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CollectionsYour library (4,763), Currently reading (4), Read (1,087), To read (3,637), Favorites (115), Signed (4), DNF (1), E-books (1,804), All collections (4,763)

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TagsFantasy (1,494), General Fiction (992), Science Fiction (983), Crime Fiction (402), Romance (338), Historical Fiction (275), Paranormal (262), Erotic Fiction (157), Horror Fiction (138), Non-Fiction (74) — see all tags

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About meI've been an enthusiastic reader for as far back as I can remember, which is a couple of decades now; and though I'm not reading as much as I used to, the enthusiasm remains undiminished. Although German is my native language, I also read books in English and French, even the occasional Japanese one back when I had not yet forgotten what little I used to know of the language.

Starting October 2011, I have been keeping a book diary,and am trying to post at least a brief review of every book I finished reading - mostly for myself, I'll admit, but maybe someone will find something helpful among them.

About my libraryI'm adding books pretty much randomly, so it will take a while until the stuff listed here will be close to representative of my collection (which is way more eclectic than it looks like on here at the moment).

GroupsAnd Other Stories, Ask LibraryThing, FantasyFans, German Library Thingers, LibraryThing-ers Anonymous, Romance - from historical to contemporary, Science Fiction Fans, Second Life, Someone explain it to me..., Weird Fiction

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Member sinceMay 13, 2009

Currently readingThe Complete Peanuts 1953-1954 by Charles M. Schulz
Doktor Faustus: Das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers Adrian Leverkühn erzählt von einem Freunde by Thomas Mann
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (Volume 1) by Marguerite Young
The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I by Robert A. Caro

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The Smile of a Ghost (Merrily Watkins 7) by Phil Rickman

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Short Sentence: 10 stories of dastardly deeds by Parker Bilal

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My Vocabulary Did This to Me by Jack Spicer

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Far North by Marcel Theroux

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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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The Tyrant's Law (Dagger and the Coin) by Daniel Abraham

Thanks for the accept

posted by Retronatrix at 2:45 am (EST) on Dec 27, 2012

A fine review of The Dispossessed, reminding me that it's high time I revisited it, along with her other Ekumen novels (not all of which I've read yet). Such a positive critique too, against all those that say it's not this or that or is lacking something it didn't set out to do. Looking forward to reading your other reviews now.
Chris

posted by ed.pendragon at 12:06 pm (EST) on Oct 9, 2012

Thanks! I'll try to fix, hope there's an edit button! :/

posted by Mardel at 2:11 am (EST) on Sep 29, 2012

I enjoyed your review of Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders, which I just finished today. I found the last couple hundred pages almost unbearably moving.

Thanks for posting it.

posted by dcozy at 5:59 am (EST) on Aug 22, 2012

Thank you,OrionZangara and suncoursing - nice to know someone finds this interesting and even useful. :)

posted by Larou at 4:12 am (EST) on Jan 14, 2010

Awesome library! Your library has been a lot more useful than LibraryThing's recommender for genres I don't normally read :)

posted by suncoursing at 2:41 pm (EST) on Jan 13, 2010

I just wanted to say that I love your library. Very cool!

posted by OrionZangara at 10:32 am (EST) on Nov 29, 2009

Thanks for the support?

posted by SimonW11 at 7:19 am (EST) on Sep 3, 2009