Hello, friends. A slim ghost of my Goodreads profile. My books here are mostly those picked up in travels from 2002 to today. Our home library, 1000s of miles away, has been in boxes for a decade. Find me as v1v1enne at Bookwyrm, Open Library, Internet Archive, Goodreads, and Podchaser.
"This roving humour... I have ever had, and like a ranging spaniel, that barks at every bird he sees, leaving his game, I have followed all, saving that which I should, and may justly complain... that I have read many books, but to little purpose, for want of good method; I have confusedly tumbled over divers authors in our libraries, with small profit, for want of art, order, memory, judgment."
Robert Burton, 1621 from his THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY
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In this book, the author, a physician and writer employs his wide-ranging and interdisciplinary approach to science and medicine, explaining …
Riddles, jokes, stories, songs, games, plays, puzzles, poems, crafts, art, guest interviews
From the young viewers of the exciting television …
The language at the start had me. It sparkled with the promise of Saki and Coward, but then his storyline cast away any hope of an enjoyable read. As all the 2-star reviews state, the book lost my respect midway through.
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody …
Traditionally, we read aloud the Christmas section of MY ANTONIA every December. This year, we had no copy of it, but found A LOST LADY in a shop. No winter holiday scenes, but this novella had the same feel and the ingredients I loved from the former. The 19th-century American pioneer experience is again preserved beautifully here. (We broke from reading to study images of oil burning carriage lamps, of all things.) Cather's evocative descriptions of nature are as lovely as her descriptions of human nature. A real pleasure to read.
Lovers of books about books might enjoy chapter seven of part one. It addresses the little library of classics savored by young Niel.
In this book, the author, a physician and writer employs his wide-ranging and interdisciplinary approach to science and medicine, explaining …
A classic Golden Guide. With this book and a rock tumbler, I was a child rock hound.
“You think you know what you are seeing when you look at something, like a …
A tale of loss and gains and, ultimately, gratitude. Approaching this as a young adult novel, I loved many passages that reached out as messages to young minds without ever seeming like instruction. The first person voice of the main character is inclusive, keeping the reader engaged in the mystery as Anna grapples with her grief and her suddenly changing life. Couldn't put it down, and enjoyed traveling through her summer with Anna and the people in her life.
"They exist as a rumour or a fading memory. They vanished from history leaving scarcely a trace, lost to fire, …
At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the …
Security consultant “Jane Smith” receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and …
