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Member: Ambrosia4

CollectionsYour library (511), Wishlist (18), Currently reading (1), To read (219), Read but unowned (4), Favorites (25), All collections (530)

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Tagsfiction (379), paperback (319), unread (228), 1001 books (217), american (188), read (183), mooched (166), contemporary (155), family (126), fantasy (124) — see all tags

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Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 20-Something LibraryThingers, 75 Books Challenge for 2009, 999 Challenge, Bestsellers over the Years, Book Listers UNITE!, Book Lust, Book Nudgers, BookMooching, Reading Globally

Favorite authorsDouglas Adams, Jane Austen, Meg Cabot, Fannie Flagg, Neil Gaiman, John Irving, Mercedes Lackey, Harper Lee, Billie Letts, Anne McCaffrey, Jodi Picoult, Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, William Shakespeare, Kurt Vonnegut, Jennifer Weiner (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Buckland Hills Mall, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - West Hartford, Book Exchange, Bookworm, Powell's City of Books, Strand Bookstore, UConn Co-op Bookstore

Favorite librariesHomer Babbidge Library (University of Connecticut Main Library), Noah Webster Library (West Hartford Public Library - Main), Penn State University Libraries

About meI'm a graduate student and assistant at Penn State University in the Engineering Science department. In addition to classes, I do research on laser material interactions and laser applications. I'm either going for my Masters or PhD, haven't decided yet. Because that's my job, I read a lot of fiction in my free time. At work and in school I read engineering textbooks (not fun) and research papers (interesting at least).

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In order to keep myself organized, remind myself to read the books I have before buying new ones, and because they're fun, I participate in challenges and read books off lists. I have them all handwritten into my Moleskine and love the feeling of crossing them out when I finish.

I'm reading the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die". My progress is...



My goal is to read at least 75 books in 2009 (a challenge, to be sure!):


And my latest challenge, the 999 Challenge for 2009:



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About my libraryAs I said above, I read mostly fiction, but some non-fiction sneaks in, especially social sciences (I get enough hard sciences at work). My listing also includes my textbooks from my engineering education (because there are a lot of them and they're everywhere). I FINALLY went through at deleted all the books I've purged in the last year, so this is a more accurate library. I don't delete books that I've written reviews for, so my tags indicate whether I gave those away or not.

Within fiction, my favorites include: classic and contemporary literature; quirky, fun books and serious, dramatic works; magical realism and realistic fiction, so basically...everything.

My favorite three books are A Prayer for Owen Meany, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Pride & Prejudice.

My favorite three authors are John Irving, Jane Austen, and Kurt Vonnegut.

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Real nameAmber

LocationState College, PA, USA

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Member sinceMay 16, 2007

Currently readingThe Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies