I saw this one someone's blog recently and thought it would be interesting to give it a try. Library Thing is now giving suggestions and unsuggestions based on your (well, my) library. Am I so predictable? Here are their top ten suggestions for me:
- In a Summer Season, Elizabeth Taylor - I swear I own this. I guess I haven't yet entered it in LT.
- Camilla, Fanny Burney - Yes, I do want to read this actually.
- The Home-Maker, Dorothy Canfield Fisher - Why, a Persephone Press book. What a surprise.
- New Grub Street, George Gissing - I've heard of this, so maybe I should take a closer look.
- The Brontes Went to Woolworths, Rachel Ferguson - Beat you LT--I just read this. I only wish I could find a copy to add to my library!
- Saplings, Noel Streatfeild - Another Persephone.
- Someone at a Distance, Dorothy Whipple - And yet another. You'd think they might have gotten a little more creative. I really don't even own that many Persephone books.
- Virginia Woolf: A Biography, Quentin Bell - This reminds me I was working on reading her novels. It's been a while...
- Post Captain, Patrick O'Brien - I do want to read O'Brien, but I think I'll start with the first one, thanks.
- Cleopatra's Sister, Penelope Lively - I'd like to try Penelope Lively, though I'd not heard of this one before.
And my unsuggestions (or the books least likely to show up in my library):
- Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre, Toby Cole
- Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, Donald Miller
- Insensitive Semantics: A Defense of Semantic Minimalism and Speech Act Pluralism, Herman Cappelen
- Xenocide, Orson Scott Card
- Radical Reformation, Michael Baylor
- Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
- Purpose-Driven Life: What Am I Here For?, Rick Warren
- Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist, John Piper
- The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists, Neil Gaiman
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, David Allen
Curious. Apparently LT has me pegged for a non-scholarly type, not religious, not into self-help or a fan of science fiction. I guess I'm just a shallow novel reader.