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About me I'm a biology graduate student, who reads as much fiction as possible to help my brain decompress from a day of experiments. I usually have more than one book going at a time.

All-time favorite books:
Jane Eyre
Lolita
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Sound and the Fury
Pride and Prejudice

Currently reading:
Ulysses by James Joyce
Schooled by Anisha Lakhani

About my library The books listed here are all books I own. Being a broke grad student, I try to use the library first and then only buy the books I really like. "Try" being the operative word - I love buying books!

My rating system:
5 stars - my favorites. Books I love, books I'd rescue from a burning building, books I read and re-read.
4 stars - really like this book. I've probably read it more than once, or intend to read it again.
3 stars - I like it. It's a good book, or a useful book (especially bio texts).
2 stars - meh - probably purchased before the library rule took effect.
1 star - I've jumped on the Bookmooch bandwagon, and will no longer keep any 1 star books. Unless they have been written in because they were used in a college class. (This is the only reason I still own "Lord Jim" and any Hemingway besides "A Farewell to Arms".)

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Real nameJennifer

LocationSt. Louis, MO

Emailjenniferfettingyahoo.com

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Member sinceNov 14, 2006

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jfetting reviewed, rated, added:
Schooled by Anisha Lakhani Stars:

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Giada's Kitchen: New Italian Favorites by Giada De Laurentiis

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Northanger Abbey (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Jane Austen

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

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Ines of My Soul: A Novel by Isabel Allende

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Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel by Marie Phillips Stars:

Hello Jennifer: Did you tell me that you wanted to do the group read of The Mists of Avalon? I've started threads for the group, and the four books in the Mists. The main, spoiler-free thread is http://www.librarything.com/topic/47384

Hope to see you there in November! Earlier, too, of course, should you want to go boldly forth.

Cheers
RMD

posted by richardderus at 11:38 am (EST) on Oct 13, 2008

Ooo, another reader with a fruitfly fetish! Someone else who can understand why I get excited by curly wings and tubby larvae! What's your topic? I'm looking at oxidative stress and ageing (and I think I've been prematurely aged and stressed by the whole experience!) My submission date in June 09, which seemed like ages until I started trying to finish everything and write at the same time ... I should probably spend less time on LT, but hey!

It's my second read of 'The Double Helix' and I do find that Watson's an ass ... genius, but an ass! I've heard tell of it from Professors on my department who survived the academic faculties of that time, but it still surprises me to hear told the amount of sexist nonsense attached to women generally and female academics in particular - one of the professors on my department said that she had lectures with one of the genetics 'greats' and he used to refuse to lecture if it was only female students, said he'd wait until the 'real scientists' attended.....

I'm just getting distracted by LT when I should be putting together an abstract for the Drosophila conference in Chicago in the Spring.

posted by klarusu at 11:56 am (EST) on Oct 12, 2008

Hello
I just started reading Payback by Margaret Atwood- at the beginning it reads like a scholarly lecture but her style is so easy to follow. I'll let you know what I think after I finish. (sometime this week)
Regards

posted by torontoc at 11:20 am (EST) on Oct 5, 2008

Hi Jennifer,

Thank you for accepting my friend invitation. You have an interesting library!

All the best,

Hannah

posted by HannahHolborn at 11:12 pm (EST) on Sep 4, 2008

Thanks for the info about [Finn]. I will read it, but I think I'll try to find someone else who would like to read it at the same time.

I do have a friend (he was the one who recommended it to me) that has read it, so if I can't find anyone else I'll try to read just before the next time we are going to get together. They live in a different town than we do so we try to get together 3 or 4 times a year. It drives our spouses crazy sometimes--we usually pick a bookstore to meet in before we go out to dinner and he and I spend a lot of time catching up on books. Sometime our spouses will declare a meeting to be a "no books!" meeting. They both do like to read occasionally but they think we carry it to extremes. Ya think! :-)

posted by MusicMom41 at 8:02 pm (EST) on Aug 23, 2008

jfetting,

Thanks for the quick reply and especially for the good advice. I know I have to read Faulkner--I lived 24 years in Savannah, Georgia and it is my "dirty little secret" that the only book by Faulkner I ever read was The Reivers. That was a long time ago and I don't remember much about it except I liked it. But everybody kept telling me that it wasn't "real" Faulkner so I never read any others. I was "young and dumb" and now I want to atone for the sins of omission of my youth. Lolita seems like it would be very depressing but after reading Reading Lolita in Iran last year I decided I ought to try it. I'm glad now I waited--I will try to get the annotated version which I know will help a lot. Since I'm trying to read a classic a month the last six months of this year these two may replace a couple of other tbr's.

I noticed a mention of Finn in another comment. A friend of mine recommended that to me a few months ago but i was under a "book buying ban" which has now expired.. Should I get that one, too?

posted by MusicMom41 at 8:28 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2008

Nope. It's the July issue with the burger on the cover. It's the first issue I've ever bought of Bon Appetit. Do you like it usually?

posted by sanja at 10:15 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2008

I hope you don't mind if I turn around and add you as well. Looking forward to discussing Finn.

posted by twomoredays at 1:14 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2008

Pleased to have you! I always take that as a huge compliment. Please feel free to have a browse around any time you feel like it.

posted by Booksloth at 7:13 am (EST) on Jun 13, 2008

Hi Jennifer, thanks for your comment regarding Conrad. Yes, without a doubt, Nostromo is the most difficult, and in some ways least rewarding, of Conrad's "major" novels, at least for me. I really do hope you enjoy The Secret Agent. When I studied Conrad in grad school, I found Secret Agent to be a really fascinating read, for the characters and for the way Conrad played with time and narrative. I'll be interested to know your reaction. Cheers! Jerry

posted by rocketjk at 4:23 am (EST) on May 8, 2008

Oh, yes, very positive comments and thought provoking, as well. The discussion is still going on in the NYT Reading Room, which can be accessed from the Sunday book review. I think I will be reading it again soon!

You have a great challenge thread, happy reading!

posted by marise at 7:50 pm (EST) on May 5, 2008

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