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Interesting libraries: amwmsw04, blackdogbooks, Christine_Doinel, EarlyReviewers, hairballsrus, JPB, julielynn44, Kerian, lenoreva, moonstruckeuphoria, RedBowlingBallRuth, setnahkt, virginiahomeschooler, Wanderlust_Lost

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Member: MidnightRain

Library421 books — see library

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Tagsfiction (293), paperback (259), unread (213), read (192), hardcover (153), science fiction (128), blog (121), classics (81), non-fiction (76), fantasy (69) — see all tags

Groups(Dis)ability Politics, 1001 Books to read before you die, 1013, 18th-19th Century Britain, 20-Something LibraryThingers, 50 Book Challenge, 75 Books Challenge for 2008, A Collection of Quotes, Agatha Christie, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans — show all groups

Favorite authorsJane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Patrick Carman, Agatha Christie, Michael Crichton, Elinor Dewire, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, L.M. Montgomery, Naomi Novik, J.K. Rowling, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, J.R.R. Tolkien (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresIndian Path Books, Powell's City of Books, The Bookworm, Trappe Book Center

Favorite librariesSpring City Library

About me If I had to choose a Disney character to sum up my life, Belle from Beauty and the Beast would fit the bill quite nicely: A free spirit with endless curiosity and a voracious appetite for books. (The fact that she ended up with a library bigger than my house has absolutely nothing to do with it. Okay, maybe a little bit...)

About my library "Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one." -- Augustine Birrell

I have fairly eclectic taste in reading material, and my library tends to reflect that. My high school English courses instilled a great love for the classics; a love which only seems to grow as time goes on. I love a good mystery; Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Amelia Peabody are old friends. Young adult and children's literature never fails to take me back to the joyous summers of my youth, which were always filled with reading. Movie and television tie-in novels are a guilty pleasure. My thirst for science fiction started at the age of 13, after reading Sphere by Michael Crichton. It's a thirst that will never be quenched. My love of history -- specifically ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, colonial America and Victorian England -- often makes me wonder if I happened to be born in the time period.

My wish list often competes in size with my actual library. Somehow I think this will always be the case, no matter how many books find their way from the wish list to the library.

Currently Reading:
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

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I'm so glad! I went ahead and paid the extra money to send it priority because I know media mail can take forever.

I am sure you'll enjoy it :)

posted by lenoreva at 4:28 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2008

Hi: I would be happy to. My absolute favorites. Start with the book Deviant Ways - by Chris Mooney - this book had me at the first chapter and kept me there.

Also, ANYTHING by PJ Parrish is excellent. I also like ANYTHING by William Tapply - although he would be a little more mystery than thriller.

I also really love James Patterson and his Alex Cross series. I don't like any of Patterson's other series, but the Alex Cross are the best.

I hope I have helped you a little. Please let me know if you end up reading any of these - I would love to know what you think. TINA

posted by Nitestar at 4:24 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2008

Okay... I finally got it up on mooch.. I reserved it for 14 days for you.
Mooch when you are ready.

Take care
kath

posted by mckait at 6:45 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2008

Hi Ruth,

I wanted to let you know that I just started my copy of Saving Fish From Drowning..
to my dismay it is LARGE PRINT!!!

How did I miss that? If you don't mind that I will put it up on mooch later... if you do.. I am so sorry, and I hope that you can mooch it elsewhere :(

kath

posted by mckait at 4:06 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2008

Sherlock Holmes: The Montana Chronicles
[An Opened Grave: Sherlock Holmes Investigates His Ultimate Case]
[Holmes and Watson: A Miscellany (Otto Penzler's Sherlock Holmes Library)]
[Baker Street Studies (Otto Penzler's Sherlock Holmes Library)]
[The Secret Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes]
[Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures]
[Sherlock Holmes and the Yule-Tide Mystery]
[Sherlock Holmes Handbook]
[Sherlock Holmes London]
[Holmes and Watson]
[Sherlock Holmes in London: A Photographic Record of COnan Doyle's Stories]
[Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes]
[Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders: From the American Chronicles of JOhn H. Watson, M.D.]

posted by JPB at 2:01 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2008

You seem to be a Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie fan! I am a Sherlock Holmes nutter, and I am also fond of Christie's work... (I like Marpole more than Perot, tho')

