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V1v1enne

Vivi10@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 months ago

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 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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V1v1enne's books

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Saul Bellow: Humboldt's gift (2008, Penguin Books)
Colin Larkin: All Time Top 1000 Albums (Paperback, Virgin Publishing, Ebury Publishing)
Evan Friss: The Bookshop (Hardcover, 2024, Penguin Publishing Group)

Currently Reading

Elizabeth von Arnim, Mortimer, Penelope: The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen (Virago Modern Classics) (Paperback, 1990, Virago Press)
David McCullough: Brave Companions (1992)
Susan Koppelman: Women's friendships (1991, University of Oklahoma Press)

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Elizabeth von Arnim: Elizabeth and Her German Garden (EBook, 2024, Project Gutenberg)
Studs Terkel, Studs Terkel: Hard Times; An Oral History of the Great Depression (1970, Random House Inc)
Alberto Manguel, Alberto Manguel: The Library at Night (2008)

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reviewed Mrs. Wiggs of the cabbage patch by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice: Mrs. Wiggs of the cabbage patch (1903, The Century Co.)

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her …

Review of 'Mrs. Wiggs of the cabbage patch' on 'Goodreads'

Not a good choice for children, written in a verbose Victorian style and packed with ignorant speech for the poor whites and "coloreds" that would make for difficult reading for a child. Theme is the charm the poor can gain by making peace with their suffering and death. Saccharine. Dreadful. Millions of better books for a child.

reviewed Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1901, W. Briggs)

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her …

Review of 'Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch' on 'Goodreads'

Not a good choice for children, written in a verbose Victorian style and packed with ignorant speech for the poor whites and "coloreds" that would make for difficult reading for a child. Theme is the charm the poor can gain by making peace with their suffering and death. Saccharine. Dreadful. Millions of better books for a child.

reviewed The Next Great Migration by Sonia Shah

Sonia Shah: The Next Great Migration (2020, Bloomsbury Publishing)

Review of 'The Next Great Migration' on 'Goodreads'

Changed my thinking in profound ways. Broad, in-depth coverage; historical and current situations; political and personal; international, national, and individual; botanical and zoological, especially butterflies and humans. A favorite book.