "Love (2), On kindle. (2), on kindle. Rec by Jo Walton. (2), ON KINDLE. (Columbia Exchange interest) (2), on hold. NYT liked. (2), ON KINDLE (2), Recommended by Junot Diaz. Didn't care for it. (2), on hold (2), 2013 (2), Tried to read (2), not on kindle (2), tried to read (2), Real book (2), NPR best books. Not available on kindle. might get as real book some day (2), On Kindle. Tried to read. Wacky. (2), great (2), read it (2), on kindle. Just re-read it Feb 2022. Bleak. (1), On kindle. She wrote The Buddha in the Attic (1), that I liked very much. (1), on kindle. Stories with characters from Baker Towers. (1), on kindle. same author as Mercy Street (1), on kindle. Yiddish female author translated (1), nyc... Read it again eleven years later - in March 2022 and my response was SO different. Not fantastic or fun at all. Well written but not compelling. (1), On kindle. New book! Yay! SO GOOD. (1), on kindle. Marc Myers (1), JazzWax guy (1), on kindle. Sequel to Daddy Long Legs with Sallie McBride being in charge of the orphanage after college. (1), in my desktop kindle folder. Epistolary novel. (1), in my desktop kindle folder. In 2011 I wrote: Read it. Fantastic. So much fun. Punk rock music (1), Not on kindle. Yiddish stories in translation. subjects seldom explored by other Yiddish writers in her time: abortion (1), the coal miner story. Well written. (1), mentioned this in his article about George Chakiris in the Wall St Journal. Enjoyed this. He is a bit of a dope but fun to read. I bought and sent a hard copy for Teddy as a gift. (1), in desktop folder. Hannah likes. (1), too violent. Think this is a real book. (1), TERRIBLE. HATED IT. (1), but in desktop folder. About awful people on the UWS and feminism. (1), Not on kindle yet. Or even in the libraries. Blurb: Exotic butterflies (1), living in a rainforest (1), a butterfly farm (1), and the effects of a hurricane and a pandemic.The author’s vivid descriptions and sense of humor make this a memorable narrative. (1), on kindle. History of those who love butterflies. (1), women’s erotic imaginings (1), so I removed it from my kindle and it is in my desktop folder. (1), ON KINDLE. Epistolary Novel. (also at home in print edition) (1), in my desktop kindle folder. . Anne Tyler liked this. I liked this too. Very well written. The 2 main characters: Francis Moon and Dooley Sullivan were not that well drawn (1), On kindle. Actually purchased this from Amazon. GREAT. (1), just following a family through the years (GREAT.) (1), but in desktop folder. Shellie liked this. Interesting story about J.P.Morgan's librarian who was actually black and passed as white. But the writing was bad. (1), not on kindle. In my desktop kindle folder. Actually BOUGHT from Amazon for $15.99. What fun to read (1), and Really long! Also too much about muskets and fighting. But the family stuff is good. (1), Rec by Shellie. (1), on kindle. Listed in ny times as a great cover. But the idea of 'very short stories' intrigued me. (1), ng (1), in my desktop kindle folder. National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists 2017. Excellent. (1), in my desktop kindle folder. NYT historical suggestion. Dorothea Lange early career with Chinese female. pal. (1), in my desktop kindle folder. . rec by mindjoggle site. Long book about Jewish immigrant's woes. Helped me pass the time after nose surgery (1), Not on kindle. to read. NPR best books 2009 (1), in my desktop kindle folder. Slow read. (1), On kindle. Recommended by Junot Diaz. Some good moments but really quite a long boring book. (1), in my desktop kindle folder. Very well written and good to read. Except too many battle sequences. (1), in my desktop kindle folder. Title was on 2017 best lists. (1), in my desktop kindle folder. . Philip Roth recently died (1), and that made me want to read this. Horrifying premise. (1), in my desktop kindle folder. It was pretty good. Structure was interesting. (1), ON KINDLE. Anne Tyler likes it. Re-read this during xmas 2021 because I was so lonely and bored. Kept me company. Its quite compelling. (1), but in desktop folder. Added because I liked her Still Life with Bread Crumbs. So many novels to choose from (1), 60 years old. Re-read