LibraryThing Author:
Jamie Selko

About meOld, broken down and hurtin', with a house full of kids and grandkids- all of whom read, Read, READ! I am one of those poor poor wretches who can't eat without having a book in front of me (and this malady was passed on to the next generations). I also am one of those who has, in addition to a dining room book, the following: a bathroom book, a bedroom book, and two living room books, depending upon where I sit. 95% of my books are non-fiction, because a day in which something is not learned is a day wasted.

About my libraryPeople who come to our house frequently ask "Did you read all those books?", and I always think, "What an odd question"- why in the world else would we have 'em?
Our house has two rooms dedicated to books (my office and the family room) as well as book shelves in the hall, on one wall of our bedroom, on one wall of the "cousins room", one wall of the dining room, two walls of the living room, and one built for us by my dad which runs along our entry-way stairs.

GroupsBallantine Adult Fantasy, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, Paleontology

Favorite authorsDouglas Adams, Roger Angell, Isaac Asimov, Carl Barks, Roger James Bender, David Boswell, Bob Burden, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lewis Carroll, Beverly Cleary, Bernard Cornwell, Robert W Creamer, David Quammen, Jane Duncan, Willard R. Espy, John Feinstein, C. S. Forester, Paul Fussell, Craig Shaw Gardner, Stephen Jay Gould, Kenneth Grahame, Bill Griffith, David Halberstam, Sven Hassel, Robert L. Heilbroner, Hermann Hesse, Stewart Hall Holbrook, William Horwood, Molly Ivins, Lynn Johnston, Franz Kafka, Walt Kelly, Richard Lederer, R.M. Lockley, French L. MacLean, Richard Mitchell, Robert Obojski, Patrick O'Brian, Steven Pinker, Dan Piraro, Terry Pluto, Terry Pratchett, Donald R. Prothero, David Quammen, Mary Roach, Don Rosa, Oliver Sacks, Barry Sadler, J. D. Salinger, Gitta Sereny, Stevie Smith, Thomas Burnett Swann, Tom Tomorrow, G. B. Trudeau, Barbara W. Tuchman, John R. Tunis, Richie Unterberger, Peter Ward, Bill Watterson, Sylvia Waugh, Tom Weaver, Eloise Wilkin, Simon Winchester, Mark C. Yerger (Shared favorites)

VenuesFavorites

Favorite bookstoresTsunami Books

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers/Member Giveaway

Real nameJamie & Nancy

LocationOregon

Account typepublic, lifetime

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/JNSelko (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/JNSelko (library)

Member sinceJun 13, 2008

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Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington (Wetland Plants of Oregon & Washington) by B. Jennifer Guard

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Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky

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Splendid isolation : the curious history of South American mammals by George Gaylord Simpson

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Pogo: Bona Fide Balderdash (Vol. 2) (Walt Kelly's Pogo) by Walt Kelly

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Gil Hodges: The Brooklyn Bums, the Miracle Mets, and the Extraordinary Life of a Baseball Legend by Tom Clavin

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One Win Wonders by George Rose

Hello from a fellow book fanatic!! Your profile made me smile, our house looks like a bookstore invaded it too:) I can't imagine a life without books (shudders at the thought).

posted by sunnybrookgal at 1:26 am (EST) on Mar 7, 2013

Hi Jamie,

I notice you have a copy of Russian by Ben T. Clark, which I also have.

Are you still studying Russian? If so, you might find Practical Russian Reader helpful. It is a new book of Russian short stories with helpful exercises.

Let me know what you think of it?

TT

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Russian-Reader-Vol-1-Intermediate/dp/1470139790

posted by TheTortoise at 5:26 am (EST) on Jun 6, 2012

Hi Jamie! Scott here (aka S. Michael Wilson). I just wanted to take the time to thank you for the glowing review of Performed by Lugosi. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and happy that you took the time to share your thoughts with other LT members.

I also wanted to pose to questions to you. First, would you be willing to post your review on Amazon as well? And second, if I sent you a free eBook copy, would you be interested in reading and reviewing my earlier book, Monster Rally? I edited it and only contributed three of the chapters, but considering what you liked about Performed by Lugosi, I think you'll enjoy it just the same.

In any case, thanks again for the review!

Sincerely,

S. Michael Wilson

posted by reverends at 5:20 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2011

my newest, BOOKLOVER, if finally out. hope you'll take a look. - Tim

posted by TimBazzett at 11:53 am (EST) on Sep 1, 2010

Thanks for visiting my profile and library. Your profile description made me laugh. Sounds like my house. I'm currently trying to figure out how to line the halls with books. Suggestions? I have lately thought that purchasing a second house just for the books may be the only solution.

posted by alaskabookworm at 8:11 pm (EST) on Apr 11, 2010

Thank you for the compliment and the recommendation. My ERB are mostly Del Rey paperbacks with Whelan covers. You have quite the variety of books, yourself!

posted by EmScape at 3:44 pm (EST) on Jan 30, 2010

Ah, well, I read a wide variety of books. You do too, from the looks of it.

posted by meggyweg at 3:15 pm (EST) on Jan 30, 2010

Hi Jamie,

My collection is now tagged for Endkampf books; no fewer than 170 (!) - bit of a pet subject of mine.

posted by Richard.Hargreaves at 3:23 pm (EST) on Jan 5, 2010

Hiya,

Not forward in the slightest - it sounds fun! I'll wait until her cold has subsided a bit before I try, though.

Thank you - pleased to meet you!

Allie

posted by AllieW at 6:46 am (EST) on Jan 5, 2010

Hi, Jamie and Nancy - Bravo for all those bulging bookshelves and the piles of books. I'm always reading a few books at a time too. If you're in Oregon I hope you read Molly Gloss, out of Portland. Her books are simply superb. She and I are of an age and correspond regularly. We've swapped some books too. Here's what she said about one of mine -

I made Reed City Boy my bedtime book ... I started reading and just kept reading ... After the first couple nights I started bringing it into the kitchen during the day so I could read while I was having lunch, and also at dinner ... [Flows] with an easy grace, a fine ear for the rhythm of the language ... It was the voice of a friend sitting across the table, telling his story to me, laughing at himself from time to time ... The easy intimacy between friends. That's the writing voice here. And it's perfect for this book. Perfect ... I now have [Bazzett's] Soldier Boy on my bedside table."

Molly Gloss
award-winning author of the bestselling novel, Hearts of Horses,
and the perennial favorite, The Jump-Off Creek

I hope you'll look her up if you don't already know her stuff. And please peek at my website too: RatholeBooks.com - or I'm on Amazon too. And keep reading! - Tim

posted by TimBazzett at 8:54 pm (EST) on May 7, 2009

Thanks for the lead. I've always held a fascination with side shows and carnivals and the people who make up that subculture. I never miss an opportunity to visit them and read about them. I am also curious about all sorts of societal and political deviants, outcasts, miscreants, and individualists of all stripes. It sometimes surprises me that so many mainstream characters end up being deviants in some form or fashion. That said I am a rather staid person in most respects.

I look forward to checking out your library.

posted by Dmoorela at 12:55 pm (EST) on Mar 4, 2009

Thank you for the welcome. I'm still building my online library and friends. I simply started with books related to Gilded Lili for both. That's how I find you -- you had some on your to read list. I'll be curious to hear what you think of them when you get to them.

Kelly

posted by KellyDiNardo at 10:57 am (EST) on Jan 18, 2009

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