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About me~I'm in my early 30's, currently single and owned by a bratty torbie cat.
~I'm Dutch but have been living in the States since I was 9.
~Wild and random fact: After graduating from college I ran away and joined the circus for 3 years.
~After some detours I managed to install myself quite comfortably in a small coastal town.
~I force myself to be social but besides books I'm also hopelessly addicted to certain tv shows and the internet.
~I dream of an e-reader that looks like a book, with two pages that make a crinkly sound when you "turn" them. Do not make me scroll! Do not give me a tablet! Give me something with a spine that I can close!

Image: "Girl reading letter by an open window" by Johannes Vermeer

About my library"In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro." --Thomas à Kempis

Compared to many here my library is rather small, but like most it's also very random. I have quite a few childhood books I just can't seem to part with...and I haven't even cataloged them all. I also couldn't part with many study books. Some anthropology books are more fun to buy and contemplate than to actually read. I loved my Dutch holocaust literature class. Can you tell?

A lot of my other books are selective impulse buys, if that makes sense. I choose books based on their title, cover (I especially have a weakness for those matte ones...), description, flow of the first few pages, and of course the vibe it emanates. ;-)

I have a good relationship with most books I own. I tend to read too quickly and often don't retain the plot of a story, which can either come in handy or be very annoying. I do like the adage that "a book is a present you can open again and again." I used to reread a lot of books but now I find myself more eager to discover new stories than to re-visit old ones. (Budget-wise, that means I'll be using my library card a lot more. Should I splurge on lifetime membership here and use a "library" tag? Okay, I will.)

Some tag clarifications:
sprookjes = fairytales
jokems = books technically in my mom's library
rsra = really should read again
iwmoc = I want my own copy

Rating is difficult, it's so personal:
2 stars & less = Meh
2 1/2 stars = I wish I liked it more
3 stars = I like it well enough
3 1/2 stars = I really like it
4 stars = I love it
4 1/2 stars = Practically perfect in every way
5 stars = Oh wow

My Vewy Own Wiki (to be figured out)

Famous last words: I use bookmarks. Dog-ears are evol.

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Member sinceOct 2, 2007

Currently readingLabyrinth by Kate Mosse

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The Black Tulip (Oxford World's Classics) by Alexandre Dumas père

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Noticed you liked Lovely Bones, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here, as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it also contains a young female narrator struggling with a series of tragic circumstances. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the book before you commit:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 9:18 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2009

another smile, i mentioned the Neruda CD because when i come to your page it shows you as sharing this with me. But there's good news! I found a website that has the entire disc posted, one poem at a time, i think i have it bookmarked on my home pc, so, a few days, i'll drop that link off in a post here for you.
here's to a wonderful day ahead,

t

posted by Tim_Watkinson at 8:27 am (EST) on Oct 15, 2007

How nice of you to ask re my writing. Really, that puts a big :D on my face.:D I don't post it anywhere, except LT threads and I don't think that counts. I feel guilty when I do it, like I should be saving these thoughts for essays. Well, there's nothing stopping me from using the posts that way. I don't write much poetry. I have a few poems over the years that I like, maybe I'll dig them up. As for the fiction all of my effort goes to my nip (I'm trying to get that acronym going-Novel In Progress. I think it will probably fail --the acronym not the nip.) and I've got that baby password-protected so that even my darling, darling, biggest supporter husband won't accidentally fall into it. I'm still trying to deal with the harsh critic that is moi.:@ (I'm not sure what that emoticon usually signifies, so if it's obscene, apologies.) How's your Vewy Own Wiki going? I'm just using mine as a wishlist so far, but there must be more possibilities.

posted by citygirl at 2:28 pm (EST) on Oct 12, 2007

I think I may have passed myself off as more interesting than I really am!.
I am certain that's not the case. The act of joining the circus is in itself quite telling. I don't know if your particular circus was RBB&B, but the last time I attended I decided it would be the last. I thought there were an obscene amount of elephants. I counted 14. Who needs that many elephants?

posted by citygirl at 6:14 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2007

smiling at the thought of you in the circus. can you tell me about your time with them, what work you did, where the circus travelled to, etc?

too cool. a pleasure stumbling across your page. and a nod that you have Pablo Neruda on CD!

posted by Tim_Watkinson at 12:01 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2007

I am such a sucker for having my library marked interesting, so thanks. I enjoyed reading your profile. After that and perusing your library I think that you and I just might be drinking from the same jug of moonshine. A few questions: what was your circus act? Is the Ultimate Bar Book a good one? It seems like there are so many bar books & I've never been able to decide on one.

Also, I noted Please Understand Me on your shelves. Maybe you'd like our Myers-Briggs: All Types group. Wait a minute, you've already posted there, haven't you? Either way, I'll send an invite.

posted by citygirl at 5:44 pm (EST) on Oct 9, 2007

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