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Home (221), 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), in my desktop kindle folder. (8), To read. (8), took off kindle. (6), but in kindle file on desktop. (6), on kindle. Epistolary novel. (6), Not on kindle. In kindle folder on laptop desktop. (6), to read (6), on hold. (5), was on kindle (5), deleted. (5), Jackson Brodie (5), from a NY Times article. (4), 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. In Old Books Collection on Kindle - Keep. (3), NY Times Notable books of 2012. To place on hold and read at some point. (3), Ursula K. Le Guin recommends. (3), On kindle. To read. (3), on kindle (NY Times notable) (3), Not on KINDLE. In desktop folder (3), took off kindle. NY Times Notable books of 2022. (3), On Kindle. To read. (3), want to read it. sounds good. not on kindle yet. (3), Not on KINDLE. In desktop folder. (3), TO READ (3), ON KINDLE. UKLeG likes (3), on hold. NYT liked. (2), took off kindle. LOVED The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. Boring! (2), ON KINDLE. (Columbia Exchange interest) (2), Because We Could All Use A Break From Binary Thinking (2), ON KINDLE. Anne Tyler likes it. (2), On kindle. (2), not on kindle yet. (2), ON KINDLE. Tried to read (2), on kindle. Rec by Jo Walton. (2), On kindle. NYTimes rec book of 2019. (2), not on Kindle yet. NYT best books (2), Took off kindle. . Netherlands research. (2), took off KINDLE. Crappy. Tried it after I read her BOOK LOVERS and dug that. But this was stupid. (2), took off kindle. Epistolary novel. (2), not on kindle. Epistolary novel. (2), June 2021 (2), ON Kindle. Because I loved her book of letters: "Love (2), on hold. NYT review. (2), ON KINDLE (2), Recommended by Junot Diaz. Didn't care for it. (2), Tried to read (2), Real book (2), tried to read (2), on hold (2), not on kindle (2), 2013 (2), On Kindle. Tried to read. Wacky. (2), read it (2), great (2), NPR best books. Not available on kindle. might get as real book some day (2), in my desktop kindle folder. NYT historical suggestion. Dorothea Lange early career with Chinese female. pal. (1), Not on kindle yet. Or even in the libraries. Blurb: Exotic butterflies (1), on kindle. Marc Myers (1), JazzWax guy (1), in my desktop kindle folder. In 2011 I wrote: Read it. Fantastic. So much fun. Punk rock music (1), in my desktop kindle folder. Epistolary novel. (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), and the effects of a hurricane and a pandemic.The author’s vivid descriptions and sense of humor make this a memorable narrative. (1), living in a rainforest (1), a butterfly farm (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. History of those who love butterflies. (1), on kindle. Sarah Stern suggested this. Poems + essays analyzing the poems. (1), taken off kindle. Written by author of Baker Towers (1), taken off kindle. Great review in the NYT. Good book about abortion and characters in its orbit. (1), Hannah gave me this hardcover as a Mothers Day present. (1), Home. Also: on kindle. (1), took off KINDLE. (1), took off kindle. Rec by Julie Otsuka in NYTimes By the Book article. (1), took off Kindle. Rec by Julie Otsuka in NYTimes By the Book article. (1), On kindle. New book! Yay! SO GOOD. (1), on kindle. Sequel to Daddy Long Legs with Sallie McBride being in charge of the orphanage after college. (1), on kindle. same author as Mercy Street (1), 60 years old. Re-read this in 2021. Fine writing great story. (1), Not on kindle. to read. NPR best books 2009 (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), in my desktop kindle folder. Slow read. (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. National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists 2017. Excellent. (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), so I removed it from my kindle and it is in my desktop folder. (1), on kindle. Stories with characters from 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. Recommended by Junot Diaz. Some good moments but really quite a long boring book. (1), ON KINDLE. Epistolary Novel. (also at home in print edition) (1), Not on kindle. Yiddish stories in translation. subjects seldom explored by other Yiddish writers in her time: abortion (1), women’s erotic imaginings (1), on kindle. Yiddish female author translated (1), took off Kindle. Small Change Trilogy (1), that I liked very much. (1), on kindle. Just re-read it Feb 2022. Bleak. (1), On kindle. She wrote The Buddha in the Attic (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), took off kindle. Nora Paley posted on fb about this freed black woman. Sounded great but has too many battle scenes. (1), but the characters are well written. A bit much about an 8 year old's pov. Young Clara was the heroine. (1), Available on kindle. but not yet borrowed. (1), took off kindle.Who done it? She did. I read this years ago (1), so I decided to read it again. Really a drag. Badly written (1), slogging through to get the answer to the who murdered Chase Andrews. Kya did. HATE who-done-it books! (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), ON KINDLE. Thessaly Book 2. (1), took off kindle. Sounded good from a small review in the New Yorker. Tried to get into it (1), but it was in a child's voice and that bored me. (1), Took off kindle. After reading summary (1), decided it was not for me. A story about a German girl living through WWII in Germany. fairy tale style story (very dark though). (1), Removed from kindle. Stupid (1), but alot of Korean politics. (1), Took off kindle. . Castles Ever After Series 2. Loved her first one in this series: Romancing the Duke. (1), Mayan civilization (1), Apollo (1), but so repetitive and lacking sharpness. (1), took off kindle. REc by Jo Walton. Next: read Eye of Love by this author. (1), took off kindle. Rec by Anna