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About me I'm a voracious reader and would easily give up everything in life to sit around and read all day, as long as I had a good coffee shop and some friends to sit around and talk about stupid subjects with late at night.. I'm fixated on the Great Conversation (it's always ongoing), the Bardic arts of Story-weaving and song, and writing.. I also tend bar on the weekends, to feed my book addiction..

About my library In the last decade I've concentrated on fantasy literature, but if I'm out wandering the stacks in a bookstore, I'll pick up anything that generally captures my eye.. Lately I've been collecting anthologies in the SF/Fantasy departments, and even in general fiction (see McSweeney's edited by Michael Chabon).. All manner of non-fiction subjects fascinate me and I've been known to add books just based on the title and cover art.. Almost entirely all the fiction is read, but the non-fiction sits for research.. I'm not a big used-book fan unless I can't find it new anywhere or anyhow.. I like to make the only imprint on my collection and rarely even lend out books, unless I want others to read them in which case I have duplicates just for people to read since I know they'll destroy them.. I can't bear to throw away or even give away a book, even if I dislike its very existence.. I go to Pow-Wows around the midwest and hit the little trade shows that spring up around them to find books that are focused on Native Americans, some even dual-language copies.. Language is my hobby, and I have a wide assortment of books translated into or written in other languages, which I use to teach myself to read, if not go on to make attempts at speaking and understanding.. I like to think of it overall as an eclectic, random mix of books in which certain variable patterns emerge from time to time..

Real nameThat would be telling..

LocationChicago, IL

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URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/Quinesti (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Quinesti (library)

Member sinceJul 6, 2006

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Hello Quinesti

I came onto your profile via the dargon Magazine Annual Nr.1 which I have added just now. I am really impressed with your foreign language section and have the impression that you understand at least a little german so...

Hallo Quinesti

Ich habe deine Profilseite über meine Eingabe des Dragom Magazin Annual 1 gefunden und fand deine Fremdsprachen-Sektion sehr interessant. Und die große Übereinstimmung, was denn Umgang mit Büchern betrifft, könnten wir glatt Zwillinge sein ;) , auch ich kann kein Buch aus der Hand geben das einmal in meinen Besitz gelangt ist.

mata ne omf

posted by omf at 4:03 pm (EST) on Jul 17, 2008

Hi Quinesti. Thanks much for the connection. Let me know if you have any questions about our new Art of War book. Talk with you later. Thomas

posted by sonshi at 6:19 pm (EST) on May 14, 2008

I understand your desire to sit around all day and read. I often tell people that my ideal job is one where I get to read books all day and then talk about them. I can also understand your reluctance to buy used books and lend out your originals (I too have duplicate copies to lend people). I've really enjoyed looking through your library, especially the fantasy section. Thanks!!

posted by Excalibur at 11:26 pm (EST) on May 6, 2007

Yes, adding the books manually is a pain, I had to do it with all the foreign books, but the result is worth the trouble, I think.
I hope you enjoy the "journey" through my library, even though the catalogation is not complete yet.
Let me know what you think of it.

Paola :-))

posted by aluvalibri at 1:20 pm (EST) on Aug 30, 2006

Just wanted to tell you that your foreign language section is awesome!!

posted by aluvalibri at 2:34 pm (EST) on Aug 29, 2006

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