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About meI'm a graduate student and research assistant at Penn State University in the Engineering Science department. My research involves laser material interactions. Because that's my job, I read a lot of fiction in my free time. At work and in school I read engineering textbooks and research papers.

I am a contributor to Project Gutenberg through the Distributed Proofreaders, mostly as a Content Provider and a Post-Processor. If you would like more information on PG or DP, please contact me!

I challenged myself to read as many books as I could off the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" list. My TBR list also grows from several trusted blogs, friend's recommendations, and need to occasionally read something semi-brainless.

Thanks for visiting, please feel free to friend or comment!

About my libraryAs I said above, I read mostly fiction, but some non-fiction sneaks in, especially social sciences - history, sociology, anthropology, etc. My listing also includes my textbooks from my engineering education.

Within fiction, my favorites include: classic and contemporary literature; quirky, fun books and serious, dramatic works; magical realism and realistic fiction, so basically ... everything. I also read some random non-fiction - mostly on specific subjects that interest me or authors whose previous works I've enjoyed.

My favorite three books of all time are A Prayer for Owen Meany, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Pride & Prejudice. (Yes, they're semi-predictable, but I don't really care!)

My favorite three authors are John Irving, Jane Austen, and Kurt Vonnegut. (And I'll add an honorable mention to Douglas Adams for always making my day a little brighter when necessary.)

Due to my father's aesthetic influences, I treasure beautifully bound volumes. If you have interest, I'd love to talk! I have a collection of classics that I inherited from my great-grandmother and a small collection of Folio Society volumes (some of the most beautiful books currently produced).

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, Folio Society devoteesshow all groups

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)

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

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

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LocationState College, PA, USA

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Member sinceMay 16, 2007

Currently readingMiddlemarch by George Eliot
Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman

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Hi Ambrosia

I just got a reply about Alias Grace and I'm afraid the user has 'lent the books to someone' and can't send it. It had a different cover anyway.

Sorry!
Hi Amber,

Both of your books have arrived in the post today- they're up on bookmooch for you now! Just one small thing I forgot to mention when I listed them- 'How Late It was, How Late' has a different cover from the one shown on bookmooch. It is in very good condition though.
However, if you were looking for that specific cover, don't feel obliged to mooch it :) Either way, happy mooching!

Stef
Thanks so much for angelling my book! I've mooched it now.
Yeah!!!!! Thanks so much!
Ok done ambrosia...I need things to be explained to me like a child :-)

Thanks for your help!
Thank you so much! LMK if you want me to mooch a second book. My angel-mooch for you isn't going nearly so well -- the book owner hasn't actually shipped anything since 2007 and is now 'on vacation' although he/she has been logging in every few days.
If you understand Euler's Identity, you really understand math.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity
Just to cover absolutely all bases: it arrived, finally! I've listed it as an Angel Network book, reserved it for you and sent a recommendation message.

Looking forward to your request :)
You're a complete star - thank you so much! Have mooched just now.

Do you think there'll be any space in the package for another? I'm sort of wondering about mooching The Apple as well... but don't want to if it will take it beyond the flatrate MediaMail I keep seeing mentioned as the default shipping option!

Cheers,

FlossieT
Thanks for the update!
just wait.. I have plenty to read in the meantime, thanks again
Got Trainspotting for you.Will I wait for it and post with the Rushdie?
When I click on that book it says it is Trainspotting from someone in Canada???
Hi Ambrosia
Midnights Children has arrived and is reserved for you so Mooch away!

Pete
Another one has come up http://www.bookmooch.com/m/detail/1841958395 I am not overdoing it am I?
Thanks for trying Ambrosia

I did sort of have my eye on this http://www.bookmooch.com/m/detail/0156032767
Maybe that's it.
I know that I used to sit with my brother and we'd come up with the perfect cast for it, none of whom were in the film (Sean Connery was Gandalf which was, in hindsight, nowhere near as good a pick as McKellan..)

I think Jackson simply loved the books. It is so faithful an interpretation that fans of the books would be hard pressed to do anything other than love it!
I went to see the first film with my sister, all excited and it was shockingly bad. And you're right - we should have known.

(only real exception is the Lord of the Rings trilogy - fantastic!)

Hi Ambrosia64 - thank you for the invite and message- very kind of you!

Hope we will be able to share recommendations and reviews as I see you have lots and lots of books!!!

I especially like that you have Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe and have given it five stars, as that was also one of my childhood favourites (wasn't the film awful??!)

Anyway, hope to hear more from you soon.

Pummz
Welcome to the 2009 75 Books Challenge. Thanks for joining in!
hey amber! i've been following your challenge against emily through her livejournal. hope you're doing as well as she is!
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