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Member: KingRat

CollectionsYour library (1,556), Digital copies (130), Borrowed (9), Short Works (585), Currently reading (1), Read (1,147), To read (959), Started not finished (16), Favorites (32), All collections (2,712)

Reviews416 reviews

Tagsfiction (2,006), in library (1,548), read (1,123), not read (868), white author (827), collection:name=shortworks (585), non-fiction (564), short story (537), science fiction (521), not in library (317) — see all tags

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GroupsAwful Lit., Book Collectors, Book reviewers, Booksellers who LibraryThing, Build the Open Shelves Classification, Combiners!, Economics, LibraryThing Coffeehouse, Pacific Northwest, Seattleites — show all groups , Single Booklovers, Washingtonians

Favorite authorsRussell Banks, Octavia E. Butler, John Christopher, James Clavell, Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. Le Guin, China Mieville (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresElliott Bay Bookstore, Michael's Books, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), University Bookstore

Favorite librariesThe Seattle Public Library, Central Library

Other favoritesTown Hall Seattle, Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Benaroya Hall

About meThat's an actual picture of me at a young age.

About my libraryI generally try to tag books by category, genre, and subject generally following BISAC subject headings. However, this task is incomplete.

I have essentially two sets of collections. No book should be in two collections of the same set. If it is, I've made a mistake.

The first set is of all the books I have in my possession. Borrowed, Digital copies, and Your library. Borrowed are books from the library or friends, digital copies are e-books and audio downloads that could disappear in a hard drive crash, and Your library has all the books I have physical copies that aren't borrowed.

The second set are the collections that indicate if I've read it: Started not finished, read and owned, read but unowned, currently reading, and to read.

There's a little bit of intersection between the two. e.g, to read and read and owned should all be in your library or digital copies. I don't currently use wish list.

Pay very little attention to the ratings I enter for books. I use them so that the recommendation engine can take them into account. Two or less means I wasn't fond of the book. 2.5 to 3.5 is an okay but not great book. Four and above I liked bunches. Beyond that, whether something is worth 4.5 stars or 5 stars for example is pretty much a guess that depends on my mood that day.

Homepagehttp://reading.kingrat.biz/

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Real namePhilip Weiss

LocationSeattle, Washington, USA

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Common KnowledgeSeries (521), Awards (437), Characters (5941), Places (1475)

Member sinceJul 24, 2006

Currently readingThe Interpreters by Wole Soyinka