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Good Cheap Food by Miriam Ungerer

Cuentos de Buenos Aires by Manuel Mujica Lainez

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales by Stephen (Ed.) Jones

Horselords (Forgotten Realms: The Empires Trilogy, Book 1) by David Cook

El Principito by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

England Made Me by Graham Greene

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Library428 books — see library

Reviews73 reviews — see reviews

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Tagsnovel (114), weird fiction (79), food & drink (74), short stories (73), 888 (70), TBR (62), borrowed (56), horror (54), science fiction (41), philosophy (35) — see all tags

Groups30-something LibraryThingers, 75 Books Challenge for 2008, 888 Challenge, A Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment, Aikido, Arrested Development, ¡Literatura Argentina!, Books Compared, Crocheters, Cthulhu Mythos — show all groups

Favorite authorsJorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Philip K. Dick, Umberto Eco, S. T. Joshi, Thomas Ligotti, H. P. Lovecraft, Ricardo Piglia, Mark Richard, Jeff VanderMeer (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresTreehorn Books

Favorite librariesSonoma County Library - Santa Rosa Central

About me I'm something of a genre reader (horror, sci-fi, fantasy) who likes excursions into more "literary" works.

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I share a birthday with Edgar Allen Poe and a birthplace with Jorge Luis Borges.

About my library A mixture of design and happenstance. Some books I've kept from childhood, others I inherited from family & friends. I started adding library books I've read & reviewed (under the "borrowed" tag). I collected a fair amount of Cthulhu mythos books before becoming bored with the genre. I've recently gained an interest and started aquiring a lot of mid 20th Century argentine literature.

Anything tagged "borrowed" was at some point borrowed, either from the library or a friend, and so is not actually part of my collection.

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Hey Carlos,

Just wanted to say, very nice review of Moby Dick. That one is near the top of my TBR pile and I enjoyed your opinion of it.

posted by jseger9000 at 3:28 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2008

Thanks for adding me to your Interesting Libraries. I returned the favor. You have a nice collection of Lovecraft and Ligotti, and I'm sure I'll be using your library to find new books to read.

posted by tom1066 at 9:46 pm (EST) on Jan 25, 2008

Yeah, love Kinsey...a girl I was working with had never heard of him, so I let her borrow them for a little while....she's an Asian Studies major through University of Virginia-she has just left to study in India for the second time (if ya wanna talk about jealousy...I am familiar with that emotion) I have a few other books on Tantra that I have not had the chance to log, but they are nowhere near the caliber of Kinsey. He really delves into his topics. I would be interested to find more of his work if it is out there. If you ever come across it, check out Cult of the Black Virgin by Ean C.M. Begg. It chronicles the history and lore of the Catholic Black Madonnas-with heavy comparisons to Pagan dark goddesses. Kali is referenced quite frequently. Interesting read.

posted by guardiangrrrl at 1:58 pm (EST) on Jan 7, 2008

Hey Carlos....finally got a chance to log a couple of books. I've got a long way to go to get the whole library.

posted by guardiangrrrl at 12:11 pm (EST) on Dec 25, 2007

i am into the good stuff in horror. Unfortunately most of it leaves me very cold. i'm looking forward to checking out your suggestions -- thanks!

posted by NativeRoses at 9:53 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

i'll have to check out Fishboy -- thanks! You might like After Dark. i found it strange, dreamy, and entrancing while still remaining tethered to the material world.

posted by NativeRoses at 1:49 pm (EST) on Sep 14, 2007

Hi again Carlos, i'm sure your opinions about Chuck's recycling are well justitified. i haven't read enough of him to recognize it. Even on a prurient level, Choke's blasé narrator kept me laughing. i see we share an enjoyment for authors like Borges, Murakami, Eco, and deLillo and would love to know what works you find the most amusing and/or delightful?

posted by NativeRoses at 2:36 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2007

Say what?!? i loved 'Choke' -- freakin' hilarious book. :-)

posted by NativeRoses at 5:15 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2007

I see you're the only other person on this list who owns The Taint of Lovecraft. Way to go!

posted by gothic_cowgirl at 2:39 pm (EST) on Apr 15, 2007

Welcome to Books Compared. Hope you'll feel inspired to contribute a comparison review!

posted by margad at 4:00 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2007

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