Quindlen who wrote Still Life w Bread crumbs. English folks in the 20s (1), took off kindle. NYT rec. Such bad writing. Good idea of witches thru the generations (1), ON KINDLE. Got this book because some of her short stories were great. TERRIBLE. So very long and very terrible. Repetitive and idiotic. Women choosing abuse. (1), On Hold. Loved his book: Covenant of Water. (In 2011 I wrote this: Never read tho I took it out. It was such a BIG book (1), nature (1), prostitution (1), alternate history (1), noticed it was on the best seller list for years (1), don't know why it was a Knitty City choice! It was okay (1), Not on kindle. GREAT.. but worlds and events. LOVE IT. (1), Has butterfly references. Strangely it is not on kindle in the library. Borrowed actual book from Shellie and never read. Returned it. (1), Not yet available on kindle. New Yorker Briefly Noted likes it. (1), 40s. Flora was the heroine. (1), on kindle. Listed in ny times as a great cover. But the idea of 'very short stories' intrigued me. (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), Removed from kindle. Hannah likes. Good premise (1), awful writing. Just terrible. (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), on kindle. Great review in nyt. Fun novel about time travel and lots of UWS stuff (1), Took off kindle. Knitty City Book Club for May 2021. After I read this book (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), 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), Took off KINDLE. historical novel. GREAT. (1), Took off KINDLE. The movie on Netflix was SO much better... which is rare (1), took off kindle.. From Tisha Bender's blog. (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), 30s (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), Rec by Shellie. (1), but in desktop folder. Written by our neighbor in apt. 5A. Long and boring. (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 I liked it. (1), Eight volumes plus some shorter works. (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), 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), 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), but some interest. Took off kindle (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), human connections (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), even though its a 'crime' novel. (1), on kindle. Good NY Times review. Short stories and a novella. Black characters. Very well written but strange subjects. (1), on kindle. Rec by author (Lily King) in NY Times article about comfort books. (1), on kindle. Margaret Mead's daughter wrote this. (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), now in my kindle folder on computer desktop. (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), Title was on 2017 best lists. (1), Betty Puleston's grandaughter (1), I read it. Found those people totally unadmirable. All of them. yuck. (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), but so suburban. (1), ON KINDLE. Enjoyed this very much. Not much plot (1), Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas (1), on kindle. WNYC radio show (1), wildlife sanctuary (1), incest. (1), Small Change Trilogy (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), to America (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), . Shellie likes. On kindle. (1), but their adventures were compelling. (1), and Really long! Also too much about muskets and fighting. But the family stuff is good. (1), and motherhood. Want to read more of her. (Not available on KINDLE) (1), hardcover. (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), ecotourism (1), Epistolary novel. Outer space teen romance with battle decriptions but I liked the emails. texts and logs. (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), Belize (1), ON KINDLE. NY Times Notable books of 2012. (1), Took off kindle. Shellie's email: Hilarious academic novel. Literally--laugh out loud... tried reading it but it was stupid. (1), My notes here says that it is ON KINDLE. But actually (1), its not and not even in my desktop folder. (1), Paula (1), on kindle. Read about this title in Jo Walton's Among Others. From reviews on this site (1), this book and character are awful and its really dated. I'll give it a try. (1), Not on kindle yet. Thessaly Book three. (1), on kindle. non-fiction. Interested in the part about THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE. GREAT. (1), ON KINDLE. Older woman writer's relationship with her ex husband. Not fab but kept me going. (1), ON KINDLE. Hillary becomes President. fun read. GREAT. (1), On kindle. Actually purchased this from Amazon. GREAT. (1), just following a family through the years (GREAT.) (1), not on kindle. In my desktop kindle folder. Actually BOUGHT from Amazon for $15.99. What fun to read (1), ON kindle. Her last novel. About a book designer (1), but the 3 women characters were great. (1), on kindle. I borrowed this because I liked another book this author wrote (1), on kindle. From Mindjoggle list. (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), on Kindle. (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), part 2 (1), on kindle. bought from amazon for .99 cents (1), on kindle. NYT bestseller. About Bletchly Park code breakers during WWII. Enjoyed it alot. A bit too much mystery about a traitor (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), 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), took off kindle. Not very well written. The idea was like (1), LIFE AFTER LIFE (1), but done in a YA kinda style. (1), on kindle. NYT bestseller. (1), Not yet available on kindle. Finalist for pulitzer prize in fiction (1), Not on Kindle yet. Shellie loved it. (1), her marriage and pregnancy. Rather boring. Gonna take off kindle. (1)
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