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Member: SeiShonagon

CollectionsYour library (3,373), Wishlist (887), Heian Japan (44), MMA Sales (269), intentional duplicates (87), All collections (3,403)

Reviews55 reviews

Tagsnon-fiction (1,423), manga (977), series (937), wishlist (896), art (592), Japan (546), shoujo (490), Japanese language (479), fiction (353), fantasy (312) — see all tags

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Groups18th-19th Century Britain, Art Books, Art History, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, Chick Lit, FantasyFans, Hall of Servants, Historical Fiction, Japanese Culture, Japanese Literature — show all groups , Librarians who LibraryThing, Manga!, Maps and Atlases, Museum!, New Yorkers, Tea!, two inches of ivory

Favorite authorsJane Austen, Jacqueline Carey, CLAMP, Michael Faber, Victor Hugo, Robert Jordan, Yayoi Ogawa, Philip Pullman, Charles M. Schulz, Sei Shonagon, Murasaki Shikibu, Neal Stephenson, Yuu Watase, Edith Wharton, Ai Yazawa (Shared favorites)

Other favoritesMetropolitan Museum of Art

About meI work in a library, though I'm not a librarian.
The library I work in is in an art museum.
I'm a manga and anime fan.
I like art history.
I love shopping.
I'm a native New Yorker.
I'm a Francophile.
I'm a Japanophile.
I'm occasionally an Anglophile.
I read fantasy fiction, but not much sci-fi.
I have too many books.

About my libraryThere's a lot of shoujo manga (Japanese comics created for girls) in my collection, but I do read some shounen, seinen, and josei. Quite a few of the manga titles in my library are in both English and Japanese and most of the Japanese titles were bought when there was little to no chance of them ever being released in English (which was not all that long ago...).

Many of the art-related books were purchased at the museum where I work (discount!). My primary interests are in art from 9th - 19th c Japan and art from 18th - 19th c France. I've also begun to appreciate early photography. I'll also pick up catalogs for exhibits that I liked or missed seeing.

As for the rest... I have my favorite authors & genres, but I'll pretty much read whatever sounds or looks interesting.

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LocationBronx, New York

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Member sinceMay 17, 2006