These 106 books are the ones most often marked "unread" by LibraryThing users (as of September 30, 2007). The number of "unread" tags for each book is in parentheses after the title.

Books that I've finished are bold.
Books that I've started but not finished are italicized.
Books that I couldn't stand have been struck.

Jonathan Strange & Mr ( Read more... )

So, first of all, I want to say that while I ADORE Ursula Le Guin, and Octavia Butler (and I like but don't love Nalo Hopkins) - PLEASE STOP RECOMMENDING THEM TO ME. I own all or most of their books. There ARE other writers both of color, and with colored characters, out there ( Read more... )

I went berry picking with cupide430 and when we got home my raspberries were already collapsing under their own weight. So I made jam. About 8 pints. When we got here our Potters had arrived. The box from Amazon is so cute! It says on it, "Muggles: Please do not Deliver or Open Before July 21st ( Read more... )

I'm the first one to say that I don't "get" money. Money markets, the way it works, what it's based on. I don't have a feel for it, and intuitive understanding. All my knowledge of money comes out of me making serious effort ( Read more... )

I'm currently listening to a "A Beautiful Mind", a biography of Nobel Prize Winner John Nash, who succumbed to serious schizophrenia for many years ( Read more... )

My friend, David Wellington, has a new novel out in paperback today! I just picked it up at my local B&N, it's called 13 Bullets and is a vampire novel ( Read more... )

FYI: The NY Public LIbrary rocks. I went and got a research card this afternoon which also let's me use it as a regular library card, and it was so fast! Plus, our main library is so beautiful. I haven't been in there since I was a kid. It might even be nicer than Sterling @ Yale, or Widner @ Harvard ( Read more... )

Last night I roasted a pasture fed chicken over greens, as per a recipe I found in Ideas in Food. It was excellent - but the chicken was tough. I believe that it's only tough on a sliding scale - factory fed farm animals don't get a lot of exercise and are so soft they sometimes can be spongy. This bird had actual muscles but was not like the old ( Read more... )

I received two copies of the book Mirror, Mirror for xmas. I wanted one, of course, but two of the same seems a bit silly! It's a history of mirrors ( Read more... )

I am re-reading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman and, just like the first time, I keep imagining Vin Diesel as Shadow.

YES, PLEASE.

n.