this in 2021. Fine writing great story. (1), not on kindle yet. Kate Atkinson likes this book. (1), taken off kindle. Written by author of Baker Towers (1), on kindle. new book by the author of the great Euphoria. Great stories. Wish they were all novels. Love the characters. (1), rec. (1), on kindle. Sarah Stern suggested this. Poems + essays analyzing the poems. (1), took off kindle. Rec by Julie Otsuka in NYTimes By the Book article. (1), taken off kindle. Great review in the NYT. Good book about abortion and characters in its orbit. (1), Apollo (1), took off kindle.. Hannah likes. I liked it too. Strange sci-fi premise. (1), took off kindle. Don't remember reading this before. But since I dug her Servants of the Map in Oct 2020 (2 years later!) I will try this (again?). (1), took off kindle.. Just re-read Crow Lake and remembered how good this writer is. So I looked for her other books and this is a new one. It is really good. Slow to start (1), Took off kindle. Knitty City Book Club for May 2021. After I read this book (1), don't know why it was a Knitty City choice! It was okay (1), but alot of Korean politics. (1), where each story has a character from elsewhere in the book.GREAT! I DIG IT THE MOST. (1), On Kindle. fantastic. GREAT (1), On Kindle. So fantastic. Linked stories. anarchists. GREAT (1), ON KINDLE. Great. Thessaly Book One. Creating a city based on Plato's Republic. Socrates (1), Athena and various mortals. A bit of a slog (1), Took off kindle. On the ny times list of the best 10 books of 2021. NO! NOT BEST (1), Claudia suggested this. (1), Took off KINDLE. The movie on Netflix was SO much better... which is rare (1), nature (1), Thanksgiving 2017. LOVED IT. fantastic Fantastic!! (1), 2011. Always and forever fantastic. Fantastic!! (1), on kindle. From Tisha Bender's blog. She was my teacher in the New School 20 years ago. Enjoyed this book alot! GREAT. fantastic. In Old Books Collection on Kindle. Fantastic!! (1), on kindle. 2014. Recently read The Chinese Groove (1), a later book by this author and loved it. So of course I have to read her other books. This one was a page turner. But it lacked the humor and wit of The Chinese Groove (1), which I liked so much better. Also this book was a coming of age (a genre I am sick of!). (1), on kindle. 2023. NYT rec. Really great. What a voice this author has! Fantastic!! (1), Not on KINDLE. Boring so boring story about a bar tender and hillbilly. Early effort by Patchett whose books I usually enjoy. Took off kindle. (1), took off kindle. Rec by Anna Quindlen who wrote Still Life w Bread crumbs. English folks in the 20s (1), prostitution (1), alternate history (1), took off kindle.. From Tisha Bender's blog. (1), Took off KINDLE. historical novel. GREAT. (1), Hannah gave me this hardcover as a Mothers Day present. (1), Removed from kindle. Hannah likes. Good premise (1), Home. Also: on kindle. (1), took off KINDLE. (1), ON KINDLE. Older woman writer's relationship with her ex husband. Not fab but kept me going. (1), took off Kindle. Rec by Julie Otsuka in NYTimes By the Book article. (1), took off kindle. Nora Paley posted on fb about this freed black woman. Sounded great but has too many battle scenes. (1), took off Kindle. Small Change Trilogy (1), Available on kindle. but not yet borrowed. (1), Not on kindle. GREAT.. but worlds and events. LOVE IT. (1), Not yet available on kindle. New Yorker Briefly Noted likes it. (1), but the characters are well written. A bit much about an 8 year old's pov. Young Clara was the heroine. (1), on kindle. Same author as Still Life With Bread Crumbs. This was okay and I felt compelled to keep reading. But the story was very low key. Mary Margaret Miller (Mimi) was the heroine. (1), ON KINDLE. . what is she doing writing about black folks? But it was good... not great. Kenya was the heroine. (1), awful writing. Just terrible. (1), Took off KINDLE. same author as The Boston Girl which was GREAT. I read this book and didn't love it. Meg said she wanted to read it with me. Epic historical novel. No need to read again. (1), Removed from kindle. Mary Carson likes. (1), Removed from Kindle (1), Removed from kindle. Shellie likes this author. Halfway thru and it is