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CollectionsYour library (776), Currently reading (6), To read (6), Read but unowned (121), SJPL (58), Read & released (76), Favorites (15), Wishlist (25), Edited by me (23), Abandoned (25), Don't recommend (18), Released unread (13), All collections (1,023)

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About meLast visit: 6/18/2013.

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About my libraryI've done relatively little cataloging per se, but I have kept up with acquisitions since joining. Most of my older books are unlisted. In the meantime, many genres and subject matters are disproportionately represented or underrepresented.

The tag 'NR' (no rating, not rated) applies to books to which I have some sort of personal connection: I know the author, for instance, or I edited the book.

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(2012 list)

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[Last updated 1/29/2013]

Groups(BOMBS) Books Off My Book Shelves 2012 Challenge, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, FantasyFans, Friends of Mary Ann Evans, Le Salon du peuple pour le peuple, Opera, or Nobody Knows the Traubel I've Seen, Readers Over Sixty, SF Bay Area Librarythingers, Skeptics and Rationalists, The Green Dragon —show all groups, Unique Library Thing Book Group

Favorite authorsArthur Conan Doyle, Tana French, Neil Gaiman, Ольга Грушина, Ursula K. Le Guin, Thomas Hardy, Vladimir Nabokov, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain (Shared favorites)

Real nameMeredy

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Member sinceNov 15, 2011

Currently readingThe Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz
Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia by Richard E. Cytowic
English Eccentrics: A Gallery of Weird and Wonderful Men and Women by Edith Sitwell
Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis by Lea Van Der Vinde
Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler
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Meredy added:
The Third Cadfael Omnibus by Ellis Peters

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Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson by Camille Paglia

Meredy reviewed, rated, added:
The Harper's Quine: A Medieval Murder Mystery by Pat McIntosh

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The Virgin in the Ice (Brother Cadfael Mysteries) by Ellis Peters

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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens

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The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane by Matthew Hutson

Sorry to take so long, but I rarely look at my own profile page. I'm delighted you like my reviews. Always glad when someone says they actually helped. I shall continue!

posted by DavidWineberg at 12:30 pm (EST) on Jun 13, 2013

I wish I could do art that well! *G*

That's the way I look, most of the time, in the graphical chat world where I hang out. The only thing I can take credit for are the colors of the body and head. (But not the hat.)

posted by rastaphrog at 8:11 am (EST) on Jun 11, 2013

Meredy, I'm flying out the door, headed to Malice, but I wanted to thank you for picking up on those comments of mine! I think you're right about Michael Innes in large part, but may have a few thoughts to add.

posted by jillmwo at 9:43 am (EST) on May 2, 2013

Looks like you're one of us who loves House of Leaves! Glad you took a risk on it.

posted by EnriqueFreeque at 2:53 am (EST) on Feb 23, 2013

Well, you were very fair in your analysis, and a good sport in giving it such a good long go, even though from the outset, it looked obvious to you that it was not going to be up your alley. Thanks for the report.

posted by EnriqueFreeque at 8:08 pm (EST) on Jan 11, 2013

Great!

posted by _Zoe_ at 6:49 pm (EST) on Jan 10, 2013

It seems like we're going to have a San Jose/Santa Clara meetup this Saturday! The details still aren't completely finalized, but what I know is in the thread.

posted by _Zoe_ at 5:42 pm (EST) on Jan 10, 2013

That Woman in Black sounds really intriguing. Have you read Susan Hill's I'm the King of the Castle? Got a copy of it earlier this year, supposed to be uncomfortably creepy. I'm hoping to read that Peter F. Hamilton you got there too.

posted by EnriqueFreeque at 6:49 pm (EST) on Dec 26, 2012

Hi Meredy,

I just noticed that you'd added yourself to the location wiki and are in San Jose, so I wanted to draw your attention to this thread of Bay Area meetups in case you can make it up for any of them. We seem to be having a lot of little meetups, and some big ones :). It would be great if you could join us.

posted by _Zoe_ at 2:28 pm (EST) on Dec 6, 2012

What are the total busts you mention? Do tell. Once I get back to it I'll be sure to let you know.

posted by EnriqueFreeque at 11:07 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2012

The few pages I've scouted out and the reviews I've read make me hopeful it's a winner.

posted by EnriqueFreeque at 10:19 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2012

Thanks for sharing that story. I read that book many years ago, but something tonight brought it to mind.

I'll have to read it again...

posted by fuzzi at 11:39 pm (EST) on Jun 11, 2012

It was published as a trilogy in Japan, but one book only in English. So no worries, you should have the whole thing:) Glad you're enjoying it!

posted by MeditationesMartini at 9:21 pm (EST) on Jun 10, 2012

In answer to your question about what I found frightening in Martin Zender's book. First, the idea that my concept of Judgement/Hell, as I have understood (or not understood) from my readings of the Bible, may be completely wrong is unsettling, more than frightening. He didn't really give any substantial evidence for these things he spouted out, and although it would be nice to believe that my understanding is incorrect in one way, I find it frightening that for 2000 years everyone got it wrong. I also find it very hard to believe. What I don't find hard to believe is that I may not understand everything about God and the Bible. That seems to drive Zender up the wall, but it doesn't bother me that much. I figure I have a long time to observe and learn, so what's the hurry?

posted by MrsLee at 5:33 am (EST) on Mar 15, 2012

"How would you characterize the difference between the two groups?"

ULTB seems focused only on the absolutely rare and singular titles. And there isn't any talk about enjoying the contents or recommending reads to each other. It's a bragging corner, and has it's own place, but I want to talk about the reading and other aspects.

posted by 2wonderY at 7:09 am (EST) on Mar 8, 2012

Hi Meredy,
I´m happy you have decided to go on, finding comfort in the thought that the book almost certainly will continue to grow on you, as good books do.....
And again thanks for telling me, I shall certainly take care not to reproduce a blunder like this! Mikalina

posted by Mikalina at 4:56 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2012

Hey Meredy:

I loved "One Hundred Years of Solitude." I gave that thing five stars not too long ago. Still, I enjoyed the forthrightness and honesty of your review. - TheAmpersand

posted by TheAmpersand at 12:38 am (EST) on Feb 18, 2012

Hi Meredy,

Just bought that book tonight. I know very little about it, other than it took its author 18 years to write. Nadas is a huge literary figure in Hungary apparently. I'm interested in anything on the history of the Berlin Wall, and then factor in that the novel might as well double as a barbell ... I was sold.

posted by EnriqueFreeque at 4:18 am (EST) on Feb 4, 2012