I know what you mean about "the list," that is the personal list. It keeps growing. On my list for years and what I started to read recently was Charriere's Papillion. Sadly I put it down (back on the list again) to read The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick, because I heard the author on Lenny Lopate's show on WNYC. So far it is a winner and has opened up a Pandora's Box of other things to read on a similar theme. The list keeps gowing. Child 44 is on my list too - want to see what the hype is all about. Not enough time to read everything, I am book a month type of reader, mainly on the train to and from work. Recently read Gabriel Cohen's book Red Hook, a mystery set in and around Red Hook, Brooklyn, a place close to my heart. Comprised of characters you care about, I completely enjoyed it. The setting was right, a good gritty New York book. Cohen will be speaking at the Mid-Manhattan Library in the fall, to talk about his new book Storms Can't Hurt the Sky: A Buddist Path Through Divorce. This book is on my list.
I too talk about books I have not read, lots of sources out there to enable librarians to do their job.
The list
I know what you mean about "the list," that is the personal list. It keeps growing. On my list for years and what I started to read recently was Charriere's Papillion. Sadly I put it down (back on the list again) to read The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick, because I heard the author on Lenny Lopate's show on WNYC. So far it is a winner and has opened up a Pandora's Box of other things to read on a similar theme. The list keeps gowing. Child 44 is on my list too - want to see what the hype is all about. Not enough time to read everything, I am book a month type of reader, mainly on the train to and from work. Recently read Gabriel Cohen's book Red Hook, a mystery set in and around Red Hook, Brooklyn, a place close to my heart. Comprised of characters you care about, I completely enjoyed it. The setting was right, a good gritty New York book. Cohen will be speaking at the Mid-Manhattan Library in the fall, to talk about his new book Storms Can't Hurt the Sky: A Buddist Path Through Divorce. This book is on my list.
I too talk about books I have not read, lots of sources out there to enable librarians to do their job.