like a tepid cup of overly sweet tea. Yawn. (1), Removed from kindle. Mary Carson rec. (1), removed from kindle. Shellie's friend (1), Has butterfly references. Strangely it is not on kindle in the library. Borrowed actual book from Shellie and never read. Returned it. (1), on kindle. Great review in nyt. Fun novel about time travel and lots of UWS stuff (1), removed from KINDLE. (1), ON KINDLE. Finally read the whole thing Aug 2022. Good writer and fun memoir: food critic NY Times. She wore disguises and loves food. (1), took off KINDLE.. She wrote AJ Fikney and Young Jane Young. Disappointment! About video game makers. (1), Took off KINDLE. (1), Took off KINDLE. NYTimes rec book of 2019. Enjoyed this book quite a bit. About twins and mostly about words. (GREAT.) (1), ON KINDLE. Hillary becomes President. fun read. GREAT. (1), on kindle. Read about this title in Jo Walton's Among Others. From reviews on this site (1), on kindle. non-fiction. Interested in the part about THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE. GREAT. (1), Eight volumes plus some shorter works. (1), Not on kindle but in desktop folder.. About psychics. Not very good. (1), On kindle. Short story for $1.99 from Amazon. (1), on kindle. Fun novel about Photographer (1), All of It (1), on kindle. WNYC radio show (1), on kindle. Was in this lis: 11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world. Very long book. No joy in it (1), but some interest. Took off kindle (1), now in my kindle folder on computer desktop. (1), but this one had a butterfly on the cover. Wasn't great: about rich people. ho hum. (1), will discuss it in their bookclub. Sounded interesting. LATER... stopped reading half way through when the protagonist wants to be punched by her older white lover. Yuck. (1), not on kindle. Must have taken it from the nypl for a book group reading ages ago... (1), not on kindle. In kindle folder on laptop desktop. For November 2013 book group (160 W). Okay (1), but on mac desktop folder. I heard her interviews on Leonard Lopate about her new book: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. This book was okay but not written very beautifully. (1), not on KINDLE. In desktop folder. . She wrote Binti. (1), on kindle. Wonderful collection of sort stories that are interconnected. Lots of science and fossils. (1), on kindle. because I liked her book (1), Servants of the Map. (1), on kindle. She's a good writer. A recent New Yorker story reminded me how much I enjoyed Rodham. (1), What a fucking bore. (1), but in desktop folder. Written by our neighbor in apt. 5A. Long and boring. (1), Not on kindle (but in desktop folder). Was in this list: 11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world (1), on kindle. Bloom wrote about The Left Hand of Darkness in the New Yorker (1), Not on kindle but in desktop folder. NYT best 100 books of 2020. Tried to read it but not good. (1), part 2 (1), an article culled from this book of many books to re-read. What a show-off that ultimately says nada. (1), on kindle. NYT rec book of 2020. GREAT. Amazingly I enjoyed it (1), Not on KINDLE. In desktop folder. Read the first half and then stopped after hero gets assaulted. Should continue later! (1), Not on KINDLE. In desktop folder. Heard his interview on Lopate. These are variations on fairy tales. (1), on kindle. Good NY Times review. Short stories and a novella. Black characters. Very well written but strange subjects. (1), but so suburban. (1), ON KINDLE. Re-read it in Long lake (1), I read it. Found those people totally unadmirable. All of them. yuck. (1), Fantastic!! (1), not on kindle. (1), part one. It is a murder mystery in 1949 (1), Hitler won Europe. Still don't like mysteries (1), but like this author. (1), Great. Writes about older women (1), Oct 2011.. tried reading it. Yuk (1), for a movie to be better than a book! (1), why this is on the "best" lists (1), I dunno. Its well written and about class privilege (1), ON KINDLE. Enjoyed this very much. Not much plot (1), Not on KINDLE. In desktop folder. . Rec by a page w titles you Want to Read Again and Again (1), Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas (1), wildlife sanctuary (1), incest. (1), Small