The most interesting book introduced to you by BookCrossing?

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The most interesting book introduced to you by BookCrossing?

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1SqueakyChu
aug 25, 2006, 11:07 am

What book were you introduced to by BookCrossing that you might not have found had you *not* been a BC member?

How did it grab your attention and what made that particular book so special?

2BookAddictUK
aug 25, 2006, 2:21 pm

By far and away, without hesitation, The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth. I picked it up from a bookcrossing meet because I had read The Plot Against America earlier this year, which I thought was good but not excellent. The Ghost Writer though is a little gem, not much more than 100 pages, and a wonderful picture of what might have been and where literature can take you that the real world cant - plus of course the commentary on Jewish immigrants that seems de rigeur for Roth. Highly recommended.

3thebiblioholic
aug 31, 2006, 3:25 pm

Griffin & Sabine : an Extraordinary Correspondence and the rest of the series by Nick Bantock

4mellonhead
Redigeret: sep 2, 2006, 11:53 am

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. It was my only wild catch and reintroduced me to BC. I had joined, but never got involved. The book reintroduced me and I fell hard. The book itself was a wonderful read. I had just read Anna Karenina and it was such an contrast in similar stories in different styles. I don't know if the book itself was one of the best I've read since being introduced to BC, but combined with the experience, it is for now.

bib-I love the Griffin & Sabine series. I have them all. They are so sensually interesting; they create a facinating experience for the reader within the context of the story.

5ShelfMonkey
dec 13, 2006, 4:53 pm

The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester. A fascinating look at some of the individuals who created the Oxford English Dictionary. Wouldn't have read it otherwise.

6bookishbunny
dec 13, 2006, 4:59 pm

#5

I loved that book. It's been a few years, but I had a thing for lexicography for a while.

7jpmoore
Redigeret: dec 14, 2006, 3:26 pm

BookCrossing has introduced me to *so* many new authors. I'm afraid I had gotten rather in a non-fiction rut, so basically, I have been revelling in all the fiction authors that I learn about through BC!

8pinklady60
dec 16, 2006, 4:18 pm

For me, I can definitely say it was "The Piano Shop on the Left Bank" by T.E. Carhart. Someone on a forum recommended this book to me when I said how much I had enjoyed "The Piano Tuner."

It's about an American writer living in Paris who discovers a quaint piano shop, and as he goes through the process of buying a piano, having it delivered and tuned, taking piano lessons, attending master classes, and listening to others play, he is reminded of his childhood experiences with the instrument.

Many memories came flooding back to me while reading this wonderful book - - especially shopping for my last piano and the way I felt playing at recitals.

9SqueakyChu
Redigeret: dec 16, 2006, 5:22 pm

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It was me who recommended it. Glad you liked it. :-)

10pinklady60
dec 17, 2006, 8:35 pm

I absolutely loved it, and it's now part of my permanent collection. Thank you!

11SqueakyChu
dec 17, 2006, 9:35 pm

You're welcome. It's nice to know that you followed up on my recommendation and liked the book so much!

12anxovert
jan 14, 2007, 10:41 pm

Ghostwritten.

the copy I read was on an International Bookring which had stalled in Australia so I volunteered to step into the ring and send the book on overseas. I really enjoyed the book and I'm looking forward to reading more of David Mitchell's work.

Bookcrossing is introducing me to more new authors than I've ever experimented with before - if only I had time to read them all...

13Heaven-Ali
feb 16, 2007, 11:23 am

Oooooh a hard one I think it has to be Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keys - I have to admit to not having heard of it. But someone ( I forget who oops) was offering as a RABCK and I was fairly new to BC and quite keen to read some things I wouldn't usually. Some months later - after almost getting lost in Canada lol - it arrived and I loved it. I would never have read anything regarded as scfi - and part of me had wondered before reading it whether I'd like it. I was amazed at how relevent the themes of the book still are - its very poignant and is a book to make anyone think. I then passed it around some UK bcers who all loved it too, and I bought a PC copy to keep.