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2023 Books Read

Posted on December 31, 2023 by sheila

I think I might have read more books by non-American authors than American this year. Countries represented below: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Croatia, Ireland, France, Russia, Colombia. I revisited some old favorites, which I will continue to do in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, James Joyce | Tagged A.S. Byatt, Aline MacMahon, Amongst Women, Austria, Barbra Streisand, Biography, books read, Cary Grant, children's books, Chile, Christopher Hitchens, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Czeslaw Milosz, Dubliners, Dubravka Ugrešić, Elinor Lipman, England, essays, Eve Babitz, fiction, France, Frank Sinatra, friends, George Orwell, Germany, Henry James, Hungary, Hunter S. Thompson, Ireland, J.D. Salinger, James Salter, Jeanette Winterson, John McGahern, Judy Garland, Lives of the Saints, Marcel Proust, Mark Danielewski, Mary Gaitskill, Memoirs, Nancy Lemann, Nick Tosches, nonfiction, Olivia Laing, Oscar Wilde, Philip Larkin, poetry, Poland, politics, Rebecca West, Russia, Shakespeare, Spain, Stefan Zweig, The Fiery Pantheon, Tom Wolfe, Ulysses, Victor Serge, war, WWI, WWII, Yugoslavia | 16 Comments

2021 Books Read

Posted on January 1, 2022 by sheila

I lived at three addresses this year. I moved twice. In the middle of a pandemic. It’s been a year of upheaval, transition, as well as endurance. For most of this year, the majority of my stuff was in storage. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Austria, Balkans, Billy Wilder, Biography, books read, Cary Grant, Croatia, Czeslaw Milosz, David McCullough, Dubravka Ugrešić, Edvard Radzinsky, Elinor Lipman, England, essays, Eve Babitz, Evelyn Waugh, fiction, Germany, Hitler, Howard Hawks, Ireland, Italy, Liz Phair, Memoirs, Nancy Lemann, Nick Tosches, nonfiction, Olivia Laing, Poland, politics, Robert Conquest, Robert Kaplan, Russia, Sergei Kirov, Stalin, Sweden, Thomas Mann, Tom Wolfe, Vladimir Nabokov, war, WWII, Yugoslavia | 1 Comment

Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on October 13, 2021 by sheila

Lots of re-reads because 1. I’m in turmoil. The familiar is a comfort. 2. The majority of my books have been in storage for almost a year. We all have been reunited but they’re still in boxes stacked against the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Evelyn Waugh, fiction, Greta Garbo, Memoirs, Nancy Lemann, Robert Conquest, Sergei Kirov, Stalin, stuff I've been reading | 1 Comment

Recommended Books: Fiction

Posted on July 26, 2015 by sheila

I’ve added to this list. I still want to do a Non-Fiction one, eventually, but … you know … time permitting. Some authors are represented multiple times here. Other authors aren’t represented at all. For no real reason. Don’t read … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, James Joyce | Tagged 1984, A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Tale of Two Cities, A.S. Byatt, Amongst Women, Annie Proulx, Arthur Koestler, At Swim-Two-Birds, Austria, Bad Behavior, Beware of Pity, Birds of America, Bleak House, Canada, Cat's Eye, Catch-22, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Christine Falls, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, Crime and Punishment, Curtis Sittenfeld, Darkness at Noon, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dublin, Dubliners, East of Eden, Edna O'Brien, Elinor Lipman, England, Evelyn Waugh, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flann O'Brien, Franny and Zooey, friends, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Geek Love, George Eliot, George Orwell, Going After Cacciato, Handmaid's Tale, Henry James, Herman Melville, Hopeful Monsters, House of Leaves, Huckleberry Finn, Hungary, Inherent Vice, Iran, Ireland, Italy, J.D. Salinger, James Salter, Jane Eyre, Jeanette Winterson, Jincy Willett, Joan Didion, John Banville, John Irving, John McGahern, John Steinbeck, Joseph Heller, Joshua Ferris, Joy Williams, Katherine Dunn, Keri Hulme, L.M. Montgomery, Lives of the Saints, Lorrie Moore, Margaret Atwood, Mark Danielewski, Mark Helprin, Mary Gaitskill, Master and Margarita, Mating, Michael Chabon, Middlemarch, Mikhail Bulgakov, Moby Dick, Nancy Lemann, New Zealand, Nicholas Mosley, Norman Rush, Patricia Highsmith, Patrick O'Brian, Philip K. Dick, Play It As It Lays, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Possession, Prep, Russia, Scoop, Sergei Kirov, Sexing the Cherry, Shirley Jackson, Stefan Zweig, Stephen King, Tana French, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Bone People, The Country Girls, The Dead, The Grass Harp, The Great Gatsby, The Passion, The Shipping News, Tim O'Brien, Truman Capote, Victor Serge, Villette, Winter's Tale | 103 Comments

