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CollectionsYour library (7,528), To read (1), All collections (7,528)

Reviews237 reviews

TagsSports (1,793), Baseball (1,378), Popular Culture (1,174), History (1,062), Children's Books (982), Science (852), Comic Strips & Comic Artists (566), European History (558), WWII (539), Biography (491) — see all tags

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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, 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, Bill Griffith, David Halberstam, Sven Hassel, Robert L. Heilbroner, Stewart Holbrook, Molly Ivins, Lynn Johnston, Franz Kafka, Walt Kelly, Richard Lederer, R. M. Lockley, French Maclean, Richard Mitchell, Robert Obojski, Patrick O'Brian, Dan Piraro, Terry Pluto, Terry Pratchett, Don Rosa, Oliver Sacks, Barry Sadler, Gitta Sereny, Thomas Burnett Swann, Tom Tomorrow, Barbara W. Tuchman, John R. Tunis, Richie Unterberger, Bill Watterson, Tom Weaver, Mark C. Yerger (Shared favorites)

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.

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Real nameJamie & Nancy

LocationOregon

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Member sinceJun 13, 2008

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Hi JNSelko-- The group is up already. I got a number of suggestions but all different so I just went with one that appealed to me. If everyone hates it we can always change it. The important thing was that it have JBC's full name in it so that folks browsing Groups would easily be able to tell what the group was about.
Here it is: http://www.librarything.com/groups/thera...
Welcome, whether you join or lurk...
Crypto-Willobie (Bill)
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
I enjoyed going through your library. I was reaquainted with childhood pleasure of reading Pogo in the newspapers. Afterwards I went rummaging through some old boxes of things to find what is left of my meager Pogo collection. I re-read them over the weekend and really believe Walt Kelly's humor and mastery of language is sorry missed in the comic strips these days.

I enjoyed reading the Big Year for the character study of the individuals obsessed with bird watching. "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" is on my to be read shelf whenever I get to it. I am currently reading "Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley". I just acquired "Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA" I'm anxious to get to as well.

How about you? What's on your list to be read?
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.
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
Hi Jamie

Sorry I haven't responded sooner, but I haven't looked at my profile for quite a while.

I haven't entered any of my SABR journals, National Pastime, etc., nor have I entered my guides, Who's who, Registers, stuff like that. Just books. I'm getting of an age that mylibrary is going to outlive me, so I'm buying fewer books lately. Saw that Minor League all stars tome that you did, and it's very impressive.

PCL books on the horizon. A history of the Mission club of San Francisco, probably six months away. A history of the Rainiers which is in manuscrpt form already submitted to University of Nebraska press.
Thanks. When we went house hunting it was the library that really sold me on the place. Most of the books are gems from library sales. One of my summer projects is to log in more of our collection and have I got a long way to go! Looks like you've got gems too. Andrea (AndreaandSamantha)
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