Since you also (from your profile) like Victorian England, I would encourage you to try to get your hands on a copy of William Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes - he goes into GREAT DETAIL on all the elements of Victorian life that we would no longer understand as we read the stories. There is a newer set of annotated Holmes, that is also quite good, but the two really don't "overlap" all that much in what they cover, but B-G goes into far more fascinating detail about life in Victorian times - you also get an excellent selection of illustrations in these. A link to used copies of the Baring-Gould on Amazon appears here (unfortunately, the B-G is no longer in print): HERE

posted by JPB at 4:51 pm (EST) on Jun 19, 2008

Thanks for the comment about my screen name. I do love Doctor Who in all his incarnations, but the recent versions really are my favourites. Also Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. We seem to have a lot in common - I'm fond of mysteries, too.
TTFN

posted by tardis at 11:05 am (EST) on Jun 19, 2008

Hi! And thank you...

Yes, I've had this horrid condition for 3 years now, thereabouts.

Talk about life-changing...in most ways for the worst.

I recently got 'Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia' by Alison C. Bested, which looks very good. Have you read or heard of that one?

I was one of those types of people who went into denial and waited for it to disappear one morning. I've now come to realise that isn't going to happen.

~hugs~ and see you at the GD...

posted by Severn at 1:38 am (EST) on Jun 19, 2008

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries. I love good mystery novels and the Amelia Peabody series is at the top of my list, love the humor. I couldn’t believe when I saw you have Doctor Who and Torchwood in the library. I LOVE those shows. Ahhh David Tennant... I’m addicted to British shows in general. I saw you reading North and South, how’s that going? I think I’ll finally get around to reading it next week.

posted by Christine_Doinel at 12:52 am (EST) on Jun 19, 2008

Sorry it took so long to reply! I enjoy every Sherlock Holmes story, it's hard to pick a favorite. The one that sticks in my head and can give me nightmares is "The Speckled Band". The girl was murdered in the dark in her bedroom and if I think of it at night it freaks me out! :) I've read every Sherlock Holmes story and now I'm reading the "fake" SH stories by other authors (when I get time, that is). They are not as good but I can't get enough of his character. I think I have a crush on Sherlock Holmes, lol... I'm intrigued by people who act all tough and cold but you know they actually have warm feelings on the inside. And every once in a while the curtain falls and you get to see their true nature. And of course he's brilliant. I especially enjoy the rapport between him and Watson.
Do you read Agatha Christie? I find a certain similarity to Holmes and Watson in the relationship between Poirot and Captain Hastings. Although Christie makes a few jabs at Sherlock Holmes in her books. I like Holmes a bit better than Poirot because he's more of a man of action, whereas Poirot just sits and thinks.

Anyway, bye for now! Thanks for the "friending" and happy reading,
Angela

posted by amwmsw04 at 7:06 pm (EST) on May 31, 2008

Hi!
I'm new to LibraryThing and still trying to figure out how everything works! But I just discovered that you and I share a high amount of favorite authors, and I just wanted to say Hello.
Happy reading,
Angela

posted by amwmsw04 at 10:39 pm (EST) on May 24, 2008

Hi, MidnightRain!

Thanks for the comment on my profile. Wonderful to meet another feral cat rescuer. I have a monthly e-newsletter called "The Faery Cat Newsletter" that has book info and holistic cat info in it. If you would like to receive it send me an email at laurastamps@mindspring.com and I'll be happy to send you the May issue. Much love to you and all your furbabies! Happy reading. :)

xoxo
Laura

posted by LauraStamps at 4:52 pm (EST) on May 22, 2008

Thank you for the compliment of adding my library to your interesting libraries list. I am glad you've joined the 75'er list as I spend a good deal of time looking through the posts on that group for comments and suggestions on titles. It seems our common interest in the titles we share are classics and fantasy/sci-fi/horror type stories. i will have to look through the rest of your titles for some ideas on what to add to my library.

posted by blackdogbooks at 12:09 pm (EST) on May 20, 2008

you are lovely in the lilacs

the scent of them enchants

like spring

posted by tcw at 3:13 pm (EST) on May 19, 2008

Hey Ruth,
I see you are reading North and South by Gaskell. What do you think so far? I read it after I had seen the wonderful, wonderful miniseries made by the BBC. Infact I am curently rereading it cause I just finished Cranford(also delightful) and I had a hankering for more Gaskell. Would love to know what you think when you are done. And I can't recommend enough the BBC miniseries, its a delight!!
Trish

posted by TrishNYC at 11:24 pm (EST) on May 16, 2008

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