So Do I

Posted on September 13, 2012 by sheila

“She had a nostalgia for a life she had never lived.” – Nancy Lemann, The Fiery Pantheon: A Novel

Posted in Art/Photography, Books, Movies | Tagged Nancy Lemann, The Fiery Pantheon | 1 Comment

Midnight in Paris Re-Release: A Nostalgia For a Life He Had Never Lived

Posted on August 26, 2011 by sheila

This article originally appeared on Capital New York. Midnight in Paris opened in May. So far, it has made over $50 million in the United States alone, making it Woody Allen’s biggest box office success. Sony Pictures has decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged comedy, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marion Cotillard, Nancy Lemann, Owen Wilson, T.S. Eliot, The Fiery Pantheon, Woody Allen, Zelda Fitzgerald | 15 Comments

“We Don’t Know Anything About Other People. We Can Only Know Them From the Outside. This Is One Of the Great Joys Of Life.”

Posted on September 10, 2009 by sheila

So says Irish writer John Banville in this awesome recent interview about his new book that has set my mind spinning. There’s so much in it. So much to think about. There are only a couple of writers today where … Continue reading →

Posted in writers | Tagged A.S. Byatt, Cormac McCarthy, Joan Didion, John Banville, John Irving, Joseph Ellis, Katherine Dunn, Michael Chabon, Nancy Lemann | 6 Comments

A.S. Byatt’s New Book

Posted on June 3, 2009 by sheila

She’s got a new giant novel coming out: The Children’s Book. it’s been a while for her – recently it’s been mainly short stories – and I am beyond excited. Now that I hear what it’s about, I am even … Continue reading →

Posted in writers | Tagged A.S. Byatt, Annie Proulx, J.D. Salinger, Jeanette Winterson, John Banville, Michael Chabon, Nancy Lemann | 9 Comments

7 Weird Reading Facts

Posted on November 24, 2008 by sheila

Got this from ricki. 1. I am very sensitive to typeface. I will NOT read a book if I find the typeface grating or unfriendly. I have bad eyes, too, so a good typeface is important. Penguin Classics USED to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Personal | Tagged A.S. Byatt, Cormac McCarthy, Elinor Lipman, Hopeful Monsters, Jeanette Winterson, John Irving, Lives of the Saints, Lorrie Moore, Madeleine L'Engle, Margaret Atwood, Mating, Michael Chabon, Nancy Lemann, Nicholas Mosley, Norman Rush, Ring of Endless Light, Robert Kaplan, The Passion | 54 Comments

The Books: “The Ritz Of The Bayou – The New Orleans Adventures Of A Young Novelist Covering The Trials Of The Governor Of Louisiana, with digressions on smoldering nightclubs, jazz-crazed bars, and other aspects of life in the tropic zone” (Nancy Lemann)

Posted on February 13, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: (although this book is actually reportage – oh, well) The Ritz Of The Bayou – The New Orleans Adventures Of A Young Novelist Covering The Trials Of The Governor Of Louisiana, with digressions on smoldering … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Nancy Lemann, nonfiction | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Nancy Lemann

2023 Books Read

2021 Books Read

Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Recommended Books: Fiction

So Do I

Midnight in Paris Re-Release: A Nostalgia For a Life He Had Never Lived

“We Don’t Know Anything About Other People. We Can Only Know Them From the Outside. This Is One Of the Great Joys Of Life.”

A.S. Byatt’s New Book

7 Weird Reading Facts

The Books: “The Ritz Of The Bayou – The New Orleans Adventures Of A Young Novelist Covering The Trials Of The Governor Of Louisiana, with digressions on smoldering nightclubs, jazz-crazed bars, and other aspects of life in the tropic zone” (Nancy Lemann)

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