Change Trilogy (1), to America (1), Major Pettigrew and want to continue the enchantment (1), so I decided try this other novel of hers. It was okay (1), but not as compelling. (1), Considering whether he will accompany his employers (1), a personal cook remembers his youth in French-colonial Vietnam (1), his years as a galley hand at sea (1), and his days cooking for the doyennes of the Lost Generation (1), human connections (1), even though its a 'crime' novel. (1), on kindle. Rec by author (Lily King) in NY Times article about comfort books. (1), Not on kindle yet. Thessaly Book three. (1), Belize (1), ecotourism (1), Not yet available on kindle. Finalist for pulitzer prize in fiction (1), Not on Kindle yet. Shellie loved it. (1), on kindle. NYT bestseller. About Bletchly Park code breakers during WWII. Enjoyed it alot. A bit too much mystery about a traitor (1), but the 3 women characters were great. (1), Took off kindle. Shellie's email: Hilarious academic novel. Literally--laugh out loud... tried reading it but it was stupid. (1), ON kindle. Her last novel. About a book designer (1), her marriage and pregnancy. Rather boring. Gonna take off kindle. (1), on kindle. Good review in NYT book review. (1), ON KINDLE. Actually I'm not sure it is. (1), ON KINDLE. Epistolary Novel. Just re-read. Read a while ago. Love it. (1), not on kindle. Epistolary novel. (1), Epistolary novel. Outer space teen romance with battle decriptions but I liked the emails. texts and logs. (1), LIFE AFTER LIFE (1), not on kindle via nypl yet. INcludes letters! Epistolary novel maybe? (1), nytimes). Okay (1), I read it. It was fine (1), but not wonderful. A story of some gay guys in Ireland and family dysfunctions. (1), took off kindle. Alan Cummings likes this book (read about this in BY THE BOOK (1), Paula (1), and motherhood. Want to read more of her. (Not available on KINDLE) (1), ON KINDLE. NY Times Notable books of 2012. (1), My notes here says that it is ON KINDLE. But actually (1), its not and not even in my desktop folder. (1), Mayan civilization (1), this book and character are awful and its really dated. I'll give it a try. (1), but done in a YA kinda style. (1), took off kindle. Not very well written. The idea was like (1), on kindle. Margaret Mead's daughter wrote this. (1), on Kindle. (1), on kindle. Costs 99 cents from amazon. (1), on kindle. Reviewed on Fresh Air. Sounded good. (1), . Cynthia likes it. Says its life "Life After Life". I did not like it. Nothing like Life after Life. Its actually a YA book and drags. (1), . Shellie likes. On kindle. (1), Title was on 2017 best lists. (1), but their adventures were compelling. (1), on kindle. I borrowed this because I liked another book this author wrote (1), LIBERTY STREET. (1), On kindle. Karen Hill's memoir. Bought on Amazon for $5.99. Also bought real book for Hannah and one for Robin. (1), on kindle. Heard author on wnyc and sounded good. (1), on kindle. Reading March 2021. (1), Not on kindle. Rec by Jo Walton (1), hardcover. (1), took off kindle. rec by mindjoggle site. Its actually a YA book. so so. was good company as I recovered from my nose surgery (1), not on kindle but in desktop folder. NYT review. sounded good. The premise was good. Not the writing. (1), on kindle. She wrote Rodham. Such good writing. So I'll try her stories. Wow (1), her stories are dark and all the people are miserable. (1), big chapter on Jailhouse blues. (1), Socialist future. Just awful. Did not finish it. A science report. yawn. (1), on kindle. From Mindjoggle list. (1), on kindle. bought from amazon for .99 cents (1), on kindle. good review in nyt (1), on kindle. Written by author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. 'Kitchen Sink' literature. Sure is nitty gritty of poor people. (1), on kindle.. NYT review. I liked her short stories (1), but not her novels.This was great. Its the 'circle of stories' system she uses in her short stories (1), NYT Bestseller. TERRIBLE. Reminded me why I hate mysteries. So boring and repetitive. Took off kindle. Why it is a bestseller is a mystery! (1), On kindle. NYT rec historical novel. (1), on kindle. NYT bestseller. (1)
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