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Member: Shanra

CollectionsAll Shanra's Books (722), To read (198), Fiction (564), Non-Fiction (145), F&SF (256), Literary Canon (108), Read (418), Read but unowned (122), To Remove (96), Parents' Books (477), Currently reading (5), All collections (1,357)

Reviews293 reviews

TagsBritish (80), anthology/collection (72), high fantasy (70), manga/graphic novel (69), undetermined fantasy (68), folktales/fairytales/mythology (55), fairytale fantasy (40), scifi (36), poetry (35), languages (31) — see all tags

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GroupsChildren's Fiction, Children's Literature, Fairy Tales Retold, Fantasy Forum, FantasyFans, Name that Book, Read YA Lit, The Green Dragon

Favorite authorsLord Byron, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Diana Wynne Jones, Guy Gavriel Kay, John Keats, George R. R. Martin, Terry Pratchett, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ranke de Vries, W. B. Yeats, Jane Yolen (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresEppo Strips Eindhoven

About me'ello, and welcome. ^-^ I was never much good at introductions, but I think that goes for many others too.

I love both reading and writing, both of which are activities I'm reasonably good at. I have a habit of attaching textures to sounds and a bias against first person. (That doesn't stop me from enjoying first person narratives, but it does make it a lot more difficult.)

Uhm... I also enjoy singing, albeit off-key, and I have problems watching movies because my attention span wanders. I'm a cat-person and my home houses four lovely cats (and a dog).

Lastly, drop a note if you've any other questions. I don't bite, I promise. ^-^ (Also, if I don't know you and you could tell me why you're friending me, I would really appreciate it. Years of serial adders have made me a little paranoid in that respect.)

About my library*gestures at the collections* Need I say more? (Oh, yes, I do. "To Remove" are books that I do still have lying about, waiting to be taken away. I'm not on BookMooch or aught, but if anything strikes your fancy you're welcome to ask about it. ^-^)

Most of the books I own are in English and, despite being Dutch, the only books in that language that I own are those with youth sentiment. Dutch is... almost physically painful for me to read nowadays, so I try not to. (Most Dutch books listed are my parents'.)

Feel free to browse around or leave recommendations! (Also, if you disagree with a genre label or want to give me a shove in the right direction for the books I can't/couldn't place, please drop me a note! I'm still quite new to this whole labelling thing and have lots to learn!)

Homepagehttp://libritouches.wordpress.com

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Real nameShanra Lyn

LocationNetherlands, the

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Common KnowledgeSeries (299), Awards (280), Characters (4397), Places (842)

Member sinceMay 21, 2007

Currently readingReel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music by R Hickman
J.R.R. Tolkien Audio Collection, the by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Wings of the Dove (Penguin Classics) by Henry James
A Passage to India (Penguin Classics) by E.M. Forster
The Complete Fairy Tales (Oxford World's Classics Hardbacks) by Charles Perrault